NAME: THOMAS PERRY PETE HOWARD, AGE 58, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 29, 1945 TO HERSHAL THOMAS RUNT AND MELBA GENEVA JEAN (SMITH) HOWARD.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR LANE, OK. AGE: 58 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FORREST HILL, HARMONY, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH.

MARRIED: DOROTHY A. BRADFORD ON NOVEMBER 29, 1961 AT ANTLERS, OK.

OCCUPATION: PETE WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR INTERNATIONAL, MASSEY FERGUSON, AND LATER HARMON JONES FORD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2001. HE WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND A CATTLEMAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: PETE ATTENDED IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH NEAR LANE, OK.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: DOROTHY OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK.

DAUGHTERS: SHARON HOLCOMB AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK. LIEUTENANT LISA GREEN AND HUSBAND JAMES J. OF SAN DIEGO, CA.

GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN ASHLEY HOLCOMB AND WIFE ANAMARI OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ID. TADD, HALI, AND KYLE HOLCOMB. LORI OWENS.

SISTERS: GLADYS TRAMBLE AND HUSBAND LEBERT OF DAISY, OK. SUE O'HERN OF KREBS, OK. MARTHA HURD-SIMPSON AND HUSBAND MERWYN OF WINDOM, TX.

BROTHERS: HERSHEL HOWARD AND WIFE NORMA OF MILBURN, OK. LARRY TODO HOWARD AND WIFE KAY OF LUTHER, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HERSHAL RUNT AND GENEVA JEAN HOWARD. MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW: EARL AND CLARA BRADFORD.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. TOMMY TOMLINSON. ASSISTING: JERRY DON BURKHALTER.

CASKETBEARERS: RODGER JONES, PINKY BURKHALTER, D. W. SIKES, WAYNE OWENS, ABBOTT JONES, JERRY DON BURKHALTER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HERMAN COCHRAN, DON RIPPEE, JOE HARRISON, WORDEN DETTY.