NAME: THOMAS RAY RICHARDSON, AGE 37, OF OKLAHOMA CITY - FORMER BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 12, 1959 AT ATOKA, OK TO JAMES RAY AND ARLENE (HORTON) RICHARDSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 1997 AT HIS OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENCE FROM SMOKE INHALATION IN APARTMENT FIRE. AGE: 37 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ANNETTE RIOS ON AUGUST 21, 1978 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH FACTORY DIRECT MATTRESS COMPANY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY SONS: THOMAS LOUIE RICHARDSON OF OKAHOMA CITY. LONNIE RAY RICHARDSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FATHER: JAMES RAY RICHARDSON OF HARMONY, OK. MOTHER: ARLENE (HORTON) WHITTENBERG OF BLANCHARD, OK. GRANDPARENTS: JAMES AND DOROTHY RICHARDSON OF BENTLEY, OK. FORMER WIFE: ANNETTE RICHARDSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHERS: STEPHEN RAY RICHARDSON OF HUBBARD, TX. MARION RAY RICHARDSON OF ATOKA, OK. ARNOLD MCBEE OF BLANCHARD, OK. JACKIE MCBEE OF CADDO, OK. BILLY WHITTENBERG OF DURANT, OK. SISTERS: VICKIE LYNN ROBERTSON OF SEAGOVILLE, TX. DEBBIE WHITTENBERG OF YUKON, OK. JAN BURGE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JACKIE TARR OF PONCA CITY, OK. AUNT: THELMA RICHARDSON OF CANEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDMOTHER: GEORGIA RICHARDSON SMITH. STEPFATHER: ART WHITTENBERG.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: ARNOLD MCBEE, JACKIE MCBEE, KELLY DRENNAN, BEN BREEDEN, ROY OVERSTREET, ORZELL, ROB, JOHN ALLEN, CORY.