NAME: REV. THOMAS ARNOLD T.A. MCBRIDE, AGE 57, A LIFELONG CANEY RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 18, 1944 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS ARNOLD, SR. AND SALLY ELIZABETH (WILLIS) MCBRIDE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CANEY. AGE: 57 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: T. A. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT POSTOAK AND CANEY. MARRIED: GLENDA INEZ WORKMAN ON MAY 25, 1962 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: T. A. WAS A CARPENTER, BUILDING CONTRACTOR, AND A PASTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: T. A. WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND PASTOR OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH SURVIVED BY WIFE: GLENDA OF THE HOME IN CANEY, OK. CHILDREN: BRUCE MCBRIDE & WIFE SHELLY OF CANEY, OK. SHONDA THOMAS & HUSBAND JOE OF CANEY, OK. SHERRI BROWN & HUSBAND KRIS OF POTEAU, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER MCBRIDE OF CANEY, OK. LINDSAY & JESSECA THOMAS OF CANEY, OK. BROTHERS: ELRAY MCBRIDE & WIFE LORRENE OF CADDO, OK. BUSTER MCBRIDE & WIFE LENORA OF CANEY, OK. SISTERS: DOROTHY MAE WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. IDA CRITES OF CALERA, OK. DORIS RIDGWAY OF CANEY, OK. HATTIE CARR & HUSBAND CLINT OF CANEY, OK. AUNTS: IDA WILLIS OF TURLOCK, CA. EDITH SHURWOOD OF ALTUS, OK. UNCLES: FLOYD MCBRIDE OF WICHITA, KS. WALTER MCBRIDE OF DENVER, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS ARNOLD SR. AND SALLY ELIZABETH MCBRIDE.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL YOUNG. ASSISTING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED & REV. VICTOR COOK. CASKETBEARERS: BRUCE & SHELLY MCBRIDE, JOE & SHONDA THOMAS, KRIS & SHERRI BROWN, TYLER MCBRIDE, LINDSAY THOMAS, JESSECA THOMAS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) RANDY WORKMAN, RUSSELL WORKMAN, RONALD WORKMAN, MICKEY UMSTED, RICKY UMSTED, BART WORKMAN, BOBBY BOEHME, CLINT CRITES, BRETT DOYLE, DENNIS MCBRIDE, TOM MCBRIDE, MARION EUGENE CARR, BRYAN CARR, ED WOOD, GLENN HADLEY.