NAME: THOMAS LEE TOMMY MANION, AGE 78, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE WARDVILLE AREA.

BORN: MAY 9, 1921 AT RED OAK, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM HENRY AND ZADIE (BENCH) MANION. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL AGE: 78 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SHADY GROVE, LIMESTONE GAP, AND AT TIPPERAY, ALL IN NORTHERN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: B. D. SELF ON AUGUST 20, 1944 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED RANCHER. HE WORKED AT U.S. ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT, OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS IN STRINGTOWN AND MCALESTER, AND DROVE A SCHOOL BUS FOR KIOWA SCHOOLS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. TOMMY ALSO SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AT LIMESTONE GAP, WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE AND OKLAHOMA CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EMMA MCCORMICK OF WARDVILLE, OK. LINDA JONES AND HUSBAND GARY OF SHAWNEE, OK. ROYCE MANION & WIFE HELEN OF WARDVILLE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELONIE BASINGER AND HUSBAND MARK OF MARIETTA, OK. KEVIN MCCORMICK OF KIOWA, OK. BRIAN ABLES AND WIFE CINDY OF SHAWNEE, OK. KENT ABLES AND WIFE JACQULINE OF TRYON, OK. JUSTIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK. KERWIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: HEATHER & JEROD BASINGER, TRAVIS & TREAVOR ABLES, TRAVIS & KYLE TRUESDALE. BROTHERS: HARVEY J. MANION AND WIFE JUANITA OF HEREFORD, TX. JACKIE MANION AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SPECIAL FRIENDS: TONY HACKLER OF SAVANNA, OK. L. D. WREN OF CALDWELL, ID. VERNON MCCORMICK, MCALESTER, OK. JAMES ABLES OF EDMOND, OK. CORKET INSCHO OF LIMESTONE GAP, OK. HIS CARETAKERS: TRISH SETTLEMIRE, FRANCILE JACOBS, WILMA SMALLING. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM HENRY AND ZADIE MANION. WIFE: B. D. ON MAY 3, 1998. INFANT DAUGHTERS: ALINE & JOYCE ANN MANION.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: GLEN MITCHELL, DEON KIEFER, ROY WILLIAMS, CHESTER EDGE, DON BURNS, VERNON MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE BOB MORRISON, SONNY PEBWORTH, HUGH LEWIS, GEORGE CLOTFELTER, CORKY INOCHO.