NAME: TOMMIE LEE HARRISON, AGE 75, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 27, 1925 AT ATOKA TO MATT NELSON AND GERTRUDE (MANNING) HARRISON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MACEDONIA RURAL ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN ATOKA. MARRIED: BERTHA LEE HALES ON MAY 3, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: TOMMIE WORKED SOME YEARS AT THE ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT IN MCALESTER AND WAS A CHURCH OF CHRIST MINISTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. TOMMIE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF NAACP, HE WAS PRESENTLY SERVING AT ATOKA HOUSING AUTHORITY. HE WAS ACTIVE WITH ATOKA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND HAD SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL. TOMMIE WAS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR MEALS ON WHEELS, HE WAS VERY ACTIVE AND KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND VERY ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BERTHA HARRISON OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: MARZELLA FREEMAN AND HUSBAND DONALD OF ATOKA, OK. WILMA BRIGHT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF RIVERSIDE, CA. ELEANOR J. WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND CHESTER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. ADA H. CORBRAY OF ATOKA, OK. DICKIE LEON HARRISON AND WIFE JESSIE OF LAWTON, OK. MARSHALL WAYNE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. JOSEPHINE RILEY AND HUSBAND WILLIE OF ATOKA, OK. MARSHA MARIE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. REBECCA LAVON NNABUCHI OF ATOKA, OK. STACY MENNEFEE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 36 GRANDCHILDREN, 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: CECIL DAVIS OF ATOKA, OK. ADRAINA OLIVER OF MILWAUKEE, WI. DARLENE HOLT OF COALGATE, OK. ELIZABETH FREEMAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHERS: JESSIE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. JOE LEWIS HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MATT AND GERTRUDE HARRISON. CHILDREN: LEONARD RAY, DANNY LEE, DAVID EMANUEL, TOMMIE, AND PHYLLIS KAY HARRISON. BROTHERS: GEORGE, PAUL, BENJAMIN, JACK, AND LEROY HARRISON. SISTER: MABEL HARRISON.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILLS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BILL GREEN. ASSISTING: WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) CORNELIUS HARRISON, STACY MENNEFEE, MATT FREEMAN, TODD COOPER, BRADLEY CORBRAY, DONALD CORBRAY, ULYSSES HARRISON, JOSH HARRISON, TIM HARRISON, KENDAL HARRISON, CORLY SUTTER, TONY COLTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILLY JOE CLAYTON, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, ORLIN HILL, DALE BROWN, EDGAR VINSON, CHARLEY COLTON, MARTIN PIERCE, BUDDY HARAWAY, LAWRENCE NEAL.