NAME: URA MANUEL HORTON, AGE 92, A LONGTIME COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 6, 1915 AT TUPELO, OK TO JOHN ANDREW AND DELIA ETTA (SWAFFER) HORTON PASSED AWAY: MAY 6, 2007 AT ALLEN, OK. AGE: 92 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. EDUCATION: URA ATTENDED GOULD, TUPELO, AND EUBANKS SCHOOLS. HE RECEIVED HIS G.E.D. IN THE ARMY AND LATER LEARNED AUTO MECHANICS AT OKMULGEE TECH. MARRIED: HELEN VIOLA REED ON FEBRUARY 6, 1946 IN ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS MEAT CUTTER AND FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. URA SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII AND KOREA. HE WAS MASTER SGT IN THE ARMY AS WELL AS A SCOUT IN THE KOREAN WAR. HE SPENT A TOTAL OF 22 YEARS IN THE MILITARY ,RECEIVING THE PURPLE HEART AND NUMEROUS OTHER MEDALS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: HELEN HORTON OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: DURWIN MANUEL HORTON AND WIFE LEVETA OF YUKON, OK. CYNTHIA HORTON AND JERRY DON LANCASTER OF ALLEN, OK. ADRIAN URIAH HORTON AND KATHY ODOM OF ALLEN, OK. VICKY STANDRIDGE AND HUSBAND JIM OF ADA, OK. BROTHER: KENNETH E. HORTON OF SULPHUR, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DONITA BARNES, HELEN MCKAY, JOE STANDRIDGE, ADRIAN M. HORTON, BRANDEN HORTON, AND JENNIFER STANDRIDGE. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE SORRELS, KURTIS JACOBS, TYLER PIERCE, KELSEY MCKAY, ALANA MCKAY, JAREN STANDRIDGE, JACELYN STANDRIDGE, BENJAMIN HORTON, JADA STANDRIDGE, DUSTIN WOODS, AND HANNAH HORTON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN ANDREW AND DELIA (SWAFFER) HORTON. BROTHERS: FRANKIE HORTON, WESLEY HORTON, J. W. HORTON. SISTERS: CLARA WOODS, BILLIE EATON,RETTA HEDRICK, AGNES FITZPATRICK, EVA FOSTER.

DATE OF SERVICE: FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ LULA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GLENN RUSSELL CASKETBEARERS: JOE STANDRIDGE, BRANDEN HORTON, SHANE SORRELS, KURTIS JACOBS, JOSH BARNES, JOHN MCKAY, ADRIAN MANUEL HORTON HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIM STANDRIDGE, CLIFFTON ELLIS, DON LANCASTER, MAURICE ADAMS, CARL WADE, DEANO ADAMS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MAKE DONATIONS TO VFW POST #11194 OF KONAWA, OK.