NAME: VAN MARSHALL ADKISSON, AGE 85, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 6, 1911 NEAR BYERS, OK TO JOSEPH MARION AND LONNIE OLIVE (MARSHALL) ADKISSON. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 85 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: NORA OGDEN IN 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED IN SHIPYARDS IN CALIFORNIA & OREGON, WAS A CARPENTER IN INDIANA UNTIL A SERIOUS INJURY FORCED HIM INTO EARLY RETIREMENT IN 1976. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD IN FARRIS, OK. VAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WWII. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, HE MOVED BACK TO ATOKA COUNTY AND LIVED IN FARRIS AND ATOKA AREA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: ANN ADKISSON OF GREENFIELD, IN. SISTER: OLIVE SORRELLS OF RATTAN, OK. 1 GRANDSON. PRECEDED IN DEATH PARENTS: JOSEPH AND LONNIE ADKISSON. SON: GENE ADKISSON. SISTER: LORENE DELAY. BROTHERS: LOYCE, CARL, GLEN, RHEAFORD, AND JAY ADKISSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LEE BROWN. ASSISTING: REV. JUNIOR LYTLE. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) AMOS, LEON. DARRELL, DONALD, MARSHALL, PAUL, CHARLES, AND WAYNE SORRELLS.