OBITUARY NAME: VANESSA KAY "KATY" ( ELDRIDGE ) BURTON, AGE 36 A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1971 AT ATOKA TO EARL E "BUDDY " ELDRIDGE AND MARGIE ANN (BLANN) ELDRIGDE PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007 ON FORREST HILL ROAD IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA AGE: 36 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS EDUCATION: KATY ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA SCHOOLS, THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY IN 1989. MARRIED: KATY MARRIED JAMIE BURTON ON MARCH 7, 1992 AT BLACKJACK, OKLAHOMA OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED FOR THE OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS SENIOR CRIMINALIST/CHEMIST SINCE 1996 IN DURANT AND MCALESTER CHURCH AFFILIATION: KATY WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL. SHE DID DRUG PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND THROUGH HER JOB. KATY LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN AND LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, SHE ALSO LOVED HORSEBACK RIDING AND EXERCISING. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JAMEY L. BURTON OF THE HOME CHILDREN: JESSIE BLAKE BURTON OF THE HOME TYLER ANSON BURTON OF THE HOME HANNAH LEE BURTON OF THE HOME PARENTS: BUDDY AND MARGIE ELDRIDGE OF ATOKA SISTER: MELISSA ELDRIDGE OF DALLAS, TX IN-LAWS RANDALL AND SHIRLEY BURTON OF WILLOW, OK. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: JOHN AND RUBY BLANN GRANDPARENTS; FLOYD AND MAGGIE ELDRIDGE GRANDMOTHER IN-LAW LILLIAN LEALMO SEWELL *********************************************************************************************** SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL, ATOKA INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY- ATOKA OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: JESSIE BURTON, TRASK MEADOWS, AUSTIN DANIEL, SEAN KEELER, JUSTIN HALL, DEWAYNE TOMLINSON HONORARY BEARERS: TY BURTON, AUSTIN GRAHAM, JORDAN MOBBS, WAYLON HENDERSON, REMINGTON EVANS, TRE HAMILTON DANIEL GIPSON FAMILY NIGHT TUESDAY 6-8 P.M. AT BROWN'S CHAPEL- ATOKA SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK