NAME: VANETIA MAE (ROBERTS) WILLIAMS, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 24, 1913 AT COLEMAN, OK TO FRANK RICHARD AND ORA ORENE (REYNOLDS) ROBERTS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ATOKA, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN COLEMAN, OK.

OCCUPATION: VANETIA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED DURING WWII FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AT FT. SILL, OK.

MARRIED: ED STERLING WILLIAMS ON JULY 27, 1931 AT BENTLEY, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: THE KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH WITNESS.

SURVIVED BY

SON: DARRELL D. WILLIAMS AND WIFE PAT OF MORGANTON, NC.

GRANDSON: STANLEY WILLIAMS AND WIFE DAWN OF DALLAS, TX.

GRANDDAUGHTERS: TAMMY LASSITER AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF CENTERVILLE, VA. RACHEL WILLIAMS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. ELIDA BAYLON OF MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. TAMMY JAN NATION OF LAWTON, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: ANNABELLE GRACE LASSITER OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

GREAT GRANDSONS: BLAKE, TAYLOR, AND BRANDON WILLIAMS OF DALLAS, TX.

DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: RUTH WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. MARIA WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. NANCY WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS: RUBY PARKER OF ATOKA, OK. DELIA HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: GENEVA ROBERTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARGARET ROBERTS OF BYERS, OK. BETTYE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: EDWARD STERLING WILLIAMS ON APRIL 6, 1990. SONS: WIBURN R., CLYDE M., AND BILLY H. WILLIAMS. PARENTS: ORA AND FRANK ROBERTS. BROTHERS: EDWARD ADMIRAL, WORTHY FORBUS, CECIL, JOSEPH ELMO, LEVI VINEYARD, AND JOHN DOYLE ROBERTS. SISTER: LOLA FAYE COBEN.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2002 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARS: KENNETH BUSH, JERRY RICHARD, EDDIE HYATT, JOE REYNOLDS, RANDY BRYANT, CHARLEY PUGH, JOHN MCADAMS, MIKE HOOPER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD MORRIS,. BRYAN RICHARD, WILLARD OLSEN, CLAY SIMPSON, SHANNON SIMPSON, RUSSEL PUGH, NETHAL PITTMAN, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON.