OBITUARY NAME: VERNA LUCILLE (ALLEN) HOOTEN FOURAKER A FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: DECEMBER 24, 1928 TO I.B. ALLEN AND MARTHA DAVIS ALLEN AT LANE, OK PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008 AT DALLAS, TX AGE: 79 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS SCHOOL: VERNA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE AND ATOKA MARRIED: SHE MARRIED R.G. HOOTEN WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. LATER SHE MARRIED RAY FOURAKER WHO ALSO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. OCCUPATION: VERNA WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF METROPOLITAN SAVINGS AND LOAN. AFFILIATION : SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SHILOAH TERRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. VERNA LOVED BINGO, TRAVELING AND DANCING. SURVIVED BY SON: BOB HOOTEN AND FRIEND BRENDA CURRIN OF GARLAND, TX GRANDCHILDREN: SANDY SMITH AND HUSBAND SONNY OF EUREKA, AR ROBERT HOOTEN III OF FARMERVILLE, TX CHRISTINE O'STEEN AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF MCKINNEY, TX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ROBIN, BREANA, CHEYENNE, JONATHAN, CASSANDRA, AUSTIN, SYDNEY, TYLER, MATHEW, AND JOSH BROTHERS: MONROE ALLEN AND WIFE KATHY OF ATOKA, OK BILL ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK SISTER: OPAL RECTOR OF LANE, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBANDS: R.G. HOOTEN AND RAY FOURAKER DAUGHTER: KIM JENKINS PARENTS: I.B. AND MARTHA DAVIS ALLEN BROTHERS: CARL AND LESTER ALLEN SISTERS: BERTHA YATES, DENICE MORELAND, ETHEL PHILLIP, AND IRENE GOFF ************************************************************************************************************************* SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008 AT 3:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL CEMETERY: WESTVIEW CEMETERY OFFICIATING: BRO. ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: PHILLIP ALLEN, I.B. MORELAND, JAMES PHILLIPS, DEWAYNE ALLEN, SONNY GOFF, KENNETH PHILLIPS, DOYLE YATES FAMILY NIGHT, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008, 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK