NAME: VERNIA ANN (BAUGHMAN) DOWNING, AGE 70, ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 27, 1926 AT HARDWOOD IN COAL COUNTY, OK TO WALTER AND IVA DEAN (GIBSON) BAUGHMAN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 70 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLNEY IN COAL COUNTY, GRADUATING FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. MARRIED: VICTOR EARLE DOWNING ON JUNE 1, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AT ATOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, D.H.S., KIAMICHI PRODUCTION CREDIT, AND HAYES CLINIC AS OFFICE MANGER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE ENJOYED READING AND TRAVELING. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: VICTOR DOWNING OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: DIANE BILLINGS OF NOME, AK. SONS: DAVID DOWNING OF THE HOME. DARRELL DOWNING AND WIFE KAREN OF NORMAN, OK. GRANDSONS: MARCUS BILLINGS OF STILLWATER, OK. JASON DOWNING OF NORMAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER AND IVA (APRIL, 1987) BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. CASKETBEARERS: DR. ROBERT HAYES, MIKE ELLIOTT, BILL MOORE, DON BARNARD, JOHN PROCTOR, VIRGIL CRAWFORD, HAROLD ROLAND HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FAUSTER LOVELACE, JIM BRIGGS, MEDFORD UNDERWOOD, CHARLES MCKEE, BILL FLOWERS, CLYDE PRUITT, MARVIN ESTES, SNAKE NORMAN.