NAME: VERNON J. JIM HOSKINS, AGE 89, LONGTIME BOGGY DEPOT, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 1, 1909 AT BOGGY DEPOT, OK TO JAMES BUNYUN AND GRACE (ELLIOTT) HOSKINS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 89 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CLAREMORE, ATOKA, AND ALTUS. LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY IN DURANT WHERE HE OBTAINED HIS TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND MASTERS DEGREE. MARRIED: ELVA IRENE JOHNSON ON OCTOBER 3, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE TAUGHT SCHOOL MANY YEARS AT MILLER, ROCK CREEK, BOGGY DEPOT, POSTOAK, VOCA, AND CANEY. HE LATER SERVED AS ATOKA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, RETIRING IN 1973. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELVA HOSKINS OF THE HOME NEAR BOGGY DEPOT. CHILDREN: SHARON GREEN OF ROCKWALL, TX. GARY HOSKINS AND WIFE MARION OF MCALESTER, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES GREEN OF ROCKWALL, TX. MICHELLE LYNN HOSKINS OF MCALESTER, OK. BROTHERS: KLYNE HOSKINS OF KALAMAZOO, MI. DURR G. HOSKINS OF ATOKA, OK. TONY HOSKINS OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. THEDUS HOSKINS OF KINGSBURG, CA. SISTERS: TERESA PAGE OF VALLEJO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND GRACE HOSKINS. SON: BOBBY HOSKINS IN 1963. BROTHERS: BUCK, BOB, AND VAN HOSKINS. SISTERS: ZULENE COPELAND AND BILLIE CORELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: HARLEY JENKINS, CLINT GOSSETT, KEITH HILL, JIMMY HORATH, D. C. TAYLOR, CALVIN CLEVELAND. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WALTER COOPER, LUTHER COOPER, JESSIE TOMLINSON, ROBERT UMSTED, FRANK BAUGHER.