NAME: VERNON PAUL WASSON, AGE 78, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 19, 1921 AT WESLEY, OKLAHOMA, EAST OF STRINGTOWN TO WILLIS HENRY AND ALICE (TAYLOR) WASSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2000 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 78 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: RUBY WASSON ON NOVEMBER 15, 1976 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN VALLEJO, CALFORNIA FOR 25 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH. VERNON SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER AND ALSO SERVED AS CHAPLIN AT THE COALGATE V.F.W. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUBY WASSON OF THE THEIR HOME IN COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: WILL WASSON AND WIFE PATTY OF LIVERMORE, CA. PAULA MAGNOTTE AND HUSBAND RICK OF VACAVILLE, CA. VERLINDA BLODGETT OF VACAVILLE, CA. DAVID WASSON AND WIFE ELLEN OF LACROSSE, VA. 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD. BROTHER: JAMES WASSON OF VALLEJO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIS HENRY AND ALICE WASSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RANDY WARD. CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY D. WARD, RUSSELL HAMPTON, MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, RUSSELL N. HAMPTON, BAILY RYAN.