NAME: VIRGIL THEODORE PATTON, AGE 79, A LONGTIME KIOWA-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 24, 1925 AT KIOWA, OK TO GEORGE ALBERT AND MARY LYDIA (STAMPS) PATTON.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 2004 NEAR HIS HOME IN KIOWA, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS.

EDUCATION: VIRGIL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARPERS VALLEY AND KIOWA, OK.

MARRIED: ANNA MAE SWAIN ON AUGUST 16, 1946 AT MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION: VIRGIL WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE AMMUNITION PLANT IN SAVANNA AND ALSO PASTORED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN KIOWA AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN HIS CHURCH WORK.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: ALICE WINDHAM AND HUSBAND ROB OF SHERMAN, TX. LEON PATTON AND WIFE BRENDA OF CALERA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: TABITHA GRAVES AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF MADILL, OK. JEFF PATTON AND WIFE MELANIE OF CALERA, OK. TED MILLER AND WIFE TAMARA OF TEMECULA, CA. JASON PATTON AND WIFE BETH OF CALERA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHLDREN: ASHLEY AND BROOKE JOHNSON; ANDREW, NOAH, TITUS, SAMUEL, AND JOASH PATTON; ZACHARY, GRANT, AND MACIE MILLER; AND ZEPHAN PATTON.

BROTHER: GENE PATTON AND WIFE RUBY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: HAZEL ESTER SWAIN OF WARDVILLE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: ANNA MAE PATTON ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2003. PARENTS: GEORGE ALBERT AND MARY PATTON. SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: KIOWA CEMETERY ~ KIOWA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JACKIE CRAFTON. ASSISTING: REV. TIM BRYAN AND REV. JACOB TOEWS.

CASKETBEARERS: JERRY RICHARD, WALTER MOORE, BRIAN MOORE, JOE PARENT, CLIFTON PARENT, CLYDE SWAIN.