NAME: VONDA RUTH JUDY (staley) CHRISTIE, AGE 85, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 9, 1921 AT HAROLDS PRAIRIE, IL. TO WILLIAM SANFORD AND VADA PEARL (TUGGLE) STALEY.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006 AT KINGS DAUGHTERS AND SONS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, OK.

AGE: 85 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS

EDUCATION: JUDY ATTENDED SCHOOL at CARMI, IL.

MARRIED: ROBERT MILTON CHRISTIE ON APRIL 9, 1939 at henderson, ky.

OCCUPATION: JUDY WAS A HOMEMAKER AND LOVING MOTHER. she AND HUSBAND BOB OWNED AND OPERATED MECHANICAL SERVICES OF ATOKA, WHERE SHE WAS THE BOOKKEEPER FOR MANY YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.

JUDY ENJOYED QUILTING AND SEWING, READING, TRAVELING, AND COLLECTING DOLLS.

survived by

DAUGHTER: KAREN BURDEN OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN BURDEN AND WIFE CANDY OF DECATUR, TX.

CHAD BURDEN AND WIFE KRISTY OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

WADE BURDEN OF LUBBOCK, TX.

SHANNON CHRISTIE OF RENO, NV.

TORREY CHRISTIE AND WIFE ANGELA OF LAS VEGAS, NV.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RACEY BURDEN, RYLIE BURDEN, RIDGE BURDEN, OLIVIA CHRISTIE, HANNAH

CHRISTIE

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: ANN CHRISTIE OF RENO, NV.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: WILLIAM AND VADA STALEY.

HUSBAND: ROBERT MILTON CHRISTIE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2001.

SON: ALAN MILTON CHRISTIE.

BROTHERS: CHELSEA STALEY AND GORDON STALEY.

SISTERS: MARY SEARS AND VERLA HANLEY.

SON-IN-LAW: JOHNNIE BURDEN.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER.

CASKETBEARERS: MIKE DANIEL, JOHN BURDEN, CHAD BURDEN, WADE BURDEN, DAVID DURBIN, wes moore.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE SWINDALL, ROGER MCININCH. J. M. BUD HARVEY, charles mckee.

FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.