NAME: WALTER RAY W. R. HACKWORTH, AGE 80, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 15, 1923 AT BROMIDE, OK TO WALTER PAT AND LILLIE MAE (KING) HACKWORTH.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 2004 AT HIS HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 1 DAY.

EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BROMIDE, OK.

MARRIED: LOVETA ANGEL ON DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT DEQUEEN, AR.

OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LIFELONG FARMER AND RANCHER AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A PIPELINER AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BROMIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.

RAY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE V.F.W., THE OKLAHOMA CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 627.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: LOVETA HACKWORTH OF THE HOME IN BROMIDE, OK.

SON: CORKEY HACKWORTH OF BROMIDE, OK.

DAUGHTER: LEA ANN NELSON OF CLARITA, OK.

GRANDSONS: JAMIE DON HACKWORTH OF HAMMOND, IN. KRIS DAVIDSON OF BROMIDE, OK. DUSTIN LAMBERT OF CLARITA, OK. BART THOMPSON OF STERLING, OK.

GREAT GRANDSONS: MATHEW THOMPSON OF FILLMORE, OK. LUKE THOMPSON AND JACOB THOMPSON OF STERLING, OK. DYLAN DAVIDSON OF BROMIDE, OK.

BROTHERS: AUSTIN HACKWORTH OF LANE, OK. FLOYD HACKWORTH OF BROMIDE, OK.

SISTERS: HELEN DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. NANCY BENGE OF AMARILLO, TX. NELLIE TRAYLOR OF FT. WORTH, TX.

STEPCHILDREN: TRENTON ANGEL OF ATOKA, OK. RHONDA PIDGUE OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN: JUSTIN RECTOR AND KEVIN ANGEL OF ATOKA, OK. BRYAN AND RICK JUSTICE OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

4 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WALTER PAT AND LILLIE MAE HACKWORTH. BROTHER: ALBERT DOC HACKWORTH. GRANDSON: MICHAEL RAY HACKWORTH.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JULY 20, 2004 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.

CASKETBEARERS: CORKEY HACKWORTH, BART THOMPSON, KRIS DAVIDSON, DUSTIN LAMBERT, MATHEW THOMPSON, TOMMY THOMPSON, JACKIE HAMILTON.