NAME: WANDA VERN (HORATH) PERKINS, AGE 57, A LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 3, 1943 AT COLEMAN, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND OPAL LEE (SPEAKS) HORATH. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 AT HER MOTHER'S RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 57 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS

EDUCATION: WANDA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM COLEMAN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 16 IN 1959. ATTENDED 2 YEARS AT MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, 2 YEARS AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, RECEIVING HER B. A. IN BUSINESS AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

MARRIED: MELVIN FRANKLIN PERKINS ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1961 AT EMIT, OK.

OCCUPATION: WANDA TAUGHT SCHOOL AT BENTLEY, CENTERPOINT, AND FARRIS. SHE RETIRED IN 1997 AFTER 32 YEARS OF TEACHING.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. WANDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION, OKLAHOMA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: MELVIN FRANKLIN PERKINS OF THE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK.

SON: MELVIN WAYNE MOOCHIE PERKINS AND WIFE DEBORAH OF ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER: MELVA WYNETTE MACI (PERKINS) MORELAND AND HUSBAND DERRIEL OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDSON: KC JOHN MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK.

STEP GRANDSONS: KODY BLUE AND JODY GLEN MORELAND OF TUSHKA, OK.

STEP GRANDDAUGHTER: BRANDI MORELAND OF PEORIA, AZ.

MOTHER: OPAL LEE HORATH OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS: JACKIE WAYNE HORATH AND WIFE GAIL OF SAPULPA, OK. DONNIE RAY BO HORATH AND WIFE JEAN OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY LEE GOB HORATH AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK. RONNIE DALE PAT HORATH OF BIXBY, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: JOHN WILLIAM HORATH ON AUGUST 4, 1999. SISTER: MARGARET ANN HORATH FAULKNER ON DECEMBER 8, 2000.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ~ FARRIS, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. DARREL HEATH.

CASKETBEARERS: DERK MEADOWS, MACK MCADAMS, JOE DAN MCADAMS, JAY BRENT MCADAMS, JIM FARRIS, JUSTIN FARRIS, BRAD BRISTER, BRIAN BRISTER, MONTANA WILSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB NOAK, LINDA NOAK, DALLAS WILSON, RENEE WILSON, CARL MCADAMS, MARGARET MCADAMS, HARRY FARRIS, CHERIE FARRIS, JERRY LYTLE, WISTON ARNOLD, WILMA ARNOLD, QUINNA LEWIS, BONNIE PHILLIPS.