OBITUARY NAME: WILBUR GENE "BUDDY" ALLEN III, AGE 52 , A LIFE LONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN APRIL 16, 1956 TO CHOC ALLEN AND INEZ GILES ALLEN AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OK PASSED AWAY: ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2008 AT OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AGE : 52 YEARS 8 MONTHS 13 DAYS EDUCATION: BUDDY ATTENDED AND GRADUATED SCHOOL AT TUSHKA OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A PAINTER FOR ATOKA TRAILERS,OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN RADIATOR SHOP, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT LOVE'S AND WORKED FOR DEAN BEGLEY'S FRUIT AND FLOWER STAND, AND DID RANCHWORK. FOR THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS HE WAS A WAL MART ASSOCIATE AND THE LAST 2 YEARS HE WAS THE GREETER. MARRIED: BUDDY MARRIED ROSEMARY BAQUERA IN 1974 IN ATOKA, THEN HE LATER MARRIED CAROLYN SETTLEMIRE ON APRIL 4, 1977 AT ATOKA, SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE MARRIED CAROLYN E GRUVER ON APRIL 16, 2004 AT SHERMAN, TX CHURCH AFFILIATION: BUDDY WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BLACK JACK BAPTIST. HE WAS ACTIVE IN RELAY FOR LIFE AND ALL WAL MART FUNCTIONS. HE LOVED YARD WORK AND GROWING FLOWERS AND TINKERING WITH OLD CARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CAROLYN ALLEN OF THE HOME CHILDREN: APRIL ALLEN OF THE HOME CHRISTOPHER ALLEN OF DURANT STEP CHILDREN: JOHN VAUGHN OF DALLAS, TX JAMES VAUGHN AND WIFE MICHELLE OF FARMERSVILLE, TX MELISSA GREEN AND HUSBAND DARNELL OF ARDMORE, OK RHONDA RAY AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF ARDMORE, OK REGINA VAUGHN OF DALLAS, TX J.D. VAUGHN AND WIFE ANGELINA OF LONE GROVE VERY SPECIAL GRANNY: DORA MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK 22 GRANDCHILDREN 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN 4 BROTHERS IN LAW: TOM MAYO, JOHN CARROLL VAUGHN, ALVIN GRUVER, RICKY GREER SISTER IN LAW: BARBARA GREER ALONG WITH NUMEROUS FOSTER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BIOLOGICAL PARENTS: CHOC AND INEZ ALLEN FOSTER PARENTS THAT RAISED HIM: CECIL AND MYRTLE LEUTY 2 SISTERS: RETHA BLACKWOOD VAUGHN DONNA VAUGHN BROTHER: DEWAYNE ALLEN ******************************************************************************************************************** DATE OF SERVICES: ` FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2009 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL PLACE OF INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY OFFICIATING: BRO ERNEST ELDRIDGE ASSISTING: BRO ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: JOHN JACKSON, LEE WAYNE SEABOURN, JUNIOR BAILEY, JAMES VAUGHN, J.D. VAUGHN, DAMON VAUGHN, GLENN BURNETT, ROYCE BLAKER HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOM MAYO, DON SALIZAR, CARLIE HENSLEY, JOSH BLACKWOOD, JOHN VAUGHN AND ALL ATOKA WALMART ASSOCIATES CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. FAMILY NIGHT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 6 ~ 8 SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK