NAME: WILBURN VERNON SMITH, AGE 79, A LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 TO LONZO AND ELMA (BRUMLEY) SMITH AT BOGGY DEPOT, ATOKA CO., OK.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 2004 AT JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND WAS A GRADUATE OF THE WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: NEATHA HICKMAN ON MAY 19, 1945 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: WILBURN WORKED AS A BUILDER AND WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1986.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER DEACON. HE LATER AFFILIATED WITH WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY. HE WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON AND MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA LODGE AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS AND AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: TAWANA SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK. WILYON SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. LON SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

MOTHER OF WILYON AND LON: MONA TAYLOR OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: GABRIEL AND TAWATHA.

FORMER WIFE: NEATHA HICKMAN SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK.

BROTHERS: BRUCE AND MARVIN.

SISTERS: CHRISTINE, BETHEL LEE, LORENE, BERTHA, ANNA, AND LAWAN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: LONZO AND ELMA SMITH. SON: RODERICK. BROTHER: JERRY.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY.

INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES POULIN.

CASKETBEARERS: ADAM BAXTER, CLINT BRAGGS, RAY BAXTER, DON BAXTER, ED POODLE JONES, DAVID UPCHURCH, BILLY SMITH, WESLEY SARTIN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY MACK CLEMENTS, GUY BERRY, LARRY PARKER, CLARENCE JUNIOR ROBERTSON.