NAME: WILLIAM RICHARD "BILL DICK" LITTLEJOHN, AGE 77, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 6, 1926 AT REDDEN, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS EDWARD AND BESSIE ANN (SNOW) LITTLEJOHN.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK AGE: 77 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BILL ATTENDED REDDEN AND STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS. HE LATER ATTENDED TRADE SCHOOL IN ST. LOUIS, MO AND NUMEROUS OTHER SCHOOLS CONNECTED TO HIS WORK AT TINKER AIR FORCE BASE IN THE CITY.

MARRIED: ARLEVA RILEY IN 1952 AT DEQUEEN, AR. THELMA SUE LOFTIN IN 1982 AT DEL CITY, OK.

OCCUPATION: BILL WAS A TOOL AND DIE MACHINIST FOR TINKER AIR FORCE BASE FOR 25 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1979.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: BILL WAS A BAPTIST. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE VFW POST 9969 IN DEL CITY, OK.

BILL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II AND LATER SERVED IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: CHRIS (LITTLEJOHN) TRIPLETT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. RON LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE DENISE OF COWETA, OK

MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: ARLEVA RILEY OF EUFAULA, OK

SON-IN-LAW: DAVID TRIPLETT OF EUFAULA, OK

GRANDCHILDREN: APRIL BENTON AND HUSBAND BRANDON OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. MISTY SCOTT OF AUSTIN, TX. CARRIE TRIPLETT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. ZACH LITTLEJOHN OF COWETA, OK. JARED LITTLEJOHN OF COWETA, OK. TERRI YORK AND HUSBAND TRENT OF KINGFISHER, OK.

6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS: THOMAS E. LITTLEJOHN, JR. AND WIFE PAULINE OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. PERRY ALLEN LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE DONNA OF SAVANNAH, OK. ELLIS RAY LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE IRENE OF YUKON, OK.

SISTERS: BEATRICE AMERIAN OF MCALESTER, OK. KATHRYN MELTON AND HUSBAND ODELL OF SAVANNAH, OK. MINNIE SMITH AND HUSBAND BILL OF CHOCTAW, OK. MARY LEE RAVAN OF WACO, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: THELMA SUE LITTLEJOHN IN 1989. PARENTS: THOMAS EDWARD AND BESSIE ANN LITTLEJOHN. SISTER: REVA DALE LAYTON. BROTHERS: TROY FRANK LITTLEJOHN, RONALD DEAN LITTLEJOHN, AND INFANT BABY LITTLEJOHN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2004 AT 3:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ REDDEN, OK.

INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. FRANK COUCH. ASSISTING: BUSTER HARRIS AND JIM KELLOGG.

CASKETBEARERS: TERRY LITTLEJOHN, CONRAD LITTLEJOHN, LOUIE LAYTON, KENNY LAYTON, DAVID LAYTON, MIKE TALLEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY LITTLEJOHN, TONY TALLEY, ROY GADBERRY, ZACH GADBERRY, LOUIS LAYTON, ROBBIE SMITH, EDWARD ODELL MELTON.