NAME: WILLIAM ALLEN ESTEP, AGE 45, A LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 20, 1956 AT OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA TO WESLEY A. AND ANNA (KEELER) ESTEP. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2002 AT HURLEY HOSPITAL, COALGATE, OK. AGE: 45 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1974. WILLIAM PLAYED FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE AND ALSO ATTENDED KIAMICHI VO-TECH.

MARRIED: DEBBIE SCHMIDT. NUDREA EDWARDS.

OCCUPATION: WILLIAM RETIRED FROM THE U. S. ARMY AFTER 23 YEARS SERVICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: WILLIAM WAS A MEMBER OF COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE PAST 10 OR 12 YEARS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 45TH INFANTRY, DID A HITCH IN GERMANY, ATTAINED THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT, AND RECEIVED NUMEROUS CITATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND WON SEVERAL STATE AND REGIONAL CHAMPION GOLDEN GLOVE BOXING MATCHES.

SURVIVED BY

SONS: JAMES W. COTTRELL ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK. WESLEY ESTEP JR. OF COALGATE, OK. WILLIAM S. ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK.

DAUGHTER: LATRISHA E. ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK.

FATHER: WESLEY ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK.

BROTHERS: WESLEY P. ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK. KENNETH DALE ESTEP OF LEHIGH, OK.

SISTER: ANGELA WALLACE OF COALGATE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER: ANNA ESTEP. SISTERS: BRENDA WOODS AND REGINA ESTEP.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. ASSISTING: REV. BOB TRAIL.

CASKETBEARERS: LEO ABLES, JASON MCENTIRE, RICK LEWIS, RANDY WARD, GARY HUMMINGBIRD, MACK GAYLOR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: VERNON HAYWORTH, JAMES SMITH, BOB WARD, CLAUDE COTTRELL, MARION FLOYD.