NAME: WILLIAM JOHN MARTIN, AGE 57, OF TUSHKA AND A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 14, 1947 AT SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND WYNOMA BLANCH (HALL) MARTIN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 57 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE IN 1965. HE ATTENDED EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AT WILBURTON. MARRIED: DOTTIE MORMAN. ROSE LEE STIGERS ON AUGUST 9, 1985 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: JOHN RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS CIVIL SERVICE AT THE MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AS A PLANNER AND ESTIMATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND, WHILE AT THE BASE, WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CIVILIAN WELFARE FUND. JOHN WAS AN ARMY VETERAN AND WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ROSE OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. CHILDREN: KYLE MARTIN AND WIFE KRISTY OF ATOKA, OK. SHERRY MINCIC AND HUSBAND CRAIG OF GREELEY, CO. JANICE JOHNSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: TRINITY AND DEVAN MARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. GARRETT AND JORDAN JOHNSON OF CANEY, OK. WESLEY AND RILEY MINCIC OF GREELEY, CO. AUNTS: NELLIE HODGE OF CADDO, OK. BESSIE WITHROW OF CANEY, OK. TRESSA MCBRAYER OF TUSHKA, OK. GENEVA JONES OF OKLAHOMA CITY. TRESSIE FRELAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. UNCLE: BILLY JOE HALL OF FRESNO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BILL MARTIN AND WYNOMA (HALL) MARTIN COLLIER. STEP BROTHER: DWAYNE COLLIER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: SOUTH BURNS CEMETERY ~ DILL CITY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN KEITH SELBY, KEVIN BESS, DON WALLACE, RICKY WALLACE, CHIP WELLS, BUDDY SANDERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, WAYNE SELBY, HAROLD ROLAND, WILLIAM JUNIOR NUTTALL, BEN BONHAM, JERRY HALL.