NAME: WILMA BYRDEAN (ROWLAND) MARLEY, AGE 69, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 3, 1935 AT STANDING ROCK, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLIE LEE AND LUCY (VAUGHN) ROWLAND.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BYRDEAN ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MCGEE VALLEY, PINE TOP AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN WITH THE CLASS OF 53. SHE LATER ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL IN ADA, OK.

MARRIED: RALPH RICHARD MARLEY ON JUNE 4, 1953 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. EARLIER SHE WORK FOR ZWAGLES, THE EL ADOBE, AND AT COCHRAN'S CAFE IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.

BYRDEAN WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SARA CLASS. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHILDREN'S SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND THE PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER: CONNIE LEIGH MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SON: RALPH RICHARD MARLEY JR. OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: ADAM CRABTREE MARLEY OF HOUSTON, TX. SAMANTHA CRABTREE MARLEY OF AUSTIN, TX. SARAH JUANITA-LEIGH SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SISTER: JANICE CORRIN (ROWLAND) GREGORICH AND HUSBAND STEVE OF PLACERVILLE, CA.

NIECE: MICHELLE RICHMOND AND HUSBAND DON OF PALO ALTO, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CHARLIE AND LUCY ROWLAND. HUSBAND: RALPH MARLEY ON JULY 28, 2001.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. RYAN LEWIS.

CASKETBEARERS: BILL GIVENS, KENNETH CHAFFIN, BILL POTTS, JACK LANSDALE, DEON KIFFER, HARRY FARRIS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (FELLOW SARA CLASSMATES) NOWETTA MILLER, SIS WELLS, LEOTA JORDAN, MILDRED SUTTON, KATHRYN HEARD, NANCY WILLIAMS, LINDA EAGLEBERGER, IMOGENE THOMPSON, OLLIE HEARD, WANDA BOWEN, FAYE PRUITT, VIRGINIA SMITH, SHIRLEY CHOULES, KATHY ANDERSON, LIL CHAFFIN, LOIS TISDALE, LORETTA POWELL, BARBARA POTTS, PRICELLA MARLEY.