NAME: WORTHY WASHINGTON STEPHENS, AGE 86, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 22, 1918 AT IDABEL, OK TO SAMUEL AND LAURA BELL (DUNCAN) STEPHENS PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: WORTHY ATTENDED CARR CREEK SCHOOL NEAR CHICKASHA, OK. MARRIED: MARGIE KITCHENS AT CHICKASHA, OK. JEAN RODGERS. OCCUPATION: WORTHY WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION AS A EXCAVATION CONTRACTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WORTHY WAS A CHRISTIAN AND LOVED HELPING PEOPLE. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: CHAROLETT RUTHERFORD AND HUSBAND GLENN OF MEMPHIS, TN. SONS: WORTHY DON STEPHENS OF CALIFORNIA. JERRY WAYNE STEPHENS OF CALIFORNIA. GRANDCHILDREN: PHILLIP, TONYA & MICHAEL MITCHELL, STEPHEN WORTHY & MITCH HALE, AND RIVERS & SALLY RUTHERFORD. NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: JEAN (RODGERS) STEPHENS. PARENTS: SAMUEL AND LAURA STEPHENS. CHILDREN: PATRICIA, BARBARA, AND RODGER STEPHENS. BROTHERS: CLYDE STEPHENS, GUY STEPHENS, LEWIS STEPHENS, AND WRIGHT STEPHENS. SISTERS: MAUDE STEPHENS, BERTIE SPIKES, AND RUBY BILLINGS.

SERVICES: CELEBRATION OF LIFE MEMORIAL ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 AT 3:30 PM. PLACE OF SERVICE: WAPANUCKA SCHOOL CAFETORIUM. OFFICIATING: DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. EULOGY: VIVIAN STRAW