NAME:    ZETTA (SAMPLE) SWINDELl, AGE 91, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN:    MAY 27, 1909 AT POST OAK, OKLAHOMA IN ATOKA COUNTY TO SIDNEY THOMAS AND MATTIE (PHILLIPS) SAMPLE.

PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE:   91 YEARS  5  MONTHS  AND  23 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935.

MARRIED:     LLOYD OVEL SWINDELL IN 1929 IN COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED AS A SALES CLERK FOR TITCHES & GETTINGER DEPARTMENT STORE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.  ZETTA ALSO SOLD AVON, TUPPERWARE, AND TERIRRA GLASSWARE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    ZETTA WAS A MEMBER OF BALCH SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS AND AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

SHE WAS A MEMBER AND OFFICER IN THE REBEKKA LODGE, SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT FOR GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF TEXAS.  ZETTA WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE ATOKA SENIOR CITIZENS.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    GENE SWINDELL and WIFE JONEDA OF LANE, OK.

GERALD SWINDELL and WIFE LINDA OF POTTSBORO, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN:   LEANNA MARIE STONE and HUSBAND KEITH OF WEATHERFORD, TX

ROBERT DALE SWINDELL and WIFE IRENA OF WEST MINISTER, CA.

RICHARD WESLEY SWINDELL and WIFE ANGIE OF BURBANK, CA.

CHERYLE LOEFFELHOLZ OF SHERMAN, TX.

WILLIAM STEVEN SWINDELL and WIFE UNA STATIONED IN SEOUL, KOREA.

DAVID SHEPHEARD SWINDELL and WIFE DANA OF POTTSBORO, TX.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     BENJAMIN, NICHOLAS, & DANIEL STONE, DAVID, DILLON, & SARA SWINDELL, AND CHRIS DAWSON.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   IAN McALESTER and KERA McALESTER.

NIECES:    BETTY CRAWFORD, GAIL GEAR, RITA COFFEY, SANDRA PITTMAN, PAT FONDA, and JAN DANIELS.

NEPHEWS:   KELLY, ROGER, and BILLY SAMPLE.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:     LLOYD SWINDELL.

PARENTS:   SIDNEY and MATTIE sample.

SON:   BOBBY DALE SWINDELL.

DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SERVICE:  BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. EDDY COOKE.

ASSISTING:   REV. BILLY ELKINS.

CASKETBEARERS:   KELLY SAMPLE, BILLY SAMPLE, ROGER SAMPLE, HARLEY UBER, PERRY RAY, TINKER RAY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    FLOYD WILSON, JAMES SILLS, SANDY DANDERSON, BOB UBER.