Obituaries

Jan 12, 2005

NAME: VERA PAULINE (WHEELER) POWELL, AGE 81, A RESIDENT OF THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 21, 1924.

PASSED AWAY: JANUARY 12, 2005 AT THE MARY HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE.

AGE: 81 YEARS 3 MONTHS 21 DAYS

MARRIED: ROBERT JERAL POWELL. HE PRECEDED...

Jan 10, 2005

NAME: JIMMY DEAN RILEY, AGE 60, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT

BORN: AUGUST 19, 1944 TO BURL AND DONNA LOIS (SCOTT) RILEY AT ATOKA, OK.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

AGE: 60 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS

EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN, OK, TEXAS, AND NEW...

Jan 10, 2005

NAME: HOWARD GLENN PRINCE, AGE 53, A HARRAH RESIDENT AND FORMER COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 25, 1951 IN MARTINEZ, CA TO HAROLD AND CHRISTINE (STANDRIDGE) PRINCE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2005 IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. AGE: 53 YEARS 9 MONTHS 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN COTTONWOOD AND PINE, GRADUATING FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1969. OCCUPATION:...

Jan 10, 2005

NAME: BRUCE MAXWELL FURR, AGE 61, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AND ATOKA CO. AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 8, 1943 TO CECIL BRUCE AND EURA VIVIAN (MAXWELL) FURR AT ATOKA, OK

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA

AGE: 61 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS

EDUCATION: BRUCE...

Jan 9, 2005

NAME: LOUIS JAMES TAYLOR, AGE 73, OF TUSHKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 30, 1931 AT COALGATE , OKLA. TO GROVER CLEVE AND MARY ELLEN (MILLER) TAYLOR.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 2005 NEAR CANEY IN AN AUTO-TRUCK ACCIDENT

AGE: 73 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

EDUCATION: LOUIS ATTENDED SCHOOL AT...

Jan 7, 2005

NAME: RONALD DALE BURKE, AGE 50, OF ATOKA AND FORMERLY FROM MUSTANG AND CHOCTAW, OK.

BORN: FEBRUARY 28, 1954 AT SALINAS, CA. TO BOBBY DEAN AND BELVA DELOIS (FINK) BURKE.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2005 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

AGE: 50 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

EDUCATION:...

Jan 7, 2005

NAME: JOHN BENTON FARMER, AGE 80, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 17, 1924 AT HARMONY, ATOKA CO., OK TO EDD AND MINNIE (HUMPHREY) FARMER.

PASSED AWAY: EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 2005 AT THE HERITAGE HILLS LIVING AND REHAB CENTER IN MCALESTER,   OK.

AGE: 80 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS...

Jan 5, 2005

NAME: LEONARD EUGENE LINTON, AGE 66, A LONGTIME LEHIGH RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 26, 1938 AT NON, OK TO EUGENE ELTON AND EVLEE (YOUNGBLOOD) LINTON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2005 AT COALGATE, OK AGE: 66 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE AND LAS VEGAS SCHOOLS, GRADUATING IN 1955. MARRIED: FRIEDA BREZNEY ON DECEMBER 30, 1957 AT...

Dec 26, 2004

NAME: CHERYL LEA (PARRISH) PITTMAN, AGE 53, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1951 AT REED CITY, MICHIGAN TO DONNIE RAY AND BARBARA ANN (RUSS) PARRISH. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 53 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED NORTHERN HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN AND LATER OBTAINED HER G.E.D....

Dec 24, 2004

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...

Dec 22, 2004

NAME: BILLY JOE ANDREWS, AGE 67, A TRIBBEY RESIDENT AND FORMERLY A COALGATE RESIDENT BORN: AUGUST 2, 1937 IN COALGATE, OK TO JOHN ALBERT AND MARY (FORNERIS) ANDREWS PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2004 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 67 YEARS 4 MONTHS 20 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955. MARRIED: BETH WOODS ON MAY 3, 1958...

Dec 19, 2004

NAME: NORA CATHERINE (EUBANKS) ZINN BUTLER, AGE 82, AN ATOKA RESIDENT SINCE 1991. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1922 NEAR LANE, OKLAHOMA TO WALTER ELMER AND EFFIE (JENKINS) EUBANKS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, O K. AGE: 82 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: NORA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: MAX ZINN AT...

Dec 19, 2004

NAME: BARBARA DEAN (RUTLEDGE) FOWLER, AGE 63, A LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 11, 1941 AT ADA, OK TO OLEF JUSTIN AND JUANITA IRENE (MCGUIRE) RUTLEDGE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN TUPELO, OK. AGE: 63 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ADA, OK. MARRIED: JOHN DAVID FOWLER ON NOVEMBER 21,...

Dec 18, 2004

NAME: TRISTON ELIJAH BROWN, INFANT SON OF CHARLES WESLEY AND SHAWNA ROCHELLE (BEVANS) BROWN OF COALGATE,  OK. BORN: JULY 21, 2004 AT MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2004 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 4 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS SURVIVED BY PARENTS: CHARLES AND SHAWNA BROWN OF THE HOME AT COALGATE, OK. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: DARLENE JARRATT OF COALGATE, OK....

Dec 14, 2004

NAME: CLYDE EDWARD SHEFFIELD, AGE 68, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 5, 1936 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO LEONARD ERVIN AND FLORENCE LORETTA (BUTLER) SHEFFIELD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 68 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: CLYDE ATTENDED LANE AND ATOKA SCHOOLS, GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF 54....

Dec 13, 2004

NAME: GARLAND DALE REED, AGE 68, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 26, 1936 AT BLACKJACK, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO SURLES BOLEN AND BEVERTA LILLY (PARKER) REED. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 2004 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 68 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: DALE ATTENDED BLACKJACK SCHOOL IN ATOKA...

Dec 12, 2004

NAME: EVA ANN (DODSON) WISEMAN, AGE 64, A COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 29, 1940 AT CLARITA, OKLAHOMA TO ALBERT J. AND MARTHA JANE (WHEELER) DODSON PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2004 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 64 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED CLARITA AND OLNEY SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1958. MARRIED: DON CORNELIUS MCKINNEY IN COALGATE, OK...

Dec 10, 2004

NAME: GERALD WAYNE WOODALL JR, AGE 40, OF ATOKA AND FORMER BRECKENRIDGE, TX RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 30, 1964 IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO GERALD WAYNE AND DURSA LEE (CARPENTER) WOODALL PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2004 AT THE STONEGATE NURSING HOME IN STONEWALL, OK AGE: 40 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM POLY HIGH SCHOOL...

Dec 9, 2004

NAME: ERMA LEONA (SELLS) HOLDER, AGE 84, A LIFELONG COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 5, 1920 AT COALGATE TO MILUS ALEXANDER ALEX AND BULA BEATRICE (HOWERTON) SELLS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2004 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 84 YEARS 4 MONTHS 4 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED PINE AND COALGATE SCHOOL, GRADUATED IN 1938 FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ATTENDED EAST...

Dec 7, 2004

NAME: ROGER DAVID CRITES, AGE 60, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1944 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO EDGAR VAUGHN AND ROSE MARY (AYERS) TURNER CRITES PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2004 AT HIS HOME NEAR CANEY, OK. AGE: 60 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED EDISON, LATHROP JUNIOR HIGH AND SANTA ANA HIGH SCHOOL, ALL...