Obituaries

Dec 31, 2000

NAME: ERNEST ELMER JORDAN, AGE 76, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 15, 1924 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO OLIVER FRANCIS AND POLLIE ELLIS (GUNKEL) JORDAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 76 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GRASSY LAKE AND MERRY'S CHAPEL, OK. MARRIED: DARLENE ST....

Dec 30, 2000

NAME: EVERETT M. MANION, AGE 71, OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN: APRIL 7, 1929 AT CAIRO, OKLAHOMA TO HARVEY NEWTON AND GOLDIE (BENCH) MANION. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT ATOKA, OK. AGE: 71 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP.

MARRIED: BETTIE MOORE ON OCTOBER 11, 1948...

Dec 30, 2000

NAME: JULIA A. PELLEGRINI, AGE 52, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LEHIGH, OK.

BORN: JULY 1, 1913 AT LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA TO ERNETTO AND CLOTILDE (ENRIETTIO) PELLEGRINI. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT COLONIAL MANOR, ATOKA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 29 DAY. EDUCATION: LEHIGH JEFFERSON SCHOOL AND EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN 1945. MARRIED: NEVER...

Dec 30, 2000

NAME: RUTH (EAVES) STRANG, AGE 86, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 3, 1914 IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLA TO FATE AND BELLE (WILSON) EAVES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: JOHN HAROLD STRANG...

Dec 27, 2000

NAME: GRACIE LEE (MANNON) HEDGECOCK, AGE 52, A COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 26, 1948 AT DAISY, OKLAHOMA TO COLUMBUS JEFFERSON AND BESSIE VIOLA (ESTEP) MANNON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2000 AT HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE. AGE: 52 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REDDEN, STRINGTOWN, AND OKLAHOMA CITY. MARRIED: SCOTTY HEDGECOCK ON NOVEMBER...

Dec 26, 2000

NAME: JIM TOM J. T. WEAVER, AGE 73, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 2, 1927 AT PAULS VALLEY, OK TO ERNEST AND CORA DELL (PRITCHETT) WEAVER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2000 AT SUNSET MANOR IN TECUMSEH, OK. AGE: 73 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM PAULS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED...

Dec 23, 2000

NAME: MARK ALAN SMITH, AGE 40, LONGTIME LEHIGH RESIDENT AND FORMER TISHOMINGO RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 30, 1960 AT DENISON, TEXAS TO ARZIE THOMAS AND BLANCHE DELORES (WALKER) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: HE WAS FOUND DECEMBER 23, 2000 1.5 MILES OFF SH 48, NORTHEAST OF COLEMAN IN JOHNSTON COUNTY AFTER   AN EXTENSIVE AREA WIDE SEARCH. AGE: 40 YEARS 10...

Dec 23, 2000

NAME: ROXIE VANILLA ROBINS, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 26, 1911 AT CADDO TO JACOB G. AND JULIA (GENTRY) ROBINS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 88 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THE BOSWELL AREA. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST...

Dec 21, 2000

NAME: DEONDREAH SHARALYN NICOLE DAVIS, INFANT DAUGHTER OF LORI GWENETT DAVIS AND LANCE GANARO LANE OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 AT MCALESTER, OK. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2000 AT HER HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 2 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: LORI GWENETT DAVIS OF ATOKA, OK. FATHER: LANCE GANARO LANE OF ATOKA, OK....

Dec 17, 2000

NAME: FAUSTER ISOM LOVELACE, AGE 86, A LIFETIME ATOKA CAUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1914 AT BENTLEY, OK TO SHELBY ISOM AND BELLE Z. (TUCKER) LOVELACE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1934 AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE...

Dec 15, 2000

NAME: ROY LEE O'HERN, SR., AGE 94, A CADDO AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1931.

BORN: JUNE 1, 1906 AT HENNESSEY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO PATRICK S. AND MARTHA JANE (DUNCAN) O'HERN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 94 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: ROY ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SURPRISE IN KINGFISHER COUNTY, OK....

Dec 13, 2000

NAME: LEROY DAVID BLACKBURN, AGE 82, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 27, 1918 AT SPALDING, OKLAHOMA TO DAVID WASHINGTON AND ISABELLE (YEATS) BLACKBURN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938. MARRIED: LUCILLE UMSTED...

Dec 12, 2000

NAME: FORREST MERRILL TIMS, AGE 54, OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 15, 1946 AT TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA TO SIMON CULBERSON AND ORA MAE (TIMS) LEWIS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2000 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 54 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED BENTLEY ELEMENTARY AND OKLAHOMA CITY'S CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: FLORENCE FIXICO ON IN OCTOBER,...

Dec 9, 2000

NAME: ANDERSON ANDY LEFLORE, AGE 70, OF THE BENTLEY AREA.

BORN: FEBRUARY 13, 1930 AT BENTLEY TO THOMPSON AND CARRIE JANE (GIPSON) LEFLORE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2000 AT THE CHOCTAW NATION HEALTH CENTER IN TALIHINA, OK. AGE: 70 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED WEST ALLISON, BENTLEY SCHOOLS, JONES ACADEMY AT HARTSHORNE, AND...

Dec 8, 2000

NAME: OMER A. PITTMAN, AGE 76, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 27, 1924 AT BAUM, OK IN CARTER COUNTY TO WILLIAM HENRY AND MAUDIE THELMA (BARNES) PITTMAN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR COAL CREEK. AGE: 76 YEARS 5 MONTH AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NORRIS CHAPEL NEAR GREASEY BEND...

Dec 8, 2000

NAME: MARGARET ANN (HORATH) FAULKNER, AGE 48, OF DENTON, TEXAS AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 1, 1952 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND OPAL LEE (SPEAKS) HORATH. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT NORTH CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTER, MCKINNEY, TX. AGE: 48 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT COLEMAN...

Dec 7, 2000

NAME: SHIRLEY FAYE (VAUGHN) GRAY, AGE 53, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 17, 1947 AT SPARTA, TENNESSEE TO HOMER CORDELL AND LOIS M. (WRIGHT) VAUGHN. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2000 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 53 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SPARTA, TEXAS AND SANTA PAULA,...

Dec 6, 2000

NAME: FLOYD F. MOBBS, AGE 93, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 23, 1907 AT BENTLEY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO FRED AND EMMA (PAULGUITZ) MOBBS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 93 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY AT WEST ALLISON. MARRIED: MINNIE GREEN IN 1929...

Dec 5, 2000

NAME: GERTRUDE E. (PIPPIN) HOWARD, AGE 99, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 12, 1900 AT GAINSVILLE, TEXAS TO CHARLES L. AND GERDA (UNKNOWN) PIPPIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 99 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THACKERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT. MARRIED:...

Dec 3, 2000

NAME: RENA ANN COLLUM STOWE, AGE 83, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: OCTOBER 19, 1917 AT HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS TO J. W. AND SARA WARD COLLUM. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 83 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RUSH PORT, AR. MARRIED: IRVIN OTTO STOWE ON NOVEMBER...