MATTIE MARIE (BROUGHTON) WELCH, AGE 77, LIFELONG BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.

 

BORN:    APRIL 24, 1918 AT EAST ALISON IN BENTLEY AREA TO MILES WRIGHT AND IDA IVY (TREVATHAN) BROUGHTON.

 

PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1995 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE:   77 YEARS   7 MONTHS  AND  19 DAYS.

 

EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOL AT EAST ALlISON.

 

MARRIED:   JESSIE TOMLINSON IN 1933 AT EAST ALlISON.  THEN TO FLOYD MOBBS, AND LATER TO WALTER THOMAS WELCH ON JUNE 5, 1968 AT LEHIGH, OK.

 

OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A BUSINESS OWNER AND IN EARLIER YEARS WAS EMPLOYED IN NURSING.  SHE WORKED AT BROCK'S NURSING HOME (NOW ATOKA CARE CENTER) AND SCARBER NURSING HOME AS WELL.

 

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER FOR 50 YEARS AT BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

 

SHE ENJOYED VISITING HER CHILDREN, FISHING, GARDENING, CANNING, AND HER SOAP OPERAS.

 

     SURVIVED BY

 

SONS:    R. L. TOMLINSON AND WIFE BONNIE OF DEXTER, OR.

               BILL TOMLINSON AND WIFE MYRTLE OF LORENA, TX.

               ERNEST TOMLINSON AND WIFE RUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

               HARVEY TOMLINSON AND WIFE ELLEN OF MOORE, OK.

               TERRY MOBBS AND WIFE LINNIE OF KELSO, WA.

               LARRY MOBBS AND WIFE PAULA OF KELSO, WA.

 

DAUGHTER:    LINDA SILVERS OF ATOKA, OK.

 

24 GRANDCHILDREN, 31 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

 

STEPDAUGHTER:    CHRISTINE SPILLMAN AND HUSBAND AMOS OF TUSHKA, OK.

 

SISTER:  RUBY HINDS AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF WACO, TX.

 

     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

 

PARENTS:   MILES AND IDA BROUGHTON.

HUSBANDS:    JESSIE TOMLINSON IN 1960, WALTER WELCH ON OCTOBER 16, 1995.

DAUGHTERS:     SHIRLEY MARIE MOBBS on September 11, 1996.

                               IVY PEARL TOMLINSON DAVIS in may, 1964.

                               SANDRA JEAN MOBBS of Atoka in December, 1977.

STEPSON:     OSCAR MOBBS.

1 GREAT GREAT GRANDSON.

BROTHERS:    OATHER Broughton of Caddo in June, 1977.

                           FLOYD BROUGHTON.

SISTER:    DOROTHY BROUGHTON.

 

DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1995 AT 4:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES:   BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~  ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

 

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

 

OFFICIATING:     REV. TERRY CRIPE.

 

CASKETBEARERS:   DALE MOBBS, DONALD COYLE, TOMMY RICHARDSON, ROY MOBBS, RONALD COYLE, DOYAL BROUGHTON.