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Minnie Pearl (Dover) Stephens
Jan 17, 1901 - May 21, 1995
Posted by Jo Aguirre
 

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MINNIE PEARL (DOVER) STEPHENS, AGE 94,  LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 17, 1901 AT DAISY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO J. H. AND HETTIE (DAVIS) DOVER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1995 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   94 YEARS  4  MONTHS    AND   4  DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   JAMES EDWARD STEPHENS IN FEBRUARY OF 1915 IN BRYAN COUNTY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    MINNIE PEARL WAS A HOMEMAKER AND ALSO WORKED IN A CONVALESCENT
HOSPITAL. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS OF CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH.
 
MINNIE PEARL WAS AN AVID GARDENER, ALWAYS RAISING ENOUGH VEGETABLES TO SHARE
WITH HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. SHE ALWAYS HAD THE CELLAR STOCKED WITH CANNED GOODS. ALSO LOVED TO QUILT AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE DEMONSTRATION CLUB. 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTERS:   JUANITA RAINS OF ATOKA
                             LOIS JONES OF ATOKA.
                             HAGER JEAN PIERCE OF RENO, NV.
                             CLARA MAE DEAN OF LOUISVILLE, KY.
                                                                                  
GRANDCHILDREN:   CATHY DARNELL OF BRISTOW, OK.
                                         GLYNNA SANDERS OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.
                                         PATRICIA McDONALD OF POTEAU, OK.
                                         RUSSELL EMERT OF CALIFORNIA.
                                         DEBBIE PIERCE OF CALIFORNIA.
                                         KAREN EGGER OF CALIFORNIA.
                                         JAMES ROBERT PATTON OF LOUISVILLE, KY.
 
13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,  5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   J. H. AND HETTIE DOVER.
HUSBAND:   JAMES STEPHENS ON MARCH 3, 1957.
BROTHERS:    DELTER I. dover of Hatfield, AR on February 15, 1970.
                           OAD M. DOVER of Arkansas on August 12, 1990.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   GAYLEN KENNEDY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY,  MAY 23, 1995 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWNS FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JEFF HOLLAND.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   OREN COCHRAN, ROBERT "TOT" CALVERT, PERRY RAY, IRVING LILLARD,
WILLIE JOE STRICKLAND, MILFORD POWELL.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    SID CAMP, DON BERNARD, FLOYD BLACKBURN, KENNETH WILLIAMS.

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