NAME: YVONNE (COCHRAN) PHILLIPS GIBBS, AGE 74, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
BORN: AUGUST 6, 1930 IN PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK TO ROBERT EMMETT AND ETHA BEATRICE (DONALDSON) COCHRAN.
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE: 74 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.
EDUCATION: YVONNE ATTENDED HARMONY GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1948. SHE ATTENDED BUSINESS SCHOOL IN ODESSA, TEXAS. YVONNE WAS FFA CHAPTER SWEETHEART AND PLAYED BASKETBALL THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL.
MARRIED: J. D. PHILLIPS ON APRIL 9, 1949 IN GRAYSON COUNTY, TX.
LLOYD GIBBS ON OCTOBER. 8, 1954 AT GUTHRIE, OK.
OCCUPATION: YVONNE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE LOVED FLOWERS, GARDENING, BEING OUTDOORS, AND VISITING WITH HER FRIENDS.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVED BY:
HUSBAND: LLOYD GIBBS OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY.
CHILDREN: DOSS PHILLIPS AND WIFE GLYNNIS OF DENTON, TX.
GINA GIBBS OF DALLAS, TX.
DELBERT GIBBS OF DALLAS, TX.
GRANDCHILDREN: HUNTER AND JUSTIS PHILLIPS OF DENTON, TX.
BROTHER: BENTON COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK.
NIECES: NANCY SMITH OF SHAWNEE, OK.
JENNIFER DEFENBAUGH OF GRAPEVINE, TX.
LINDA PEASE OF CLAREMORE, OK.
NEPHEWS: WESLEY COCHRAN OF HARRAH, OK.
DANNY COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:
PARENTS: ROBERT EMMETT AND ETHA BEATRICE COCHRAN.
HUSBAND: J. D. PHILLIPS IN 1950 IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT.
MEMORIAL SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. REX WILLIAMS.
EULOGY: RONNIE COCHRAN.
THE FAMILY WILL HOST A RECEPTION FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SERVICE AT THE FIRST BAPTIST FAMILY LIFE CENTER.
FAMILY NIGHT - NONE.
Source: Brown's Funeral Service, 800 West 13th Street, Atoka, Oklahoma 74525
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