Submitted by 
Sue Hearon, 2002-03
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Martha Deaton

POTEAU — Martha Deaton, 92, of Poteau died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, in Muskogee, Okla. She was born Oct. 12, 1910, in Stigler. She was a homemaker.

Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Howe Cemetery in Howe under the direction of Grace Manor Funeral Home of Poteau.

She is survived by four daughters, Barbara Vickers, of Wister, Patsy Steele of Anaheim, Calif., Jimmie Nelson of Palm Desert, Calif., and Faye Flemister of Guttenburg, N.J.; a son, Jackie Deaton of Poteau; three sisters, Opal Cobb and Stella Benson, both of Howe, and Lorene Gipson of Riverbank, Calif.; 25 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 29 great-great-grandchildren.

The body may be viewed noon to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Cottage Crisis Pregnancy Center, P.O. Box 5, Poteau, OK 74953.

Howe Cemetery