BENNIE M. JOHN, SR.
ADA-Services for Bennie Melvin John, Sr., 81, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Benny Boeck will officiate. Graveside burial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Concord Church Indian Cemetery in Ardmore with full military honors.
Mr. John died Friday, January 28, 2011 at a Sherman, Texas hospital. He was born March 29, 1929 at Ardmore, Oklahoma to Alex and MaryAnn Simpson John.
He was married to Gladys Tone and she preceded him in death May 12, 2006 in Oklahoma City. Mr. John was a Gunnery Sergeant for the U. S. Marine Corps. during the Korean conflict. He received a Purple Heart. He was employed at the Denver Zoo until his retirement.
Survivors include five sons and one daughter, Eldon John, Bennett M. John and wife Sheila, Monroe John, Bennie M. John, Jr. and Vernon John, and Juanita John; grandchildren, Corinna A. Linton and husband Russell, Erica V. Eppler, Kristina F. John, and Jessica D. John; three great grandchildren, Joseph and Rebecca Jefferson and Stryder Lee Eppler; and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Gladys John; two sisters, Vivian and Sally John; a brother, Andy John; nephew, Jimmy Lee John; and a grandson-in-law, Matthew Eppler.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada