JOE EUBANKS

ADA-Services for Joe Thomas Eubanks, 62, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Friday at the Central Church of Christ, Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Eubanks died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at his home. He was born May 9, 1946 at Sallisaw, Oklahoma to Thomas Leroy and Edith Mary Mankins Eubanks. He graduated in 1964 from Central High School in Tulsa.

He married Sue Cooper on May 9, 1969 in Tulsa. Mr. Eubanks was a machinist with Energy Exchangers in Tulsa from 1964 until 1981 and from November 1982 until the present time, he was employed with the City of Ada Cemetery Department. Mr. Eubanks was a member of Central Church of Christ and joined the National Guard on October 13, 1964. He served with the HHC 1-179, 45th Infantry. He was immediately activated to Ft. Polk, LA to train for deployment to Vietnam. He received a certificate of recognition for outstanding service in a Selected Reserve Force Unit. His unit received the highest state of readiness ever achieved by a non mobilized force. He was honorably discharged October 12, 1970.

Survivors include his wife, Sue Eubanks, of the home; a son, Bobby Joe Eubanks and wife Cassie, Okmulgee; a daughter, Vandy Reynolds and husband Lester, Ada; one brother, Edward Eubanks, Las Vegas, Nevada; a sister, Grace Allison, Troy, TX; and a granddaughter, Lily Elizabeth Eubanks.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Nita Eubanks, Mary Wyatt, and Thelma Cooper, and a brother, John Eubanks.

Bearers will be his brothers-in-law, Hugh Cooper, Dee Cooper, Randy Hulin and Bill Lane; and his co-workers from the City of Ada, Don Knighten and Jearl Knighten. Honorary bearers will be the men of his Home Team Group at Central Church of Christ - Don Butler, Stan Lasarsky, John Mauldin, Wayne Roark, and Leon Thompson.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada