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   Oklahoma

   Florence Mae Lauderdale

   ALTUS, Okla. - Florence Mae Lauderdale, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 11,
   2002.

   Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Memorial Chapel of Kincannon
   Funeral Home with the Rev. David Chittenden officiating. Burial will
   follow in Restlawn Cemetery.

   Mrs. Lauderdale was born July 12, 1917, in Gainsville, Texas, to
   Ragsdale M. and Ella M. (Kuyendall) Hunter. She lived there five years
   and then moved to Ardmore. She and her family moved to Elk City,
   Martha and finally to Altus in 1932. She married Robert Williamson in
   1936. Three children were born to this union. Florence and Robert were
   divorced in 1942.

   Florence was baptized in the Tabernacle Baptist Church by Brother
   Emboden in 1943. She went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
   in November of 1946 and worked 32 years until her retirement on Dec.
   15, 1978. Florence and Clyde Ray Lauderdale were married in 1947, and
   he preceded her in death in February of 1990.

   She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Arthur
   Hunter and O.T. Hunter; and a grandson, Sammy P. Gaffney Jr. in
   October of 1963.

   Survivors include two sons, Eddie Williamson Sr. and Ollie Dean
   Williamson, both of Altus; a daughter, Patsy Gaffney and her husband,
   Sam, of Amarillo, Texas; a step-daughter, Beverly Snow and her
   husband, Bill, of Aurora, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Eddie Williamson
   Jr. and his wife, Christy, of Altus, Jimmy Williamson of Altus,
   Desarae Williamson, Casie Williamson, and Landon Williamson, all of
   Altus, Shana Rios and Staci Cade, both of Amarillo, Texas, Sean
   Gaffney of Lumberton; four step-grandchildren, Brenda Snow, Rhonda
   Snow, Glenda Snow and Billy Snow, all of Aurora, Colo.; 10
   great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren and many nieces,
   nephews and friends.

   Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 14, 2002