Leflore CO. OK - OBIT: Michael Steven Tallant USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Kathy Pitts ellen@oio.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MICHAEL STEVEN TALLANT Michael Steven Tallant, 41, of Pottsboro, Texas was born November 17, 1957 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He passed away September 12, 1999 in Pottsboro, Texas. He was the son of Wilburn Lee and Ethel Mae Noah Tallant. Michael moved to Albion, Oklahoma in 1963. He attended Albion and Talihina Schools. He played football for the Talihina Golden Tigers from 1973 to 1976. He moved to Texas after finishing school and has worked as a steel hanger, X-rayed pipelines in oil fields, a builder and an underground utilities worker. He loved to spend time with his family and to go hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilburn Lee Tallant and Ethel Mae Noah Tallant Sanders. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo Tallant, and one son, Robert Lee Tallant, both of the home; two sisters, Beverly June Afzali and Susan Kaye Tallant, both of Poteau, Oklahoma; ten nieces and nephews and numerous friends and loved ones.