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Calvin Atchison Obituary

Services for Calvin Atchison, 75, will be Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Sims Funeral Chapel, Pastor W.J. Posey will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Candace Atchison of Tulsa, OK; sons, Reginald Welch, Calvin Atchison Jr., James Atchison, LaRon Atchison, Cory Harden, Moses Bowling; daughters, Gwendolyn Atchison, Carolyn (Terence) Smoots, Nicole Luckey, Marva Fuller, Totekia Bowling, Cora Harden; brother, Levi Atchison; sisters, Mary Jane Wilson, Georgia Anne Warren, Pauline Maxwell; 43 grandchildren, a host of great grandchildren, and a host of great great grandchildren. Sims Funeral Service will direct the service.

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Published by The Daily Home on Apr. 2, 2014.

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April 7, 2014

Deep sympathy to the family in the loss of your loved one. May THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT, friends and the memories that mean the most to you, bring you inner peace and carry you through this difficult time.

Pastor & Mins. Van Welch

April 3, 2014

We offer our condolences to the Atchison family during your hour of bereavement. Our prayers and thoughts are with you in this time of sorrow. There are brighter days ahead. Just look to the hill from whence cometh your help.

Pastor & Min. Van T. Welch and The Peace Missionary Baptist Church Family

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