Born May 27, 1952, in Lawton, Okla. to Kay Attocknie of Apache, Okla. and Justina Joyce Guy of Fort Cobb, Okla. He was a registered member of the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma was also an active member of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma. He was a direct descendent of Albert Attocknie “Lone Tipi”, the Comanche chief Ten Bears, and the last sub-chief of the Caddo Tribe, Harry Inkinish “Duscut”.

Most of his childhood was spent in Valdosta, Ga., where he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior while a member of Calvary Baptist Church. After graduating high school from Chilocco Indian School in northern Oklahoma, he was accepted at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., where he met the mother of his two sons, Rosemarie A. Borjon of San Jose, Calif. The family relocated back to Fort Cobb, Okla., and he eventually received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha. After receiving a Master of Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University’s School of Education in Cambridge, Mass., he settled in the New England area where he served native people his entire professional career working for non-profit organizations. He served as executive director of American Indians for Development in Meriden, Conn., and also was a vocational social service coordinator at the North American Indian Center of Boston in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

He passed away Aug. 31, 2007, doing what he loved the most — meeting and talking with native peoples across the United States and Mexico. He was an active singer and frequented numerous powwows and Sun Dance ceremonies. In his spare time he loved to indulge in a game of chess. He was preceded in death by his mother and father.

He is survived by his two sons, Kenneth Kay Attocknie of Houston, Texas; Michael Dustin Attocknie of Waipahu, Hawaii; three sisters, Kay Attocknie of Okla., Kristina Kelly Roberson of Blackshear, Ga., Kelly-Renee Kelly Stubbs of Valdosta, Ga.; and one granddaughter Malia’ahonui Sawmee Attocknie of Waipahu, Hawaii.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home in Lawton, Okla. Immediately thereafter, committal of ashes will take place at the Comanche Cemetery in Apache, Okla. and Fort Cobb Cemetery in Fort Cobb, Okla. The family will be receiving guests at 2 p.m. at the Caddo Indian Baptist Church in Fort Cobb, Okla.

Flowers can be delivered to the Comanche Nation Funeral Home, 2701 SW “J” Avenue in Lawton, Okla. Monetary donations should be made in the name of Kenneth D. Attocknie to a charity of your choice. The family requests anyone attending the services to bring pictures of Ken to share if you have them. Online condolences can be sent to loneteepee@hotmail.com. — Comanche Nation Funeral Home, Lawton, Okla.

OCALA, FLA.

Mary Inez ‘Ina’ Stone

Mary Inez “Ina” Stone, 85, of Ocala, Fla., and formerly of Moultrie, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at the home of her daughter in Ocala.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Aaron Smith, the Rev. Charlie Simpson and the Rev. Mark Jordan officiating. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery.

Casketbearers will be Mark Stone, Regi Stone, Billy Jack Walters, Craig Britnell, Ricky Griner and Ferrell Ruis.

Born Oct. 12, 1921 in Mitchell County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Elias Simpson and Fannie Estelle Stanford Griner Simpson. Mrs. Stone was a homemaker and attended Riverside Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronnie James Stone, a daughter, Sylvia K. Stone and a grandson, Jonathan Smith.

Survivors include one son, Ronnie Timothy Stone and wife Eveline of Valdosta; three daughters, Delores S. Stone and husband Herbert of Good Hope, Ga., Linda S. Hannah and husband Wayne of Sugar Hill, Ga. and Judy S. Smith and husband Marshall of Ocala; three brothers, Rev. Charlie Simpson of Fitzgerald, Ga., Harold Griner of Tifton and Cecil Griner of Nashville, Ga.; two sisters, Irene Selph and Melba Harnage, both of Nashville, Ga.; seven grandchildren, Regi Stone, Ron Stone, Mark Stone, Jan Stone, Wanda Byrd, Sonja Britnell and Aaron Smith; and nine great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening at Cobb Funeral Chapel.— Cobb Funeral Chapel, Moultrie.