Atoka County, OK. - Obits: Hayden D. McCasland 1908-1991 
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          	HAYDEN D. McCASLAND 1908-1991
 
McCasland Services held in Arkansas
Hayden D.McCasland, 82, of Hot Springs, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, at a 
local hospital. 

A native of Atoka, Oklahoma, he worked for many years for the Oklahoma
State Department of Corrections as superintendent of  prisons at 
Stringtown and McLoud Honor Farms. He retired in 1975 and moved to Hot
Springs. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Oklahoma Sheriff
and Peace Officers Association. 

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Willa Mae Taylor McCasland,
two brothers and two sisters.
 
Survivors include his wife, Pauline McCasland of Hot Springs; one son, 
Hayden D. McCasland, Jr. of Norman, Okla.; four daughers, Alice Presson
and Sharon Shokat, both of Norman; Nina Holden of Las Cruces, N.M., and
Roberta McCasland of Hot Springs; two brothers, Stanton McCasland of 
Odessa, Texas, and Mark McCasland of Atlanta, Texas; and 12 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
 
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Crestview Mausoleum 
with Dr. M.J. Timbs officiating.
 
Burial will be at Crestview Cemetery under the direction of Gross Funeral
Home. Pallbearers will be grandsons: Joseph H. McCasland, Nick Shokat 
and Steve, David and Jim Presson, all of Norman, and Justin Tharp of Las
Cruces, N.M.
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