Okemah resident Joe Wesley Hart, 31, died Saturday, January 6, in Shawnee.

Joe was born March 23, 1975, in Shawnee to Carrell Edward Hart and Mary Belle Sharp Ouart.

Born in Shawnee, he was raised in Tecumseh and had lived in Okemah for the past thirteen months. He attended Tecumseh schools.

Joe had worked as a machinist for seventeen years at the Wood Group and Eaton Corporation.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carrell Edward Hart.

Survivors include three children, Preston Hart and Kristie Hart, both of Okemah and Payton Hart of Seminole; mother, Mary Ouart of Okemah; step-father, Don Ouart of Shawnee; six brothers, Ricky Cagle of Missouri, Guy Cagle of Shawnee, Wade Cagle of Stillwater, Twain Hart of Stillwater, William Ouart of South Dakota and Donald Ouart of Shawnee; and one sister, Teresa Menser of Muskogee, as well as numerous friends.

Graveside service will be 3:00 p.m. today at Johnson Cemetery with the Rev. Guy Cagle officiating.