OBITUARY NAME: DORIS LEOMA (ARNOLD) ELLIOTT. AGE 83, A LONG TIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT NEAR THE BENTLEY COMMUNITY. BORN: SEPTEMBER 28, 1924 TO GEORGE WASHINGTON ARNOLD AND DELLA MAE (ALTENBAUMER) ARNOLD AT BOKHOMA, OK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR BENTLEY AGE 83 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: DORIS GRADUATED TALIHINA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942 AND RECIEVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1946 MARRIED: SHE MARRIED CLINTON JAMES ELLIOTT IN JULY OF 1947 IAT SHERMAN, TEXAS . OCCUPATION: DORIS WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS AT BENTLEY AND HARMONY , RETIRING IN 1984 CHURCH AFFILIATION : DORIS WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, A PIANIST AND VIOLINIST, BUT MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED BEING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SURVIVED BY SON: JAMES G.ELLIOTT OF ATOKA, OK.: GRANDDAUGHTER: JAMIE C. ELLIOTT OF ATOKA, OK. ALONG WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE ARNOLD AND DELLA MAE ARNOLD HUSBAND: SHORT ELLIOTT ON DEC. 15, 1960 ALSO 3 BROTHERS AND 5 SISTERS ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008, 10:00 A.M. PLACE OFSERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL, ATOKA, OK. PLACE OF BURIAL: TALIHINA CEMETERY, TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA OFFICIATING: REV. HERMAN EDGE CASKETBEARERS: JOHN HENDERSON, RAY CARROLL, JIM ADAMS, KEITH HILL, RICHARD MAGBY HONORARY CASKETBEARER: LUTHER COOPER CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK