NAME: ESTHER MAE (NELSON) MORELAN, AGE 60, OF LONE GROVE AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 13, 1941 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO GREENWOOD AND FANNIE (NOWABBI) NELSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2001 AT MERCY HEALTH CENTER IN ARDMORE, OK. AGE: 60 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WHEELOCK INDIAN SCHOOL IN TALIHINA, OK. MARRIED: GARY MORELAN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1998 AT LONE GROVE, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GARY MORELAN OF THE HOME IN LONE GROVE. CHILDREN: SHARON ROBERTS AND HUSBAND LESTER OF ARDMORE, OK. PHYLLIS HARTER AND HUSBAND RANDY OF TISHOMINGO, OK. DELORES WALKER OF COALGATE, OK. ROBERT NOWABBI OF MCALESTER, OK. LARRY NELSON AND WIFE BELINDA OF ATOKA, OK. DAVID FOX AND WIFE PAULA OF DURANT, OK. WILLIAM BILLY SMITH AND WIFE NANCY OF DURANT, OK. KAREN SMITH OF LONE GROVE, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: CHARLIE NOWABBI OF LEHIGH, OK. JAMES NOWABBI OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: LILLIE COOPER AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF ATOKA, OK. SARAH SHERRILL OF TULSA, OK. LINDA NOWABBI OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GREENWOOD AND FANNIE NELSON. FIRST HUSBAND: WILLIAM SMITH. A GRANDDAUGHTER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COAL CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: COAL CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. NATHAN SCOTT. CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN NELSON, BILLY JACK SMITH, JESSE BROOKS, JODY GILLASPY, CHARLIE MAYS, JAMES DAVIDSON.