NAME: ESTHER VERA (PETERS) NELSON, AGE 62, OF THE LANE AREA.

BORN: APRIL 28, 1937 AT LANE, OKLA TO WILLIAM LEWIS AND TRACY LILLIE (TAYLOR) PETERS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1999 AT THE SPARKS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN FT. SMITH, AR. AGE: 62 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: JAMES NELSON IN SEPTEMBER, 1962 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE CHOCTAW NATION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE DOUBLE SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT LANE. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHOCTAW SENIOR PROGRAMS AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN WORKERS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JACKIE LYLES AND HUSBAND BILLY OF LANE, OK. JAMES HONDI NELSON AND WIFE KATY OF LANE, OK. LUCY NELSON OF LANE, OK. CARLA HAYES AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF FITTSTOWN, OK. SHELLEY CORMER AND HUSBAND MIKE OF SIERRA VISTA, AZ. JENNIFER NELSON OF PHOENIX, AZ. WILLIE NELSON AND WIFE VERA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTINA, ANGELA, RACHEL AND ELIJAH LYLES. BRETT NELSON. DUSTIN HAYES. FORMER HUSBAND: JAMES NELSON OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: EDNA JACKSON OF LANE, OK. REBECCA COLE OF LANE, OK. LIZZIE LEFLORE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND TRACY PETERS. GRANDSON: WAYNE BAILEY. BROTHER: SAM PETERS. SISTERS: BETTY JEAN GIBSON AND LORRANE LOBENESS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRINGS CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VIRGINIA ESPINOSA. CASKETBEARERS: RON DODSON, KENNY GILMORE, ROBERT HAYES, MIKE CROMER, MICHAEL CROW, ROGER PITTMAN.