NAME: ESTHER LEE (RALLS) SPRAGUE, AGE 80, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 7, 1924 AT BROMIDE, OKLA. TO GEORGE WILLIS AND ALLIE CORNELIA (HARPER) RALLS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY., OCTOBER 30,2004 AT THE COALGATE HOSPITAL. AGE: 80 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. MARRIED: WILLIAM FELIX SPRAGUE IN 1947 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED OVER 20 YEARS AT THE BYRD CLINIC AS A BOOKKEEPER AND RECEPTIONIST. SHE ALSO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE COAL COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ESTHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1943 WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS A VOLUNTEER IN THE CHURCH OFFICE. SURVIVED BY SONS: WILLIAM DALE SPRAGUE AND WIFE SALLY ANNE OF LAWTON, OK. JAMES DEWAYNE SPRAGUE AND WIFE DEBORAH KATHRYN OF GRAPELAND, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TIFFANY BROWN AND HUSBAND JEFFERY OF COLLIERVILLE, TN. WENDY STIEFEL AND HUSBAND DUSTIN OF KELLER, TX. JOEL SPRAGUE OF LAWTON, OK. NATHAN SPRAGUE OF THE WOODLANDS, TX. NICHOLAS SPRAGUE OF THE WOODLANDS, TX. GREAT GRANDSONS: TATE BROWN, GRAHAM STIEFEL,AND LUKE STIEFEL. SISTER: BESSIE GRISSOM OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND ALLIE RALLS. HUSBAND: WILLIAM FELIX SPRAGUE. BROTHERS: ALBERT RALLS AND WIFE ROSIE. BURLEY RALLS AND WIFE PEARL. ELMER RALLS AND WIFE JENNIE. BURTON RALLS AND WIFE VELMA.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 AT 10: 00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. MATT SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: NATHAN SPRAGUE, NICHOLAS SPRAGUE, JOEL SPRAGUE, JEFF BROWN, DUSTIN STIEFEL, JOHN RAY WILLIAMS. FAMILY NIGHT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM AT BROWN'S COALGATE CHAPEL IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CASH DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE.