OBITUARY NAME: FLORENCE ELIZABETH (DARNELL) LEMONS, AGE 91, A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF COALGATE AREA. BORN: SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 2, 1916 TO ALBERT EARL DARNELL AND ELIZABETH P. (DANIELS) DARNELL AT LAS ANIMAS, CO. PASSED AWAY: FLORENCE PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 17, 2008 AT KIOWA, OK. AGE: 91 YEARS 10 MONTHS 15 DAYS EDUCATION: FLORENCE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FRY SCHOOL IN LAS ANIMAS, CO. AND SALT PRAIRIE IN COAL COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: SHE WAS MARRIED TO ERNEST R. LEMONS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1932 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: FLORENCE WAS A CLERK AT HUDSON'S BIG COUNTRY STORE AND NOEL'S, WAITRESS AT CAPP'S DAIRY DREAM, NURSES AIDE FOR CANADAY'S NURSING HOME AND OWNED AND OPERATED HER OWN LAUNDRY MAT AT ONE TIME. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF KIOWA CHURCH OF CHRIST, FORMERLY A LONGTIME MEMBER OF COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE LOVED TO GO OUT TO EAT AND TO GO OUT DANCING. SURVIVED BY SON: J.D. LEMONS AND WIFE ALLYSON OF ASHLAND, OK. DAUGHTERS: BETTY RAGAN AND HUSBAND SAM OF SIPIO, OK. MARY ISOM AND HUSBAND DAN OF KIOWA, OK. LINDA GENTRY AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ARLINGTON, TX. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: MARSHA LEMONS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. 17 GRANDCHILDREN -34 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 27 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT EARL DARNELL AND ELIZABETH P. DARNELL HUSBAND: ERNEST RICHARD LEMONS IN 1993 DAUGHTER: JOYCE SMOOT 2 SONS: CHARLES LEMONS AND PAUL RICHARD LEMONS GRANDCHILDREN: LISA LEMONS, CLIFTON DICKSON, JOHNNY FARRIS SELF AND TOBY DAN ISOM GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MISTY GUINN AND BLAKE SELF ALSO: 6 BROTHERS AND SISTERS ******************************************************************************************************************* IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUEST DONATIONS BE MADE TO: HEARTLAND HOSPICE, 210 E. COMANCHE, MCALESTER, OK. 74501 ******************************************************************************************************************** DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 , 2008 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST PLACE OF BURIAL: McCARTY CEMETERY OFFICATING: BRO. LLOYD McELHANEY ASSISTING: BRO. STEVE MASS OF KIOWA CHURCH OF CHRIST CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT DARNELL. FREDDIE DARNELL. JUNIOR DARNELL EDDIE DARNELL. JIMMY DARNELL. CHARLES DARNELL HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAM REGAN, JIMMY MARLEY, DOYLE MITCHELL, KENNETH EPPS, JOHNNY BELLENTINI FRIENDS AND FAMILY NIGHT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: brownsfscoalgate@sbcglobal.net PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - COALGATE, OK