NAME: FRANCES (ALEXANDER) DOWLEN, AGE 81, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 24, 1919 AT JENKS, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES AND MAMIE (HAWKINS) ALEXANDER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000 AT PIONEER CARE CENTER IN IRVING, TX. AGE: 81 YEARS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STROUD AND GRADUATED FROM CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: J. A. DOWLEN ON AUGUST 7, 1938 AT WALTERS, OK. OCCUPATION: FRANCES WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HAD A CATERING BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SHE WAS ALSO A STEAMSTRESS AND WROTE THE ATOKA COUNTY TIMES SOCIETY NEWS FOR 25 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PINK IRIS CLUB, THE PIONEER CLUB, AND NUMEROUS BRIDGE CLUBS. FRANCES WAS CHAIRPERSON OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FUND DRIVE IN ATOKA COUNTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SURVIVED BY SON: JOHN DOWLEN AND WIFE KIM OF IRVING, TX. GRANDDAUGHTER: ALYSSA DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX. GRANDSON: CLAY DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX. SISTER: JIMMIE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH HUSBAND: J. A. DOWLEN. PARENTS: JAMES AND MAMIE (HAWKINS) ALEXANDER. BROTHERS: HOWARD, WAYNE, AND RAY ALEXANDER. SISTER: NORENE COTTON.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL. CASKETBEARERS: KENNY LOWE, BILL LOWE. LARRY COMBS, DR. JIM BRIGGS, JOHN RICH, CLAY DOWLEN, CHARLES MCCALL, ERNIE GRIFFIN, STEVE MILLAR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY MCCALL, GROVER TURNER, ARNOLD ABLES, BILLY LOWE, DAVID NUTT.