OBITUARY NAME: FRANCES RUBY MARIE SHIELDS, AGE 83, A LIFETIME WARDVILLE AREA RESIDENT BORN: SHE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1924 IN WARDVILLE, OK. TO CHARLES WALLACE NICHOLS AND NORA RUTH (RAIBURN) NICHOLS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2008 AT THE McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN McALESTER, OK. AGE: 83 YEARS 10 MONTHS 17 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARPERS VALLEY AND KIOWA . MARRIED: SHE MARRIED STEVE SHIELDS ON JULY 27, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: MARIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND A HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HARPERS VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH . SHE LOVED VISITING WITH HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: STEVE SHIELDS OF THE HOME DAUGHTER: GLENDA WHITLEY OF CYPRESS, TX. SONS: DON SHIELDS AND WIFE GLORIA OF McALESTER, OK. JAKE SHIELDS AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF WARDVILLE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: WALT AND JARRETT SHIELDS OF OKC, OK. VALERIE AND BRIAN LENOX OF McALESTER, OK. DAVID AND TIFFANY SHIELDS OF MOORE, OK. CONNIE AND DARRELL MAZYN OF CYPRESS, TX. TERRI AND MICHAEL EDDINGS OF KELLER, TX. CRAIG AND KAREN BROWN OF CELINA , TX. DUSTIN AND ASHLEY SHIELDS OF WARDVILLE, OK., GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN, BRADLEY, CHASE, BLAKE, ASHLEY AND MATTHEW ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLES AND RUTH NICHOLS SISTERS: MAYBELLE HATRIDGE, THELMA KELLEY, ROSEZINA BARNES, IRENE ADAMS, CEDELLE WILLIAMS , FRANCILLE GUY BROTHERS: CHICK NICHOLS AND ROYCE NICHOLS GRAND DAUGHTER: TERESA LYNN SHIELDS ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICE: KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH PLACE OF BURIAL: HARPERS VALLEY CEMETERY OFFICATING: CRAIG COCHRAN CASKETBEARERS: DUSTIN SHIELDS, WALT SHIELDS, DAVID SHIELDS, CRAIG BROWN, MICHAEL EDDINGS, DARRELL MAZYN HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLIE TUCKER, MATT WILLIAMS, BOBBY WEAVER CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK