NAME: HELEN KELLER (WELCH) PHARES, AGE 90, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 15, 1916 IN OCTAVIA, OK TO JAMES GRISHAM AND LILLIAN LEONA (MELTON) WELCH. PASSED AWAY: JANUARY 24, 2007 IN ADA, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS 7 MONTHS 9 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED EUBANKS SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: FOOD SUPERVISOR FOR HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK. SHE LOVED HER YARD AND WORKING ON HER FLOWERS AND PICKING UP PECANS. SURVIVED BY SON: DAN PHARES AND WIFE ODETE OF STONEWALL, OK. DAUGHTERS: BETTY BAKER OF VALENTINE, NE. DONNA TURNBOW OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JIM DAILEY, DANA DAILEY. CRISTY HIGGS AND HUSBAND DON. NICOLE HARGIS AND HUSBAND JEREMY. BRITTANY TURNBOW, NEIL TURNBOW. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER LOWDER, KACEY SEXTON, JUSTIN LOWDER, JESSICA LOWDER, STEVIE HECK, BAYLEE HARGIS, KAYLIN HARGIS, BRIANNA HIGGS, AND CHRISTOPHER TURNBOW. BROTHERS: JAMES MELVIN WELCH OF MARYLAND. TROY LEE BUCKSHOT WELCH OF MUSKOGEE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND LILLIAN WELCH. SONS: JAMES PHARES AND GERALD PHARES. GRANDDAUGHTER: TAWANNA PHARES. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL SEXTON AND SHANIA SEXTON. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD: EVELYN LOWDER. BROTHERS: R. T. , ALLEN BENSON "BUDDY" , AND ALFORD WELCH. SISTER: FLORENCE WELCH.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: BIRD'S PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: MR. ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY MCKINNEY, NEIL TURNBOW, JUSTIN LOWDER, JOHN HICKS, JEREMY HARGIS.