NAME: J. A. DOWLEN, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 2, 1910 AT WALTERS, OK TO SAM AND MAGGIE (CARTER) DOWLEN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: HE GRADUATED FROM WALTERS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1927 AND LATER GRADUATED FROM HILLS BUSINESS COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY AS WELL AS ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT. MARRIED: ANNA FRANCES ALEXANDER ON AUGUST 7, 1938 IN WALTERS, OK. OCCUPATION: J. A. OWNED AND OPERATED DOWLEN JEWELRY UNTIL 1952. THAT SAME YEAR HE BECAME THE GREYHOUND TICKET AGENT IN ATOKA. HE HELD THIS POSITION UNTIL HIS DEATH, WHICH WAS 46 YEARS. HE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED THE CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT FROM 1952 TO 1977. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER AND ELDER OF ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY IN THE 84TH DIVISION AND WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN. BEFORE MOVING TO ATOKA AFTER THE WAR IN 1945, J. A. WAS ACTIVE AND SERVED AS SECRETARY IN THE WALTERS ROTARY CLUB. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE ATOKA ROTARY CLUB AND WAS PAST PRESIDENT. HE ALSO WAS A BOY SCOUT TROOP LEADER FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE OF OVER 60 YEARS: FRANCES DOWLEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SON: JOHN DOWLEN AND WIFE KIM OF IRVING, TX. GRANDDAUGHTER: ALYSSA DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX. GRANDSON: CLAY DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX. SISTER: MARIE MILLER OF ARLINGTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAM AND MAGGIE DOWLEN. BROTHER: MITT DOWLEN. SISTER: SYBIL SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL. CASKETBEARERS: BILL LOWE, KENNY LOWE, BILLY LOWE, DR. JIM BRIGGS, LARRY COMBS, JOHN RICH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: C. A. MCCALL, CHARLES MCCALL, GROVER TURNER, HERMAN COCHRAN.