NAME: LINDA KAY (CHASTAIN) BATES, AGE 53, A LONGTIME COLEMAN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 19, 1954 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO WREASE DUB AND MARY (KING) CHASTAIN. PASSED AWAY: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 2007 AT THE SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT. AGE: 53 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: LINDA ATTENDED LEHIGH GRADE SCHOOL AND COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: RONNY BATES ON MAY 26, 1972 AT LEHIGH, OK. OCCUPATION: LINDA WAS EMPLOYED BY SUNDOWNER TRAILERS AS A DRILL PRESS OPERATOR FOR TEN YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE FREEWILL BAPTIST FAITH. LINDA ENJOYED COOKING AND FISHING AS WELL AS SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, KIDS, AND GRANDKIDS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: RONNY BATES OF THE HOME AT COLEMAN, OK. CHILDREN: RONNY JAMES BATES AND WIFE DONNA OF WAPANUCKA, OK. JENNIFER KAY REEDER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JALESA, JESSIE, AND MICHAEL BATES OF WAPANUCKA, OK. COURTNEY, JOSEPH, AND KALEE REEDER OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BROTHERS: GLENN CHASTAIN AND WIFE CAROLYN OF FILLMORE, OK. LARRY CHASTAIN AND WIFE JUDY OF COALGATE, OK. DENNIS CHASTAIN OF LEHIGH, OK. SISTERS: PAT LOWE AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF BROMIDE, OK. THELMA PALMER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CHOCTAW, OK. CAROLYN SCOTT AND HUSBAND LARRY DON OF LEHIGH, OK. MARGIE SMITHART OF LEHIGH, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WREASE AND MARY CHASTAIN. GRANDSON: JAMES LEE BATES. BROTHERS: JACK KING AND VERNON CHASTAIN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: CASKETBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00 TO 7:00 P.M.