NAME: LINDA KAY (MANION) JONES, AGE 56, OF TECUMSEH, OK SINCE 1991, FORMERLY OF STRINGTOWN.

BORN: AUGUST 13, 1947 AT CHOCKIE, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO THOMAS LEE AND B. D. (SELF) MANION.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 2004 AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, SHAWNEE, OK. AGE: 56 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT KIOWA, AND ATTENDED GORDON COOPER VO TECH, LEARNING FLORAL DESIGN.

MARRIED: JAMES WALTER ABLES ON MAY 7, 1965 AT CANEY, OK. GARY JONES ON OCTOBER 14, 1988 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.

OCCUPATION: LINDA WORKED FOR THE U.S. ARMY AMMUNIATION PLANT AT SAVANNA FOR 5 YEARS AND WAS MANAGER OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR OVER 32 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH.

LINDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SHAWNEE CHAPTER OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RED HAT SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POSTAL BOWLING LEAGUE AND WAS AN AVID BOWLER.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: GARY JONES OF THE HOME AT TECUMSEH, OK.

SONS: BRIAN KEITH ABLES AND CINDY HOLLINGSWORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. RANDALL KENT ABLES AND WIFE JACQUELINE OF CARNEY, OK.

STEPSONS: DONALD BRYAN JONES OF DALLAS, TX. WILLIAM DARRELL JONES AND WIFE VALERIE OF SAN ANGELO, TX. DAVID BRADLEY OF ARLINGTON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: TRAVIS SAMUEL TOMBERLIN. TREVOR JOE ABLES. MORGAN PAIGE ABLES. TRAVIS TRUESDELL. KYLE TRUESDELL.

GREAT GRANDCHILD: CARSON TRUESDELL.

BROTHER: ROYCE MANION AND WIFE HELEN OF WARDVILLE, OK.

SISTER: EMMA MCCORMICK OF KIOWA, OK.

NIECE: MELONIE BASINGER AND HUSBAND MARK OF MARIETTA, OK.

NEPHEWS: KEVIN MCCORMICK AND WIFE TONYA OF KIOWA, OK. JUSTIN MANION AND WIFE BERNICE OF WARDVILLE, OK. KERWIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK.

GREAT NIECE: HEATHER BASINGER.

GREAT NEPHEWS: CARSON LYLE MANION AND JARED BASINGER.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: THOMAS AND B. D. MANION. 2 BABY SISTERS: JOYCE ANN AND ALINE MANION.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS: RAY ANDERSON, WYATT REYNOLDS, BEAR GILLIAM, RON MURRAY, GORDON WHEELER, RICHARD ABLES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DANNY CASTRO, JERRY MARTIN, STEVE STONE, VERNON MCCORMICK, TONY HACKLER, CORKY INSCHO.