NAME: LINDA FAYE (THOMAS) DOOLEN, AGE 44, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: MARCH 22, 1954 AT MCALESTER, OK TO HAROLD HOWARD AND GWENDOLYN ELAINE (MEEKS) THOMAS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 AT U.C.L.A. MEDICAL CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, CA. AGE: 44 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FOREST HILL, HARMONY, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1972 AND LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALPHA SIGMA TAU SORORITY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. MARRIED: ANDY DOOLEN ON JULY 24, 1975 AT HARMONY, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED DOOLEN'S KENNELS AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE LAST 20 YEARS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. LINDA TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS ALWAYS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CHILDREN. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ANDY DOOLEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: KELLI COYLE AND HUSBAND TRACY OF ATOKA, OK. JON DOOLEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. PARENTS: THOMAS AND GWENDOLYN THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: HETTIE THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: TOMMY THOMAS AND WIFE JUDY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: NANCY COPELAND AND HUSBAND TED OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: CLARA DEAN DOOLEN OF KONAWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: ORVEL AND PAULINE MEEKS. I. W. THOMAS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. JERRY WILLIAMS. ASSISTING: REV. BILL ELKINS AND REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY PINGLETON, LARRY PINGLETON, KEITH PINGLETON, GILBERT LONG, JAMES LONG, BOBBY TAYLOR, MARK BASS, PAUL MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, J. V. NEWBERRY, RICKY JOE LOUDERMILK, DWIGHT BIRDSONG, JAMES HERRING.