NAME: LORAINE (BELL) JAMES, AGE 86, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER DALLAS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 15, 1915 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO COLUMBUS LUM AND GEORGIA (ALLEN) BELL. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 87 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOGGY BEN DISTRICT 40 ELEMENTARY, DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE ATTENDED BEAUTY SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY.

OCCUPATION: LORAINE WAS A COSMETOLOGIST FOR MANY YEARS AND PRIVATE DUTY NURSE, RETIRING IN 1995.

MARRIED: LAFAYETTE JAMES IN 1972 AT NEW YORK CITY.

SURVIVED BY

SISTER: ERMA JEAN WOODARD OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: LAFAYETTE JAMES ON FEBRUARY 27, 1987. PARENTS: COLUMBUS AND GEORGIA BELL. 5 SISTERS AND 4 BROTHERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: RESTLAND MEMORIAL PARK ~ DALLAS, TX.

OFFICIATING: REV. J. P. KELLY.

CASKETBEARERS: NONE