NAME: LOU ELLA (SHORES) USHER, AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 25, 1916 AT FINLEY, OK TO ROBERT BRUCE AND LILLIE MAE (MAXEY) SHORES. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 24 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FINLEY, OK.

MARRIED: THOMAS CHARLES USHER ON MAY 26, 1935 AT ANTLERS, OK.

OCCUPATION: LOU ELLA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND DEVOTED MOTHER. SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO HER SEVEN CHILDREN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LOU ELLA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. LOU ELLA ALSO TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL.

SHE LOVED GARDENING, COOKING, SEWING AND MAKING BEAUTIFUL QUILTS. SHE LOVED AND CARED FOR HER NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN NEED.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: HAZEL LANE OF ATOKA, OK. WANDA LANGLEY AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF MOBILE, AL. MARGE DIXON AND HUSBAND MERLE OF VINITA, OK. LORETTA PAVELL OF ABILENE, TX. BRUCE USHER AND WIFE KIM OF ATOKA, OK.

13 GRANDCHILDREN AND 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: LOTTIE BROWN AND HUSBAND EARL OF SOUTH FORK, CO.

BROTHERS: ROBERT SHORES AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK. GENE SHORES AND WIFE MARGARET OF ABILENE, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: THOMAS CHARLES CHARLIE USHER IN 1956. SONS: WAYNE AND CHARLES USHER. GRANDSON: TOMMY USHER. PARENTS: BRUCE AND LILLIE SHORES. SISTERS: BILLIE VANZANT AND ETTA PETERS. BROTHER: FORREST SHORES. SON-IN-LAW: NORRIS LANE.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. MICHAEL POTTER.

CASKETBEARERS: RANDY SPARKS, CRAIG LANE, GLEN BAUMERT, KELLY USHER, JEFF PAVELL, MICHAEL PAVELL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RON FAULKENBERRY, DAVID DURBIN, JAMES BROWN, STEVE SWINDALL.