Obituary NAME: LUCY DEE (HIGGINBOTHAM) ADAMS, AGE 95, CAME TO ATOKA IN 1976 FROM DENTON, TX BORN: SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 14, 1913 TO JOHN HENRY HIGGINBOTHAM AND ARTIE ELIZABETH GREENE HIGGINBOTHAM AT KERNS, TX PASSED AWAY: ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 95 YEARS 1 MONTHS 8 DAYS EDUCATION: LUCY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DENTON TEXAS, GRADUATING IN 1931. SHE THEN GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY IN DENTON, TX. SHE WAS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR IN THE FIELD OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. LUCY ALSO WORKED AS A HOME HEALTH PROVIDER IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, RETIRING AT THE AGE OF 90. MARRIED: LUCY MARRIED ANDREW D. ADAMS ON JULY 4, 1930 AT MARIETTA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A TEACHER AND TAUGHT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. LUCY AND ANDREW OWNED AND OPERATED A DAY CARE CENTER IN DENTON, TX, BEING THE FIRST STATE LICENSED FACILITY IN TEXAS CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: LUCY WAS A MEMBER OF LANE BAPTIST CHURCH, AFTER MOVING INTO ATOKA, SHE AFFILIATED WITH MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. HER HOBBIES WAS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AND GARDENING AND FLOWERS. SURVIVED BY: DAUGHTERS: GLORIA BRESE OF BOKCHITO, OK MARGLO CARROLL AND HUSBAND CLYDE OF LANE, OK GRANDCHILDREN: DOUGLAS BRESE AND WIFE REBECCA OF BOKCHITO, OK. CHARLOTTE BRESE OF BOKCHITO, OK. SHERRY CARROLL OF LANE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TIMOTHY ANDREW DOUGLAS, DENISE ELIZABETH GILES, SHIOLA CHYIONE AND TA-KIRA NIKOLE CHY-ANN CARROLL BROTHER: RON MILLCAMP AND WIFE MOLENE OF TRENTON, TX. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. Preceeded in death by: PARENTS: ARTIS AND JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM HUSBAND: ANDREW D. ADAMS ALSO 2 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICE: CRYSTAL CEMETERY . PLACE OF INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV LARRY MURRAY CASKETBEARER : GARY McCOOL, PAUL LARKINS, ARTHUR CREWS, LEON YATES, DELBERT SHEFFIELD, JACK HUMPHREY Condolences may be sent to the family by e-mailing: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. Please reference the name of the deceased in your correspondence. Services under the direction of: Brown's Funeral Service, Atoka, Ok.