OBITUARY NAME: PARALEE DOROTHY (FOWLER) PLEASANT , AGE 93 RESIDENT OF LEHIGH AND ATOKA AREA MOST OF HER LIFE. BORN: BORN ON APRIL 8, 1914 TO ROBERT FOWLER AND CLARA ESTELLE DANIELS FOWLER AT WHITE ROCK, TX PASSED AWAY: ON WEDENESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008 AT INTEGRIS BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AGE: 93 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS SCHOOL: PARALEE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MCALESTER LOUVERTURE HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED AT LANGSTON UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: SHE MARRIED JOE VONDER PLEASANT IN 1938 AT ATOKA. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS TAUGHT SCHOOL AT DUNBAR AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO WORKED AS THE NUTRITIONIST FOR ATOKA COUNTY EXTENSION CLUB. AFFILIATION : PARALEE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF CENTRAL WAYLAND ASSOCIATION, A PART OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: LESSIE LOIS LESURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK STEP SON: VANDA PLEASANT OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK GRANDSONS: DARRYL B. LESURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK KARLOS A LESURE AND WIFE TAMMY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK GRANDCHILDREN: SHAUNTE, TRISTIAN KARLOS II, DAVION, BRANDION AND JUSTICE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK NIECES: CLARA NEWLON OF FRESNO, CA DOROTHY FLEMING OF ARLINGTON, TX SANDRA MITCHELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK SISTER IN LAW: LILLA CLEVELAND OF DETROIT, MI NEPHEWS: MARVIN AND FORREST AUTRY OF LOS ANGELES, CA HERBERT HILL OF DETROIT, MI RALPH MCMURRY OF AMARILLO, TX GREAT NIECE & NEPHEW: GWEN AND AL MILLER OF LAS VEGAS, NX GREAT NIECES: BRIDGETTE AND BRITTANI MITCHELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK GREAT GREAT NIECES: KARMEN HALL OF LAS VEGAS, NX GREAT NEPHEWS: RALPH AND MARSHAND FLEMING COUSINS: SHARON WASHINGTON, STEPHANIE WASHINGTON, MICHAEL AND CURTIS WASHINGTON, EDNA HILL, ORLON HILL, CONNIE EDWARDS SISTER: BETTY JO ALONG WITH MANY OTHER RELATIVES, THE HILL'S, THE VINEY'S AND OTHERS TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST AS WELL AS HER FRIENDS WHO WILL MISS HER PRESENCE AND WISE COUNSEL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT FOWLER AND CLARA FOWLER HUSBAND: VONDER PLEASANT ************************************************************************************************************************* SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008 AT 11:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL CEMETERY: MIDWAY CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES KELLEY ASSISTING: REV GEORGE YOUNG CASKETBEARERS: ALFORD NICHOLS, JOE C. VINEY, CARL BROWN, HAROLD WASHINGTON, J.A. BURRIS, REV. RALPH FLEMING FLOWER BEARERS: WOMEN'S MINISTRIES OF THE MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATOKA HOLY TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY : CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. FAMILY NIGHT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 FROM 6~8 P.M. BROWN'S ATOKA CHAPEL SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK