NAME: ROSA MAY (BEAL) MCDOWELL, AGE 86, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1919 TO JOHN PEELER AND ROSA M. (WHITE) BEAL AT COALGATE, OK

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT

AGE: 86 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS

EDUCATION: ROSA ATTENDED LIMESTONE GAP SCHOOL AND WAS A GRADUATE OF THE NAVARRO JUNIOR COLLEGE IN CORSICANA, TX WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER PSYCHIATRIC NURSE TECHNICIAN DEGREE.

MARRIED: W. M. FRANCIS MCDOWELL ON OCTOBER 30, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: ROSA WORKED AS A NURSE AND OWNED AND OPERATED A MOTEL HERE IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE TAUGHT the PRE-SCHOOL - FIVE ChILDREN IN SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR 27 YEARS. ROSA PUT IN MANY HOURS AND DAYS OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR 16 YEARS IN NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITAL, AND SHE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. HER DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT grandCHILDREN WERE HER PRIDE AND JOY. SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE SHE SPENT WITH THEM. she was very proud of her choctaw heritage as well.

survived by

GRANDSONS: DOWELL BRIDWELL AND WIFE CINDI OF BAY CITY, TX.

TONY BRIDWELL AND WIFE MARY OF MEAD, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KASEY LYNN, AARON, AND BRADEN BRIDWELL.

preceded in death by

HUSBAND: W. M. FRANCIS MCDOWELL ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1986.

DAUGHTER: REGINA BRIDWELL

PARENTS: JOHN AND ROSA BEAL

BROTHERS: JONES, EMER, AND LEROY BEAL

SON-IN-LAW: LEON BRIDWELL

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006 AT 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SERVICES: brown's funeral chapel - ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: DUSTIN MEADOWS.

CASKETBEARERS: STEVE MANSELL, DAVID BURRAGE, JOHNNY WINTERS, CLYDE WILLIAMS, JIM BOB LEWIS, JAMES NELSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAM STEELE, KENNETH TURRENTINE, ROBERT BENSON

FAMILY NIGHT: NONE