NAME: VELMA ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AGE 82, OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 14, 1914 AT DAISY, OK TO ESAU AND OLLIE (NEWKIRK) LOWE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1996 AT SOUTHWESTERN CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 82 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DAISY, OK. MARRIED: ALVIE H. TAYLOR ON DECEMBER 25, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: VELMA WAS A HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HARVEST TIME PENTECOSTAL AND ABNER PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE LOVED TO LISTEN TO GOSPEL MUSIC. SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AND PLAYING BINGO. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: ELAINE HOUSER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. WILMA LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBIE FISHER AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF BYARS, OK. LORENA DUNN AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF BYARS, OK. IRENE HEARRELL AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ARMORE, OK. JOYCE WELDON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SUSIE HARRIS AND HUSBAND JOHN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SON: SAM TAYLOR AND WIFE FERN OF LINDSAY, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: ALENE LOWE AND TRESSIE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. 42 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ESAU AND OLLIE LOWE. HUSBAND: ALVIE TAYLOR ON JUNE 5, 1984. DAUGHTER: MAXINE HUNTYER. SON: JUNIOR ERNEST TAYLOR. GRANDDAUGHTER: RUTH ELENE COLE. 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOHN, FRANK, MARVIN, RAY, AND SAM LOWE. SISTER: BARZELLA ROSS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES HEARRELL. CASKETBEARERS: GEORGE ROSS, CHARLES MAXEY, JASON HEARRELL, RAYMOND TAYLOR, JAMIE HEARRELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE MAXEY, BO HUNTER, HARVEY FISHER.