Poteau Daily News
Poteau, Oklahoma
July 4, 2006Reatha Nowlin, 95 of Summerfield passed
away July 1 at Summerfield.
She was born Feb. 28, 1911 in Summerfield. She was an
elementary school teacher in many LeFlore County rural schools.
She and her husband, Vernon Nowlin, owned and operated the
Summerfield General Store and Post Office for a number of years.
She was a member of the Busy Bee Quilt Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband; an infant son Jimmy
Joe Nowlin; a grandson, Richard Green; eight siblings and her
parents, Dr. A.R. Sisk and Eliza Scott Sisk.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Clark and Pama
Nowlin of Summerfield; a daughter and son-in-law Bobbie Nowlin-Dodd
and Bob Dodd of Summerfield; two sisters-in-law, Rosita Branscum
of McAlester and Eloise Sisk of Hemit, Calif.; five
grandchildren, Denise Miller, Lynda Moore, Robert Nowlin, Jim
Nowlin and Anna Rea Reece; 11 great-grandchildren, four
great-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted July 3 at 3 p.m. at First
Baptist Church, Summerfield, with Rev. Charles Caughern
officiating. Interment was in the
Summerfield Cemetery.
Evans and Miller Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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