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Daily Oklahoman, The 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
June 6, 2009

CHOCTAW - Sobs were heard all over the chapel, but none louder than Amber Croom's. The grieving mother's agony swelled during a slideshow and rose to a crescendo as her daughter's casket was opened and she passed by to pay her respects, one of many who bowed and brushed the infant's body with their lips.

Behind her, surrounded by bouquets and wreaths of pale flowers, a small white casket held the body of Allie Elizabeth Croom. Allie's parents -- Amber Croom and Jonathan Croom, are divorced.

The 2-year-old girl drowned Thursday at Lake Stanley Draper.

"The Lord chooses the most precious for his own garden, and Allie was the most precious of the precious," the Rev. Buddy Kuhlman said during the afternoon services.

The pews of the funeral home chapel were filled with mourners. Friends and relatives of Allie's parents - Amber Croom and Jonathan Croom , who are divorced - packed the main chamber and an adjacent side room. Others observed through glass from the foyer.

'In heaven now'

Emotions ran high. Even Kuhlman wept as the video slideshow of Allie's life was played over a musical medley ending with a rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," which Allie loved to sing.

As the throng emptied from the cool, dim tranquility of the funeral home, half a dozen pallbearers carried the casket into the summer heat, dutifully lifting the girl's body into the back of the hearse. Allie was buried in a Midwest City cemetery.

"She is in heaven now. She feels no pain, no suffering. She's waiting for those she loves," Kulhman said.

"And God loves little Allie even more than you do."

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