She was born on 14 February 1912 in Kennedy/Kennady Le Flore County, Oklahoma to Edna Estelle Turner and Thomas Jay McAlvain.
Losing her father when she was only 3 years of age, Lois grew up during hard times in small town Oklahoma.
Occupationally, Lois worked many jobs to put food on the table and a roof over the heads of her beloved family, but ultimately she was employed and retired from Sequoyah Indian School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, returning to S.E. Oklahoma thereafter.
She loved to play the organ, crochet, make Gods-Eyes, sing, was a talented poet, an avid reader, and of course, a superb fisher-woman.
Lois was of the Baptist faith and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Mena, Arkansas.
She left behind many to mourn her passing. Her 3 children Billy Jack Cooper, Betty June Pugh and Curtis, her youngest.
Lois had 9 known grandchildren at the time of her death: Donna, John C., Jana, Joe C., Andrea, John O., Jacqueline, Ruth, Anna, a long list of greats and was a great-great grandmother also.
Another granddaughter, Janey, has since been identified, and we know she would have loved her endlessly too!
She was a proud member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and diligently passed the histories of her ancestors on in story form for her children and grandchildren.
Her leaving brought great sorrow and many tears to her loved ones and shoes far too big for anyone else to fill.
Much loved.
Losing her father when she was only 3 years of age, Lois grew up during hard times in small town Oklahoma.
Occupationally, Lois worked many jobs to put food on the table and a roof over the heads of her beloved family, but ultimately she was employed and retired from Sequoyah Indian School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, returning to S.E. Oklahoma thereafter.
She loved to play the organ, crochet, make Gods-Eyes, sing, was a talented poet, an avid reader, and of course, a superb fisher-woman.
Lois was of the Baptist faith and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Mena, Arkansas.
She left behind many to mourn her passing. Her 3 children Billy Jack Cooper, Betty June Pugh and Curtis, her youngest.
Lois had 9 known grandchildren at the time of her death: Donna, John C., Jana, Joe C., Andrea, John O., Jacqueline, Ruth, Anna, a long list of greats and was a great-great grandmother also.
Another granddaughter, Janey, has since been identified, and we know she would have loved her endlessly too!
She was a proud member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and diligently passed the histories of her ancestors on in story form for her children and grandchildren.
Her leaving brought great sorrow and many tears to her loved ones and shoes far too big for anyone else to fill.
Much loved.
She was born on 14 February 1912 in Kennedy/Kennady Le Flore County, Oklahoma to Edna Estelle Turner and Thomas Jay McAlvain.
Losing her father when she was only 3 years of age, Lois grew up during hard times in small town Oklahoma.
Occupationally, Lois worked many jobs to put food on the table and a roof over the heads of her beloved family, but ultimately she was employed and retired from Sequoyah Indian School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, returning to S.E. Oklahoma thereafter.
She loved to play the organ, crochet, make Gods-Eyes, sing, was a talented poet, an avid reader, and of course, a superb fisher-woman.
Lois was of the Baptist faith and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Mena, Arkansas.
She left behind many to mourn her passing. Her 3 children Billy Jack Cooper, Betty June Pugh and Curtis, her youngest.
Lois had 9 known grandchildren at the time of her death: Donna, John C., Jana, Joe C., Andrea, John O., Jacqueline, Ruth, Anna, a long list of greats and was a great-great grandmother also.
Another granddaughter, Janey, has since been identified, and we know she would have loved her endlessly too!
She was a proud member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and diligently passed the histories of her ancestors on in story form for her children and grandchildren.
Her leaving brought great sorrow and many tears to her loved ones and shoes far too big for anyone else to fill.
Much loved.
Losing her father when she was only 3 years of age, Lois grew up during hard times in small town Oklahoma.
Occupationally, Lois worked many jobs to put food on the table and a roof over the heads of her beloved family, but ultimately she was employed and retired from Sequoyah Indian School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, returning to S.E. Oklahoma thereafter.
She loved to play the organ, crochet, make Gods-Eyes, sing, was a talented poet, an avid reader, and of course, a superb fisher-woman.
Lois was of the Baptist faith and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Mena, Arkansas.
She left behind many to mourn her passing. Her 3 children Billy Jack Cooper, Betty June Pugh and Curtis, her youngest.
Lois had 9 known grandchildren at the time of her death: Donna, John C., Jana, Joe C., Andrea, John O., Jacqueline, Ruth, Anna, a long list of greats and was a great-great grandmother also.
Another granddaughter, Janey, has since been identified, and we know she would have loved her endlessly too!
She was a proud member of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and diligently passed the histories of her ancestors on in story form for her children and grandchildren.
Her leaving brought great sorrow and many tears to her loved ones and shoes far too big for anyone else to fill.
Much loved.
