Frances Eloise Lokey

Mother was married to Jack Lokey for 57 years, he died in 1998. She was a housewife and devoted mother of two children, Jackie Bell (daughter) and Lee Lokey (son) and friend to her son-in-law, Graham Bell.

She was raised in Lubbock, Texas, and enjoyed a happy childhood with her two sisters, Coe and Kitty. She attended Texas tech in Lubbock where she met her husband.

Mother was a devoted church attendant and, with her husband, spent much time helping to build and start a new Methodist church in the Bonita area years ago. She taught Sunday school for twenty years.

She was devoted to home and family and was a kind and cheerful person with a love of life and sense of humor. She was artistic and loved to draw and sketch, Always appreciating the beauty around her.

In later years she became very close to her granddaughters, Liz and Vicky, and their husbands, Kevin Thompson and Tim Connel. She found great Joy in her grandsons, Michael, Christopher and Robbie.

Her favorite season was Christmas and she wrapped herself in the joy of the season with great anticipation and preparation. It was as if the purpose of the year was to get to the triumph of Christmas Day.

While in the nursing home, she was known as the "Christmas Lady."

God looked around His garden

and He found an empty place.

He then looked down upon this earth

and saw your tired face.

He put His arms around you

and lifted you to rest.

God’s garden must be beautiful,

He always takes the best.

He knew the roads were getting rough

and the hills were hard to climb.

So, He closed your weary eyelids

and whispered, “Peace be thine.”

It broke our hearts to lose you,

but you didn’t go alone,

for part of us went with you,

the day God called you home.

Jacklie Bell