LUCILLE MOON

ALLEN-Services for Lucille Moon, 87, Allen, are 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Mr. Charles Kymes will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

Mrs. Moon died Saturday, May 4, 2008 at an Allen nursing home. She was born August 2, 1920 at Jerusalem, Arkansas to James Monroe and Cynthia Allie Byers Chism. She and her family came to this area by wagon when she was 4 years old and settled in Francis. She graduated from Francis High School and lived in Francis the remainder of her life.

She married Mirl Moon on September 15, 1941. He preceded her in death in 2001. They were married for 60 years. Mrs. Moon was a Licensed Practical Nurse at Valley View Regional Hospital for over 30 years, and she was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son, Joe Moon and wife Glenda, Francis; a granddaughter, Tina Moon, Shawnee; three grandsons, Steve Moon and wife Shannon, Sheridan, Arkansas, Stephen Khoury and wife Shannan, Sherman, Texas, and Philip Khoury and wife Missy, Konawa; three great grandsons, Jackson, Tyler, and Carter; four great granddaughters, Ashleigh, Danielle, Lauren, and Katherine; a sister, Hazel Kymes and husband Lester, Ada; numerous nieces, nephews, and friends, including the special staff of Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Allen.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James Monroe Chism and Cynthia Allie Byers Chism, and brothers, Duel, John, Tollie, Alvin, Leo and Cleo Chism.

Bearers will be Kenneth Chism, Dennis Kymes, Chuck Lancaster, James Cecil Moon, Bob Carter, and Stephen Khoury.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada