LU ROLEN

ALLEN-Services for Lulajane "Lu" Rolen, 72, Allen, are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Richmond Avenue Freewill Baptist Church in Allen, Rev. Buddy Drake officiating. Burial follows at Allen Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family at Criswell Funeral Home's Allen chapel from 3 p.m. Monday until the time of the service.

Ms. Rolen died Thursday, October 8, 2009, at an Ada hospital. She was born May 12, 1937, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to C.E. and Willoria Mae Curry Wright. She was a graduate of Choctaw High School, attended Rose State College two years and was a professional self-employed seamstress. Ms. Rolen moved to the Allen area in 1999 from Ft. Towson, Oklahoma. She was affiliated with the Richmond Avenue Freewill Baptist Church and was a member of the Red Hat Society in Allen.

Survivors include three sons, Melvin Margerum and wife Carolyn, Allen, Chris Rolen and wife Stacy, Paris, Texas, and Kelly Rolen and wife Michelle, Birmingham, Alabama; one daughter, Shelly Rolen, of the home; one brother Cyrus and wife Jeannie Wright, Yukon, Oklahoma; three sisters, Juanita and husband Warner Fowler, Ft. Towson, Oklahoma, Mattie Kinnett and husband Darryl, Meeker, Oklahoma, and Linda Davis and husband Bob, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Bill Tatum; and two granddaughters, Heather Johnson and Shalanda Johnson Claxton.

Bearers will be Larry Wright, Shane Kinnett, Robert Davis, Ricky Fowler, Brad Bearden and Ferman Traylor. Honorary bearers are Joe Fowler and Troy Fowler.

Criswell Funeral Home