(Some of her trophies and
awards,
Grandson Jim's picture from the Marines.)
"Eloise Dooley Reynolds, age 78, of Norman, born March 27, 1922, in Morrilton, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2000. She was a loving wife and mother and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was first of the five daughters of the late Amanda Young Dooley and Fitzhugh Dooley, of Aplin, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters Irene and Sarah Agnes Dooley of Aplin.
"Eloise served 20 years as the secretary at the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work and after her retirement, established the Eloise Reynolds Scholarship Fund. She was a longtime member of the Alameda Church of Christ and was active in church work as well as volunteering for RSVP and the American Indian Cultural Society. For many years she served on the Cleveland County Historical Society Board, and was often found greeting visitors at the Museum. She was the 1994 National Association of Social Workers Oklahoma Citizen of the Year.
"Eloise was a consummate seamstress and donated many of her quilts and handmade clothing to charities throughout the years. She was an active participant on Internet chat rooms with chat friends from all over the world. In all of her personal and professional life she reached out in love to those in need. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
"She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Hugh Reynolds, of the home; three daughters, Sandra Reynolds of Garland, Texas, Martha Ann Anderson and husband David of Lexington, Oklahoma, and Mary Catherine Reynolds of Oklahoma City; one grandson, James Alan Gilstrap of Norman, and a great grandson, Alan Michael Gilstrap, also of Norman. Other survivors include her sisters Betty Peterson of Aplin, Arkansas, and Martha Neal Barnhouse of Sebring, Ohio, along with one nephew, four nieces, and a host of grand nieces and nephews.
"Funeral services will take place at the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman on Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 2 p.m., arrangements by the Primrose Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the University of Oklahoma Foundation in the name of the Eloise Reynolds Scholarship Fund, 100 Timberdell Road, Norman, Oklahoma 73069."
Order of Service:
Dan Bouchelle, minister
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Hymn: “In the Land of Fadeless Day”
Matthew 25:37-41
Hymn : “The Old Rugged Cross”
John 14: 1-4
Revelations 21:1-4
At the graveside:
1 Corinthians 15:54-55
Mother's earthly body rests on a hillside north of Norman overlooking a peaceful lake and surrounded by fields of the wildflowers she loved so much, and lots of birds and butterflies under the matchless Oklahoma sky. She had a deadpan gallows humor about the place. She told the woman who sold my parents the plot: "I'm only coming out here once. Twice at the most."