DORTHY STOCKTON 1918-2005 Dorothy Stockton, 38 year old longtime Checotah area resident, passed away in Tulsa on Tuesday February 22, 2005 following a lingering Illness. She was born on March 9, 1918 in Centrahoma, Ok to Claude Franklin and Martha Elizabeth McCarty Lynch. Dorothy married Dail Stockton on November 6, 1937 in Ada, Ok, and together they moved to the Checotah area in 1943. Dot, as most knew her, never met a stranger. She was a homemaker, but you might also see her helping Dail with the cattle or most anything around the farm. Dorothy loved to talk and visit, making friends every where she went. She enjoyed rodeos, gardening and being with her family. She was a wonderful cook, making almost everything she cooked from scratch as she would say. She raised and canned a lot of the vegetables she cooked and raised most of the meat. In addiction to her husband, preceding Dorothy in death was her son Rodger Dail Stockton on May 24, 2004, brothers, C.F., Donald, Bob & Mack, and sisters Violet and Patsy. Survivors include her two daughters, Nora and husband Raymond Smith, and Linda Stockton, all of Tulsa; brother Bill Lynch and wife Zelda of Green Forest, Ar; two sisters Norine Borum of Checotah and Elva Hamm of Pryor; three grandchildren; Laren Kay VanOrden and Tim Turner of Checotah, and Tyler Smith of Noble; daughter in law, Noram Ray of Checotah; two sisters in law's Cleva Lynch of Checotah and Joanne Lynch of Stigler; and a host of other relatives and friends . Funeral services will be held in the Destiny Center Assembly of God Church on Friday February 25, 2005 at 2:00 pm with Rev. Roy Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hampton Mortuary, 211 W Okmulgee, Checotah, Oklahoma 473-6821. Greenlawn Cemetery R1SO Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, Oklahoma Dorthy Lynch Stockton and my Edward Lee Lynch are 1st cousin once removed. Shelley D. McBride~Lynch P.O. Box 237 Checotah, Ok 74426 leesh@mytownisp.com