(Published in The Madison County Record (Huntsville, Arkansas) - 21 Aug 1997, Thu - Page 12)

Donna Doyal Gabbard

Donna Doyal Gabbard, 57, of Lowell, Ark., died Aug. 14, 1997, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. She was born July 25, 1940, in Jennings, Okla., the daughter of Walter A. and Helen M. Morgan Doyal. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Cushing, Okla. She was employed by LaBarge Electronics and had moved to the area in 1985 from Tulsa, Okla. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Gabbard, in 1988, and her mother.

Survivors include her fiance, Benny Randells [sic] of Lowell; three daughters, Kelly Jones of Sand Springs, Okla., Kathy Coelker of Red Oak, Iowa, and Kim Watkins of Tulsa, Okla.; her father, Walter A. Doyal of Tulsa, Okla.; two brothers, Ronald Doyal and Monte Lewter, both of Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Sandra Jones of Perryton, Tex., and Sheena Boline of Tulsa, Okla.; and eight grandchildren.

Services were Monday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Lowell with Pastor Gary E. Thomas and Chaplain J.W. Walker officiating. Interment was in Goad Springs Cemetery under the direction of Callison-Lough Funeral Service of Rogers.

Memorials may be made to the Circle of Life Hospice, P.O. Box 1169, Bentonville, AR 72712.