Obituary of Alice Peale McKoin

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Peale McKoin, age 74, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Rev. Gayle Porter officiating. Interment will follow in Bonita Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at Golden Funeral Home. Mrs. McKoin, a homemaker and community volunteer, passed away Monday, November 17, 2008. She was a resident of Bonita and a member of Bonita Methodist Church. She participated in the TWIGS group at Oak Woods Home for the Elderly and had volunteered her assistance at Oak Woods for over 30 years. She was a past recipient of the Nathan Bolton Community Service Award. She is preceded in death by a daughter, Linda McKoin Talley; and grandchild, Seth Lindon Jones. She is survived by her husband, James Cooter McKoin of Bonita; three daughters, Tia Ann McKoin of Shreveport, Janna McKoin Jenkins & husband John of Cincinnati, OH, Sommar McKoin Jones & husband Jonah of Bonita; son-in-law, Joe Talley of Monroe; and four grandchildren, Joel Edward Talley, Jamie Allyson Jenkins, Noah McKoin Jones, and Nicolas Reeve Jones. Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, 960 Sheridan, Shreveport, LA 71101, or to the Gideon Bible Program. The family would like to extend special thanks to Premier Hospice, Mary Doles, Karen Williams, Oak Woods Home for the Elderly, and the nurses and staff of the Alzheimer's unit at Oak Woods.