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Longtime Norman resident Linda Lou Fikes died unexpectedly in her sleep
Sunday morning, June 26. Services will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at Primrose
Funeral Home in Norman.
Mrs. Fikes was born New Year's Day 1956 in Ada. She attended Norman High School. She met her husband Larry in 1998 and they married June 21, 2003. She had a smile for everyone. She liked people and went out of her way to help them. She loved her friends and family and told them so often. She will be deeply missed by a small family and large number of friends. Linda worked at The Norman Transcript and will be deeply missed by her co-workers.
Mrs. Fikes was preceded in death by her father Alva Brownfield and mother Betty Weddle of Ada.
Mrs. Fikes is survived by her husband Larry; daughter Melissa Kay Watson of California; sister Anne Marie Watson and husband Richard of California; brothers Larry Brownfield of Norman and Bill Weddle and wife Barbara of Ada; and stepdaughter Alicia Fikes of North Carolina.
This was my stepmother's obituary, printed June 28th, 2005. Her and my father celebrated their two year anniversary last Tuesday, the roses he gave her were still sitting in the living room when I got there Monday night. They goofed off and celebrated their anniversary that whole week, he said they "couldn't have ended with a better week". He gave her a kiss Saturday night and told her he loved her, and they went to bed. He woke up Sunday morning, five days after their second wedding anniversary, to find that she had passed away in her sleep. I flew back to Oklahoma to be with him less then 12 hours after I'd found out what happened. She was completely healthy when I talked to her on Father's Day.
Our whole lives we've always been told that someone can be taken away from us at any time, but I know I've always brushed it off thinking that it would never happen to me. I keep thinking that I wish I'd gotten to say "I love you" one last time, or hugged her one more time the last time I saw her, or tell her how much she meant to me and my father and how glad I am that they were in each other's lives. But I didn't. All that's left of her is pictures and memories that I will cherish forever. She was one of the kindest people I have ever met and I wish I had gotten to spend more time with her.
I don't think I have ever seen a grown man cry that much. They were soul mates and he is elated that he had her in his life, as am I. I can't imagine being in that situation, and I hope I never have to be. He has been telling me never to leave anything unfinished and make sure never to end anything on a bad note. He tells me that he hopes I find the same kind of love they had and if I haven't told the people I care about how I feel, that I need to do so before it is too late. His eulogy brought me to tears and made me realize even more how much he loved her and always will.
I just wanted to let everyone know, though we may not speak often, I am grateful to have had each and every one of you in my life in one way or another. My life would not be the same if you hadn't touched it in your own special way. I wanted to ask everyone not to take the people in your life for granted, because as morbid as it may sound, they won't always be there, so spend as much time with the ones you love as possible.
I hope that everything is wonderful in everyone's life and that you are all happy. Stay safe and live life to the fullest.
-Alicia
Mrs. Fikes was born New Year's Day 1956 in Ada. She attended Norman High School. She met her husband Larry in 1998 and they married June 21, 2003. She had a smile for everyone. She liked people and went out of her way to help them. She loved her friends and family and told them so often. She will be deeply missed by a small family and large number of friends. Linda worked at The Norman Transcript and will be deeply missed by her co-workers.
Mrs. Fikes was preceded in death by her father Alva Brownfield and mother Betty Weddle of Ada.
Mrs. Fikes is survived by her husband Larry; daughter Melissa Kay Watson of California; sister Anne Marie Watson and husband Richard of California; brothers Larry Brownfield of Norman and Bill Weddle and wife Barbara of Ada; and stepdaughter Alicia Fikes of North Carolina.
This was my stepmother's obituary, printed June 28th, 2005. Her and my father celebrated their two year anniversary last Tuesday, the roses he gave her were still sitting in the living room when I got there Monday night. They goofed off and celebrated their anniversary that whole week, he said they "couldn't have ended with a better week". He gave her a kiss Saturday night and told her he loved her, and they went to bed. He woke up Sunday morning, five days after their second wedding anniversary, to find that she had passed away in her sleep. I flew back to Oklahoma to be with him less then 12 hours after I'd found out what happened. She was completely healthy when I talked to her on Father's Day.
Our whole lives we've always been told that someone can be taken away from us at any time, but I know I've always brushed it off thinking that it would never happen to me. I keep thinking that I wish I'd gotten to say "I love you" one last time, or hugged her one more time the last time I saw her, or tell her how much she meant to me and my father and how glad I am that they were in each other's lives. But I didn't. All that's left of her is pictures and memories that I will cherish forever. She was one of the kindest people I have ever met and I wish I had gotten to spend more time with her.
I don't think I have ever seen a grown man cry that much. They were soul mates and he is elated that he had her in his life, as am I. I can't imagine being in that situation, and I hope I never have to be. He has been telling me never to leave anything unfinished and make sure never to end anything on a bad note. He tells me that he hopes I find the same kind of love they had and if I haven't told the people I care about how I feel, that I need to do so before it is too late. His eulogy brought me to tears and made me realize even more how much he loved her and always will.
I just wanted to let everyone know, though we may not speak often, I am grateful to have had each and every one of you in my life in one way or another. My life would not be the same if you hadn't touched it in your own special way. I wanted to ask everyone not to take the people in your life for granted, because as morbid as it may sound, they won't always be there, so spend as much time with the ones you love as possible.
I hope that everything is wonderful in everyone's life and that you are all happy. Stay safe and live life to the fullest.
-Alicia