Worthen, Dana Oxford   	

TYLER - Private graveside services for Dana Oxford Worthen, 36, of Longview, 
will be held at a later date. The family will receive family and friends 
Monday, July 2, 2007, from 5-7 p.m., at Tyler Memorial Funeral Home.

Mrs. Worthen passed away June 29, 2007, at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, 
from burns received April 26, 2007 in Longview, Texas. Dana was born November 
17, 1970, in Tyler, Texas, the daughter of Marsha and Jackey Oxford. She 
graduated from John Tyler High School and TJC nursing program. Dana worked 
many years in the medical field in Tyler and Kilgore. She loved working with 
the young and elderly.

She is survived by her daughter, Lauren Shults, the joy of her life; parents, 
Marsha and Jackey Oxford of Chandler; sister and brother-in-law, Tammy and 
Jason Bandel of Tyler; nephews, Cody Miller and Tanner Bandel of Tyler; former 
husband and friend, Todd Worthen of Tyler; aunts and uncles, Jackie Frank of 
Spring, Texas, Dell Davis of LaPorte, Texas, Tommie and James Cagle of Chandler, 
Melvin and Doris Davis of Tyler, Maggie and Greg Nordyke of Bullard, Virginia 
and Joe Barron of Tyler, Donald Oxford of Tyler, Kenneth and Ruth Oxford of Van, 
Ann and Steve Crawley of Chandler, Sue and Don Hines of Chandler, and Tommie 
Malone of Tyler; and a host of cousins, other relatives and loved ones and 
special friend, Tracy Palmer of Longview.

Dana was preceded in death by grandparents, Ulric "Pug" and Glady Oxford and 
Joe and Eva Gorman.

Memorials may be made to the Lauren Shults College Fund at Kelly Community 
Federal Credit Union, 2105 W. Grande Blvd., Tyler, TX 75703; or Parkland 
Memorial Hospital, BICU, 5201 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235, Attn: Chris 
Lane.

The family wishes to thank all those at Parkland Hospital in Dallas for their 
compassionate care of Dana, coworkers at Laird Memorial Hospital emergency 
room and the many family and friends who offered so much during the last few 
months including prayer, love and support.

We know Dana is now beyond all the pain and heartaches of this life and is now 
safely in heaven forever.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/1/2007.