Obituaries
Notice of Passing SUMMER QUALLS
Summer Qualls, 3, of Houston, Texas, died on Friday, July 6, 2018, at Memorial City Hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by Sims Mortuary, Inc.
Reminder of Services BOBBY G. LANE
Visitation for Bobby Gene Lane, 88, of Hot Springs will be held in the chapel of Gross Funeral Home in Hot Springs at noon today with services following at 1 p.m. Burial will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Obituaries RHONDA FLAHERTY
Rhonda Barker Flaherty, 60, of Magnolia, went to her eternal home, July 5, 2018, at Magnolia Regional Medical Center. She was born to Ola Mae Sanders Mayfield, July 19, 1957, in Magnolia, AR, and came to know the man she called Dad, Leroy Mayfield, at the age of 2.
She was of the Baptist faith, attended Central Baptist Church, and loved her Lord and Savior above all. She was a proud and supportive Alumni of Ouachita Baptist University. She delighted in spending time with her family and friends, including going to ballgames, birthdays, and family vacations. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved working in her yard. To know her was to love her. She discovered her spiritual gift, in this life, and it was serving others as Christ came to serve.
She is preceded in death by her father, Leroy Mayfield. She is survived by her mother, Ola Mae Mayfield of Hope; two children, Caitlin Stuart (Eric) and Kylie Spears (Jordan); two grandsons, Nelson Stuart and Maddoc Spears; two brothers, Jack Barker and wife Vicki of Hope and Dwain Mayfield and wife Laurie of El Dorado; cherished nieces and nephews, Jennifer, Courtney, Jerrod, Evan, Anna, Jordyn, Collen, Emma, Braxton, and many friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 10 at Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia, AR with Dr. Mike Seabaugh officiating. Visitation will precede the service at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow at Barlow Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Barlow Cemetery Association, 2111 Columbia Rd 27 South, Magnolia, AR 71753.
To sign the online guest book or to share a memory visit www.lewisfuneralhome.biz.
JERRY RAINWATER SR.
Jerry Vernoid Rainwater, Sr., age 83, passed peacefully from this life at the John. R. Williamson Hospice House surrounded by his family on Thursday, July
5, 2018. He was born August
29, 1934 to Amy Dell Davis and Gus Thurman Rainwater.
Jerry was a 1952 graduate of El Dorado High School and served in the Army National
Guard. In more recent years, he could be found at Rainwater Wholesale Supply drinking coffee with friends as he awaited his customers. He loved watching sports, but most of all he loved following his grandchildren all over the state to watch them play ball or play in the band, rarely missing a game or performance. On fall Friday nights, he could be found cheering on the Wildcats or some other local team. He enjoyed spending time on the river bank at Felsenthal with his family and friends and was always up for a good boat ride to find where the bream were biting.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, a son, Phillip Rainwater, infant great granddaughter, Payton King, and a brother A.G. Rainwater.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Colleen, who he married in 1954, sons Jerry Rainwater, Jr. (Karin), George Rainwater (Yvonne), Todd Rainwater (Cindi), a daughter, Cheryl Moore, grandchildren Mindy King, Heather Tumey, Phillip Rainwater, Jr., Megan Rainwater, Joshua Rainwater, Serena Lemley, Briana Moore and Benjamin Moore, 14 great grandchildren, and two brothers, Julius Rainwater and Leon Rainwater, and a host of other family and friends.
Pallbearers will be Joshua Rainwater, Ricky Rainwater, Scotty Rainwater, Les Cardin, Allen Johnson, and Joe Gallea. Honorary Pallbearers are the members of the Ready Sunday School Class of Ebenezer Baptist Church, which Jerry loved to attend on Sunday mornings.
Visitation will be held Sunday, July 8 from 5-7 at Perry’s Funeral Home. The funeral will be Monday, July 9th at 10am at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 3408 N. Wyatt Drive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the John R. Williamson Hospice House or Ebenezer Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at 1105 W. 6th Street.
Online condolences at www.perrysfuneralchapels.com.
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