Obituaries
Notice of Passing BOBBIE ADCOX
Bobbie Adcox, 87, of El Dorado passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at Timberlane Health & Rehab.
Arrangements will be announced by Young’s Funeral Directors.
ROSA M. RAINS
Rosa Maria Rains, 68, of El Dorado passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at the John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado.
Arrangements will be announced by Young’s Funeral Directors.
Reminder of Services
TAMIKO LEICHMAN
Funeral for Tamiko Leichman, 42, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Spearsville, the Rev. Alfred Hill is pastor, the Rev. Michael Singleton officiating. Interment will follow at the Fellowship Church Cemetery.
Services entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Farmerville, Louisiana.
MARY J. SNOW
Memorial services for Mary J. Snow will be held at 3 p.m. today at Young’s Chapel with the Rev. Sye Duke officiating. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Young’s Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to CASA, 1130 E. Main St., El Dorado, AR 71730, or to the Union County Animal Protection Society, 1000 Sunset Rd., El Dorado, AR 71730.
SUSAN STRAUGHTER
Memorial service for Susan Straughter, 62, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Farmerville, Louisiana.
Services entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Farmerville, Louisiana.
GURVIS W. WOOD
A visitation for Gurvis Wayne Wood, 78, of Fayetteville will be held from 10 until 11 a.m. with a celebration of life service to follow at 11 a.m. on today at Canaan Baptist Church located at 502 Canaan Road, Spearsville, Louisiana 71277. Interment to follow at Canaan Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Canaan Baptist Church at 502 Canaan Road, Spearsville, Louisiana 71277, or the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank at https://www. nwafoodbank.org/
Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home & Crematory of Fayetteville.
Obituaries
NORMA DAILY
Norma was born on Nov. 9, 1922 to Ralph and Ann Templeman in Calvin, Oklahoma. She died Aug. 2, 2018. When small her family settled in El Dorado. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, she moved to La Crosse in 2010 to be near her son and daughterin-law, Bill and Eileen Daily.
She rooted for the Packers except when they played the Cowboys, and the Brewers except when they played the Braves.
Norma loved God, her church family, nine grandsons John and Josh, great granddaughters Skylar and Lydia. She loved Arkansas, her years working in surgery, her cats, crossword puzzles, watching The Young and the Restless, Jeopardy and The Wheel. She loved giving candy to little kids. She loved purple-hulled peas, fried okra, liver and onions, and salt, Grandson, Josh once asked her if she wanted some food with her salt.
Norma said people up here “don’t know how to do fish. ” We figured out that she liked batter more than fish.
When Norma lived in Arkansas grandson, John, once remarked, “People in Grandma’s town sort of talk with curves in their words.” Norma had a colorful way of speaking. “There’s more than one way to kill a cat than choke him to death with butter.” “Even the drab colors God’s made beautiful.” “There’s no wind today—the flag’s hugging the pole.” “The fog looks like meringue that hasn’t been whipped long enough.” Once, when we passed hundreds of motorcycles she said they were, “Thicker’n ticks on a dog.” She once described the moon as looking like a #3 wash tub. She described her yard as full of birds with sun rays bumping into each other.
Norma was a good sport. During Christmas visits our 100-pound Labrador dragged her down the street on her belly, our boys exposed her to head lice, her foot got broken when she went with Bill to chop firewood, and she fell asleep in the Minneapolis airport and missed her flight. She took the disasters in stride.
As Norma lay dying Eileen prayed. “Lord, get ready. She loves to talk!” Norma loved to tell stories. Some were true.
A memorial service will be held at Onalaska Church of Christ, 1415 Well Street on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at 11 a.m. Pastor Gordon Clary will officiate. Friends may call at the church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Memorials should be given to the Gundersen Medical Foundation. Online guestbook is available at www. schumacher-kish.com.
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