JUDY GRAY HOOVER
Judy Gray Hoover, of El Dorado, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021.
On May 17, 1975, she was married to Robert Doy Hoover who preceded her in death on December 10, 2020. She was also preceded in death by her parents, James Gilliam Gray, Sr. and Evelyn Cook Gray.
Raised in Norman, Judy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Norman. She was also a proud member of the Copiah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. She was one of the first employees, and would work for sixteen years, for Community Hospice, now Life Touch Hospice, in El Dorado. Later, she would work and retire from South Arkansas Eye Clinic. Judy thoroughly loved being around her grandbabies.
She is survived by three children and their spouses, Amber and Nicholas Bailey of Cabot, Forrest And Brandy Hoover of Pea Ridge and Bradley and Jessica Hoover of Texarkana, Texas; eight grandchildren, Maddie (Jaylee) Kelley, Ethan Linam, Lily Hoover, Brennan Bailey, Caelan Bailey, Laurelyn Bailey, Koy Hoover and Ellisyn Hoover; two great-grandchildren, Payton Kelley and Bailey Kelley; and her brother and sister-in-law, James Gilliam, Jr. and Cherry Gray of Desoto, Texas.
Services will be 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 10, 2021, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Glenwood, with Janice McRae officiating.
Interment will be in the Black Springs Cemetery near Norman. Memorials may be made to Hope Landing, PO Box 10215, El Dorado, Arkansas, 71730.
Pallbearers will be Jeremy Gray, Michael Mills, Alex Hoover, Denver McRae, Kenny Hoover and Wendell Hoover.
Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.