Kathy McCarty Britt

Kathy Ann McCarty Britt, 65, passed away on Oct. 21, 2017, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville,

Ark., after a courageous and inspiring battle with cancer for nearly 10 years. She was born to Calvin and Betty Mumma McCarty on March 30, 1952, in Garden City, Kan.

At a young age, her family relocated from Kansas to a farm in Lincoln, Ark., where she was raised and graduated from high school. Her connection with the beautiful country in and around Lincoln continued throughout her life. She was a regular volunteer and supporter of the Arkansas Country Doctor Museum in Lincoln, the annual family reunion was held at the Prairie Grove Battlefield Park, she and her family were regular attendees at the Arkansas Apple Festival in Lincoln each October, and an annual scholarship in her name is given to a graduating female recipient at Lincoln high school each Spring.

Due to her selfless and caring nature, there was no better person to have in your life for love, advice, friendship or just someone to listen. As the first priority, her family felt that love and care each and every day. She touched many lives while volunteering locally to help others in their fight with cancer while she waged her own battle with the disease.

She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville and very much enjoyed the spiritual fulfillment and friendships gained from her Sunday school classes throughout the years at Central.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Wayne Britt; three children, Michael Britt and his wife Pamela of Fayetteville and their three children Ella, Juliana and Hudson, Matthew Britt and his wife Ruth of Fayetteville and their daughter Sinclair with Lucy Jean expected to arrive in January, Mallory and her husband Virgil Gulley of Fayetteville; and her sister Regena Bolin and her husband Keith of Elkins, Ark.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville with a reception immediately after at Central. Her final resting place will be the Bethesda Cemetery in Cane Hill, Ark., on a majestic hill near the family farm on which she was raised.

The family asks you consider donating to the one of the following entities dear to Kathy in lieu of flowers: Arkansas Country Doctor Museum, P.O. Box 1004, Lincoln, AR 72744 or HOPE Cancer Resources, 5835 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale, AR 72762.

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