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Submitted: 3/13/15 • Approved: 3/13/15 • Last Updated: 3/16/15 • R1065273-G1065273-S3
Marvin Thomas
Aug 17, 1918 - Aug 14, 1988
Naomi
Dec 10, 1919 - Nov 9, 2007
Married July 8, 1943
Obituary
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from the Nov. 11, 2007, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
HOLLY GROVE Naomi McManus Gerlach, 87, widow of Marvin Gerlach, died Friday, Nov. 9. She was a lifetime resident of Holly Grove and a homemaker. Survivors are eight sons, three daughters, 21 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, Macedonia Cemetery, Holly Grove. Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home-Clarendon. Photo/Obit/Guestbook at www.bobnealandsons.com
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From the funeral home web site:
Naomi McManus Gerlach, age 87, died at the Crestpark Nursing Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, on Friday, November 9, 2007.
The only child of the late Willie and Jessie Monroe McManus, Naomi was born in Holly Grove, Arkansas, on December 10, 1919. She was united in marriage to Marvin Mugg Gerlach on July 8, 1943, in Holly Grove and to this marriage eight sons and three daughters were born.
Naomi was a 1940 graduate of Holly Grove High School, a Baptist and a homemaker. She was a great cook and could cook anything, but her philosophy was if you kill it or catch it, you clean it and I will cook it. Naomi enjoyed flea markets, gardening, crocheting, fishing and talking to friends on the phone. An outgoing person she never met a stranger and her nature was to share her rewards from the garden and her homemade crafts. Her familys greatest joys were spending the holidays at Grandma Gerlachs.
Naomi is survived by: eight sons, Rockwell T. Gerlach and wife Vivian of White Hall, Marvin A. Gerlach and wife Diane of Russellville, Charles A. Gerlach and wife Janice of Arlington, TX, Harris P. Gerlach and Joseph B. Gerlach, both of Holly Grove, Robert D. Gerlach and wife Debbie of Alymra, Franklin T. Gerlach and wife Cheryl of Newton, IA, Harry J. Gerlach and wife Amy of Holly Grove; three daughters, Jessie Mae Roberts and husband Joe of Fairview, TN, G. Marie McCoy and husband Ferlon of Holly Grove, Paula L. Davidson and husband Doug of Greenville, MS; 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M., Sunday November 11, 2007, at Macedonia Cemetery in Holly Grove with Bro. Jerry Hopper officiating. Arrangements are by Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home of Clarendon. Pallbearers will be her sons and honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Collins, Mike Chastain, Ferlon McCoy, Joe Roberts, Herman Gerlach, Doug Davidson, Bret Staggs and Drexel Helms.
Contributed on 3/13/15 by hawkinsdonna
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