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Submitted: 7/10/15 • Approved: 4/25/23 • Last Updated: 4/28/23 • R1087556-G1087555-S3
August 10, 1933 - April 21, 2011
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Saturday, April 23, 2011
ALTUS — Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, 77, a resident of Altus, Ark., succumbed to cancer on April 21, 2011. A born-again Christian, she was born Aug. 10, 1933, in Gleanor, Texas, the daughter of Marshall Alexander and Nannie Sue Riley Brown.
A beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she loved morning walks and had a passion for gardening, enjoying plants of all varieties. She shared "pattycake" and Dr. Seuss with all of her grandchildren. A kind and gentle soul, she encouraged others to find their happiness and to move beyond their differences.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Nannie Brown; three brothers, Adrian, Marshall Jr. and Joseph Brown; four sisters, Juanita Brown, Virginia Reynolds, Rachel Magill and Betty Wright; and one grandson, Josiah Hackler.
Survivors include two sons, Timothy Hamilton of Framingham, Mass., and Randy Hamilton of Westville, Okla.; five daughters, Sheila Dabbs of Siloam Springs, Ark., Sandra Hancock or Lincoln, Ark., Brenda Hamilton of Boca Raton, Fla., Patty Hackler of Enola, Ark., and Kathy Mershon of Altus, Ark.; two sisters, Odessa Shipes of Melissa, Texas, and Martha Insall of Abilene, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today, April 23, 2011, at Luginbuel Funeral Home at 115 N. Neal St. in Prairie Grove, Ark. Burial will be in the Rhea Church Cemetery in Rheas Mill, Ark, As she requested, there will be no graveside service.
In lieu of flowers, Mary requested that donations be made to Hope Cancer Resources, 5835 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale, AR 72762.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Ark. To sign the online guest book, visit www.luginbuel.com.
Contributed on 7/10/15 by wfields55
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