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Molly Cora (obit) DRINKARD

Oaklawn (Grays Addition) Cemetery
Independence County,
Arkansas

March 23, 1939 - February 22, 2012

Obituary
Mollie Cora Martin Barris Drinkard, 72, of Batesville died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Batesville.

Born March 23, 1939, she was the daughter of Mack and Tolice Hall Shell Martin. She was a bus driver for Batesville School District for many years. She was a missionary, a beautician and an inspector at Batesville Manufacturing. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, the Usher Board, District Choir, Senior Choir, Floral Committee and Publicity Committee and was a youth group chaperone.

Survivors include her husband, Willis Drinkard; a son, Gene Barris of Batesville; a daughter, Shiraye Barris of Batesville; three stepsons, Willis Drinkard Jr. of Jackson, Tenn., and Dewey Drinkard and Gary Drinkard, both of North Carolina; two brothers, Cliff Martin and Gary Martin, both of Kennett, Mo.; two sisters, Johnnie A. Kennard of Batesville and Linda Thomas of Kennett; two grandchildren, Armani Barris and Isaiah Barris, both of Batesville; and many cousins, nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Mack Martin Jr.; and five sisters, Shirley Harton, Mary Lou Lexion, Iramaline McGoogan, Fannie May Martin and Alma Jane Martin.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Baptist Church, located at 10th and Oak streets in Batesville, with the Revs. Lewis Justice, Lee Bland, Otis Harper and Leon Hamilton and Bishop Ernie Childress officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Hardy & Loresa's Family Funeral Service Inc. in Batesville.

Pallbearers will be Michael Davis, Leroy Brown, Johnson Kennard, Cecil Sherrill, Larry LeMay and John Richard Taylor.

Honorary pallbearers are Dr. J.D. Allen, Dr. Seth Barnes, Dr. Douglas Matthews, J.T. Skinner, Blair Arnold, Dr. Wade Falwell, Rick Cardell, Scott Wood and Jonathan Freiert.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
-www.hardyandloresa.com
-Batesville Guard, 27 Feb 2012

Contributed on 12/18/16 by sandhollow
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Submitted: 12/18/16 • Approved: 12/18/16 • Last Updated: 12/21/16 • R1164393-G1164393-S3

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