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Submitted: 11/19/18 • Approved: 11/19/18 • Last Updated: 11/22/18 • R1245219-G1245219-S3
Thelma
July 2, 1933 - May 28, 2017
Married March 10, 1956
Grady
December 8, 1924 - April 23, 2007
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Thelma Jewel Lawhorn, 83, of Atkins, passed away, Sunday, May 28, 2017 at her home. A daughter of David & Georgia Mae Hutson Johnson, she was born July 2, 1933 in Atkins. She attended Atkins Public Schools. She was retired from Tyson Foods. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Pottsville and a former member of South New Hope Assembly of God. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, canning and cooking. She was preceded in death by her husband Grady Vernon Lawhorn; her parents; son, Kenneth Ray Lawhorn; sons in law, James Painter and David Chilldres; sisters, Georgia Mae Trumfheller, Alice Bratton, Sue Bratton and a brother, Elmer "Bud" Johnson.
Thelma is survived by daughters, Deborah Painter of Atkins and Terry Chilldres of Orlando, Florida; son Vernon Lawhorn(Jana) of Pottsville; a daughter in law, Kandice Lawhorn Walker of Russellville; grandchildren, Jeremy Lawhorn (Leslie) of Russellville, Jeffrey Lawhorn of Atkins, Kenneth Lee Lawhorn of Pottsville; Elizabeth Chilldres and Alex Chilldres, both of Orlando, Florida; sisters, Elizabeth Hamblin of Garland, Texas and Margie Pearl Norris of Atkins.
Memorials may be made to Pottsville Methodist Church Building Fund, P O Box 96 Pottsville, Arkansas 72858 or Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home 221 John Babish Lane, Russellville, Arkansas 72801.
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