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Dorothy Marie BLANKENSHIP WILLIAMS

Friendship (Springdale) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

Earl
January 9, 1909 - September 3, 1987

Dorothy
April 30, 1917 - December 19, 2011

*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

LOWELL — Dorothy Marie Williams, age 94, of Lowell, died Dec. 19, 2011, at Ashley Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 30, 1917, in Bentonville, Ark., the daughter of David Overton and Daisy Lucinda Harty Blankenship.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Williams in 1987. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Zion Baptist Church which was in Lowell and a homemaker. She was raised in Oklahoma and returned to Arkansas, where she met her husband and raised her five children. She was a strong supporter of education, loved gardening, a remarkably talented singer and a very spiritual woman, who was very active in her church throughout her life.

Mrs. Williams is survived by two sons, Don Williams (Joanna) and Danny Williams (Arlynda), all of Springdale; three daughters, Dr. Rose Marie Willett (Forrest Wheichel) of Rogers, Marquita Whitaker (Larry) of Edmond, Okla., and Mary Kathryn "Kathy" Neal (Eddie) of Little Rock; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren: and two great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Friendship Cemetery, with Deacon Ray Brust officiating under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.memfuneral.com.

Photograph by Alvin Herrington

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Submitted: 1/7/21 • Approved: 1/7/21 • Last Updated: 1/10/21 • R1358959-G1358394-S3

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