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Submitted: 9/15/08 • Approved: 9/15/08 • Last Updated: 8/23/12 • R58171-G58170-S3
Birth: Jan. 24, 1937
Death: Apr. 19, 2003
WYNNE -- Mary Alice Dean McWilliams, 66, of Wynne died Saturday, April 19, at CrossRidge Community Hospital in Wynne.
Born in Waterloo, Ala., she was a homemaker and had lived in South Bend, Ind., for 33 years before moving to Wynne 16 years ago. She had worked as a nurse's aide, operated several flea markets in Indiana and Arkansas and was a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband, Ben McWilliams of Wynne; four sons, Rick McWilliams of Edwardsburg, Mich., Tony McWilliams of North Liberty, Ind., David McWilliams of Niles, Mich., and Donald McWilliams of Elkhart, Ind.; three daughters, Becky Willard of Colt, Debbie Lopez of Cherry Valley and Mary Hardman of South Bend; a sister, Brenda Carpenter of South Bend; three brothers, Lonnie Dean, Bobby Dean and Jimmy Dean, all of South Bend; 17 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a grandson.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of Wynne, with Fred Strasser officiating. Burial will follow in Cogbill Cemetery at Wynne.
Pallbearers will be Robb Hardman, Eddie Lopez, David McWilliams, Donald McWilliams, Rick McWilliams, Tony McWilliams, Tony McWilliams II and Jamie Walls.
Memorials may be made to CrossRidge Community Hospital.
Contributed on 9/15/08 by rtsgrad
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