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Submitted: 10/23/12 • Approved: 10/23/12 • Last Updated: 10/27/12 • R770833-G0-S3
Oct 10, 1919 - Jan 2, 2007
Married Louise June 3, 1951
Obituary
The Arkansas Leader
Wed, Jan 10, 2007
Walter D. England, 87, of Beebe departed this life on Jan. 2. Born Oct. 10, 1919, he was the third of nine children born to Marion and Dora Hall England at Elm Store just south of the Missouri line. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he was a greeter, deacon emeritus and church trustee. His 42 years in the field of education were spent in Missouri and Arkansas. He started his career right out of high school in a one-room school and progressed to principal, school superintendent, and retiring as the dean “chancellor” at ASU-Beebe.
He established the England Challenge Scholarship at ASU-Beebe, where the Math-Science Building has been named in his honor. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Hanford England, Dr. David England and Clifford England, and one sister, Ella James. He is survived by three brothers, Dr. Noah England and Gordon England, both of Missouri and Dr. Daniel England of Magnolia, and a sister, Lula Lamere of Alton, Ill., also by his wife of 55 years, Louise Horner England, and three special daughters, Cindy Wright and Abbie Covington and husband Larry of Beebe and Janie Byard of Vilonia; seven grandchildren, Tasha Clark, Diana Porter of Grants Pass, Oregon, Carissa Gullett of Vilonia, Jason Byard, Mackenzie Kooyer, and Malorie Covington of Beebe, and Marcus Covington of New York; 12 great-grandchildren and many loyal friends. Funeral services were held Jan. 4 at Beebe First Baptist Church with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements were by Westbrook Funeral Home at Beebe. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 101 Hwy. 64, Beebe, Ark. 72012, or to the England Challenge Scholarship at ASU-Beebe, P.O. Box 1000, Beebe, Ark. 72012.
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