Mary Elizabeth Cheatham, age 92 of Malvern, died Sunday, December 4, 2022, in Hot Springs. She was born in Magnet Cove on November 17, 1930, to the late Thomas Lawrence and Margaret Adkins Lawrence.
Reared and receiving her early education in Magnet Cove, she later attended UCA at Conway, East Texas State Teachers College, Florida State University, and Kansas State University, ultimately earning her Masters' degree in Library Science. She taught school in the Magnet Cove School District and the North Little Rock School District. Mary served as librarian for the Hot Spring County Library from 1970 to 2000, and in 2014, the name was changed to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library in her honor. She was the widow of the late Bernard Cheatham, to whom she was married on March 1, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1997. Mary was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was an avid reader and loved to tend her flower garden.
Mary had served on the National Committee on Libraries; the Hot Spring County Museum Board; the Hot Spring County Bicentennial Commission; the Women's Club of Malvern; Delta Kappa Gamma Society; PEO Chapter BW; was recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Library Association ,where she was a lifetime member; Distinguished Service Award from Hot Spring County Library Board; Community Service Award from Malvern Daily Record (the First given); and was chosen to testify on library funding at the San Antonio hearings of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was also a lifetime member of the Friends of the Library. Her proudest accomplishment was her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all their spouses.
She is survived by her children, Lynn Mackey (Danny) of Lono; Cathy Tackett (Don) of Benton; Berna Smedley (Stuart) of Hot Springs; and Tim Cheatham (Wendi) of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Ellen Rucker of Hot Springs; grandchildren, Hayley Hughes, Autumn (Wes) Jones; Alex Tackett, Seth (Leah) Smedley, Emma and Peyton Cheatham, David and Ann Koller, Amy Smedley and Wes Patton, Alan and Rebecca Tackett; great-grandchildren, Josie Jones, Wylee Jones, Jace Hughes, Max Tackett, Darcy Smedley, Brennen and Brailyn Koller, Will and Jack Tackett; and a cousin, Clifford Dale Whitman.
Mary was also preceded in death by siblings Mary Lawrence, Edith Jones, and Paul Lawrence, and sister-in-law, Margaret Lawrence.
Her funeral will be held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning, December 8, 2022, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Troy Conrad officiating and under the direction of J. A. Funk Funeral Home. A visitation will precede the service, beginning at ten o'clock. Interment will follow in Magnet Cove Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Todd Rucker, Rusty Lawrence, Don Tackett, Stuart Smedley, Danny Mackey, Seth Smedley, and Wes Jones.
Memorials are requested to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library.
A special thanks from the family goes to the staff at Abundant Life Care Home in Hot Springs for their loving devotion to Mary.
Reared and receiving her early education in Magnet Cove, she later attended UCA at Conway, East Texas State Teachers College, Florida State University, and Kansas State University, ultimately earning her Masters' degree in Library Science. She taught school in the Magnet Cove School District and the North Little Rock School District. Mary served as librarian for the Hot Spring County Library from 1970 to 2000, and in 2014, the name was changed to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library in her honor. She was the widow of the late Bernard Cheatham, to whom she was married on March 1, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1997. Mary was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was an avid reader and loved to tend her flower garden.
Mary had served on the National Committee on Libraries; the Hot Spring County Museum Board; the Hot Spring County Bicentennial Commission; the Women's Club of Malvern; Delta Kappa Gamma Society; PEO Chapter BW; was recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Library Association ,where she was a lifetime member; Distinguished Service Award from Hot Spring County Library Board; Community Service Award from Malvern Daily Record (the First given); and was chosen to testify on library funding at the San Antonio hearings of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was also a lifetime member of the Friends of the Library. Her proudest accomplishment was her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all their spouses.
She is survived by her children, Lynn Mackey (Danny) of Lono; Cathy Tackett (Don) of Benton; Berna Smedley (Stuart) of Hot Springs; and Tim Cheatham (Wendi) of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Ellen Rucker of Hot Springs; grandchildren, Hayley Hughes, Autumn (Wes) Jones; Alex Tackett, Seth (Leah) Smedley, Emma and Peyton Cheatham, David and Ann Koller, Amy Smedley and Wes Patton, Alan and Rebecca Tackett; great-grandchildren, Josie Jones, Wylee Jones, Jace Hughes, Max Tackett, Darcy Smedley, Brennen and Brailyn Koller, Will and Jack Tackett; and a cousin, Clifford Dale Whitman.
Mary was also preceded in death by siblings Mary Lawrence, Edith Jones, and Paul Lawrence, and sister-in-law, Margaret Lawrence.
Her funeral will be held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning, December 8, 2022, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Troy Conrad officiating and under the direction of J. A. Funk Funeral Home. A visitation will precede the service, beginning at ten o'clock. Interment will follow in Magnet Cove Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Todd Rucker, Rusty Lawrence, Don Tackett, Stuart Smedley, Danny Mackey, Seth Smedley, and Wes Jones.
Memorials are requested to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library.
A special thanks from the family goes to the staff at Abundant Life Care Home in Hot Springs for their loving devotion to Mary.
Mary Elizabeth Cheatham, age 92 of Malvern, died Sunday, December 4, 2022, in Hot Springs. She was born in Magnet Cove on November 17, 1930, to the late Thomas Lawrence and Margaret Adkins Lawrence.
Reared and receiving her early education in Magnet Cove, she later attended UCA at Conway, East Texas State Teachers College, Florida State University, and Kansas State University, ultimately earning her Masters' degree in Library Science. She taught school in the Magnet Cove School District and the North Little Rock School District. Mary served as librarian for the Hot Spring County Library from 1970 to 2000, and in 2014, the name was changed to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library in her honor. She was the widow of the late Bernard Cheatham, to whom she was married on March 1, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1997. Mary was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was an avid reader and loved to tend her flower garden.
Mary had served on the National Committee on Libraries; the Hot Spring County Museum Board; the Hot Spring County Bicentennial Commission; the Women's Club of Malvern; Delta Kappa Gamma Society; PEO Chapter BW; was recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Library Association ,where she was a lifetime member; Distinguished Service Award from Hot Spring County Library Board; Community Service Award from Malvern Daily Record (the First given); and was chosen to testify on library funding at the San Antonio hearings of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was also a lifetime member of the Friends of the Library. Her proudest accomplishment was her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all their spouses.
She is survived by her children, Lynn Mackey (Danny) of Lono; Cathy Tackett (Don) of Benton; Berna Smedley (Stuart) of Hot Springs; and Tim Cheatham (Wendi) of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Ellen Rucker of Hot Springs; grandchildren, Hayley Hughes, Autumn (Wes) Jones; Alex Tackett, Seth (Leah) Smedley, Emma and Peyton Cheatham, David and Ann Koller, Amy Smedley and Wes Patton, Alan and Rebecca Tackett; great-grandchildren, Josie Jones, Wylee Jones, Jace Hughes, Max Tackett, Darcy Smedley, Brennen and Brailyn Koller, Will and Jack Tackett; and a cousin, Clifford Dale Whitman.
Mary was also preceded in death by siblings Mary Lawrence, Edith Jones, and Paul Lawrence, and sister-in-law, Margaret Lawrence.
Her funeral will be held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning, December 8, 2022, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Troy Conrad officiating and under the direction of J. A. Funk Funeral Home. A visitation will precede the service, beginning at ten o'clock. Interment will follow in Magnet Cove Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Todd Rucker, Rusty Lawrence, Don Tackett, Stuart Smedley, Danny Mackey, Seth Smedley, and Wes Jones.
Memorials are requested to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library.
A special thanks from the family goes to the staff at Abundant Life Care Home in Hot Springs for their loving devotion to Mary.
Reared and receiving her early education in Magnet Cove, she later attended UCA at Conway, East Texas State Teachers College, Florida State University, and Kansas State University, ultimately earning her Masters' degree in Library Science. She taught school in the Magnet Cove School District and the North Little Rock School District. Mary served as librarian for the Hot Spring County Library from 1970 to 2000, and in 2014, the name was changed to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library in her honor. She was the widow of the late Bernard Cheatham, to whom she was married on March 1, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1997. Mary was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was an avid reader and loved to tend her flower garden.
Mary had served on the National Committee on Libraries; the Hot Spring County Museum Board; the Hot Spring County Bicentennial Commission; the Women's Club of Malvern; Delta Kappa Gamma Society; PEO Chapter BW; was recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Library Association ,where she was a lifetime member; Distinguished Service Award from Hot Spring County Library Board; Community Service Award from Malvern Daily Record (the First given); and was chosen to testify on library funding at the San Antonio hearings of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was also a lifetime member of the Friends of the Library. Her proudest accomplishment was her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all their spouses.
She is survived by her children, Lynn Mackey (Danny) of Lono; Cathy Tackett (Don) of Benton; Berna Smedley (Stuart) of Hot Springs; and Tim Cheatham (Wendi) of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Ellen Rucker of Hot Springs; grandchildren, Hayley Hughes, Autumn (Wes) Jones; Alex Tackett, Seth (Leah) Smedley, Emma and Peyton Cheatham, David and Ann Koller, Amy Smedley and Wes Patton, Alan and Rebecca Tackett; great-grandchildren, Josie Jones, Wylee Jones, Jace Hughes, Max Tackett, Darcy Smedley, Brennen and Brailyn Koller, Will and Jack Tackett; and a cousin, Clifford Dale Whitman.
Mary was also preceded in death by siblings Mary Lawrence, Edith Jones, and Paul Lawrence, and sister-in-law, Margaret Lawrence.
Her funeral will be held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning, December 8, 2022, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Troy Conrad officiating and under the direction of J. A. Funk Funeral Home. A visitation will precede the service, beginning at ten o'clock. Interment will follow in Magnet Cove Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Todd Rucker, Rusty Lawrence, Don Tackett, Stuart Smedley, Danny Mackey, Seth Smedley, and Wes Jones.
Memorials are requested to the Mary Cheatham-Malvern/Hot Spring County Library.
A special thanks from the family goes to the staff at Abundant Life Care Home in Hot Springs for their loving devotion to Mary.
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