1932
Mary
2017
Mary Lou Stoker
January 25, 1932 — September 4, 2017
Mary Lou Williams Stoker, 85, of Bearden went marching in to glory Monday September 4, 2017. Born January 25, 1932 at Fagus, Missouri, she was a daughter of the late Wesley C. Williams and Iva Cecil Winder Williams.
Sister Stoker was a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God. Along with her sister, she began her ministry at age 15. Her ministry included music, children's crusades, bible teaching and dynamic evangelistic sermons.
With her husband and children, they served on the evangelistic field and pastored eight churches in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas before retiring in Bearden, AR.
The highlight of Sister Stoker's ministry was music, having written and recorded many songs. She shared this ministry with her husband and children. This love for her family inspired her song, "The Angel Choir Will Listen While My Family Sings." Many many times she would look at her wall of pictures and say, "I have the best family in the world."
She was preceded in death by her parents and one son-in-law, Floyd Lisemby. She is survived by her husband, Thomas C. Stoker of Bearden; one sister, Flora Fay Berry of Clarkton, MO; four daughters, Iva Lou Stoker of Bearden, Sue Ellen Crutchfield (David) of Bearden, JoAnna Bryant (Mark) of Green Forest, Myra Fay Arquitt (Albert) of Earle; one son, Charles Wesley Stoker (Evon) of Cleveland, TX; seven grandchildren, Jeffrey Bryant, Jonathan Bryant, Deana Stoker, Chelsea Howard, Danielle Calvert, Erin Lisemby and Thomas Arquitt; seven great-grandchildren, Lyric Hardy, Addie Bryant, Millie Bryant, Jonah Coleman, Jaxon Bryant, Eliza Bryant and baby Holden; and many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
The family will receive friends Friday September 8, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Bearden First Assembly of God. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday September 9, 2017 at Bearden First Assembly of God with Rev. Charles Stoker, Rev. Mark Bryant, and Rev. Jeffrey Bryant officiating. Burial will follow at Thornton Cemetery. Arrangements are by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce/Bearden. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net .
Sister Stoker was a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God. Along with her sister, she began her ministry at age 15. Her ministry included music, children's crusades, bible teaching and dynamic evangelistic sermons.
With her husband and children, they served on the evangelistic field and pastored eight churches in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas before retiring in Bearden, AR.
The highlight of Sister Stoker's ministry was music, having written and recorded many songs. She shared this ministry with her husband and children. This love for her family inspired her song, "The Angel Choir Will Listen While My Family Sings." Many many times she would look at her wall of pictures and say, "I have the best family in the world."
She was preceded in death by her parents and one son-in-law, Floyd Lisemby. She is survived by her husband, Thomas C. Stoker of Bearden; one sister, Flora Fay Berry of Clarkton, MO; four daughters, Iva Lou Stoker of Bearden, Sue Ellen Crutchfield (David) of Bearden, JoAnna Bryant (Mark) of Green Forest, Myra Fay Arquitt (Albert) of Earle; one son, Charles Wesley Stoker (Evon) of Cleveland, TX; seven grandchildren, Jeffrey Bryant, Jonathan Bryant, Deana Stoker, Chelsea Howard, Danielle Calvert, Erin Lisemby and Thomas Arquitt; seven great-grandchildren, Lyric Hardy, Addie Bryant, Millie Bryant, Jonah Coleman, Jaxon Bryant, Eliza Bryant and baby Holden; and many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
The family will receive friends Friday September 8, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Bearden First Assembly of God. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday September 9, 2017 at Bearden First Assembly of God with Rev. Charles Stoker, Rev. Mark Bryant, and Rev. Jeffrey Bryant officiating. Burial will follow at Thornton Cemetery. Arrangements are by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce/Bearden. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net .
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