Mary Arender

Mary Earl Arender, age 83, and a resident of MS Care Center at Morton passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 23, 2018 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Reggie Tatum officiating. Interment will follow in the Morton Memorial Gardens under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.

Visitation will be from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the funeral home and from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Friday prior to the funeral service.

Mrs. Arender was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Assembly of God.

She is preceded in death by her husband: Fred Shrader; one son: Ricky Lynn Shoemaker and her parents: Earl and Laura Agnes Ray Willie and Albert and Jimmie Harvey.

Survivors include one son: William Glen (Ramona) Shoemaker of Morton; one sister: Thelma (Clyde Lee) Tatum of Morton; one brother: Lamar (Mary) Harvey of Clinton, AR; six grandchildren: Glen Shoemaker, Lee Shoemaker, Eric Shoemaker, Joe Shoemaker, Sam Shoemaker and Charles "Scooter" Shoemaker; five great-grandchildren: Jayden Shoemaker, Adam Shoemaker, Madelyn Shoemaker, Cole Shoemaker, and Faith Shoemaker; several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Lee Shoemaker, Eric Shoemaker, Wesley Meeks, Jayden Shoemaker, Gregg McMillan, and James Johnson.  Honorary pallbearer is Glen Shoemaker.