Richard Larry Willis Sr

RICHARD “LARRY “WILLIS SR. BORN MARCH 2nd 1945 IN BENTON, (LONSDALE) AR TO WILLIAM PAUL WILLIS AND VERNIE LEE (BURNETT) PASSED FROM THIS EARTH ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2022 FROM COVID PNEUMONIA. HE WAS VACCINATED AND FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT BUT IT WAS JUST TO HARD ON HIS AGING BODY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY J. (LEDBETTER) WILLIS, HIS ELDEST BROTHER DON WILLIS AND HIS BABY BROTHER RANDY WILLIS. HIS BROTHER IN LAW ROSCO WAGNER AND SISTERS IN LAW DEBBIE AND SAMANTHA. LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY ARE HIS BROTHER FREDDY (MARY-JO) WILLIS, SISTERS JOYCE WAGNER, AND VICKI (RICKY) KEENOM. SISTER N LAW BETTY WILLIS HIS CHILDREN RICHIE WILLIS JR. (KARLI) WILLIS THEIR CHILDREN HOPE, LAYNE, KEION, DARION, KAYLEE BILL WATSON HIS CHILDREN AARON, WILL, HEATHER, CHELSEA, AND LANDON. SHARI WATSON HER CHILDREN CHRIS, JUSTIN, AND TIFFANY MELODY LUNSFORD (TERRY) (HOWARD) HER CHILDREN MATTHEW, ASHLEY, JENNIFER, KELSEY. MANY GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, RELATIVES HE LOVED VERY MUCH AND FRIENDS TO MANY TO NAME HE LOVED EVERYONE HE GRADUATED MT. PINE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964 JOINED THE ARMY IN 1965 AFTER LEAVING THE ARMY HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE SHIRLEY AND ENROLLED IN QUAPAW VO-TECH AT LANGSTON AND BECAME A MASTER CARPENTER WITH THE HIGHEST HONORS IN HIS CLASS. HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED IN HIS CHILDRENS EYES AND HIS GRAND AND GREAT GRAND KIDS EYES. HE LOVED DEER CAMP, SUMMERS FISHING, FROG GIGGING, AND WAS A SHARK AT BILLIARDS. HE NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN ANYTHING THAT HAD HIS NAME ON IT. HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY ALL THAT EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO KNOW HIM. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK AARON WATSON HIS GRANDSON FOR ALL HIS DEDICATION, LOVE AND WONDERFUL SUPPORT HE HAD FOR OUR DAD, HIS GRANDFATHER LOVED HIM SO DEARLY AS DO WE..SPECIAL THANKS TO HIS CHI NURSES ESPECIALLY BROOK WHO WAS OUR ANGEL IN THIS SAD TIME. HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27TH @ 2 PM AT THE GARLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS BUILDING NUMBER 2 ALSO CALLED THE PAGEANT BUILDING. THERE WILL BE A POTLUCK REPAST AFTER HIS CELEBRATION, POTLUCK WAS HIS FAVORITE ... A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH. FLOWERS ARE NOT NECESSARY BUT IF YOU WISH TO PLEASE DROP OFF AT HOT SPRINGS FUNERAL HOME LOCATED AT 1017 CENTRAL NO LATER THAN SATURDAY FEB 26TH PLEASE, ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND CELEBRATE THE GREATEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED...TO US!!!

Richard Larry Willis Sr

March 2, 1945 - February 15, 2022