Washington Co., AR - Obituaries - Mildred Emma Backer

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Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
February 5, 1998

GENTRY – 

Mildred Emma Backer, 93, of Gentry died Feb. 4, 1998, at Siloam
Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born March 22, 1904, in Pedro to E.W.
and Fannie May Walker Butler. She was a life resident of Northwest Arkansas
and had lived in Gentry since 1928. She was owner and operator of a variety
store and a member of Victory Baptist Church in Gentry. She was preceded in
death by her husband, William Roy Backer, in 1980; three sisters.
Survivors include three sons, Charles E. Backer of Fayetteville, N.C.,
Bobby Lewis Backer and William Roy Backer, both of Gentry; one daughter,
Barbara Whitmire of Douglas, Ga.; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren;
three great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Carl Butler of Siloam
Springs; two sisters, Irene Phillips of Stella, Mo., and Frances McMillan
of Siloam Springs.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Wasson Funeral Home in
Siloam Springs.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Victory Baptist Church with the Rev.
Kenneth Payne officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.