Washington Co., AR - Obituaries - Dollie Pilkington Garrett

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SILOAM SPRINGS - 

Dollie Pilkington Garrett, 85, of Siloam Springs died Dec.
1, 1997, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1912,
in Ponca City, Okla., to Frank and Mabel Potter Pilkington. She was a
longtime resident of Siloam Springs. She was instrumental in beginning the
lunch-room program in the local school system and was a graduate of Siloam
Springs High School. She was a member of Siloam Springs Arts Club, the PTA,
and the First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs. She was involved in retail
sales at Oklahoma Tire and Supply, Garrett Coaxial Cable and Tommye's
Fashion Shop.
Survivors include one son, Charles F. Garrett of Durant, Okla.; two
daughters, Peggy Puls of Tulsa, Okla., and Tommye Strassheim of Siloam
Springs; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers,
Leonard Pilkington of Fort Smith and Henry Pilkington of Pryor, Okla.; two
sisters, Pearl Sprow and Pauline Rouse, both of Ponca City.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Siloam
Springs with Dr. Jerry Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill
Cemetery under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home of Siloam Springs.

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