Mary Ruth Denham, age 77, of Fayetteville, Arkansas died January, 7, 2008.
She was born November 28, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Alfred and Laura Lucretia (Scott) Baker.
While attending High Street Baptist Church, she found Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and was baptized May 22, 1938 as a public symbol of her new life in Christ.
She graduated from John Brown High School in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. For the next seven years she attended College first at Bob Jones, then John Brown, and finally Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. At John Brown she took a course taught by her brother, Byron Baker where the class built and flew a wood and canvas biplane.
Living in the Texas oil field region was an exciting time for her. She loved to sing, break the speed limit, and hob nob with movie stars who had come to Texas to find wealthy husbands and wives.
She got her first Real Estate license in 1951 and worked for Globe Realty.
In the fall of the same year, she met a dashing young Air Force Police Sergeant named Elam Denham. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1952.
While working in several restaurants and motels established by her mother, Laura Baker, Mary encouraged Elam to pursue a career in architecture. She helped him to register at Texas A & M, where they met their life-long friends Dale & Martha Hutton. The Denhams lived in a half dozen states and Hong Kong, following Elam's architectural profession, finally settling on a cattle farm in Elm Springs, Arkansas, in 1968. She assisted Elam in his architectural practice and they were members of the Cattlemen's Association. Mary was the principal broker of Woodland Realty in Springdale and Northwest Realty in Fayetteville. She enjoyed helping people that no one else would help realize the dream of home ownership. She believed in participation in government on the local and individual level, and was an advocate of the private property rights of the individual. She was not a shrinking violet from environmentalists, governors, city councils, religious leaders, or any of you who might have known her. She was able to spot apostasy a mile off, and thankfully not reluctant to point it out. She was a sometimes stern, sometimes mercurial, but always devoted mother.
Her husband, Elam, died in May 2005.
She is survived by five children, Laura Lucretia Rieff, Dan Alexander, Galen Kent, Charles William, and Pauline Ruth Tandon; 14 grandchildren; and eight great grand children.
Graveside Services were at Weddington Cemetary, officiated by Michael T. McCoy, pastor of Little Elm Missionary Baptist Church at Farmington.
Arrangements were by Moore's Chapel.
She was born November 28, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Alfred and Laura Lucretia (Scott) Baker.
While attending High Street Baptist Church, she found Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and was baptized May 22, 1938 as a public symbol of her new life in Christ.
She graduated from John Brown High School in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. For the next seven years she attended College first at Bob Jones, then John Brown, and finally Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. At John Brown she took a course taught by her brother, Byron Baker where the class built and flew a wood and canvas biplane.
Living in the Texas oil field region was an exciting time for her. She loved to sing, break the speed limit, and hob nob with movie stars who had come to Texas to find wealthy husbands and wives.
She got her first Real Estate license in 1951 and worked for Globe Realty.
In the fall of the same year, she met a dashing young Air Force Police Sergeant named Elam Denham. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1952.
While working in several restaurants and motels established by her mother, Laura Baker, Mary encouraged Elam to pursue a career in architecture. She helped him to register at Texas A & M, where they met their life-long friends Dale & Martha Hutton. The Denhams lived in a half dozen states and Hong Kong, following Elam's architectural profession, finally settling on a cattle farm in Elm Springs, Arkansas, in 1968. She assisted Elam in his architectural practice and they were members of the Cattlemen's Association. Mary was the principal broker of Woodland Realty in Springdale and Northwest Realty in Fayetteville. She enjoyed helping people that no one else would help realize the dream of home ownership. She believed in participation in government on the local and individual level, and was an advocate of the private property rights of the individual. She was not a shrinking violet from environmentalists, governors, city councils, religious leaders, or any of you who might have known her. She was able to spot apostasy a mile off, and thankfully not reluctant to point it out. She was a sometimes stern, sometimes mercurial, but always devoted mother.
Her husband, Elam, died in May 2005.
She is survived by five children, Laura Lucretia Rieff, Dan Alexander, Galen Kent, Charles William, and Pauline Ruth Tandon; 14 grandchildren; and eight great grand children.
Graveside Services were at Weddington Cemetary, officiated by Michael T. McCoy, pastor of Little Elm Missionary Baptist Church at Farmington.
Arrangements were by Moore's Chapel.
Mary Ruth Denham, age 77, of Fayetteville, Arkansas died January, 7, 2008.
She was born November 28, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Alfred and Laura Lucretia (Scott) Baker.
While attending High Street Baptist Church, she found Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and was baptized May 22, 1938 as a public symbol of her new life in Christ.
She graduated from John Brown High School in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. For the next seven years she attended College first at Bob Jones, then John Brown, and finally Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. At John Brown she took a course taught by her brother, Byron Baker where the class built and flew a wood and canvas biplane.
Living in the Texas oil field region was an exciting time for her. She loved to sing, break the speed limit, and hob nob with movie stars who had come to Texas to find wealthy husbands and wives.
She got her first Real Estate license in 1951 and worked for Globe Realty.
In the fall of the same year, she met a dashing young Air Force Police Sergeant named Elam Denham. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1952.
While working in several restaurants and motels established by her mother, Laura Baker, Mary encouraged Elam to pursue a career in architecture. She helped him to register at Texas A & M, where they met their life-long friends Dale & Martha Hutton. The Denhams lived in a half dozen states and Hong Kong, following Elam's architectural profession, finally settling on a cattle farm in Elm Springs, Arkansas, in 1968. She assisted Elam in his architectural practice and they were members of the Cattlemen's Association. Mary was the principal broker of Woodland Realty in Springdale and Northwest Realty in Fayetteville. She enjoyed helping people that no one else would help realize the dream of home ownership. She believed in participation in government on the local and individual level, and was an advocate of the private property rights of the individual. She was not a shrinking violet from environmentalists, governors, city councils, religious leaders, or any of you who might have known her. She was able to spot apostasy a mile off, and thankfully not reluctant to point it out. She was a sometimes stern, sometimes mercurial, but always devoted mother.
Her husband, Elam, died in May 2005.
She is survived by five children, Laura Lucretia Rieff, Dan Alexander, Galen Kent, Charles William, and Pauline Ruth Tandon; 14 grandchildren; and eight great grand children.
Graveside Services were at Weddington Cemetary, officiated by Michael T. McCoy, pastor of Little Elm Missionary Baptist Church at Farmington.
Arrangements were by Moore's Chapel.
She was born November 28, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Alfred and Laura Lucretia (Scott) Baker.
While attending High Street Baptist Church, she found Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and was baptized May 22, 1938 as a public symbol of her new life in Christ.
She graduated from John Brown High School in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. For the next seven years she attended College first at Bob Jones, then John Brown, and finally Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. At John Brown she took a course taught by her brother, Byron Baker where the class built and flew a wood and canvas biplane.
Living in the Texas oil field region was an exciting time for her. She loved to sing, break the speed limit, and hob nob with movie stars who had come to Texas to find wealthy husbands and wives.
She got her first Real Estate license in 1951 and worked for Globe Realty.
In the fall of the same year, she met a dashing young Air Force Police Sergeant named Elam Denham. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1952.
While working in several restaurants and motels established by her mother, Laura Baker, Mary encouraged Elam to pursue a career in architecture. She helped him to register at Texas A & M, where they met their life-long friends Dale & Martha Hutton. The Denhams lived in a half dozen states and Hong Kong, following Elam's architectural profession, finally settling on a cattle farm in Elm Springs, Arkansas, in 1968. She assisted Elam in his architectural practice and they were members of the Cattlemen's Association. Mary was the principal broker of Woodland Realty in Springdale and Northwest Realty in Fayetteville. She enjoyed helping people that no one else would help realize the dream of home ownership. She believed in participation in government on the local and individual level, and was an advocate of the private property rights of the individual. She was not a shrinking violet from environmentalists, governors, city councils, religious leaders, or any of you who might have known her. She was able to spot apostasy a mile off, and thankfully not reluctant to point it out. She was a sometimes stern, sometimes mercurial, but always devoted mother.
Her husband, Elam, died in May 2005.
She is survived by five children, Laura Lucretia Rieff, Dan Alexander, Galen Kent, Charles William, and Pauline Ruth Tandon; 14 grandchildren; and eight great grand children.
Graveside Services were at Weddington Cemetary, officiated by Michael T. McCoy, pastor of Little Elm Missionary Baptist Church at Farmington.
Arrangements were by Moore's Chapel.
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