Martha Alice "Bitsy" Stockton, age 88, of Siloam Springs, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale.
The daughter of James Neville and Martha Ellen (Treadway) Holcombe, she was born Dec. 6, 1922.
She graduated from Dumas High School and Hendrix College, and taught American history in high school in Gould and Dumas before marrying Dr. John L. Stockton, a dentist from Siloam Springs, after World War II.
For several decades Bitsy was the Welcome Wagon Hostess in Siloam Springs, and greeted hundreds of families who moved to the community over the years. In the process, she made thousands of friends. A former recipient of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce's Pioneer Citizen Award, she chaired the search committee for the award in recent years and was honored for her service at the Chamber's 2011 banquet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her sister-in-law, Luanne Stockton Selby, and her parents.
Bitsy is survived by her sons, Jim Stockton and his wife, Gail, and Stan Stockton and his wife, Rita, of Harrison; five grandchildren, Kevin Stockton and his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Katie and Michael, of Harrison; Jamie Stockton and his wife, Mandy, of Germantown, Tenn.; Kari Stockton of Tulsa, Okla.; Brian Warner and his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Hunter, Dane, and Chance, of Harrison; and Jon Warner and his daughter, Eliana, of Harrison.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Randy Rowlan officiating.
Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
The daughter of James Neville and Martha Ellen (Treadway) Holcombe, she was born Dec. 6, 1922.
She graduated from Dumas High School and Hendrix College, and taught American history in high school in Gould and Dumas before marrying Dr. John L. Stockton, a dentist from Siloam Springs, after World War II.
For several decades Bitsy was the Welcome Wagon Hostess in Siloam Springs, and greeted hundreds of families who moved to the community over the years. In the process, she made thousands of friends. A former recipient of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce's Pioneer Citizen Award, she chaired the search committee for the award in recent years and was honored for her service at the Chamber's 2011 banquet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her sister-in-law, Luanne Stockton Selby, and her parents.
Bitsy is survived by her sons, Jim Stockton and his wife, Gail, and Stan Stockton and his wife, Rita, of Harrison; five grandchildren, Kevin Stockton and his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Katie and Michael, of Harrison; Jamie Stockton and his wife, Mandy, of Germantown, Tenn.; Kari Stockton of Tulsa, Okla.; Brian Warner and his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Hunter, Dane, and Chance, of Harrison; and Jon Warner and his daughter, Eliana, of Harrison.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Randy Rowlan officiating.
Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Martha Alice "Bitsy" Stockton, age 88, of Siloam Springs, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale.
The daughter of James Neville and Martha Ellen (Treadway) Holcombe, she was born Dec. 6, 1922.
She graduated from Dumas High School and Hendrix College, and taught American history in high school in Gould and Dumas before marrying Dr. John L. Stockton, a dentist from Siloam Springs, after World War II.
For several decades Bitsy was the Welcome Wagon Hostess in Siloam Springs, and greeted hundreds of families who moved to the community over the years. In the process, she made thousands of friends. A former recipient of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce's Pioneer Citizen Award, she chaired the search committee for the award in recent years and was honored for her service at the Chamber's 2011 banquet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her sister-in-law, Luanne Stockton Selby, and her parents.
Bitsy is survived by her sons, Jim Stockton and his wife, Gail, and Stan Stockton and his wife, Rita, of Harrison; five grandchildren, Kevin Stockton and his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Katie and Michael, of Harrison; Jamie Stockton and his wife, Mandy, of Germantown, Tenn.; Kari Stockton of Tulsa, Okla.; Brian Warner and his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Hunter, Dane, and Chance, of Harrison; and Jon Warner and his daughter, Eliana, of Harrison.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Randy Rowlan officiating.
Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
The daughter of James Neville and Martha Ellen (Treadway) Holcombe, she was born Dec. 6, 1922.
She graduated from Dumas High School and Hendrix College, and taught American history in high school in Gould and Dumas before marrying Dr. John L. Stockton, a dentist from Siloam Springs, after World War II.
For several decades Bitsy was the Welcome Wagon Hostess in Siloam Springs, and greeted hundreds of families who moved to the community over the years. In the process, she made thousands of friends. A former recipient of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce's Pioneer Citizen Award, she chaired the search committee for the award in recent years and was honored for her service at the Chamber's 2011 banquet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her sister-in-law, Luanne Stockton Selby, and her parents.
Bitsy is survived by her sons, Jim Stockton and his wife, Gail, and Stan Stockton and his wife, Rita, of Harrison; five grandchildren, Kevin Stockton and his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Katie and Michael, of Harrison; Jamie Stockton and his wife, Mandy, of Germantown, Tenn.; Kari Stockton of Tulsa, Okla.; Brian Warner and his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Hunter, Dane, and Chance, of Harrison; and Jon Warner and his daughter, Eliana, of Harrison.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Randy Rowlan officiating.
Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
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