Earlene Vida (Lowtharp) Sims [Click to enlarge]

Earlene Vida (Lowtharp) Sims, 76, formerly of Hot Springs, died Tuesday night in Tulsa, Okla.

She was born Feb. 19, 1932, in Bono, to Gordon and Louanna (Bowman) Lowtharp.

A lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and a Protestant, she was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Imogean Owen and Geneva Pennington.

Survivors include three daughters, Beverly Moore of Sapulpa, OK., Phyllis Wellington of Hot Springs, and Brenda Brooks of Avon Lake, Ohio; seven brothers and sisters, Glenn Lowtharp, Roy Lowtharp, Bessie Forster and Peggy Johnson, all of Rockford, Ill., Lyle Lowtharp of Pocahontas, Fred and Don Lowtharp, both of Camdenton, Mo., and four grandchildren, Lauren Brooks in the Peace Corps in El Salvador, Gregory Wellington and Whitney Brooks, both of Charlotte, N.C., and Andrea Moore of Sapulpa, OK.

Graveside services were Saturday at Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro with Richard Akins officiating.

Pallbearers were Gregory Wellington, Jerry T. Sims, Lyle Lowtharp, Rick Meek, Roy Lowtharp and Jim Johnson.

Honorary pallbearers were Jimmy and Patti Swinford and Lawanda Wallace.