Mrs. Norma Lewis

Mrs. Norma Jean McElroy Lewis, age 83, a resident of the Oak Grove Community, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at her home.

She was born to the late Henry McElroy and Jessie Nelson on June 24, 1935 in Stamps, Arkansas. She married the love of her life, Robert Lee Lewis, on September 26, 1959 in Nashville, Arkansas. She worked for Tyson Foods and was a Nurse's Aide, having worked at the De Queen Regional Medical Center. Norma loved the Lord, was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Oak Grove. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, sewing, quilting and shooting the breeze, but most of all, she cherished the time spent with those she loved.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Lee Lewis, in 1965; three brothers, Gene Nelson, Harvey Nelson and Elvin Nelson; as well as, a sister and brother-in-law, Billie and Lawrence Candler.

She leaves to cherish her lasting memory, two sons, Reginald Lewis and special friend Sharon Johnson of Hope and James Lewis and wife Sherry of Prescott; three daughters, Glenda Wynn, Dorothy Scroggins, and Billie Newton and husband James, all of Lockesburg; 18 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Roy Nelson and wife Vera of Ashdown, Clevelon Nelson and wife Gwendolyn of Dallas, Texas and Charles Nelson and wife Patricia of Charleston, South Carolina; one sister-in-law, Helen Nelson of Dallas, Texas; special friends, Leon Alexander, LeeVell Polite, Jake Greenlee and Clenon Geiger, all of Lockesburg; as well as, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Norma Lewis will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, March 30, 2019 in the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Oak Grove, with Rev. Ronald Goodloe officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Friday, March 29 ^th , at the funeral home. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chanderfuneral.com.