Mrs. Thelma Richmond

Mrs. Thelma Ruth Richmond, age 95, a resident of De Queen, passed from this life on Sunday, March 10, 2019 in De Queen.

She was born to Ace Clinton and Alice Ray Smalley on February 22, 1924 in Tioga, Texas. She was a 1942 graduate of the De Queen High School and worked as a Beautician. She married the love of her life, James Robert Richmond, Jr., in 1945. She owned the De Queen Beauty Salon where she served her clients for over 59 years. Thelma loved the Lord, was a member of the First Baptist Church in De Queen and enjoyed animals, especially her cats.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, in November of 1974, James Richmond, Jr., with whom she shared over 32 loving years; two brothers, Ace Oliver Smalley and A.C. Smalley, Jr.; and one sister, Francis Louise Goode.

She is survived by one sister, Wilma Ray Doucette of Roseville, California; four nephews, Jimmy Goode of Cabot, Joe Goode of Dalzell, South Carolina, Galen Smalley of Manteca, California and Dennis Doucette of Carmichael, California; seven nieces, Linda Nelson and Janet Azevedo, both of Stockton, California, Neva Ramos of Manteca, California, Terea Doucette of Citrus Heights, California, Kimberly Doucette of Roseville, California, Nicolle Henderson of Rocklin, California and Sherry Ruth Goode of Texarkana, Texas; special friends, the Gentry family: Dink, Delois, Bud and Jimmy Ray, all of De Queen; as well as,  other relatives and friends.

Graveside Services will be held at 4:00 P.M., Thursday, March 14, 2019 in the Redmen Cemetery with Bro. Charles Krudwig officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. Visitation will be general, at the funeral home. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.