Wibbie June Holleman Bruton Obituary (1930

Wibbie June Holleman Bruton, of Boles, Arkansas, departed this life for her heavenly home on June 3, 2016 at the age of 86 years and 2 days. She was born to Wilburn Woodville Holleman and Nancy Rebecca Rose Holleman, of Parks, AR, on June 1, 1930. She was the granddaughter of H. W. and Sarah Hawkins Holleman and J. A. and Elizabeth Barker Rose. A fourth generation Scott Countian, she descended from pioneer families of the area. She was a tenth generation American, with her earliest Holleman forbear arriving from England in 1650, 126 years before the American Revolution and settling in the Tidewater area of the Colony of Virginia. She attended school at Parks and later at Boles, graduating from Boles High School. She resided for several years in El Paso, Texas and later relocated to Mena and in 1985 returned to Boles to live out the remainder of her life. Mrs. Bruton was a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. She was a member of the Parks Methodist Church and had served on the church Board of Trustees for several years. She had also been a member of the Dooley Cemetery Board during the time it was reorganized and a book was published featuring writings of the descendants of the community which were sold in order to raise needed funds for upkeep. Survivors include her devoted husband of 31 years, William Noyce Bruton of the home; one sister, Ema Holleman Atwood of Texarkana, Texas; three nephews, David Neal of Oceanside, CA; Kent Neal of South Amherst, OH; and Shawn Neal of Maud, TX; three nieces and two nephews by marriage, as well as a host of friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her daughter and only child, Rebecca Alicia Davis, as well as her parents and grandparents. Private funeral services were conducted at the Dooley Cemetery on Tuesday, June 7 at 10:00 am with her cousin, Keith Holleman, and her nephew, David Neal, as officiants. Pallbearers were David, Kent, and Shawn Neal, Ronnie Bruton, Stanley Cottrell, Jr., and Bradley Holleman. Arrangements were under the direction of Bowser Family Funeral Home of Mena, AR.