Charles Melvin Bingham

Charles Melvin Bingham of Bismarck, Arkansas went to be with his Heavenly Father on July 27,2017. He was born in Beaton, Arkansas to Charles Edward Bingham and Primmie Lee Grigsby Bingham and raised in Bismarck, Arkansas. Charles, age 77, was an active member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Bismarck. He was a retired Postmaster of Bismarck having 31 years of Federal Services. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army having served from 1958-1962 with the 496 Quartermaster Company at Fort Lee Virginia and the Memphis General Depot. He recently had attended a reunion in Eastern Kentucky with his old military buddies. He was married to the former Patricia Ann Walker on June 30, 1961. Other survivors are two children; Michael Charles Bingham (wife Laura) and Tanya Marie Herron (husband Kenneth) five grandchildren; Daniel Holsapple, Kristina Holsapple, Sarah (Bingham) Washburn, Rebecca Bingham and Matthew Bingham; and by one sister, Alpha Bingham Ursich of San Pedro, Calif.; nieces, Luci, Liza, Maureen, Margaret; nephews, Frank, Bob, Stan, Steve, Lee, and Eddie Sanders. He and his two children, and all five grandchildren graduated from Bismarck High School. He was predeceased by his parents Charles and Primmie, and four siblings; Maureen Sutton Deichmeister of Alexandria, Va., Pauline Bingham Pasley of Bismarck, Margaret Sutton Tarpley of Bismarck and Dozier Linsey Sutton of Mesquite, Texas. Visitation were held at 12 noon Monday, July 31 at First Baptist Church with funeral services to follow at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Pleasant Hill Church of Christ Cemetery in Bismarck, Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to First Baptist Church memorial fund for Charles Melvin Bingham at U.S. Bank, P.O. 287, Bismarck, Ark. 71929. All funds to be used for the upkeep of the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ Cemetery.