Delores Fay Wilkerson Hall

Delores Fay Wilkerson Hall, 85, of Pea Ridge, Arkansas passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Circle of Life in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born November 11, 1933 in Brightwater, Arkansas, oldest daughter of Benton Wolford Wilkerson and Lena Don Prophet.  Oldest grandchild of Clum and Betty Wilkerson and George and Bess Prophet. She is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Billy L. Hall, her parents and her sister Betty Jean Wilkerson. She is survived by her son Lester D. Hall (Barbara) and daughter, Penny Hall Schwitters of Pea Ridge and granddaughter, Savannah Swain (Erik) of Kansas City, Mo.; sister, June Misenhimer (Richard) of Rogers, Ark.; brothers C.W. Wilkerson (Becky) of Rogers, Ark., Jerry Wilkerson (Judy) of Pea Ridge, Ark.; James Wilkerson (Belvie) of Kansas City, MO.; Dr. L.M. "Mac" Hardy (Marilyn) of Shreveport, La.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Delores was chosen for the 1950 Pea Ridge Centennial Fair Queen Court; a Class of 1951 graduate of Pea Ridge Schools; worked for Hailey Ford Tractor and Car Company as a bookkeeper; worked for Bell Telephone Co. as a telephone operator; Pea Ridge grade school room mother; Substitute teacher at Pea Ridge Schools; organizer for the Pea Ridge Riding Club; Thurman (Shorty) Parsons volunteer Rodeo of the Ozarks 1950s, 60s and 70s; Member American Quarter Horse Assn; owner of Quarter horses that did racing in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; Member of United Methodist Churches of Brightwater then Pea Ridge and past trustee;  Original member Ozark Downs Horse Association; Life-time member of Rogers/Bentonville Elks Lodge; originator of the Pea Ridge Florist 1975; Mt. Vernon Township Election worker and Sheriff for 40 years; original member of the Pea Ridge Park commission; obtained Arkansas Real Estate Commission sales license in 1979 and sold real estate for Hall Realty in Pea Ridge; and Pea Ridge City Councilwoman 1986 through 1992. Honorary pallbearers are L.C. Barnett, Rick Buck, Keith Escue, Jim Jobe, David Kitchen, David Patterson and Kent Webb. Visitation will be Thursday, May 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sisco Funeral Home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Graveside service will be at Buttram's Chapel Cemetery, Lee Town Road, Pea Ridge, Ark. Rev. Dr. Scott Stewart will officiate the service on Friday morning at 11 a.m. If inclement weather is forecasted for Friday morning, service will be at Sisco Funeral Home.