Carol L. Acker

Carol Louise Acker

66, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord on March 5, 2009 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born February 5, 1943 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the daughter of Horace Henry and Edith Lorene Cochran Remington.

Carol was a lifelong member of the Prairie Grove and Lincoln communities, and a friend of all she met. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School, Class of 1960. She played basketball for the Oklahoma All Stars women’s basketball team, was employed for many years by Farmers & Merchants Bank of Prairie Grove, and safeguarded many children to and from their homes as a Lincoln School District bus driver. Two groups close to Carol’s heart were the Lincoln Police Department (and all Washington County law enforcement officers), and the “beauty shop” girls. She was a member of the Prairie Oaks Missionary Baptist Church in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, H.H. Remington Jr., Robert William Remington and Roy Eugene Remington; one sister, Laura Loretta Martin.

Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Jim Acker of the home; one daughter, Tonia Acker Goolsby of Maumelle, Arkansas; two step sons, Mickey Acker and his wife, Rochelle, of Nashville, Tennessee and Marty Acker and his wife, Stacy, of Coalgate, Oklahoma; "daughters" Carla Muruaga-Atkins and her husband, Glenn, of Springdale, Arkansas and Carol Ann Synnestvedt and her husband, Keith of Lincoln, Arkansas; two brothers, John J. Remington and his wife, Rita, of Lowell, Arkansas and Jack L. Remington of Bella Vista, Arkansas; two sisters, Lorene Brown of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Pauline Fox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas; grandchildren and great grandchildren, Anthony James "A.J." Acker, Tyler Acker, Rhett Acker, Cherokee Acker, Ashley Riggins, Kenleigh Riggins, Zachary Riggins, Chloe Riggins, Connor Riggins, Brenton “Bo” Muruaga, Grant Atkins, Morgan Atkins, Corbin Atkins, Laura Hufford, Lillian Hufford, Hunter Hufford, Jillian Swingle, Morgan Shonk, Blake Harvey, Quinten Harvey and Asa Martin, as well as numerous special Remington aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Prairie Grove Cemetery Association, 751 E Stills Rd. Prairie Grove, Arkansas 72753.

Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 3:00 P.M. at Prairie Oaks Baptist Church in Prairie Grove, Arkansas with Ivan Faulkner officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the Lincoln Police Department.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The complete obituary may be viewed on the Luginbuel Web Page. To sign the online guest book, visit www.luginbuel.com or www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolacker.

The family appreciates all the prayers, love, and acts of kindness that have been shown in honor of Carol. She loved you all.