General Information

Birth
4 JAN 1937
Death
13 DEC 2021
Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Burial
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Notes

Esther Loretta Bottoms, 84, of Lincoln, Ark., went to be with her Lord God on December 13, 2021 in Bentonville, Ark. She was born on January 4, 1937, the daughter of Wyette Stephen and Carrie Thomas (Andrews) Cheatham in Prairie Grove, Ark. She enjoyed singing, playing the piano, gardening, crafting, sewing, baking, and spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rev. Fred E. Bottoms; stepsons, Harold and Carl Bottoms; granddaughters, Brittaney Ann Allen and Nickie Wolfe; grandson, Harold Bottoms; brothers, Cecil Cheatham, Lloyd Cheatham, Loren Cheatham, Wayne Cheatham, Davie Cheatham; and sisters, Bernice McGown, Ruth "Tootsie" Kyle and Mary Jane Lowe.

She is survived by her children, Loretta Diania Wolfe and husband, Billy, of Morrow, Ark., Donna Smith of Siloam Springs, Ark., Darrell Bottoms and wife, Pam, of Ballard, Okla., Dab Bottoms and wife, Sarah, of Durham, Ark., and Denise Brown and husband, Clint, of Lincoln, Ark.; brother, Junior Cheatham of Lincoln, Ark.; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be Saturday, January 8, 2022, at 11 a.m. at 13633 Sugar Hill Road, Lincoln, Ark. 72744. The family requests that any donations be made in memory of Esther Bottoms: www.sdtjude.org. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, 3926 Willowood Avenue, Springdale, Ark. 72762.

Published January 5, 2022

OBITUARY SUBMITTED BY:

Springdale Memorial Funeral Home

3926 Willowood Ave., Springdale, AR

E-mail: benhen@cox.net

Phone: 479-756-8341

Parents

Wyette Steven "Tucker" Cheatham
- Father
1885 - 1961
Birth
9 AUG 1885
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
2 JUN 1961
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
11 AUG 1961
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Carrie Thomas Andrews
- Mother
1897 - 1995
Birth
16 MAY 1897
Garland, Texas
Death
18 JAN 1995
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Spouse

Fred E. Bottoms
- Husband
1916 - 1996
Birth
9 MAY 1916
Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma
Death
6 DEC 1996
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Children