Rosalie Murphy

Rosalie Leach

A resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, passed away December 7, 2015, at her home. She was born December 5, 1927, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Glen T. and Juanita P. Dudding Murphy.

Rosalie was very active in her community and church. She was a member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln since 1983, a former Girl Scout leader, Sunday School and catechism teacher, member of Beta Sigma Phi business sorority, Kiwanis Club of Lincoln, and an active board member of the Arkansas Country Doctor Museum since 1994. She retired from the Bank of Lincoln. She loved to paint and garden.

She was preceded in death by two husbands James R. Nave and John C. Cox, one daughter Cynthia J. Nave, and two sisters, Imogene Russell-Faulkenbury and Mercedes Nave.

Survivors include her husband Jerry A. Leach, three daughters, Robin Moore and husband Doug, Nan Thompson and husband Alan, and Rebecca Flattery and husband Brian, two step-sons Tim Leach and wife Amy and Dennis Cox, one step-daughter Paula Cox and one brother Dr. Lynn Kindred and wife Ann, eight grandchildren, Josh Moore and wife Kendra, Misty Cheatham and husband Dean, Laura Pretty and husband Trenton, Kelly Gault and husband Brett, Jessica Thompson, and Ryan Flattery and fiancé Jackie Hummer, Andrew Flattery, and Alex Flattery, two step-grandchildren William Leach and wife Kim, Patrick Leach and wife Courtney, and eight great grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held Friday, December 11, 2015 -11:00 a.m. at the Lincoln Central United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Arkansas, and there will be a visitation for family and friends at Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove Arkansas, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 5pm to 7pm.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 698, Lincoln, Arkansas 72744, or Washington Regional Hospice, P.O. Box 356, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Online guest book, www.luginbuel.com