Margaret 'Beadie' Freeman McWilliams

Mrs. Margaret "Beadie" Freeman McWilliams, 90, of Manila passed from this life Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at Manila Nursing Center.

Born in Marmaduke to William Newton and Fannie Earls Freeman, she was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Manila. "Beadie" was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed cooking, had a green thumb and could grow anything. She was a past member of MWU and a past Sunday School teacher.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Morris E. McWilliams; her brothers, Dub Freeman and Lonnie Freeman; her sisters, Ruby Atkinson, Annie Bunn and Jewell McAdoo; and a step-father, Lawrence Barnhart.

Beadie is survived by her children, Buddy McWilliams and wife, Lavella, of Mt. Home, Deborah Donner and husband, Gerald, of Manila;

Her grandchildren, Sherry Mangrum of Jonesboro, Anne Adkins of Mt. Home and John Ladd of Little Rock;

Her great-grandchildren, Ryan and Reid Adkins and Justin and Sarah Mangrum; and

Extended family members, Gerry Donner family of Siloam Springs, Allen Donner family of Manila and Alicia Donner Phipps family of Knoxville, Tenn.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Manila with the Rev. William Piercey and the Rev. Jared Russell officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time. The family requests any memorials be made to Manila First Baptist Church or the Manila Nursing Center resident fund. An online register may be signed at cobbfuneralhome.com