Willie B. Drumwright

Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Willie B. Drumwright

Mrs. Willie B. Drumwright, 91, of Nashville, Illinois and formerly of Blytheville, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016.

Willie was born to Joe and Maude (Jones) Fincher in Halls, Tennessee. She worked in the lunchroom for Blytheville Public Schools and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Before Willie's eyesight started to fail, she loved to quilt, make dolls, and Christmas ornament.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Drumwright; her parents; and a son, Larry Drumwright.

Willie leaves her two children, Betty Jean Farris and her husband Gary and Randall Drumwright and his wife Linda, all of Nashville, Illinois; one sister, Zener Abbit of Clarksville, Tennessee; daughter-in-law, Marge Drumwright of Blytheville; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Welch officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time at Cobb Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.