Wilma Doris Walton South, 77, of Lake City died Tuesday night, Oct. 5, 2004, at her home.

Born in Black Oak on Dec. 14, 1926, she lived in various places following her marriage to Ray South on Aug. 5, 1951, most recently in Piggott until she and her husband retired and returned to Lake City. She was a graduate of Black Oak High School (Class of 1944) and Arkansas State University. She worked in the Black Oak Post Office until 1952, and taught elementary school in Piggott for 13 years until 1985. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lake City and a member of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Levi and Nancy Walton; and two brothers, Buel and Lloyd Walton.

Survivors include her husband, Ray South; three daughters, Dr. Karen Moustafa of Fort Wayne, Ind., Lisa South and husband Mike Coonan of Grapevine, Texas, and Susan Cheesman and husband Allen of Pine Bluff, Ark.; and four grandchildren, Mark Kemp of Springfield, Mo., and William, Michelle, and Melanie Cheesman of Pine Bluff.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, in the Langford-Bookout Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Miller. Burial followed in Jonesboro Memorial Park. Active pallbearers included Gary and Teddy Qualls, Kim Barker, Eddy Caldwell, Lynn Smith and Greg James. Honorary pallbearers included Leo Caldwell, Harold Barker, Vonda Vaunda Bowers, Charles Bowers and Jackie Williams. Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.