Edna Grace Gottis

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GRAVESIDE
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
2972 Lick Fork Rd
Marshall, AR  72650
Saturday, August 29, 2015
10:00 AM
Cemetery
Pleasant Grove
2972 Lick Fork Rd
Marshall, AR  72650
Edna Grace GottisI am a Veteran.

of Witts Springs, AR

March 16, 1926 - August 27, 2015

Edna Grace Gottis, age 89 of Witts Springs, Arkansas passed from this life on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 at Baxter Regional in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born in Alabama on March 16th, 1926 to Charles and Fanny (Smith) Benton.

Edna was a veteran of the Army Nurse Corp where she served as a nurse cadet along with her husband, Carl Theodore Gottis Sr. who served in the US Marine Corp during WWII. Carl passed away in 1995. Edna obtained her Masters Degree in Elementary Education while living in Michigan and was a teacher for over 30 years. Upon retirement she moved to Witts Springs, Arkansas where she continued to tutor and help children in need. Edna was an active member of the Pleasant Grove Church near Marsena. She loved the community she lived in and always felt welcome and accepted. The community in return loved and appreciated Edna and all she did for friends and families.

Edna is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl Theodore Gottis Sr.; and two children, Carl Theodore Gottis Jr. and Kathleen Diane Swartz.

Survivors include her grandchildren, Jason (Faith) Swartz of LA, Jeremiah Swartz of LA, Ted Gottis of CA, Don (Lisa) Gottis of CA and Matthew (Erin) Gottis of CA; several great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends who will also mourn her passing.

Arrangements are by Roller-Coffman Funeral Home in Marshall, Arkansas.

Graveside services for Edna will be 10:00 AM Saturday, August 29th, 2015 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in the Marsena Community with Bro. Shane Horton officiating. Pallbearers will be Don Gottis, Jason Swartz, Jeremiah Swartz, Darren Calhoun, Lance Calhoun and Don Barrett.

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Gwen and Greg and Jason
Sanford, MI
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

We will miss her, she was so special!

Ruth Benton Smith
Madison Heights, MI
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Monday, August 31, 2015

Rest in peace Aunt Edna. Love you so much.

Ruthie