Mary Louise "Weezie" Jolley

Mary Louise "Weezie" Jolley obituary

Mary Louise "Weezie" Jolley

Mary Jolley Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home Inc on Oct. 16, 2025.

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Mary Louise Jolley, 83 of Warren Arkansas, passed away Monday, September 22, 2025, at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born October 26, 1941, in Wilmar, Arkansas to the late Voy M. Lasiter and Ruth Crick Lasiter.Louise was a member of Second Baptist Church in Monticello. She was the manager of the Dollar General for over forty years before her retirement. Louise loved to crochet and to sew. She loved her fur babies and the companionship they gave her. Louise was affectionately known as Weezie to her family and friends. She and her sister, Bobbie, enjoyed watching westerns like Gunsmoke and Bonanza, the Golden Girls, and The Andy Griffith show. Louise crocheted many afghans for her family and friends over the years from sports teams to Christmas themed and every theme in between.

In addition to her parents Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Henry Jolley; two brothers, Travis and Billy Lasiter; and a nephew, Robert Ross.

She is survived by sisters, Liz Grafton and Bobbie Ross; nephew, Rick Ross; two nieces, Glenda Lakin and Patti Daniels and husband Danny; two great nieces, Skylar McDougald and husband Andy and Kaylee Ross; special friends, Tim and Virginia Kelley and Sharon Huitt; as well as a host of great nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Visitation will be Friday, September 26, 2025, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in Bradley County, Arkansas. Active pallbearers will be Wendell Ply, Jerry Johnson, Joe Huitt, Tim Kelly, Andy McDougald, and Jason McDougald. Honorary Pallbearers will be Carol Ross, Travis Stephenson, and Sonny Withers.

A special thanks to Sharon Huitt for always being the ''uber driver'' for Louise to and from appointments and being there whenever she needed help.

You can sign Louise's guestbook here on her page.

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943 Highway 425 North P.O. Box 506, Monticello, AR 71655

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