Sylvia Marie "Tootsie" Neil, 94, of Jacksonville passed away May 10, 2020. She was born April 30, 1926, in the Delta to Harry Williams and Beulah Bowers Williams but was raised in Des Arc, Arkansas.
Ms.Neil was predeceased by her parents, husband Troy Neil and siblings Luther Bynum, Luella Yeager, Midge Benson, and Mary Moss.
She is survived by her only child "The Baby" AKA Veronica Colvert and son-in-law Frank, who was loved as her own son, of Jacksonville. She was known as Mama Tootsie to grandson Joshua (Randi) Colvert and great-grandchildren Abigail and Josh, all of Texas; her pastor and friend Tim Carter and her much-loved Church family, Landmark Missionary Baptist Jacksonville, and her brother-in-law Ernest (Donna) Neil of Hazen.
A graveside memorial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery in Des Arc at a later date.
Ms.Neil was predeceased by her parents, husband Troy Neil and siblings Luther Bynum, Luella Yeager, Midge Benson, and Mary Moss.
She is survived by her only child "The Baby" AKA Veronica Colvert and son-in-law Frank, who was loved as her own son, of Jacksonville. She was known as Mama Tootsie to grandson Joshua (Randi) Colvert and great-grandchildren Abigail and Josh, all of Texas; her pastor and friend Tim Carter and her much-loved Church family, Landmark Missionary Baptist Jacksonville, and her brother-in-law Ernest (Donna) Neil of Hazen.
A graveside memorial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery in Des Arc at a later date.
Sylvia Marie "Tootsie" Neil, 94, of Jacksonville passed away May 10, 2020. She was born April 30, 1926, in the Delta to Harry Williams and Beulah Bowers Williams but was raised in Des Arc, Arkansas.
Ms.Neil was predeceased by her parents, husband Troy Neil and siblings Luther Bynum, Luella Yeager, Midge Benson, and Mary Moss.
She is survived by her only child "The Baby" AKA Veronica Colvert and son-in-law Frank, who was loved as her own son, of Jacksonville. She was known as Mama Tootsie to grandson Joshua (Randi) Colvert and great-grandchildren Abigail and Josh, all of Texas; her pastor and friend Tim Carter and her much-loved Church family, Landmark Missionary Baptist Jacksonville, and her brother-in-law Ernest (Donna) Neil of Hazen.
A graveside memorial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery in Des Arc at a later date.
Ms.Neil was predeceased by her parents, husband Troy Neil and siblings Luther Bynum, Luella Yeager, Midge Benson, and Mary Moss.
She is survived by her only child "The Baby" AKA Veronica Colvert and son-in-law Frank, who was loved as her own son, of Jacksonville. She was known as Mama Tootsie to grandson Joshua (Randi) Colvert and great-grandchildren Abigail and Josh, all of Texas; her pastor and friend Tim Carter and her much-loved Church family, Landmark Missionary Baptist Jacksonville, and her brother-in-law Ernest (Donna) Neil of Hazen.
A graveside memorial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery in Des Arc at a later date.
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