Angela Avila, 98, of Barling passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in a local hospital.
She was born Oct. 3, 1917, to Felipe and Romelia (Vallejo) Mancilla in Guatemala City, Central America.
Angela was a homemaker, a midwife and a member of Primera Iglesia Bautista Church. Angela also attended Christian Foundation Church, was the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for Project Compassion and volunteered at Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Carlos Avila Sr.; and one daughter, Thelma Arrivillaga.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Primera Iglesia Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith.
She is survived by two daughters, Rita Avila of Barling and Albertina Blanco and her husband Herbert of Guatemala City; two sons, Jose Avila and his wife Rebecca of Fort Smith and Carlos Avila Jr. of Barling; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be sons, grandsons and brothers of the church.
She was born Oct. 3, 1917, to Felipe and Romelia (Vallejo) Mancilla in Guatemala City, Central America.
Angela was a homemaker, a midwife and a member of Primera Iglesia Bautista Church. Angela also attended Christian Foundation Church, was the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for Project Compassion and volunteered at Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Carlos Avila Sr.; and one daughter, Thelma Arrivillaga.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Primera Iglesia Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith.
She is survived by two daughters, Rita Avila of Barling and Albertina Blanco and her husband Herbert of Guatemala City; two sons, Jose Avila and his wife Rebecca of Fort Smith and Carlos Avila Jr. of Barling; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be sons, grandsons and brothers of the church.
Angela Avila, 98, of Barling passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in a local hospital.
She was born Oct. 3, 1917, to Felipe and Romelia (Vallejo) Mancilla in Guatemala City, Central America.
Angela was a homemaker, a midwife and a member of Primera Iglesia Bautista Church. Angela also attended Christian Foundation Church, was the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for Project Compassion and volunteered at Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Carlos Avila Sr.; and one daughter, Thelma Arrivillaga.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Primera Iglesia Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith.
She is survived by two daughters, Rita Avila of Barling and Albertina Blanco and her husband Herbert of Guatemala City; two sons, Jose Avila and his wife Rebecca of Fort Smith and Carlos Avila Jr. of Barling; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be sons, grandsons and brothers of the church.
She was born Oct. 3, 1917, to Felipe and Romelia (Vallejo) Mancilla in Guatemala City, Central America.
Angela was a homemaker, a midwife and a member of Primera Iglesia Bautista Church. Angela also attended Christian Foundation Church, was the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for Project Compassion and volunteered at Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Carlos Avila Sr.; and one daughter, Thelma Arrivillaga.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Primera Iglesia Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith.
She is survived by two daughters, Rita Avila of Barling and Albertina Blanco and her husband Herbert of Guatemala City; two sons, Jose Avila and his wife Rebecca of Fort Smith and Carlos Avila Jr. of Barling; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be sons, grandsons and brothers of the church.
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