of Little Rock, AR

December 15, 1926 - September 4, 2016

Sarah Sue Purvis Woolsey, age 89, of Little Rock, Arkansas died of congestive heart failure Sunday, September 4, 2016. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, the LLL Sunday School class and the Tele Bible Sunday School Class.

After graduating from L.R. High School (now Central High,) where she was in A Capella Choir, she attended Little Rock Junior College (now UALR) where she was Freshman Maid to the May Queen, Delta Kappa fraternity, Queen of Hearts and in the Zeta Phi Sorority, then Ouachita Baptist College (now OBU) where she was the ROTC sponsor, in the Kempie Klub, and on the Ripples Staff.

She was a homemaker, a Sunday School Teacher, a Girl Scout leader and Cub Scout den mother. She was gifted in music and art, a published poet, and loved working cross-word puzzles. She was a cheerful encourager to all she encountered. She loved God's Word and shared favorite verses with everyone.

Her youthful spirit, warm smile and sense of humor will be greatly missed by her family and a host of friends, but she would say, with the apostle Paul: "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."

She was preceded in death by her parents, V.O. and Jessie Miles Purvis; brothers, V.O. Purvis Jr. and George M Purvis. Her husband of 60 years, Lawrence S. Woolsey, died in 2007. She is survived by three children, Virginia Woolsey Robinson (Mike) of Little Rock; John B. Woolsey (Debra) of Dallas, TX; and Ben T. Woolsey (Frances) of Austin, TX; seven grandchildren: Rachel Robinson Boling (Kent) of Little Rock, David A. Robinson (Alex) of Little Rock, Breck Woolsey (Lauren), Will Woolsey, and Margaret Woolsey Wagnon (Nathan) all of Dallas, TX, George Egan Woolsey and Mary Miles Woolsey of Austin, TX.; six great-grandchildren: Ridge and Reece Woolsey, Nathan Critz Wagnon Jr., Miles Breckinridge Wagnon of Dallas, TX; and Jonathan Hilt Boling and Sarah Kent Robinson of Little Rock, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A private graveside service will be held at Pinecrest Memorial Park followed by a memorial service at 1:00 P.M., Friday, September 9, 2016 at Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 led by Dr. Rex Horne, Jr. The family will greet friends at the church following the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church or Fellowship Bible Church, 1401 Kirk Road., Little Rock, Arkansas 72223.

Arrangements by Roller-Chenal Funeral Home, 13801 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, (501) 224-8300.

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