of Little Rock, AR
July 26, 1943 - December 19, 2025
Carol Lorita Heatherly, passed away on December 19, 2025. She was born in Hickory Ridge, Arkansas on July 26, 1943. She attended anesthesia school in Reading, Pennsylvania and began her career as a nurse anesthetist in Little Rock at St. Vincent's Hospital in 1979. She worked at Baptist Hospital and retired from the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital in 2007.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William K. Heatherly, Sr., and her parents, Alvin Ireland and Juanita Free Burrow.
She is survived by her son, William K. Heatherly, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Karen Heatherly, of Benton, Arkansas; daughter, Nita Brooks and son-in-law, Robert Brooks, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; granddaughter, Veronica Heatherly Trimarchi and her husband, Mario Trimarchi, of Jonesboro, Arkansas; grandson, William K. ''Trey'' Heatherly III, of Jonesboro, Arkansas; and one great grandchild, Piero King ''Pete'' Trimarchi, of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
A Memorial Service will held at a later date.