of Bryant, AR
April 4, 1936 - February 17, 2019
Irma Lee (Brewer) McCrotty, 82, of Bryant went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 17, 2019. She was born April 4, 1936 to the late Sidney and Brunie Mae (Lemons) Brewer. She was a member of Olive Hill Missionary Baptist Church for 60 years and retired after 25 years of service from the Pulaski County Special School District. She loved her family, to garden and sew, but was best known for her cooking and helping others.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Leonard Brewer and sisters Edith Mashburn, Elzie Mashburn, Leathia Mae Crutchfield and Lela Bell Benight.
She is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Henry McCrotty; Two sons, Rick (Cindy) McCrotty and Charles (Cathy) McCrotty all of Bryant. Grandchildren, Lesley (Shane) Smith of Jonesboro, Jessica (Josh) Vaughn of Benton, Zach (Casey) McCrotty and Chaz (Mechalle) McCrotty of North Little Rock. Great Grandchildren, Seb, Gavin, Judson, Barrett and Merritt. Brother Harley Brewer, sisters, Barbara McCrotty, Joann Reynolds, Helen Weymouth, Mary Davis, Sidney Scoles, Carolyn Smith and Brenda Zelada and a host of nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to Mendy Barnes and the entire staff at Saline Memorial Hospice.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home Chapel, 6700 Alcoa Road, Benton, interment will follow at Forest Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home (501) 315-0700.
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dean tatreau
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Condolence and Prayers said for your family by mine and others. Keep the faith. IAM member Dean Tatreau
Shirley Lewis
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
I am so sorry for your loss. Aunt Irma was a wonderful lady. I remember when Lisa was born she came for a week and took care of me. The food she made was wonderful. It was the first time I ever had Sloppy Joes and they were made from scratch nothing out of a can for her. Her raisin pies were amazing. She would invite me and Kathy to her house for lunch and we couldn’t wait to get there for her amazing food. I loved her very much. Blessings and Prayers for the family.
Michelle Troutman
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
We love and will miss you aunt Erma!!!!
James Crutchfield
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
My deepest of sympathy for yourfamily in your time of sorrow and loss.
Aunt Irma was a special women to me and my family. She will be sorely missed.
Love James
Julia CrutchfieldMubday
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
My deepest sympathy to the family. Irma was such a wonderful lady.i as well as the rest of the family will miss her so much. We will always carry her in our hearts. May she rest in peace with those that have gone before her
Uncle Henry, Ricky, and Charles I love you guys. I am so sorry for your lost
Julia
Chris Morrison
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
We send our love and condolences to the entire McCrotty family. It was a blessing to know Sis. Irma and to attend church with her for numerous years at Olive Hill Missionary Baptist. What a wonderful woman and testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will be praying from Bro. Henry, the boys, and the entire family. Our sincerest love and encouragement for you all.
Chris, Melissa, and Gayle
Dawn Cavagnaro
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
May the Lord heal you with all the wonderful memories you made together and celebration of her life.
Amen
Claudette Greenwich Green
Monday, February 18, 2019
Aunt Irma was very special to me and to my family our entire lives. My parents divorced when I was five years old and Mom and my two younger brothers went to live with our grandmother for about two years before she remarried. During this time Uncle Henry married Aunt Irma. He, Wesley and Marilyn had been like our older brothers and sister during that time. Aunt Irma just fell in love with us and we with her. Mom soon remarried and we got our own place. Henry and Irma kept coming to visit us and we enjoyed every visit. Our Step-Father became an alcoholic and didn’t meet his financial obligations to the family. Neither did my Dad. Mom worked two jobs to try and support us but things were very difficult and we often went without food, clothes and/ or utilities. During this time Henry and Irma would occasionally bring us food, clothing, and help Mom pay a bill occasionally. They also bought our Christmas on a few occasions. They were newlyweds struggling to make ends meet, but somehow found it in their hearts to be the heroes our family needed so badly at that time. I’ll never forget how great it was to see them coming to see us, especially when Aunt Irma brought us her wonderful coconut cake with seven minute frosting on it! Oh! We thought we were in Heaven when we tasted it! She was such a blessing to us and we loved her so much. Then Uncle Wesley married her sister, Barbara. We loved them, too! We had the most wonderful family reunions back then mostly because Irma and Barbara made that happen. They were both excellent cooks and always brought enough food to feed a small army! Irma kept in contact with our family over the years even after we three older kids went to the Children’s Home in Monticello. She stayed friends with Mom because she knee Mom was trying to help us have a better life. Mom continued to work, take care of our younger brother and sister while going to school to get a better job. Henry and Irma helped her when they could. I came home early from the children’s home because after talking to Grandma, I thought I needed to come home to protect her. That was a silly idea that backfired and I ended up living with Uncle Henry and Aunt Irma when I was fifteen years old. Ricky and Charles were about 2 and 6 years old. I remember the first time she walked Ricky to the bus stop to go to first grade. It was about half a mile to the bus stop and she didn’t have a car at the time. He was so cute and so eager to be a big boy and ride the school bus! Charles was still running around in training pants and being potty trained! Irma was so proud of her boys and loved them so much. She was an excellent seamstress and made many of their clothes. She also made barbie doll clothes for many of her nieces and made doll beds and chairs out of tuna fish cans and sardine cans. She was so crafty as well and made beautiful crafts of several kinds. If you visited her home, it was always spotless and pristine. She did all the budgeting for the family and taught her sons to budget wisely as well. She had 11 living brothers and sisters then and was always available if she was needed by any of them. I often heard her crying because she was worried about one or another of them who was having some sort of issue at that time and i’m sure they worried about her as well. They were a very close family. At the same time, she didn’t mind in the least letting you know just how she felt about something and most the time she hit the nail on the head. Oh, I always admired the way both Wesley & Barbara & Henry and Irma always worked together to build each other’s houses. They started out with nothing and helped each other build fine homes for their families. Bravo, I say to them. You guys have been and still our heroes. We love you, Aunt Irma. We will miss you here, but I’m sure you are you are being so blessed in Heaven now! My brothers and I always looked up to you as an example to work toward becoming as we were growing up and I just want to say thank you for everything you did for Mom and us. We will always love you and never forget you. Hugs and Kisses. Miss you.
Lora McCrotty
Monday, February 18, 2019
I love you aunt Irma you went to soon i will miss you and God knows everything you are in His loving arms.Thank you for always hugging me i will miss your smile and you are an angel.
Tom & Pam Loveless
Monday, February 18, 2019
Our condolences to Irma's family.