Dorceal Montgomery

Shawnee resident Dorceal Montgomery, 92, passed away Friday, September 16, 2022 in Shawnee. Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Walker Funeral and Cremation Service. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at Johnson Church of God. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery. Cleda Dorceal Montgomery was born March 29, 1930 in Cedar Glades, Arkansas to James R. Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth (Herron) Hamilton. She married Warren Mize August 21, 1948 in Waldron, Arkansas. She later married Roy Montgomery in 1993. Dorceal worked much of her life as a homemaker but later started an in home day care where she cared for children. She also enjoyed gardening and spent hours weeding and caring for her flowers. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, 2 sisters: Alva Dean Hamilton Bullock-Harrell and Carol Sue Gentry, a brother: Winfred Leo Hamilton and an infant brother. Survivors include her daughter: LaDawn Hollis and husband Charles of Shawnee, 3 grandchildren: Courtney Lowry and husband Rev. Matthew Lowry, Crystal Hollis Ritter, and Callie Hollis Sherrill and husband Zack, 4 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers: Olin Hamilton, Delmer Hamilton, and many nieces, nephew, other family and friends.