Mary Ada Glenn

Mary Ada Glenn, 75, passed away on April 9, 2018

Mary Ada (Nolan) Glenn, 75, passed away on April 9, 2018.
Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.  Burial will be at a later date at Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Ark.
Mary was born in El Dorado on April 15, 1942, and graduated at the El Dorado High School.
Mary spent most of her life working in El Dorado. Mary was the leader in “Credit Women” in their early years. She was employed at Ace Hardware and later spent 28 years as head of yield accounting at Fina Refinery in El Dorado. Mary loved camping and fishing around the Bluestem Lake. She loved family reunions. Mary and her husband started the PRIDE organization in Burns after building her home in 1985. She later served on the Burns City Council for several years and was later elected as Mayor of Burns for two terms.
Mary leaves: her husband of 33 years James Earl Glenn; four children, Raymond (Debbie) Griggs of Rogers, Ark., Kathy Speers of Wichita, Connie (David) Pace of El Dorado, and Jan (Phil) Willis of Leon; one sister, Beverly Green of El Dorado; two step daughters, Linda (Dandy) Shipman of El Dorado and Sandra (Jim) Unruh of Lawrence; 17 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy Nolan, and her father Glen Nolan of El Dorado..
Memorial contributions in Mary’s name may be directed to the Burns First Christian Church. Please sign her online guestbook and leave a memory of Mary at www.carlsoncolonial.com