Sarah Louise Calhoun

Sarah Louise Calhoun, 83, Marvell, AR, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in her home after battling lung cancer. Sarah was born on Dec. 14, 1925, in Madison, IN, to Everett and Sarah Martin.

She had one older sister, Mabel. Her parents owned a grocery store during the depression and she would share stories of how fortunate their family was during this time.

She married Boyd Pearce Brooks in Madison, IN, in 1940 and had three children - Barbara Louise, Sandra Lee and Joyce Ann. She served in the ammunition plant in Indiana during World War II.

She married Dellas Vickers on Oct. 15, 1947, and together had two children, Dellas Ray and Sarah Elaine (Pittard). They resided in Wayne, MI. She worked in a bank for a few years prior to opening a business.

After the passing of their daughter, Joyce, in 1969, Dellas and Sarah sold their business and moved to the Stockton area, taking on the responsibility of raising grandchildren, William Thomas Moler and Sarah Elizabeth Moler (Trainer). They owned a cattle ranch southeast of Stockton as well as an antique store.

After Dellas’ death in 1979, she later married Montgomery Calhoun Jr. on Nov. 23, 1984. She lived in the Stockton and El Dorado Springs area up until the last 10 months in which she spent in Marvell, AR, near her daughter who cared for her.
Throughout her life, Sarah enjoyed many hobbies such as fishing, gardening, shopping, collecting antiques, crocheting, needlepoint and reading.

Sarah was preceded in death by husbands, Boyd Brooks, Dellas Vickers and Montgomery Calhoun Jr.; sister, Mabel Poynter -Van Wert, OH; daughter, Joyce Ann Moler - Madison, IN; and two great-grandchildren.

Surviving Sarah in life are children - Barbara Louise Rogers - Independence, Sandra Lee Ramsey, and husband, Jerry - Independence, Dellas Ray Vickers - Winterpark, FL, and Sarah Elaine Pittard - Marvell, AR; 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

A few words that Sarah would say to sum up her life were,’“I did the best I could.”

Services were held at Bland-Hackleman Chapel in El Dorado Springs, on Saturday, Oct. 10, with a visitation before the service. Rev. Frank Burton officiated and music was provided by Rachael Lopez, Shelbi Dumar and Anna Smith. Interment followed in Stockton City Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were John Ramsey, Dellas Baldelli, Dennis Cox, David Cox, Chad Conatser, Hobert Conatser, and DeAngelo Pittard.