Albert Noel Lambeth, 84, formerly of El Dorado Springs, was born June 4, 1925, in Union, AR, to Virgil E. and Lucinda P. (Franks) Lambeth. He left us to go be with God and other loved ones on April 28, 2010, in Mt. Vernon.
Noel was a Navy Veteran of WWII and was stationed in the Pacific. He was a Carpenters Mate 3rd Class. He entered the service from Larned, KS, on Sept. 23, 1943, and discharged due to injuries from Shoemaker, CA, on Dec. 26, 1945. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
In 1947, Noel was united in marriage to Darlene Faye Farra.
Noel worked many years as a carpenter and a farmer.
On March 9, 1962, he was united in marriage to Clara Vinita Renfro.
Noel and his family moved to El Dorado Springs from the family farm near Jerico Springs. He enjoyed farming, wood-working, hunting and fishing. He spent the last few months at the Community Springs Healthcare Facility and the Military Care Facility at Mount Vernon.
He goes to join those loved ones that preceded him in death - wife, Vineta; parents, Virgil and Lucinda Lambeth; two brothers, Ruel, and wife, Florence, and Cletus, and wife, Ruth; sister, Wilma Fleming, and husband, Jim; and one grandson, Nathan Johnson.
Noel is survived by his seven children - Bob Lambeth, and his wife, Teri, Bonnie Lawrence, and husband, Steve, Mike Lambeth, and wife, Carla, Randy Lambeth, Wyveda “Faye” Robinson, and her husband, Mel, Bill “Dub” Renfro, and his wife, Cheryl, and Orval Renfro; 11 grandchildren - Toni, Steve, Ralph, Brandon, Shasta, Paul, Gerrie, Sherrie, Wesley, Elizabeth and Tracy; several great grandchildren; two sisters, Rose Harber, and husband, David, and Doris Hall; one brother, Ben Lambeth, and wife, Betty; in-laws, nieces, nephews and friends.
Services were held Monday, May 3, in the Sheldon Chapel with Rev. Brent Bland officiating. Music was One Day At A Time, In The Sweet Bye And Bye, The Old Rugged Cross and Go Rest High On That Mountain by Vince Gill.
Interment was in Hamby Cemetery, Stockton, under the direction of Sheldon Funeral Home in El Dorado Springs.
Casketbearers were his grandsons.
