Dorothy Lea Gunnels 95, died Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Bradford House Nursing Center in Bentonville.

She was born January 27, 1927, in Clifty, Arkansas, to Ralph Ishmael Arnold and Cora Dale Scates Arnold. She married Lonnie Loyd Gunnels July 4, 1948. She loved to study her Bible, was an avid walker, loved to help other people, enjoyed gardening, canning and made the best gravy for her family. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church in Pea Ridge and is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lonnie, a son, Dennis Gunnels, a sister, Mary Jane Alvard, a brother Bill Moon, and a great-grandson Ayden Cotton.

Survivors are four daughters, Sharlette David and Janie Anderson both of Pea Ridge, Brenda Jones of Centerton, Lorie Beekman of Pineville, Mo.; a sister Colean Minick of Nampa, Idaho; nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral is set for 4:00p.m. , Saturday July 23, 2022 at Sisco Funeral Home Chapel in Pea Ridge. Visitation will be at 3:00 p.m. before the service. Burial will be in Benton County Memorial Park at a later date.

Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net