- Weymouth Lavonne Trolinger, age 94, of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Trolinger was the widow of the late James Hale Trolinger, whom she married October 31, 1937, in Stigler, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Trolinger was born November 26, 1908, in McCurtain, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Wade Oakley and Nell McCallum Jenkins.
She was reared and educated in McCurtain, Oklahoma and Ft. Smith, Arkansas and was a graduate of Ft. Smith High School. She worked as a bookkeeper for Hunts Department Store and Boston Store for twenty five years in Ft. Smith, before moving to Pine Bluff in 1954.
Mrs. Trolinger had performed volunteer work for many years for Jefferson Regional Medical Center and the American Red Cross in Pine Bluff.
She was a lifelong Methodist and member of Lakeside United Methodist Church and an avid Razorback fan. She was a sweet and loving person and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Irad and John Jenkins and one sister, Blodwin Greenwalt.
Mrs. Trolinger's memory is held dear by her surviving nephew, David Kraft and wife Rosemary of North Little Rock and her niece, Donna Lee O'Hare and husband Alex of Norwalk, Connecticut; and by nieces, Dorene Jones of Roland, Oklahoma and Darlene Holcomb of Dallas, Texas; nephew, Gaylen Jenkins of Garland, Texas. She is survived by great nieces and nephews who also loved her; Karen Kraft of Dallas, Texas, Teresa Kraft Dannaway of Little Rock, Kenny Kraft and Matt Kraft of North Little Rock.
A special THANKS for the care and friendship given by the staff of Trinity Village Infirmary and by the staff and residents of Trinity Village. Weymouth loved the years she spent there and the friends she made.
Funeral services will be Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 4:00 PM, in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors with the Reverend George Williams officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Robinson's from 2:30 until service time, Saturday.
(Obituary photo)
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- Burial: Graceland Cemetery
Plot: Forest Lawn, Lot 320
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Inscription: TROLINGER James Hale Apr. 25, 1909 Mar. 26, 1972 Weymouth L. Nov. 26, 1908 Jun. 10, 2003
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1908 - 2003 (94 years)
