Mary Alice Cray Stormes, 83, of Pocahontas, departed this life and entered into paradise, Thursday, May 25, 2023. She was born July 10, 1939 in Peach Orchard, Arkansas to the late Albert Lawrence Cray and Faye Imogean Holt Cray. Mary was a member of the Pyburn Street church of Christ since moving to Pocahontas in June 2012. She was a faithful and active Christian all her adult life and was constantly using her home and talent for the benefit of the church. She taught the 4’s and 5’s year old bible class (off and on) for 35 years. Also, during that time, she was heavily involved in a work to help procure “back to school” clothes for the needy kids at Southern Christian Home in Morrilton. With the help of Ina Brown and Helen Smith, in 2006 she started an art and painting instruction class for the church ladies plus other visitors which met once a week. This continued until 2012 when she moved to Pocahontas. She was constantly opening her home for visiting missionaries, and other guests.

Mary was a lover of butterflies. Butterflies in the garden, butterfly paintings, butterfly photos, butterfly hangings, butterfly jewelry, anything displaying butterflies. Mary also enjoyed quilting, and made several quilts, most of which were given away. One of the projects she was involved in both in Heber Springs and Pocahontas, until her health began to fail, was the crocheting of sleeping mats out of plastic bags for the people of Haiti. Mary herself made over 50 mats.

Surviving Mary is her husband of 65 years, Edwin Stormes. Also surviving is a daughter, Vanessa Lazarus (Jack) of Harrison; two sons, Robert Stormes (Traci) of Keller, Texas, and William Stormes of Springfield, Missouri; five grandchildren, Tanner and Morgan Lazarus, Ashley Stormes Kopp (Tad), Hunter Stormes (Kellsi), and Caitlyn Stormes Theisse (Austin); three great-grandchildren, Taylor and Layna Stormes, and Hagen Theisse. Also surviving are two brothers, Raymond Lawrence Cray (Viola) and Douglas Earl Cray (Chris); and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Lawrence and Faye Imogean Cray; two adult brothers, John Lon (surviving wife, Yvonne) Cray, and Gary Wayne (surviving wife, Alice Faye) Cray; and two infant brothers, Waymon and Charles Cray.

A graveside service will held Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 10 AM at Bond Cemetery at Knobel with Joshua Dement officiating under direction of McNabb Funeral Home.