Clairelyn Rister

Clairelyn Rister, 96, of Des Arc died Monday. She was born Aug. 16, 1921 in Rector, Ark., to Charles J. and Grace (Toler) Rister. Survivors include cousins, Bill and Kaye Burton, Richard Wynne Lenderman (Annamary), Paula Toler Linder (Drew), Steven Toler (Stacy), Jimmy Toler (Leslie), adopted daughter, Ann Rhoads, and many loving second cousins. Clairelyn graduated high school at Des Arc and attended Hendrix College and Arkansas State Teachers College. She worked as a telephone operator in Newport and later with her father at the AP&L office in Des Arc. She was preceded in death by her parents, special aunt and uncle, Polly Toler Lenderman and Jim Toler, also by her aunt and uncle, Juanita Toler Lisinger and Floyd Toler. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 at First United Methodist Church with burial in Lakeside Cemetery by Garth Funeral Home. Bro. Jaimie Alexander officiating. Pallbearers are Steven Toler, Jimmy Toler, Paula Toler, Wynne Burton Henderson, Mary Kay Burton Simmons, Susan Burton Bryant. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church in Des Arc.