Obituaries

Services for Lottie B. Atkinson, of Denison, who passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM at Dannel Funeral Home. Pastor Frank Alegria of Lakeway United Methodist Church in Pottsboro, Texas will officiate. Interment will follow the service at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman.

Lottie was born on July 1, 1930 in Spur, Texas to C.B. and Ruby Fullerton. She was the oldest of four children and was raised in Jonesboro, Louisiana. She attended schools in Jonesboro and graduated from Jonesboro High. She loved to quilt, garden, and do many other crafts. She loved God and was a charter member of Lakeway United Methodist Church in Pottsboro. She will be greatly missed.

Lottie is survived by her four children: Ronnie Smitherman and wife Paula of Denison, Sheila Treadway and husband David of Saline, Louisiana, Glenn Atkinson and wife Mary of Denison, Patricia Thornhill and husband Bill of Denison; sister, Nita Gaines and husband Billy of Jonesboro, Louisiana; brother, Floyd Fullerton and wife Nancy of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; many grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Charlie Fullerton, and her husband of 59 years, Gary Atkinson.