Elsie Kennedy Warnock

Elsie was the daughter of Edgar Vernon Kennedy and Rosa Campbell Kennedy. She grew up in Camden and Hot Springs, graduating from Ouachita Baptist University and earning a master’s at Louisiana Tech. Elsie was an educator in the El Dorado School District and at The Center for the Handicapped.

Elsie served in the Immanuel Baptist Church Library for many years. She was on the Hudson Nursing Home Board for twelve years and served one term as president of the Little Theater Board of the South Arkansas Art Center. Elsie was a member of the El Dorado Civitan Club. In 1979, she was selected by the YWCA as El Dorado's Professional Woman of the Year.

Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Reese and twin Leslie Kennedy, a sister Louise Tubbs, and her husband James C. Warnock.

Survivors are a son Jim Warnock (Becca) of Alma, AR; a daughter Martha Baker Kyzer (Larry) of Alexander, AR; grandchildren Jeremy Baker, Christen Warnock, Anna Warnock Lucas (Taylor), Amber Baker Anderson (Shannon) and great-grandchildren Jenna, Zoe, and Riley Anderson, Jesiah Baker, and Samuel Lucas, along with several nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Friday, February 28, from 5-7 p.m. at Young’s Funeral Home in El Dorado. Memorial service will be at Young’s Chapel on Saturday, February 29 at 10:00 a.m. with Gary Glasgow officiating. Burial will follow at Bethesda Cemetery in Camden. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Immanuel Baptist Church Library Fund.

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