Loretta Ilene Millsap

April 20, 1936 - November 7, 2020

Loretta Ilene Millsap, 84 of Gentry, Arkansas died November 7, 2020 at Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Loretta was born April 20, 1936 in Springdale, Arkansas to Frank Parsley and Corene Fields Parsley. She married Walter David Millsap on December 17, 1955. Loretta graduated college with a master’s degree and she worked as a school librarian for 31 years and as a teacher. She also was a Sunday school teacher, an avid Pioneer fan, and part of the Gideon International organization. Loretta hosted foreign exchange students, was a very selfless person always putting God first, family second, others then herself, but she was known throughout Gentry for her homemade cinnamon rolls. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Walter David, brother Edwin Lanier Parsley, son Donnie Millsap, grandson Joseph Edward Denny and granddaughter Bridgette Kay Millsap. Survivors include her sister Kay Stiles and husband Bill of Wheeler, Texas; son Walter (Wally) Millsap and wife Kay of Gentry, Arkansas, daughter in law Sandy Millsap of Gentry, Arkansas and son Edward Millsap and wife Fern of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; daughters Martha Hawkins of Gentry, Arkansas and Kathy Hummingbird and husband Damon of Gentry, Arkansas; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Gentry First Baptist Church, Gentry, Arkansas. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Gentry First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Springtown Cemetery, Springtown, Arkansas. For the visitation and funeral service, guests will be required to wear their own facemask and social distance per the guidelines set forth by the State of Arkansas. Arrangements are by Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Gideons International, P.O. Box 273, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, 72761. To watch the livestream of her service, please go to her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/loretta.millsap