Thelma Hinda Ainsworth

Friday, July 19, 2013

Mrs. Thelma Hinda Ainsworth, 84, of Frenchman's Bayou, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at her home. Born Feb. 6, 1929, to the late Norvall Boling and Leora Hill, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ in Dyess.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Ainsworth; one son, Leonard Ainsworth Jr.; one sister, Anita Mars; one brother, Jessie Boling; and two great-granddaughters, Amy Hathcock and Kaylee Porter.

Mrs. Ainsworth leaves six daughters, Lois Spencer of Hineston, La., Barbara (and Troy) Watkins of Olive Branch, Miss., Nancy (and Kenneth) Ashley of Dyess, Judy (and Ernie) Tucker, and Cathy Ainsworth and Lisa Ainsworth of Frenchman's Bayou;

Three sons, Freddie (and Diane) Ainsworth and Norval (and Barbara) Ainsworth of Frenchman's Bayou, and David Ainsworth of Bassett;

One brother, Everett Boling of Marion; and

Twenty-nine grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola with Lee Dunn officiating. Burial will follow at Bassett Cemetery in Bassett. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola.