Leacha M. "Madie" Richards, 88, of Beebe, Arkansas, died Wednesday, July 15, 1009. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Orville Richards; her parents, Joe and Bonnie Swindle; two brothers, James Arvil Swindle and John McKinley Swindle; two sisters, Lena Swindle and Goldie Richards. She is survived by a brother, J. B. Swindle of Searcy; a sister, Jewell Brumfield of Dallas, Texas and a host of nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Westbrook Funeral Home, with burial in Hickory Plains Cemetery.