L.C. Lucas
May 4, 1937 - July 30, 2012

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L. C. “Buddy” Lucas, 75, of Monticello, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was born May 4, 1937 in the Sixteen Section Community of Selma.

He was a retired textile mill worker, logger and a member of Sixteen Section Missionary Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Warren and Leona Pickett Lucas and was preceded in death by one brother, C. B. Lucas. He married Odenia Simpson Lucas July 25, 1959 and to this union, seven children were born. He later met and married Artie Arnold and they remained together until his death, July 30, 2012.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Artie McCoy Lucas of Monticello; three sons, Gary (Margaret) Lucas, Stanley (Shelia) Lucas and Samson Arnold, all of Monticello; seven daughters, Dianne (Alonzo) Allen, Erma (Roger) Riley, Teresa Lucas, Linda Faye Lucas, Melanie Tolefree, all of Monticello, Cynthia Williams of Crossett, Shirley Kaye Lucas of Little Rock and Shirley (James) Harris of Warner Robins, GA; three brothers, Erksin Lucas and James Lucas, both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and J. B. Lucas of Little Rock; four sisters, Ruby Neal, Erma Miller, Earline (Earnest) Bridges, all of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Verda (Melvin) Fields of Pine Bluff; twenty grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.