Anna Lee Butler, age 87, of Hope, formerly of Malvern, died Sunday in Little Rock. She was born on December 7, 1923 in Hot Spring County to the late James and Cora Deer Davis. Reared and educated in Malvern, Anna had been a dental assistant for Dr. Ben Prater, had worked at Gibson's in Malvern, and was the first receptionist at the J. A. Funk Funeral Home. She was a member of White Oak Missionary Baptist Church in Hope.

She was preceded in death by two husbands, Lilburn Lee and Jack Butler; by a daughter, Linda Ann Orr, a son, Tommy Orr, and an infant child. Anna leaves behind a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Tamera Orr of Hope, Arkansas; eight grandchildren, Anna Michelle Orr, Michael Shane Orr, James Alexander Orr, Lindsey Ann Orr, Cannon Davis Orr, Laryssa Kaley Orr, Caroline Orr, Madison Orr, and an adopted grandchild, Elizabeth Jackson.

Her funeral will be at ten o'clock Wednesday morning, December 22, 2010 in the chapel of J. A. Funk Funeral Home with Brothers James Heard and Harold Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from five until seven o'clock.

Online condolences may be sent via jafunkfuneralhome.com.