Esther Loretta Bottoms, 84, of Lincoln, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord God on December 13, 2021 in Bentonville, Arkansas.  She was born on January 4, 1937, the daughter of Wyette Stephen and Carrie Thomas (Andrews) Cheatham in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.  She enjoyed singing, playing the piano, gardening, crafting, sewing, baking and spending time with her family.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rev. Fred E. Bottoms; stepsons: Harold and Carl Bottoms; granddaughters: Brittaney Ann Allen and Nickie Wolfe; grandson, Harold Bottoms; brothers Cecil Cheatham, Lloyd Cheatham, Loren Cheatham, Wayne Cheatham, Davie Cheatham; and sisters: Bernice McGown, Ruth "Tootsie" Kyle and Mary Jane Lowe.

She is survived by her children: Loretta Diania Wolfe and husband, Billy, of Morrow, Arkansas, Donna Smith of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Darrell Bottoms and wife, Pam, of Ballard, Oklahoma, Dab Bottoms and wife, Sarah, of Durham, Arkansas and Denise Brown and husband, Clint of Lincoln, Arkansas, Brother, Junior Cheatham of Lincoln, Arkansas; 15 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

A Memorial Service will be Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. at 13633 Sugar Hill Road, Lincoln, Arkansas 72744.  The family requests that any donations be made in memory of Esther Bottoms: https://www.stjude.org .  Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, 3926 Willowood Avenue, Springdale, Arkansas 72762.