Mary Elizabeth Rinker, 88, of Bentonville, died on Friday, May 29, 2020, at Skyview Springs Nursing and Rehab.
She was born on March 29, 1932, in Luray and was a daughter of the late William McKinley Dinges and Katie Lucille Strickler Dinges.
On Oct. 8, 1956, she married James Edward Rinker, who died on June 15, 2008.
She is survived by a daughter, Helen Hall of Edgewater, Md.; a son, Randolph Rinker of Callao; two sisters, Betty June Sours of Luray, and Virginia Catherine Thomas of Bentonville; a brother, Jimmy Lee Dinges of Luray; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles William and Floyd Ted Dinges; and two sisters, Julia Belle Fawley and Naomi Ruth Dinges.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at the Bentonville Cemetery by the Rev. Chester Knighting.
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