Biography: Audrey T. Singleton Crites died October 11, 2011. She was 91. She is predeceased by her first husband of 27 years and the father of her children George T. Singleton, and her second husband of 32 years, Pete Crites. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter of Jackie and Eric Thweatt. Her grandmother, Nannie H. Hammons, was a child of Jacob Hammons, who brought his family to White County, Arkansas in 1850. Her great grandfather, Isaac Jefferson Pennington, died at the Battle of Corinth in 1862 during the Civil War. Her grandfather, Sidney Pennington, served one term in the Arkansas State Legislature from White County in 1897. Mrs. Hammons implored him to leave the ?evil work? of politics after one term. Audrey?s uncle, Daniel Hammons was a Methodist minister, who served as a Vice President of Hendrix College. Audrey graduated from Little Rock High, and attended Huntingdon College, a liberal arts college in Alabama as an art major. After marrying, she became a mother and worked for the federal government, first for the VA?s Chief of Professional Services and as an administrative assistant and hearing assistant for Social Security/Disability. A life-long Democrat, she was progressive in her politics and never missed an election. As a young girl, she campaigned for Hattie Caraway, who became the first elected female senator. She was proud to have former Congressman Vic Snyder as her son-in-law, voted for him before he was family, and loved his courage and integrity. A United Methodist, she taught adult Sunday school her entire adult life and read theology (and everything) voraciously, including the newspaper, which contained her beloved crosswords. Two of her children became pastors. In classic Wesleyan tradition, she put the emphasis on God?s grace and forgiveness, knowing that she was loved in spite of her own sin. She did not suffer fools lightly, nor any mistreatment of her loved ones by others. When it was unpopular, she spoke out against the Vietnam war and anything that smacked of oppression. She loved musicals, the Rat Pack greats, Barbara Streisand and Mahalia Jackson. Her quick, sometimes biting wit, was her trademark, but she loved deeply. A family member once said, ?Some people invest in things, but Audrey invests in people.? In her retirement she took courses at UALR, worked on family geneaology, served offices in the DAR, UDC and Colonial Dames, was President of the United Methodist Women at Pulaski Heights UMC, where she received a lifelong service pin, served on the Administrative Board, and taught the Butler Sunday school class. Audrey?s other interests included art, gardening, plants, canning fruits and vegetables, shopping, movies, dogs, learning and her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved holidays and all family anxiously awaited her Christmas cocoon cookies. Toward the end of her life, she became a member of Quapaw Quarter UMC, housed in the old Winfield building, where she had been a member as a child and youth and made new friends again. Audrey is survived by her five children, Jack Singleton, spouse Carolyn, Gayle Gardner, spouse Jerry, Tom Singleton, fiance Gayle McVey, Steve Singleton, spouse Becky, and Betsy Singleton Snyder, spouse Vic. She is survived by twelve grandchildren, Joe Gardner, Kelly Gardner, Matt Gardner, Mike Singleton, Jennifer M. Foster, Jennifer Laubacher, Whitney Bordelon, Paul Singleton, and Penn, Wyatt, Sullivan and Aubrey Snyder, and seven great grandchildren, Taylor Singleton, Alex and Gabriel Laubacher, Zachary and Mitchell Bordelon, and Hunter Yates. She also claimed her dear friend Paul Fiser, who visited her every Wednesday at her nursing care facility for four years, as one of her children. A visitation will be held at the home of the Snyders, 50 Robinwood, Little Rock from 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, October 16, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, October 17, 2011 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church. Bishop Kenneth Hicks, Rev. Thompson Murray and Rev. Betty Scull will officiate. A reception to greet the family will be held next door to the church in the QQUMC courtyard directly following the service. Memorials may be made to any United Methodist congregation, any hospice, any animal care organization or any Democratic candidate. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.