Biography:

Louis Martin Mulkey died April 27th, 2025. The son of Leonard Lee Mulkey and Mary Rike Mulkey, he was born April 20, 1931, in Little Rock.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Longstreth Mulkey, and three sons, Dr. Louis Edgar (Eddie) of Tulsa OK. his wife Karen and children, Natalie and Noel; Bruce Leonard of Bentonville, AR, his wife Elaine and children, Atticus, Achilles, Demetrius, Aristotle, and Briseis; and Woodrow Noel (Woody) and his children, Nicholas and Rachel.

He was graduated from Little Rock High School. While attending Little Rock Junior College, where he was elected president of the Student Body, he was also a member of the United States Navel Reserve. Called to active duty, he served two years, 1951-53, during the Korean War, as an electronics store keeper (SKG3) aboard the USS Toledo CA133 heavy cruiser which was awarded the South Korean Presidential Unit Citation and Battle Star by Syngman Rhee for ground support of the troops.

After he was graduated with a BSBA in business from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, he attended Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, KY, and from there received the M.Div degree. He was a Life Scout and an avid runner for over fifty years, running the Dallas White Rock Marathon twice.

Louis was a United Methodist minister for 35 years. While in seminary he served the El Bethel UMC in Indians Fields, KY. Returning to Arkansas he served churches in both the Little Rock and North Arkansas Conferences (now united as the Arkansas United Methodist Conference, of which he was a member.).

He was pastor in Rison UMC, at St. Mark in Camden, Lakeside in Like Village, Good Faith and Sulphur Springs in Pine Bluff, Grand Avenue in Stuttgart, Highland Valley and Mabelvale in Little Rock, First UMC in Clarksville, and First UMC in Jacksonville.He was instrumental in five new building programs: St. Mark (Camden), (SulphurSprings and Good Faith (Pine Bluff), and Highland Valley and Mabelvale (Little Rock).

In the Little Rock Conference of the UMC he served a term as chairman of the Board of Christian Social Concerns, on several district Boards of Church Building and Location and on the Board of Ordained Ministry. For twelve years he was director of Junior High Camp at Camp Tanako in Hot Springs. Following retirement he worked for two years as Director of Development for the Florence Crittenden Home of Little Rock, traveling throughout the state in that effort.

Louis was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Paul and Kenneth, and sisters, Louise Chambers and Marion Henson.

Internment will be in the PHUMC columbarium at a later date. Services under the direction of RuebelFuneralHome.com