Ethel Pierce Lecourias Connell departed this life on June 24, 2012 in the Hospice Unit of Town Creek Nursing Home in Huntsville, Texas. She was born in Clark County on Jan. 6th, 1916, the daughter of the late James C. and Ruth L Pierce. Ethel was of Baptist faith and a member of the Second Baptist Church in Arkadelphia. She was a life long resident of Arkadelphia, a great business woman, owned and operated a restaurant for many years there. One of her very favorite things was to talk about her trip to Israel to the Holy Land. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Pete Lecourias Sr., Ralph Holt and Boyd Connell, four sisters, Bessie Smothers, Georgia Glover, Eula Delong, and Lucy Pierce, and one brother, Olen Pierce. Ethel is survived by her son Pete Lecourias, Jr., brother, Townsend Pierce, granddaughter Pat Wheat (Buck) grandsons Mike Lecourias, Gary Lecourias, Greg Lecourias (Tammy) Nick Lecourias and numerous great grandchildren, nephews, Charles Smothers (Alyce), Bobby Joe Smothers (Linda) and two nieces, Trudy Consell (John) and Sandy Neil (Lynn) and numerous great nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Welch Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in DeGray Cemetery. Visit www.welchfh.net to sign the online guest book.