Nancy Elizabeth "Sissy" Dougherty, 62, of Little Rock died Friday at the Hospice Home Care inpatient center on Bowman Road. She was born Nancy Elizabeth McQuary, the second child of A.L. "Spider" McQuary and Nancy Ruth Hutchison McQuary, on June 1, 1956, at Davis Hospital in Pine Bluff, Ark. The McQuary family moved in 1960 to Helena, Ark., where she attended Jefferson Elementary, Helena Elementary, and Central Junior High School. They moved in 1969 to Brownfield, Texas, where she attended Brownfield Junior High School. In 1970, the family moved to Little Rock, where she attended Cloverdale Junior High School and was a 1974 graduate of John L. McClellan High School. She attended Baptist Nursing School in Little Rock and was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She was an adviser in finance and insurance departments of Radiology Associates, Little Rock Hematology/Oncology and CARTI. Dougherty was active in the Young Democrats of Arkansas during the 1980s. She loved books, music, movies, and politics.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband of 12 years, Mike Dougherty of Little Rock; three stepchildren, Patrick Dougherty of Seattle, and Molly Bucy (John) and Megan Travis (Clayton); both of Austin, Texas; and three siblings, Vaughn McQuary (Jan) of Little Rock, John "Jack" McQuary (Crystal) of Benton, Ark., and Mary Olson (Gary) of Little Rock.
The Rosary and visitation will be Tuesday, January 8 from 6-8 p.m. at Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Court (NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.). Funeral Mass will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, 1003 N. Tyler St. in Little Rock. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery on Dixon Road near Sweet Home in Pulaski County.
Memorials may be made to Methodist Family Health at 1600 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock, AR 72205 or First Presbyterian Church of Argenta, 201 W. Fourth St., North Little Rock, AR 72114.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, (501)224-2200. Nancy's online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
Rosary Service
JAN
8.
6:00 PM (CST)
Little Rock Funeral Home
8801 Knoedl Ct
Little Rock, AR, 72205
Visitation
JAN
8.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (CST)
Little Rock Funeral Home
8801 Knoedl Ct
Little Rock, AR, 72205
Funeral Mass
JAN
9.
1:00 PM (CST)
Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church
1003 N. Tyler St.
Little Rock, AR, 72205