Cyndie “Cait” Stites, 64, Hot Springs, Ark., died May 24, 2012, at Hot Springs.

There will be a private memorial service in Hot Springs. Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 14 Parkstone Circle, North Little Rock, AR 72116; www.arkansashospice.org

She was born Jan. 27, 1948, in Evanston, daughter of Stanley J. and Helen Stites. She will be most remembered as an artist and writer.

Survivors include her parents of Clinton; her very good friend, James Napier, Hot Springs, Ark.; his children, Tiffany and Clayton; and her sisters, Cheryl (Mike) Masters, Grand Junction, Colo.; Connie (John) Konya, Norwalk, Conn.; and Carol Stokes, Manitowoc, Wis.