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Clara Sanders
Clara Jean Sanders, 47, went to heaven on Dec. 28.
She is survived by her husband, Ronald Sanders; daughter, Amanda and husband Tony Patterson; son, Robert and wife Danielle Sanders; and parents Robert and Martha Rush, all of Cabot; brothers, Robert Rush of Kansas, Anthony Rush of West Virginia, David Hannah of California and Don Lee Rush of Cabot; grandchildren, Josie Sanders, Donovan Sanders, Ronnie Mason, Abigail Patterson and Anthony Patterson.
She was preceded in death by her grandchild, Haley Sanders.
Funeral services were held Dec. 31 at Boyd Funeral Home in Lonoke. Burial followed in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cabot.
Dorothy Gray
Dorothy “Sue” Gray, 74, of McRae died Dec. 28.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Frank Ott.
She is survived by her son, Anthony Scott Fortune of McRae; daughters, Paula Fortune of Beebe and Frankie Miller of McRae; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Dec. 31 at Westbrook Funeral Home of Beebe with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
Alfreda Gregory
Alfreda May Rea Gregory, 92, of Ward went to be with her Lord Dec. 26 at Searcy.
She was born Nov. 10, 1915, to William Andrew Rea and Anna Holden Rea at Van, Penn.
She married Thomas B. Gregory Aug. 6, 1934, at the home of her parents at Cyclone, Penn.
She moved from Limestone, N.Y., in 1952 to Hobbs, N.M.
Then the family was transferred to Lovington, N.M.
She was society editor for the Lovington Daily Leader and correspondent for the Hobbs News Sun and the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.
She worked for B & J Drug for 11 years.
She was a member of Lovington United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Susanna Circle, Thursday Bible study, AARP, Eight O’clock Breakfast, Wacky Widows Club and Tuesday evening 84 Card Club.
She was Lovington Mother of the Year. She loved to travel, visiting 14 countries and the Vancouver Islands plus 48 states, having missed North Dakota and Minnesota.
She and Tom spent their 45th wedding anniversary in Berlin, Germany. She loved hunting, fishing and camping.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; a son, Lawrence, her parents and four brothers and four sisters.
She is survived by a son, James L. Gregory and wife Gladys of Midland, Texas; a daughter, Judy Gore and husband J.W. of Ward; daughter-in-law, Herriet Gregory of Hobbs, N.M.; seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Lovington Cemetery at Lovington, N.M. by Stevens Funeral Home.
Local arrangements were by Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.
Clara Jean Sanders, 47, went to heaven on Dec. 28.
She is survived by her husband, Ronald Sanders; daughter, Amanda and husband Tony Patterson; son, Robert and wife Danielle Sanders; and parents Robert and Martha Rush, all of Cabot; brothers, Robert Rush of Kansas, Anthony Rush of West Virginia, David Hannah of California and Don Lee Rush of Cabot; grandchildren, Josie Sanders, Donovan Sanders, Ronnie Mason, Abigail Patterson and Anthony Patterson.
She was preceded in death by her grandchild, Haley Sanders.
Funeral services were held Dec. 31 at Boyd Funeral Home in Lonoke. Burial followed in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cabot.
Dorothy Gray
Dorothy “Sue” Gray, 74, of McRae died Dec. 28.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Frank Ott.
She is survived by her son, Anthony Scott Fortune of McRae; daughters, Paula Fortune of Beebe and Frankie Miller of McRae; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Dec. 31 at Westbrook Funeral Home of Beebe with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
Alfreda Gregory
Alfreda May Rea Gregory, 92, of Ward went to be with her Lord Dec. 26 at Searcy.
She was born Nov. 10, 1915, to William Andrew Rea and Anna Holden Rea at Van, Penn.
She married Thomas B. Gregory Aug. 6, 1934, at the home of her parents at Cyclone, Penn.
She moved from Limestone, N.Y., in 1952 to Hobbs, N.M.
Then the family was transferred to Lovington, N.M.
She was society editor for the Lovington Daily Leader and correspondent for the Hobbs News Sun and the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.
She worked for B & J Drug for 11 years.
She was a member of Lovington United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Susanna Circle, Thursday Bible study, AARP, Eight O’clock Breakfast, Wacky Widows Club and Tuesday evening 84 Card Club.
She was Lovington Mother of the Year. She loved to travel, visiting 14 countries and the Vancouver Islands plus 48 states, having missed North Dakota and Minnesota.
She and Tom spent their 45th wedding anniversary in Berlin, Germany. She loved hunting, fishing and camping.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; a son, Lawrence, her parents and four brothers and four sisters.
She is survived by a son, James L. Gregory and wife Gladys of Midland, Texas; a daughter, Judy Gore and husband J.W. of Ward; daughter-in-law, Herriet Gregory of Hobbs, N.M.; seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Lovington Cemetery at Lovington, N.M. by Stevens Funeral Home.
Local arrangements were by Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.
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