Alma V. Becknell, 84, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House.
She was born Jan. 8, 1931, at Custer City, Okla., to Ed Bixby and Myrtle Polk Smith.
Mrs. Becknell was a member of the Joiner Baptist Church where she was a pianist and Sunday school teacher. She had a master's degree in music from Henderson State University. She was a retired music teacher from the South Mississippi County School District.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Ray Becknell.
Survivors include her sons, Glen Ray (LeAnn) Becknell of Chanute, Kan., and David Earl (Shelly) Becknell of Jonesboro; grand-children, Brandon Becknell, Walker Becknell and Luke Becknell, all of Chanute, Alissa Becknell of Kansas City, Mo., Brittny Becknell of Parsons, Kan., and Justin Becknell of Lepanto; great-grand-child, Piper Meyer of Whitton; and two brothers, Jimmy Smith of Dallas and Wayne Smith of Cabot.
Funeral services were at Roller-Swift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens.
Jonesboro Sun obits. September 16, 2015
She was born Jan. 8, 1931, at Custer City, Okla., to Ed Bixby and Myrtle Polk Smith.
Mrs. Becknell was a member of the Joiner Baptist Church where she was a pianist and Sunday school teacher. She had a master's degree in music from Henderson State University. She was a retired music teacher from the South Mississippi County School District.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Ray Becknell.
Survivors include her sons, Glen Ray (LeAnn) Becknell of Chanute, Kan., and David Earl (Shelly) Becknell of Jonesboro; grand-children, Brandon Becknell, Walker Becknell and Luke Becknell, all of Chanute, Alissa Becknell of Kansas City, Mo., Brittny Becknell of Parsons, Kan., and Justin Becknell of Lepanto; great-grand-child, Piper Meyer of Whitton; and two brothers, Jimmy Smith of Dallas and Wayne Smith of Cabot.
Funeral services were at Roller-Swift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens.
Jonesboro Sun obits. September 16, 2015
Alma V. Becknell, 84, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House.
She was born Jan. 8, 1931, at Custer City, Okla., to Ed Bixby and Myrtle Polk Smith.
Mrs. Becknell was a member of the Joiner Baptist Church where she was a pianist and Sunday school teacher. She had a master's degree in music from Henderson State University. She was a retired music teacher from the South Mississippi County School District.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Ray Becknell.
Survivors include her sons, Glen Ray (LeAnn) Becknell of Chanute, Kan., and David Earl (Shelly) Becknell of Jonesboro; grand-children, Brandon Becknell, Walker Becknell and Luke Becknell, all of Chanute, Alissa Becknell of Kansas City, Mo., Brittny Becknell of Parsons, Kan., and Justin Becknell of Lepanto; great-grand-child, Piper Meyer of Whitton; and two brothers, Jimmy Smith of Dallas and Wayne Smith of Cabot.
Funeral services were at Roller-Swift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens.
Jonesboro Sun obits. September 16, 2015
She was born Jan. 8, 1931, at Custer City, Okla., to Ed Bixby and Myrtle Polk Smith.
Mrs. Becknell was a member of the Joiner Baptist Church where she was a pianist and Sunday school teacher. She had a master's degree in music from Henderson State University. She was a retired music teacher from the South Mississippi County School District.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Ray Becknell.
Survivors include her sons, Glen Ray (LeAnn) Becknell of Chanute, Kan., and David Earl (Shelly) Becknell of Jonesboro; grand-children, Brandon Becknell, Walker Becknell and Luke Becknell, all of Chanute, Alissa Becknell of Kansas City, Mo., Brittny Becknell of Parsons, Kan., and Justin Becknell of Lepanto; great-grand-child, Piper Meyer of Whitton; and two brothers, Jimmy Smith of Dallas and Wayne Smith of Cabot.
Funeral services were at Roller-Swift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens.
Jonesboro Sun obits. September 16, 2015
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