Mrs. Frances Neal Deason, age 60, of Wynne, died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at her home in Wynne.
Mrs. Deason was born April 17, 1940, in Cross County. She was the daughter of the late John and Viola Holt Neal. She attended school in Wynne and was a 1959 graduate of Wynne High School. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Wynne and Cross County and she was a Baptist.
She married Burnis Deason in 1962 and he survives her along with one brother, George Neal of Colt and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Deason were held today, Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne with Rev. Arthur Kennedy officiating. Burial followed in the Barnishaw Cemetery at Pine Tree with Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Ms. Fannie Woodard, age 69, of Forrest City, died Friday, March 30, 2001, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis.
Ms. Woodard is survived by two daughters, Darlene Bradley and Arlene Woodard, both of Forrest City; two sons, Sammy Woodard and Bobby Woodard, both of Forrest City; seven sisters, Catherine Simmons of Jackson, Miss., Lola Bell Powell of Cleveland, Ohio, Mary Alice Goodman of St. Louis, Mo., Lucy Crawford of Shell Lake, Charlsie Woodard of Forrest City, Ruthie Mae Bowman of Little Rock and Annie Bobo of Heth; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Ms. Woodard will be Friday, April 6, 2001, from 10 a.m. to noon at Union Grove M.B. Church with the funeral following at noon. Burial will follow in Paradise Garden Cemetery in Edmondson under the direction of Anthony Funeral Home of West Memphis.