Mrs. Cleora Neal, age 63, of Forrest City, died Friday, March 30, 2001, at Crestpark Retirement Inn of Forrest City.
Mrs. Neal was born Jan. 29, 1938, in West Memphis. She was a retired laborer.
Mrs. Neal is survived by her husband, Woodrow Neal of Forrest City; two sons, Cleophia Neal of Minneapolis, Minn. and Woodrow Neal Jr. of Forrest City; two daughters, Gwen Gates of Little Rock and Betty Beasley of Palestine; two brothers, Curtis Varnado and Lucious Varnado, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; a sister, Joan Williams of Little Rock; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Neal will be Thursday, April 5, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Clay Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Friday, April 6, 2001, at 11 a.m., at New Light M.B. Church with the Rev. Earl Sinclair officiating. Burial will follow in Casteel Cemetery under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
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, Charlisie 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 Salem M.B. Church in Forrest City with the funeral following at noon. Burial will follow in Paradise Garden Cemetery in Edmondson under the direction of Anthony Funeral Home.