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Submitted: 10/10/09 • Approved: 9/23/20 • Last Updated: 9/26/20 • R246175-G246175-S3
Rex 24 Nov 1914 - 08 Jan 1959
Thelma 30 Jan 1924 - 21 Sept 2020
Marriage:
Thelma
1) Rex Harrison 11 Apr 1942
2) Coy Crosno 08 Aug 1980
Rex M Harrison son of George A Harrison and Mary Mae (Wilson) Harrison. Thelma R (Hester) Harrison Crosno daughter of John J Hester and Bertha (Baird) Hester.
**obituary
Thelma R. Crosno
January 30, 1924 - September 21, 2020
Thelma R. Crosno peacefully left this world to be in Heaven with Jesus and so many of her loved ones on Monday. September 21, 2020 at 3:14 P.M.; she was surrounded by her daughters at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Thelma was born on January 30, 1924 in Bloomfield, MO, daughter of the late John J. and Bertha Baird Hester. On April 11, 1942 she married the love of her life, Rex M. Harrison. After the passing of Rex, she married Coy Crosno on August 8, 1980. She worked as a waitress for many years after moving from California. She retired from Skil. She loved bowling and did it for many years; she also got to bowl on a team with her daughters. Thelma loved looking at her flowers and watching the hummingbirds. She loved the St. Louis Cardinals and Razorbacks basketball and baseball teams. She also loved watching her grandson Hudson play baseball and basketball along with all her other grandchildren. She loved spending time with family and friends and would enjoy watching football but always would say, “I don’t know what they are doing, except touchdowns”.
In addition to her parents and both husbands, she is also preceded in death by a brother, Dan (Buck) Hester; a sister, Velma Lambert; a great granddaughter, Holly Megan Keedy; and her best friend, Bonnie Culver.
Survivors include her children; Peggy (Doug) Rogers of Walnut Ridge, Linda Harrison Rabatin of North Little Rock, and Reba (Dale) Reese of Benton; six grandchildren, Kimberly (Mack) Keedy, Amy (Mike) Deckard, Richard (Jenny) Rogers, Allison Smith, and Jason and Justin Reese; seventeen great grandchildren, Landon (Jessica) Willmuth, Zach Willmuth, Juneau, Ethan and Abby Smith, William (Friend) Keedy, Jillian (Colton) Keedy, Madden and Hudson Rogers, Kailey and Jaden Deckard, Jessica (Hunter) Adcock, Clayton (Olivia) Reese, Kobe Reese, Brooke Despain, Michael and Chloe Bounds; three great great grandchildren, Kinslee Simmerman, Westlynn and Graham Adcock; several nieces and nephews; and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside Service will be Friday, September 25, 2020 at 2:30 P.M. in the Lawrence Memorial Park Cemetery with Bro. Keith Marlin officiating. Pallbearers will be Landon and Zach Willmuth, Will Keedy, Clayton and Kobe Reese, Colton Scott, and Ethan Smith.
Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the Bryan Funeral Home. Obituary provided courtesy of Bryan Funeral Home Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Published 23 Sept 2020 © 2020 Bryan Funeral Home
Contributed on 10/10/09 by tootied
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