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Submitted: 9/9/14 • Approved: 9/9/14 • Last Updated: 9/12/14 • R1037811-G998794-S3
Apr 9, 1959 - Apr 27, 2014
*Obituary
westbrookfuneralhome.com
Paula Blakemore, 55, of El Paso, Arkansas, was born April 9, 1959 and passed away April 27, 2014. She was an architectural designer who loved her job. Paula loved her family and she was loved by all who knew her. She will be deeply missed by all.
Paula is survived by her parents, Jesse and Freda Kirkland of El Paso; a sister, Donna Adkins (Gary) of Hot Springs; one child, Danielle Schneider (Greg) of Beebe; four grandchildren, Coleton Gibbs, Michaela Hulett, Devon Earles and Shelby Earles; stepson Jimmy Blakemore of Clinton; stepdaughter Charla Rousey (Eric) of Georgia; step-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and her special friend Eddie Smith.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Charlie; son Andy; brother Lynn; stepdaughter Vickie; grandparents Leonard and Lucy Kirkland and Bill and Ella Smith; two nephews, Jesse and Benjiman.
Memorials may be made to tornado disaster relief at American Red Cross, P.O. Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA, 50340-2018. www.redcross.org
Family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Oak Church of Christ, El Paso, with burial in Grissard Cemetery. Arrangements by Westbrook, a Smith Family Funeral Home.
*weather.com
Grandmother Paula Kirkland Blakemore is among the dead in Arkansas, after a tornado hit her double-wide trailer in El Paso Sunday night.
Blakemore had four children and numerous other family members, according to her Facebook page. The owner of a drafting business, she was well-known and loved in her town, friends told Fox16.com.
“We were fortunate to know her and be part of her life when she was here,” Daniel Byrd said, adding that she was a big animal lover.
One of her beloved dogs, Boss, stayed among the ruins of her home Monday, “keeping watch over it all, but refusing to leave,” according to Fox16’s report.
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Contributed on 9/9/14 by hawkinsdonna
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