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Submitted: 1/24/15 • Approved: 2/16/15 • Last Updated: 4/4/15 • R1058934-G391260-S3
Amos 25 Jan 1908 - 18 Dec 1996
Bertha 25 Dec 1915 - 13 Jan 2015 (obituary)
Married: 04 Jun 1932
Section 14 Row 23
Bertha's parents were Jesse Merriman and Deasy (Berry) Barker.
Bertha Romine
HOXIE — Bertha Lee Romine, 99, of Hoxie died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at Lawrence Hall Nursing Center in Walnut Ridge.
She was born Dec. 25, 1915, at Tuckerman to Jessie and Deasy Berry Barker. On June 4, 1932, she married Amos "Shankie" Romine at Newport. She moved to Lawrence County in 1939, where she was a homemaker and a member of the Walnut Ridge Assembly of God.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; son, James Romine; daughters, Marie George and Jane Harp Hullett; sons-in-law, T.J. "T-Bone" George and Edward Harp; brothers, Jessie, Joe and Clarence Barker; sisters, Merniva Thompson, Cilar Huskey and I.V. Kollar; and grandson, Allen Romine.
Survivors include her sons, Bill (Wilma) Romine of Rockford, Ill., Clarence (Kathy) Romine of Seminole, Okla., and Ed (Frankie) Romine of Hoxie; son-in-law, Junior Hullett of Hoxie; daughter-in-law, Lee Etta Romine of Dexter, Mo.; sisters, Sybel Barnham of Swifton, Julia Keedy of Cash and Anna Jo Gale of Georgia; 17 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 this evening in Cox Funeral Home Chapel at Walnut Ridge. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel with Chaplain Lt. Col. Terry Romine officiating. Burial will follow in Lawrence Memorial Park at Walnut Ridge.
Bertha's grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Lawrence Hall Nursing Center.
Online registry: www.coxfhwalnutridge.com The Jonesboro Sun 01/15/2015
Contributed on 1/24/15 by denise.bratcher63
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