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Submitted: 6/11/15 • Approved: 6/12/15 • Last Updated: 6/15/15 • R1081581-G1081581-S3
January 21, 1920 - July 4, 2014
Obituary from the H. A. Burns Funeral Home website:
Bonnie Juanita Epling
Bonnie Juanita Epling, 94, of Bella Vista, formerly of Yellville, Arkansas died July 4, 2014 at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born January 21, 1920 in Gilbert, Arkansas to Virgil and Nellie (Keeter) Yarbrough.
Juanita lived in Yellville, Arkansas for many years and was a native of Yellville. After graduating from high school she attended Draughon School of Business in Little Rock. She worked as a insurance agent in Kansas City and was a Tupperware manager in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Juanita was a member of First Baptist Church of Yellville where she taught Sunday school and helped in wedding preparations.
She was preceded in death by husbands Jim Epling and Nolan Carroll.
Her brothers: Gene and Dale Yarbrough and her sister Obeta Jones.
Juanita is survived by her daughter and son in law, Jane and Jerry P. Nanney of Bella Vista, Arkansas; her son and daughter in law, James and Lee Carroll of Riverdale, Georgia; four grandchildren: Jerry L and Tara Nanney of Prarie Grove, Arkansas; Patrice and Jim Kelleher of Cummings, Georgia; Jim Kelleher of Cumming, Georgia; Mia and Todd McBurnett of Lawrenceville, Georgia; Jeffrey Carroll of Hammond, Indiana; seven great-grandchildren: Joe, Will and Ansley Kelleher; Trevor and Tiffany McBurnett; Maddie and Marlee Griswood, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to services on Tuesday.
Services will be held at Burns Funeral Home Chapel in Yellville on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 11:00 am with Bro. Rick Pyron officiating.
Interment will follow in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery near Yellville.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 466, Yellville, AR 72687 or Circle of Life Hospice at Legacy Village, 1201 NE Legacy Parkway, Bentonville, AR 72712.
Contributed on 6/11/15 by maxparnell
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