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Submitted: 7/10/16 • Approved: 7/11/16 • Last Updated: 7/14/16 • R1147973-G0-S3
December 1, 1938 - May 16, 2012
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Friday, May 18, 2012
BENTON — Jerry Wayne Breland, age 73, born Dec. 1, 1938, in Farmerville, La., to Willie Columbus and Mittie Evelyn (Nash) Breland, passed away to be with his Lord and Savior on the morning of May 16, 2012.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Wilbur D. Breland.
He leaves behind two children: a daughter, Deborah S. Breland Ratliff and her husband, Jeff of Elm Springs, Ark., and a son, Ronald W. Breland of Lowell, Ark.; his four grandchildren, Emily Douglass and her husband, Greg, of Bentonville, Ark., John C. Adams III and wife, Sydney, of Springdale, Ark., Diedre M. Breland and her fiance, Wes Anderson, of Tahlequah, Okla., and Ronald W. Breland II of Lowell, Ark.; and 10 great-grandchildren, Tatijanna Gmitrovic of Germany, Jaxon, Jakob, Jamez, Aly and Jacen Douglass of Bentonville, Ark., Jade Adams of Elm Springs, Ark., Ariana Brooks and Jaelynn Adams of PawPaw, Ill., and Austin Sharp Adams of Springdale, Ark.; a lady companion, Darlene Woods of Benton, Ark.; his sister, Dorothy Ray and her husband; and two brothers, Dale Breland of Malvern, Ark., and Billy Breland and wife of Dardanelle, Ark.; his late brother Wilbur's children, Jack Breeland of Bentonville and Anita Breeland Townsend of Bentonville, Ark. He had many cousins, nieces, nephews and family in Louisiana, California and Oregon.
He lived several years in Oregon and retired to Arkansas in 1999 to be closer to his children and grandchildren.
He was the true definition of a Master Shade Tree Mechanic and was a race car driver and drag car racer in the early to mid-'60s with no fear of taking the checker flag for the win.
He loved to tinker with all kinds of "handyman" tasks, fishing and his bird, Boogie Bird.
He was much loved and will be missed by his family and friends from throughout the journey of his life here on Earth.
To follow his wishes, he will be cremated and will make his final resting place in Lanan, La., with his mother. Arrangements are still pending.
Contributed on 7/10/16 by judyfrog
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