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Submitted: 11/1/16 • Approved: 11/2/16 • Last Updated: 11/5/16 • R1159478-G36555-S3
Virgil
May 31, 1902 - February 26, 1993
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Sunday, February 28, 1993
Virgil Lewis Bedwell, 90, of Gravette, died Friday, Feb. 26, 1993 at his home.
He was born May 31, 1902 at Council Grove, Kan., to Horace Ball Bedwell and Ida Ann Lewis Bedwell. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Gravette. He worked as a farmer. He moved to this area in 1965 from Turlock, Calif.
Survivors are his wife, Ardath Bedwell; two sons, Leroy Bedwell of Bentonville and Troy Bedwell of Fort Smith; two daughters, Maxine Soule of Gravette and Betty Jones of Tulsa; and nine grandchildren.
Funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Church of Christ, Gravette, with A.J. Hendrix officiating. Burial is to be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are by Callison-Lough Funeral Service, Gravette.
Ardath
October 19, 1917 - August 19, 2014
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, August 22, 2014
GRAVETTE — Ardath Bedwell, 96, a longtime resident of Gravette, entered into rest Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Rogers. She was born to the late William L. and Fennie McCutchen Reddell on Oct. 19, 1917, in Cave Creek, Ark.
For nearly 54 years, she was the loving wife of Virgil Bedwell.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, Orphus, Norman and Conrad Reddell; and two sisters, Loal Wheeler and Violet Hendrix.
She is survived by two daughters, Maxine (Gary) Soule of Gravette and Betty (Jay) Jones of Tulsa; two sons, Leroy (Zanetta) Bedwell of Gravette and Troy (Virginia) Bidwell of Booneville; three sisters, Mary Gregory of Missouri, Nalta Lombard and Vernis Hayden of Bentonville; nine grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Services will be begin Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Gravette Church of Christ at 10 a.m. with visitation, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the care of Rollins Funeral Home of Rogers.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.RollinsFuneral.com.
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