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Submitted: 1/31/17 • Approved: 1/31/17 • Last Updated: 2/3/17 • R1173966-G1173966-S3
Leonard Forrest (Short)
Oct 19, 1913 - Apr 21, 2001
Parents:
Jesse C Kirkland (1887 - 1946)
Mae M Kirkland (1890 - 1980)
Lucy Tanna
Nov 3, 1918 - July 4, 2011
Married Dec 28, 1935
Lucy Tanna Riley Kirkland, age 92, of El Paso, Arkansas died July 4, 2011. Lucy was born to Ben and Lee Harper Riley.
She was a lifelong member of The Oak Church of Christ in El Paso.
Lucy is survived by sons, Jesse "J.B" Kirkland and wife, Freda, Leroy Kirkland and wife, Alice, all of El Paso and Danny Kirkland and wife, Carolyn of Bentonville, Arkansas; seven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and twenty-two great-great-grandchildren.
Lucy was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lenoard (Short) Kirkland; daughter, Joann Kirkland; two grandsons; three great-grandsons; three sisters, Loetta Riley, Lizzie Kirkland, Eddie Mae Brown; brother, Jim Riley; stepmother, Dora Riley and her mother and father-in-law, Jess and Mae Kirkland.
Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011, at The Oak Church of Christ in El Paso with burial at Blasingame Cemetery.
Spouse:
Leonard Forrest Kirkland (1913 - 2001)
Children:
Jesse Ben Kirkland (1938 - 2016)
Contributed on 1/31/17 by hawkinsdonna
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