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Submitted: 7/12/18 • Approved: 7/16/18 • Last Updated: 7/19/18 • R1230228-G1230226-S3
17 Jun 1958 - 17 Sept 2017
Marriage:
1) 13 Aug 1976 recorded Lawrence County, Arkansas Book FF-393
2) Gene Wheeless
Nancy Ruth (Ellison) Gaines Wheeless the Bill E Gaines Nancy Ruth (Ellison) Gaines Wheeless the daughter of Charles Ellison and Onida Ruth (Richey) Ellison.
Nancy Ruth (Ellison) Gaines
June 17, 1958 - September 17, 2017
Nancy Wheeless, 59, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 17, 1958 in Walnut Ridge to Charles and Onida Ruth Richey Ellison.
She was an assembler at Monroe and a member of Portia church of Christ.
She is preceded in death by an infant brother, Michael Ellison.
She is survived by her parents, Charles and Onida Ellison of Powhatan; son, Jason Gaines (Whitney) of Paragould; sister, Linda Kurc of Hoxie; and a granddaughter, Taylor Gaines.
Visitation will be Thursday, September 21, 2017 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Cox Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral will be Friday, September 22, 2017 at 11 a.m. with Robert Davis and Seth Parnell officiating.
Burial will follow at Old Lebanon Cemetery in Lynn, Arkansas. All arrangements are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Pallbearers will be Jerry Wayne, Shawn, Mart, Danny, John, Trevor and Walker Morgan and Eric Pratt.
Obituary provided courtesy of Cox Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas © Copyright 2012-2018 Cox Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.
Photo and information courtesy of Catherine (Stewart) Richey.
Contributed on 7/12/18 by denise.bratcher63
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