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Roberta Jeanette STEELE SULLIVAN

Falling Springs (Decatur) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Orla
October 25, 1921 - June 26, 2009

*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Sunday, June 28, 2009

GENTRY — Orla James Ownbey, 87, of Gentry died June 26, 2009, at his home. He was born Oct. 25, 1921, in Decatur to Elzy Lawrence Ownbey and Lida Lanessa Wilmoth Ownbey.

He was a farmer, carpenter and also worked maintenance for the Gentry Public Schools. He was a member of the Gentry United Methodist Church. He married Berta Jean Steele in Gentry in 1949.

He was preceded in death by a son, Donald Sisemore.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Ronald Ownbey and wife Joanne of Russellville and James Ownbey of Fayetteville; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Marvin Ownbey of Gentry; four sisters, Nedra Primrose of Tustin, Calif., Nadean Hardcastle of Springdale, Faye Higgins of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Marilyn Cameron of Dana Point, Calif.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Gentry with the Rev. Charles Ashcraft officiating. Burial will follow at Falling Springs Cemetery in Decatur.

Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs. Online condolences may be made at wassonfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Gentry United Methodist Church.

Roberta
April 10, 1928 - October 2, 2014

*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

GENTRY — Roberta Jeanette Steele Ownbey Sullivan, 86-year-old resident of Gentry, Ark., died Oct. 2, 2014, at Willard Walker Hospice Home, Fayetteville, Ark. Born April 10, 1928, she was the daughter of James DeKalb Steele and Hettie Walls Steele.

Both of her parents died when she was just 2 years old and she joined the family of Author and Lou Steele.

She graduated from Gentry High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. Roberta went to the College of the Ozarks before graduation from the University of Arkansas with a master's degree in education.

She met and married Orla James Ownbey in 1949, her husband of 60 years. She was a school teacher in area
cities in Northwest Arkansas. Roberta was a member of the United Methodist Church of Gentry and co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.

She married Ralph Sullivan in September 2010.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Fred and J.D. Steele; and her first husband, Orla James Ownbey.

She is survived by her husband, Ralph; two sons, Ronald Paul Ownbey and wife, Joanne, of Russellville, Ark., and James Steele Ownbey of Gentry; grandchildren, Suzanne Mackey, Kevin Paul Ownbey, Lisa Lynn Kirchner, James "Jay" Ownbey and Samuel Morris Ownbey; and eight great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Falling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, Ark. There will be a reception following the service at 12:30 p.m. at the Gentry United Methodist Church, Gentry, Ark. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials to be sent to Gentry Public Library, 105 East Main St., Gentry, 72734; or the Gentry United Methodist Church, 102 Southwest 1st St., Gentry, 72734.

Married October 8, 1949

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Submitted: 8/5/18 • Approved: 8/5/18 • Last Updated: 8/8/18 • R1234288-G1055194-S3

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