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Submitted: 3/5/19 • Approved: 3/9/19 • Last Updated: 3/12/19 • R1258682-G1258681-S3
Harmon
1912 - 1988
Nina Mae
1916 - 2010
Ms. Nina Mae Ragan of DeWitt, Arkansas, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Ms. Ragan was 94 years, 2 months, and 15 days old. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Annie (Padgett) McSwain.
Ms. Ragan was the manager of the DeWitt Middle School Cafeteria and was of the Baptist faith.
Ms. Ragan was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband: Thomas Earl "Doodle" Jones; her 2nd husband: Harmon Ragan; a daughter: Martha Merrit; two infant sons: Harmon Ray and Homer David; three sisters: Elsie Wright, Louie Criswell and Hazel Porter; two step-sisters: Bernetta Norsworthy and Ruth Recroft; four step-brothers: Marvin McSwain, Wirt McSwain, Bruce McSwain, Thad McSwain and a great-grandson, Seth Clark.
She is survived by 4 daughters: Winona Weathers and her husband, Wilbur, and Flora Sisemore and her husband, Sonny, of DeWitt and Mary Alice Snook of Decatur; a son-in-law, Mike Merritt of DeWitt; a sister, Eunice Butler of Ethel; grandchildren, Kayleen Cunningham, Rexie Bolton, Angelia Dupuy, Rai Lynn Watkins, Denese Merritt Canedo and Wheatley Merritt; nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was held Friday, May 28, 2010, at the Essex Funeral Home Chapel in DeWitt. She was laid to rest at Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens.
Source: "DeWitt Era-Enterprise Obit. DeWitt, Arkansas. 2 Jun 2010."
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