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Submitted: 2/28/20 • Approved: 2/28/20 • Last Updated: 3/2/20 • R1301102-G780863-S3
Charles 12 Jan 1932 - 21 Feb 2005
Mary 08 Nov 1928 - 06 Nov 2011
Marriage: 14 Jan 1950*
Charles Clinton Shroud husband of Mary Lee (Highfill) Shourd. Charles Clinton Shroud son of Charlie C Shourd and Geneva E Shourd. Mary Lee (Highfill) Shourd daughter of Emery Highfill and Rosie (Boyd) Highfill.
Charles Shourd, 73, of Corning, Ark., died Monday at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.
Mr. Shroud was a member of the Tipperary Baptist Church in Tipperary, Ark. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired self-employed farmer and trucker. On Jan. 14, 1950, he married Mary Lee Highfill.
Obituary located in the archives of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas published 23 Feb 2005.
Also, that of his wife,
Mary Lee Shourd
November 08, 1928 - November 06, 2011
Mrs. Mary Lee Shourd, 82, of Corning, AR., passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR. She was born in Tipperary, AR., on November 8, 1928. She was a homemaker and a retired store manager having work many years for Dollar General Corporation. She loved spending time with and talking about her grandchildren, she enjoyed attending church and sharing her faith. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Corning.
She married her husband Charles Clinton Shourd on January 14, 1950. He preceded her in death February 21, 2005.
She is survived by two sons David Shourd and wife Rita of Knobel, AR., Ronnie Shourd and wife Teresa of Corning, AR.; six grandchildren Chris Shourd, Rhonda Shourd, Charlie Shourd, Amy Walker, Scott Shourd, Heather Scrape; five great-grandchildren Dillon, Cody, Catelynn, Haley and Alex; two close friends Linda Clayton and Elaine Ellis.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents Emery and Rosie (Boyd) Highfill and brother Johnny Highfill.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM in the Ermert Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Sunny Williams officiating. Burial will follow the service in the Corning Cemetery. Public visitation will held Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Obituary provided through Ermert Funeral Home Corning, Clay County, Arkansas published Nov 2011.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name:Charles C Shourd
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date:14 Jan 1950
Event Place:Clay, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place:Knobel, Arkansas
Gender:Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Lee Highfill
Spouse's Residence Place:Knobel, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender:Female
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