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Clifton FONDREN

Eight Mile Cemetery
Jackson County,
Arkansas

Clifton
July 04, 1925-Sept 02, 2011

Married to Jessie Lou Smith December 18, 1954


Mr. Clifton Fondren, 86, of McCrory died Friday, September 02, 2011.

He was born July 4, 1925 at Forest, Louisiana, the son of James Hester and Ozie Mae Abernathy Fondren.

He was a retired truck driver, working Wheeling Pipeline and Miller Transporters. Mr. Fondren was a United States Navy veteran, serving in World War II.

After returning from the war, he farmed and ran a dairy before becoming a truck driver. Clifton and Jessie Lou were married on December 18, 1954 at the Smith Home near Readland, South of Eudora, Arkansas. He was a member of the Beedeville Church of Christ. Mr. Fondren enjoyed watching the western channel, and reading western novels. He enjoyed playing basketball during his high school years, and was an avid hunter and fisherman in his younger years. He especially loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mr. Fondren was preceded in death by one daughter, Sherry Lou Fondren; two brothers, J.H. Fondren and Leonard Edward Fondren; two sisters, Suvilla Fondren Walker and Roberta Fondren Jackson; and his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Jessie Lou (Smith) Fondren; two sons, Clifton Mark Fondren and friend Sally Kolb of Little Rock and Floyd Randle Fondren and wife Nancy of Fayetteville, Arkansas; one daughter, Kerry Lee Fondren Middlebrook and husband Clay, Sr., of Dayton, Ohio; seven grand-children, Clay Alan Middlebrook and wife Desi, Kelly Ann Middlebrook Russell and husband Ryan, Kayla Amber Middlebrook Arguelles and husband Alex, Krystal Ashley Middlebrook and friend, Austin Nelson, Ross Randle Fondren, Andrew James Fondren, and Jessie Tice Fondren; four great grandchildren, Robert Tucker Russell, Harper Brook Russell, Audrey Ann Middlebrook, and Levi Conner Middlebrook; many nieces and nephews, and countless friends and neighbors.

Graveside services were held at Eight Mile Cemetery.

Arrangements by Jackson's Newport Funeral Home.
Obituary: Jackson Funeral Home, Newport, AR

Contributed on 11/19/20 by paperdoll1913
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Submitted: 11/19/20 • Approved: 11/19/20 • Last Updated: 11/22/20 • R1352023-G0-S3

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