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Submitted: 3/3/21 • Approved: 3/3/21 • Last Updated: 3/6/21 • R1365321-G1365321-S3
July 3, 1935 - November 3, 2016
Obituary
Paradise Funeral Home
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Clovie Fountain 81, of Pine Bluff passed November 3, 2016
Mrs. Clovie Harris Fountain was born to the union of the late Willie B. Harris and Sarah Gulley on July 3, 1935 in Tillar, Arkansas.
She confessed a hope in Christ at an early age at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tillar, Arkansas under the pastoral leadership of Reverend Willie Givens. Upon moving to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Clovie joined church at Christian Fellowship under the pastoral leader of Kerri L. Newborn. Later Clovie joined Full Counsel Christian Felowship under the leadership of Dr. Silas and Dr. Jennifer Johnson and later Pastor Vincent Johnson, where she remained a faithful member until her health began to decline.
She was united in holy matrimony to Eddie Fountain , Sr. in 1953. To this union two children were born. She is preceded in death by her husband Eddie Fountain, Sr.; her brothers Leroy Harris, Willie J. Harris, Laverne Harris, and James Harris; sisters, Sarah Harris, Dorothy Barnes, and Luella Butler; and her grandparents; Bob and Annie Harris and Lucille Thomas.
She leaves to cherish her memories her devoted daughters; Inez (Charles) Walker of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Ruth (Manuel) Baltimore of American Canyon, California, Dorothy Franklin of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Diane (Mackie) Phillips of Stuttgart, Arkansas; a son Eddie (Teresa) Fountain, Jr. of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; sisters, Lucille Jones of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mildred Pitts of Little Rock, Arkansas, Daisy Cowley of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Evelyn Ann (Ervin) Cross of Chicago, Illinos; brothers, Reverend Nathaniel Harris of Kansas City, Missouri and David (Mary) Harris of Little Rock, Arkansas; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-six great grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two special friends, Mrs. Nathaniel and Loretta Green; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.
Funeral Service will be Saturday November 12, 2016 11:00A.M. Full Counsel Church Officiating Pastor Vincent Johnson Internment New Bethel Cemetery in Tillar, Arkansas by Paradise Funeral Home
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