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Submitted: 6/3/21 • Approved: 6/3/21 • Last Updated: 6/6/21 • R1377354-G0-S3
November 4, 1927 - November 16, 2009
Obituary
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Charlsie Maynell (Nell) Thurman, age 82, of the Prairie Grove community passed away Monday, Nov. 16 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello, AR. She was born November 4, 1927, in the Prairie Grove community of Drew County, AR. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Allen Thurman and Elma Pearl Wells Thurman.
Nell left Arkansas in January of 1949 and moved to Houston, TX to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. She started out as an operator and worked her way up to become a Senior General Translations Clerk. She worked until October 1988, and for 38 of those 39 years, she never missed a day of work. After retirement in Houston, Nell returned to live in the Prairie Grove community where she resided with her sister, Mary.
Nell attended the Prairie Grove Community School and also took some classes at the University of Houston. She was a member of the Prairie Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include three brothers: Cecil Thurman and wife, Evelyn of the Prairie Grove community, Winfred (Windy) Thurman and wife, Maxine of Booneville, MS and Billy Joe Thurman and wife, Carol of Hot Springs Village, AR; and two sisters: Mary Thurman and Ouida Bowden and husband, Clifford, all of the Prairie Grove community.
She is also survived by four nieces: Beth Thurman of Monticello, AR, Gwen Gates and husband, Doug of Clear Lake City, TX, Susan Harris and husband, Bobby of the Prairie Grove community, and Linda Martin and husband, Mike of Silver City, NM; two nephews: Mark Bowden and wife, Kim of the Prairie Grove community and Rick Thurman and wife, Leannah of Houston, TX.
Other survivors are seven great nieces: Anna Bowden of Vilonia, AR, Carolyn Gates of Clear Lake City, TX, Stephanie, Nikki, Laci and Staci Harris all of the Prairie Grove community, and Olivia Thurman of Houston. In addition, she is survived by seven great nephews: Zach, Nicholas and Jacob Martin of Silver City, NM, Connor Gates of Clear Lake City, TX, Craig Bowden of the Prairie Grove community, and Luke and Joshua Thurman of Houston, and by one great great niece, Madison Harris of the Prairie Grove community.
Contributed on 6/3/21 by deltabelle55
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