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Submitted: 8/20/21 • Approved: 8/24/21 • Last Updated: 8/27/21 • R1386777-G1386777-S3
31 May 1938 - 16 Aug 2021
Marriage:
Dorothy LaVerne (Nelms) Bruce wife of Arthur Edward Bruce. Dorothy LaVerne (Nelms) Bruce daughter of Joseph Garland Nelms and Wilma Ovella (Bradberry) Nelms.
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Dorothy LaVerne (Nelms) Bruce of Hoxie, Arkansas | 1938 - 2021 | Obituary
May 31, 1938 - August 16, 2021
Dorothy LaVerne Nelms Bruce of Hoxie, died August 16, 2021 at her residence.
She was born May 31, 1938 in Rushing, AR to Joseph Garland Nelms & Wilma Ovella Bradberry Nelms.
She attended Grace Tabernacle church in Black Rock, AR, and took great joy in the young people of the church. She saw them as the future church and enjoyed their singing and was interested in their activities and progress in life. She was a nurse and worked in several departments at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, but especially enjoyed working in the ER and felt that is where she did her best work. She also worked in nursing homes in the area. She enjoyed gardening, her chickens, genealogy, sewing, and canning & freezing food. She enjoyed hearing what her family was up to and loved to follow the progress in their projects and work.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Wilma; a sister, Joyce Moore of Hiawatha, KS; and a son, Alan Bruce of Hoxie, AR.
She is survived by her husband Arthur Edward Bruce of Hoxie; sisters, Mildred Hoeman of Shawnee, OK, and Patricia Hall of Glendale, AZ; brothers, Roy Nelms & Billy Joe Nelms of Fort Smith, AR; children, Charles Bruce of Midwest City, OK, Sheri Wiggins, of Johnson City, TN, and Rebekah Brandt of Annville, PA; grandchildren, Sean Wiggins, Brian Wiggins, Kimberly Dixon, Alicia Strunk, Mark Brandt, Zachary Brandt, Laura Bruce, Billy Bruce, Calvin Bruce, Michael Bruce, Marshea Seabree, and Cameron Seabree; 23 great grandchildren; and many other nieces, nephews, & friends.
Visitation will be Friday August 20, 2021 from 11:00AM-1:00PM at House-Gregg Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Funeral services begin at 1:00PM in the House-Gregg Funeral Chapel in Walnut Ridge, with Matt Morse officiating.
Burial will be in Eagle's Rest Cemetery near Wirth, AR under direction of House-Gregg Funeral Home of Walnut Ridge & Lynn, AR.
Obituary provided courtesy of House-Gregg Funeral Home Walnut Ridge and Lynn, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Published Aug 2021 © Copyright 2010 - 21 House-Gregg Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.
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