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Submitted: 5/5/22 • Approved: 12/29/22 • Last Updated: 1/1/23 • R1431274-G1431272-S3
11 Nov 1951 - 07 Apr 2022
Marriage:
1) Charles Duncan 27 Jul 1974
2) Hicks
Virginia Earlene (Voyles) Duncan Hicks daughter of John Franklin Voyles and Olene (Sharp) Voyles.
**obituary
Virginia "Earlene" Hicks of Strawberry, Arkansas
November 11, 1951 - April 7, 2022
Virginia Earlene Hicks, 70, of Strawberry, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday April 7, 2022, at UAMS in Little Rock.
Earlene was born Nov. 11, 1951, in Walnut Ridge, to John and Olene (Sharp) Voyles. Earlene was a faithful member of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. She was a hard worker her whole life and loved her job as a riverboat cook for Marquette for many years. Above all, Earlene was a loving friend, mother, sister and grandmother. Her favorite thing to do was to cook for her family and spend time at her home in Strawberry.
In addition to her parents, Earlene was preceded in death by sister, Lois Northcutt; brother-in-law, Norman Tanner; niece, Carrie Breedlove; and nephew, Chad Breedlove.
She is survived by her children, John (Tanya) Pettit of Strawberry and Debra (Roger) Randolph of Smithville; siblings, Steve Voyles, Ronnie and Lonnie Voyles and Debra Tanner, all of Odessa, Texas; grandchildren, Blake Pettit, Jake Pettit, Shelby Ward, Cheyanne Ibarra, Raven Johnson and Ian Crane; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation was Tuesday, April 12, 2022, from noon until 1 p.m. at Jerusalem Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Strawberry. The funeral was at 1 p.m. with Bro. Roger Randolph officiating. Interment was in Old Lebanon Cemetery in Lynn under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Honored to serve as pallbearers were Jake Pettit, Michael Simmons, Rick Clem, Brady Johnson, Brandon Jackson and Jeffery Bristow. Honorary pallbearers were Blake Pettit, Caleb Ward, Jeffery, Ian Crane, and the men of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.
Cox Funeral Home - Walnut Ridge
3280 Hwy. 67B North
Walnut Ridge, AR
Obiotuary provided courtesy of Cox Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Count, Arkansas. Published Apr 2022 © Copyright 2012 - 22 Cox Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.
Also, Published by The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas published Apr. 13, 2022
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Contributed on 5/5/22 by denise.bratcher63
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