AVANTS CLUCK, BILLIE JEAN - Crawford County, Arkansas | BILLIE JEAN AVANTS CLUCK - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Billie Jean AVANTS CLUCK

Gracelawn Cemetery
Crawford County,
Arkansas

Ralph Wayne Cluck
US Army
World War II
June 28, 1926 - March 29, 2003

Billie Jean Avants Cluck
April 2, 1929 - July 25, 2020

*Obituary
Ralph W. Cluck, 76, of Fort Smith died Saturday, March 29, 2003, in Van Buren to G.W. "Wood" Cluck and Rowena Cluck. After spending his childhood in Van Buren, Fort Smith and California. He joined the Army and served in the Philippines and Japan surviving the chaos of World War II. He dedicated his life to the peaceful pursuits of home and family. At age 20, he married the lovely Billie Jean Avants of Booneville. Together they had three sons,. He worked for more than 50 years in the glass business as owner of Standard Glass and shop foreman at Arkansas Glass and Mirror.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his sister Delois Young. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, three sons, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his sister.

A kindhearted and hard working man, he was a dedicated husband, proud father and playful grandpa. He entertainedhis family and friends with mishievous sstories, a sly grin and warm chuckles.

Funeral was held at 11 a.m. at Fentress Mortuary Chapel in Fort Smith conducted by C.D. Peoples followed by interment at Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren.

*Obituary
Billie Jean Cluck, 91, passed away Saturday, July 25th, 2020 in Fort Smith, AR. of natural causes.
Born Billie Jean Avants, April 2nd,1929 in North Little Rock, AR, she lived in Oppelo and Booneville, AR, and Muskogee, OK., then most of her life in Fort Smith, AR.

She was an active member of Bluff Ave. Baptist Church for many years. Billie ran a clean, tidy ship in a house full of men. The wife of a veteran, a hairdresser and later retail clerk, she was always moving. Her hands gave perms, snapped life jackets, folded countless slacks, made the best pecan tarts and macaroni and cheese, flipped through hundreds of romance novels and held loved ones hands when it was needed. She was a classic lady and a product of her generation, “The Greatest Generation”. She never left the door without her hair, earrings, and make-up in place. Her own words sum up the inner beauty that matched her outer beauty when she wrote, “We didn’t have much, but we did have love, and that’s all that mattered”.

Billie was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur Avants and Julia Evans, her siblings. J.B. Avants, Leoma Vaught and William Avants and her husband Ralph Cluck.

She was survived by her children and spouses, Dr. Darrell Cluck and Pat Cohn, Allen and Cindy Cluck and Dr. Rodney Cluck and Peggy Hughes Cluck, grandchildren Jessica Watkins, Robbie Cluck, Jarrod Cluck and Sadie Cluck and great grandchildren Hallie and Connor Watkins.

Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth

Contributed on 6/23/22 by Billsully060
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Submitted: 6/23/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R1437704-G1437702-S3

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