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Submitted: 12/31/22 • Approved: 1/1/23 • Last Updated: 2/8/23 • R1463387-G1463386-S3
Apr 25, 1932 - Dec 14, 2009
Martha Guy Blackwell Hestand, age 77, of Little Rock, died December 14, 2009. She was born on April 25, 1932 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to the late Guy Carleton Blackwell and Martha Kimber Blackwell Barton.
After graduating from Pine Bluff High School, she attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where she was a member of the Chi Omega Women's Sorority and later was graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Martha Guy worked as an underwriter for Southland Life and later served as Director of Employee Benefits for SMU. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
Martha Guy is survived by her daughter, Carleton Hestand Hoyt and her husband John of Little Rock; her brother, Guy Carleton Blackwell III, and, Frank Young, Professor Emeritus of SMU. She was preceded in death by her brother, Dr. O.G. Blackwell.
A Celebration of Martha Guy's Life will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM with The Rev. Carey Stone officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mark's Columbarium Garden. Cremation arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com
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