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Submitted: 6/25/23 • Approved: 6/26/23 • Last Updated: 4/15/24 • R1489657-G1489654-S3
October 4, 1941 ~ May 16, 2021
Obituary
Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home
Hamburg, Arkansas
Brenda Stell Hollis Graham, 79, of Hamburg, died Sunday, May 16,
2021, at her residence. Mrs. Graham was a native and lifelong resident
of Hamburg and a 1959 graduate of Hamburg High School. She worked
for the City of Hamburg for over 25 years, the last 13 years as the City
Clerk/Treasurer. She was a past member of the Arkansas City Clerks,
Treasurers Association, having served one term as District Director.
Mrs. Graham was a past member of the International Institute of
Municipal Clerks, and through educational programs, she achieved the
designation of Certified Municipal Clerk. She also served on the
Advisory Council of the Arkansas Municipal League for six years. Mrs.
Graham was a member of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her father, Benson Dewitt Stell and her
mother, Vera Ross Stell Smith.
She is survived by her son, Tim Hollis; her daughter, Meredith Hollis
Hayden both of Hamburg; a brother, Van Stell and wife, Theresa, of
Branson, Missouri; five grandchildren, Jessica Deal and husband,
Mitchell, Carrie Evans and husband, Grant, Wade Hollis, Harleigh
Livingston and husband, Daniel, and Baileah Hayden; one great-grandson, Pacen Phillip Deal, a great-granddaughter on the way, Ansley
Brooke Evans; three lifelong friends, Joyce Ann Rush, Sherry Stahley
and Bonnie Colquette and her internet son, Wu Tjin Sen.
Graveside services are 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in the Hamburg
Cemetery with Bro. Ray Woods and Stephen Dumas officiating. Burial
will be in the Hamburg Cemetery. Pallbearers are Butch Hill, Stephen
Dumas, Brian Slaughter, Grant Evans, Daniel Livingston and Mitchell
Deal. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hamburg
Volunteer Fire Department, 1221 N. Main Street, Hamburg, AR 71646.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Monday at the funeral home.
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send your condolences to the family.
Contributed on 6/25/23 by deltabelle55
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