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Submitted: 10/5/23 • Approved: 10/5/23 • Last Updated: 10/8/23 • R1505083-G1505082-S3
Robert
US Army
World War II
December 19, 1925 - December 26, 2020
Robert Whitman "Bob" Ranells December 19, 1925 ~ December 26, 2020
Robert Whitman Ranells, of Paris, Arkansas, passed away on December 26th 2020, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. A celebration of life will be held at a later date when pandemic restrictions allow for safe travel and the gathering of loved ones. Robert was born in Plainview, Texas, to Evvie Alice and Claudie Oscar Ranells on December 19 1925. He married Frances Sue Ranells in 1946. He was a Veteran of WW II and served in the Army in the Pacific Theater. Upon returning home he enrolled in the Agriculture School in Logan County Arkansas. He later bought a family farm in Subiaco and then moved to Mountain Home, ID in 1962, where he was employed by the US Postal Service. He was a member of the Masons and coached youth baseball for many years in Mountain Home. After retiring, he and Sue returned to their beloved farm in Subiaco.
Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Evvie and Claudie, sisters Vera Blackburn and Mary Alice Atwood, and his wife of 73 years, Frances Sue Ranells.
Robert is survived by five children: Robert Dale Ranells (Meridian, ID), Sandra Sue Tingle (Sedona, AZ), Rhonda Joyce Durgeloh (Wasilla, AK), Melissa Jo Lawrence (Tulsa, OK), and Larry Dean Ranells (Fort Smith, AR). He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.'
Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 31, 2020 at First Christian Church, Paris, Arkansas with interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Family will receive friends, 10:00 a.m. prior to the service at First Christian.
Frances
March 17, 1930 - August 28, 2019
Frances Sue (Cravens) Ranells March 17, 1930 ~ August 28, 2019
Sue Ranells, 89, of Paris, Arkansas passed away August 28, 2019. She was born March 17, 1930 to the late Willie Thomas and Rebecca (Houser) Cravens. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, James and Billy Dean Cravens.
The funeral service will be held 10 AM Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at First Christian Church in Paris, Arkansas, with burial to follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery, under the direction of Smith Mortuary, Charleston, Arkansas. Rev. H.C. Varnadore will officiate.
Left to cherish her memory is her loving husband of 72 years, Bob Ranells of Paris, Arkansas; three daughters, Sandra Tingle of Sedona, Arizona, Rhonda Durgeloh and husband Bennett of Wasilla, Alaska, and Melissa Lawrence and husband Derek of Tulsa, Oklahoma; two sons, Robert Dale Ranells and wife Mary Ann of Osburn, Idaho, Larry Ranells and wife Joel of Fort Smith, Arkansas; four brothers, Joe Cravens and wife Lenna of Clarksville, Arkansas, John Cravens and wife Martha of Rison, Arkansas, Gery Cravens and wife Joan of Elaine, Arkansas, Jerry Cravens and wife Vicki of Mississippi, Larry Cravens and wife Helen of Nashville, Tennessee; eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Contributed on 10/5/23 by Billsully060
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