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Submitted: 10/18/24 • Approved: 10/19/24 • Last Updated: 10/22/24 • R1545642-G1545641-S3
Nancy
January 27, 1951 - July 1, 2022
Merle
July 27, 1924 - November 9, 2013
George
March 1 1921 - October 3, 2010
Donia
November 28, 1941 - November 30, 1941
Merle Donia Kuhn McCullar was born in Norphlet, Union County, Arkansas to parents James Franklin Kuhn and Dora Allie Humphries Kuhn.
She attended Parkers Chapel School and married George Donald “Don” McCullar on June 16, 1940. She lived in El Dorado, Arkansas where her four children were born, and then in 1959 moved with her husband and children to Pasadena, Texas where she finished raising her family. In later years, she lived in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend Lakes in Texas, Lufkin, Texas, and Wildwood-Village Mills, Texas. She died at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas following a stroke.
She is survived by her three daughters and their families, Trisha and John Smith of Gilmer, Texas, Dorinda and Ray Golden of Huntington, Texas, Nancy Jo and Roy Gibson of Wildwood-Village Mills, Texas. She is also survived by her brother and his wife, Jimmy and Shelly Kuhn of El Dorado, Arkansas; brother-in-law, John Herwig of Huntington, Texas; sister-in-law, Imogene McCullar of Shreveport, Louisiana; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Don McCullar; her parents; her sister, Lois Marie Kuhn Herwig; and her precious infant daughter, Donia Jean.
There will be a graveside service only at Jolley Cemetery, Junction City, Arkansas, under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors, El Dorado, Arkansas at 2 p.m., Thursday, November 14, 2013.
Honorary pallbearers are: John Smith, son-in-law; Ray Golden, son-in-law; Roy Gibson, son-in-law; James F. Kuhn, Jr., brother; James F. Kuhn, III, nephew; Ronald G. Kuhn, nephew; Monty Wayne Williams, nephew; John Herwig, brother-in-law; John Pickering, family friend.
Condolences may be sent to: P.O. Box 1467, Lufkin, Texas 75902. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Jolley Cemetery, c/o Hubert Jolley, 1692 Pleasant Hill Road, Junction City AR 71749.
Contributed on 10/18/24 by debbraszymanski
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