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Submitted: 2/3/25 • Approved: 2/3/25 • Last Updated: 2/3/25 • R1554670-G1554669
JoAnn Bowles Wells
April 8, 1951 - December 10, 2023
*Obituary
Mrs. JoAnn Bowles Wells, 72, of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, December 10, 2023, in a local nursing and rehabilitation center. She was born April 8, 1951 to the late Charlie & Curley Cee Bowles in Texarkana, AR.
She was a kindhearted and generous person who didn't mind helping others. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Willie Earl Napoleon and two sisters, Cloria Stene Aings and Dorothy Jean Beal.
She leaves to cherish her memory, two daughters, Paula Bohnes and Gloria Ford, Texarkana, AR; one son, Stevie Wells; four sisters, Vivian Strickland, Gloria Bowles, Lois Mason and Gwen Whistle (Ricky Joe); two brothers, Charlie Bowles and Michael Bowles; three grandchildren, Markurious Davis, LaDonta Davis and Shardee Kyles and three great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
VIEWING - 10:00-11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Lyles Funeral Home Memorial Chapel.
FUNERAL SERVICE - 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Lyles Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. James Jackson officiating.
INTERMENT: Galilee Cemetery, Fulton, Arkansas under direction of Lyles Funeral Home, Inc.
Contributed on 2/3/25
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