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Submitted: 7/31/09 • Approved: 4/28/11 • Last Updated: 8/28/12 • R217960-G0-S3
Birth: Aug. 24, 1923
New Edinburg, Cleveland County, Arkansas
Death: Jun. 26, 2008
Ashby Funeral Home online obituary:
Roy Ned Atkins, age 84, of Benton; passed away Thursday June 26, 2008. He was born August 24, 1923, in New Edinburg, Arkansas. Mr. Atkins worked for Jacuzzi and Jones Pallet Mill. He was a member and Deacon of East Side Baptist Church in Benton. Mr. Atkins was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Atkins and Annie Vinson; wife, Bessie Atkins; two brothers, Frank and Arthur Atkins and a sister, Betty Jean Greathouse.
He is survived by his two daughters, Ruth Tully and husband Porter and Grace Whorton and husband Larry all of Benton; brother, Odis Atkins of Eudora; three grandchildren, Chris Tully and wife Michelle, Creig Tully and wife Sara and Callie Bellinger and husband Chad; six great-grandchildren, Alan Goss, Grant Christopher Tully, Maranda Tully, Shelby Tully, Bryan McCoy and Kelsey McCoy and a host of nieces, nephews and other family relatives. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 30 at East Side Baptist Church with burial at New Rosemont Cemetery. Bro. Stephen Raines will be officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Health Center.
Plot: Garden of Apostles
Double stone with Bessie Atkins
Data and Photo provided by: Patti Vance Hays; pvhwdh@cablelynx.com
Contributed on 7/31/09 by birdeyes
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