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Submitted: 4/2/12 • Approved: 9/7/20 • Last Updated: 9/11/22 • R671109-G671108-S3
Earl 25 May 1924 - 08 Feb 1981
Mildred 25 Jan 1926 - 04 Oct 2008
Marriage: 06 Jun 1943 in Lawrence County, Arkansas*
Earl Leo Chappel son of Archie Chappel and Sarah (Burrow) Chappel Johnson Holder. Mildred Pauline (Heard) Chappel daughter of Charles Mitchell Heard and Anna Mae (Rule) Heard. Her grandparents, George Washington Heard and Ellen Lydia (Keelin) Heard.
*obituary
Mildred P. Chappel, 82, of Hoxie died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital at Walnut Ridge.
The daughter of Charles and Anna Rule Heard, Mildred was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God of Walnut Ridge. She was united in marriage on June 6, 1943, in Lawrence County to Earl Chappel, who preceded her in death on Feb. 8, 1981.
Survivors include nine children, Jeff Chappel, Imogene Clay, James Chappel, Vera Chappel and Debra Brown, all of Hoxie, Charles Chappel, Juanita Jackson, Loretta Wheeler of Walnut Ridge and Danny Chappel of Garden Prairie, Ill.; three sisters, Lois Meeker of Hoxie, Onia Mae Wilburn of Walnut Ridge and Charlene Nelson of Granite City, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Other relatives and friends also mourn her passing.
Mildred was preceded in death by her husband; parents; one son, Archie Chappel; one grandson, David Chappel; and one brother, Billy Heard.
Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Higginbotham Chapel at Walnut Ridge with pastors Rodger Tidwell and Joshua Farley officiating.
Burial will follow in Crossroads Cemetery at Portia.
Services are under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Services of Walnut Ridge.
Visitation is Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. in the Higginbotham Chapel at Walnut Ridge.
Obituary provided through Higginbotham Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name:Earl L Chappel
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date: 06 Jun 1943
Event Place: Lawrence County, Arkansas
Event Place (Original):, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place:Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas
Gender:Male
Age:19
Birth Year (Estimated):1924
Marriage License Date:5 Jun 1943
Spouse's Name:Mildred Pauline Heard
Spouse's Residence Place:Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender:Female
Spouse's Age:17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):1926
Contributed on 4/2/12 by s8smith
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