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Submitted: 12/16/13 • Approved: 12/16/13 • Last Updated: 12/19/13 • R967096-G967096-S3
Feb 20 1935 - Mar 16 2013
Born in Baldwyn, Lee County, Mississippi and
died in Truman, Poinsett County, Arkansas
*Obituary
Jonesboro Sun
Published March 17, 2013
Esta Lee O'Brien, 78, of Trumann, Ar., died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Hometown Nursing Center at Trumann.
She was born in Baldwin, Miss., to the late Robert N. and Gracie May Harris Whitaker.
She had lived in Trumann most of her lifetime, was a housewife and member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Trumann.
Mrs. O'Brien was preceded in death by three brothers, Cordie, R.C. and Garvin Whitaker and her parents.
She is survived by her husband, James C. O'Brien of the home; one daughter, Connie Reeves (Gene) of Trumann; one son, Dewight O'Brien of Trumann; two sisters, Vera Young of Trumann and Mary Alice Brown of Harrisburg; four brothers, Robert (Eulla) Whitaker of Jonesboro, Boyce (Francis) Whitaker of Trumann, Felix (Faye) Whitaker of Brookland and Finis Whitaker of Mountain View; three grandchildren, Christy (Kevin) Pierce, Carl (Jessica) Wilson and Josh Reeves and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home. Burial was in Bolivar Cemetery in Harrisburg.
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