Pulaski County
MELBA BESANCON, 91, of Little Rock, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday,
July 21, 2018.
She born on December 6, 1926.
She preceded by her husband, Raymond Besancon, sisters
Mary Long and
Ida Ann Dean, brother, Clarence Bowen, and granddaughter, Sara Besancon.
She is survived by her sons, Michael (Marsha) Besancon, Richard (Jayne) Besancon and daughter Carolyn (Charles) Snider, 8 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
Visitation at 9:00 a.m., and the memorial service to follow.
The services will be held Wednesday, July 25th, at Pinecrest Funeral Home & Memorial Park. 7401 Highway 5 N., Alexander, Arkansas 72002. You may visit the website at www. dignitymemorial.com.
–––––❖––––– ROBERT G. BOWERS, age 81, born January 11, 1937, passed away on July 19,
2018. In his early years he was known as, and called, Bobby.
A life-long resident of North
Little Rock, Arkansas. Bobby was born at home in a little house on Melrose Circle, Argenta (sometimes laughingly called Dogtown). The second child of the late Arnold E. and Daisy Lee Bowers. Robert, now known as Bob, was an engineer and retired as a manager with SWB Telephone Company. After thirty years he chose early retirement and then became a long relief substitute algebra teacher with the North Little Rock School District. At the age of 56 he started his third career by attending Pulaski Tech and becoming a LPN and finished that career at Lakewood Health and Rehabilitation. He considered this to be his most rewarding time of his life – to give aid and comfort to the elderly and dying (he actually spent six of his last eight weeks there as a rehab patient).
Robert served three years in the Navy Reserve before being drafted into the United States Army. He served with the 71st Artillery regiment, spending his last years in the Republic of China in the air defense of Taipei during a 1958 crisis which was hidden from the public. Robert was a proud eleven gallon blood donor, he had a very rare blood type, and was a donor to the neo-natal surgery pheresis program.
A brother Ed predeceased Robert. Survivors are sister, Linda Lou Fletcher; sons, Robert Blake and Brett Leigh Bowers; grandchildren, Taylor Blake Bowers (Taylor Marie) and Tara Denise May (Travis); great-grandchildren, Parker Reese May and Callum Gabriel Bowers.
Robert’s cremains will be buried at the Arkansas State Veteran Cemetery in a private ceremony. At the children’s request there will be a Wake on Sunday, July 29, 2018 with open-house from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., at 5821 N. Cedar St., North Little Rock, Arkansas 72116.
Any remembrance may be made to Pulaski County Humane Society.
Online guest register at www. SmithFamilyCares.com.
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AMY NICCOLE HARRIS of Little Rock, Ark., born on July 1, 1997 passed away on
July 20, 2018.
Amy was a loving mother, sister, daughter, and niece. She has a host of friends whom she considered family. Amy was recently engaged in March and was planning the wedding for fall of 2018. While working at Arby’s she was a student in the Little Rock Job Corps program, working to obtain her CNA license. Amy also had a love for animals.
She is preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, James R. and Phyllis Harris, paternal grandmother Anna Laura Harris and her maternal grandmother, Tula Jean Dickey. She is survived by her son Isaiah Harris of LR, Ark.; her fiancé, J.R Fordyce of LR, Ark.; great-grandfather, Winford M. Dickey, of LR, Ark.; her mother Thea Pope of Bryant, Ark., and parents Tammy and James Harris of LR, Ark. Her siblings Dakota and Dilyn Bridges of Bigelow, Ark., her aunt Toni Taylor (Joey) of Houston, Ark., and her uncle Nathan Harris (Julie) of Mablevale, Ark., and a host of other aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service will be held at Crystal Hill Baptist Church (18823 Crystal Valley Rd. LR, Ark., 72210) on Tuesday July 24 at 1:00 p.m with Rev. Larry Ballard officiating.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, (501) 224-2200. Amy’s online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
–––––❖––––– MARY EDITH PENDERGRAFT, 88, of Little Rock, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018. She was born to John and Lucille Dillard on April 18, 1930.
She worked many years at NLR VA Hospital as an RN. She was a dedicated member of First Church of the Nazarene.
She was preceded in death by her husband Lee, daughter Peggy, her brother and her sister.
She is survived by her son Gordon; daughter Karen Cary and Sharon (Jim) Williams; sister Virginia (Don) Greene; grandson Chris (Jennifer), granddaughters Tiffany and Heather Pendergraft; 2 great-grandsons, Elijah McKay and Matthew Cary and many nieces.
Special thanks to Shannon Hill, Hospice Home Care, and First Church of the Nazarene.
She was loved and will be missed by many.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 25 at First Church of the Nazarene. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 24 at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home Chapel.
Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, 1200 N. Mississippi, Little Rock, Ark., 72207
Online guestbook at: www. rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.