Juanita Ruth Epling
Nov. 13, 1929 April 23, 2019 Juanita Ruth Epling, 89, of Bentonville, Ark., formerly of Washburn, Mo., died Tuesday, April 23,
2019, in the comfort of her home after a battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
She was born Nov. 13, 1929, in Mohegan, W.Va., to Julius Cameron and Birdie Oma (Jenks) Johnston. Her formative years were spent in West Virginia. In 1946, she married Raymond Lee Lambert. They resided 10 years in Ashtabula, Ohio, before Raymond’s passing in 1957. In 1962, she married Cecil Lee Epling, making their home in Prairie Grove, Ark., Neosho, Mo., and Newtonia, Mo. After Cecil’s passing in 1980, she moved near Washburn on the family farm. She enjoyed singing, reading, traveling and was a devoted homemaker throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Raymond Lambert and Cecil Epling; a son, Tom Epling; two granddaughters, Rebecca and Amber Epling; and five siblings.
Survivors include six sons, Jim Epling, Paul Epling, Mark Epling and Raymond Lambert, all of Washburn, John Lambert of Owasso, Okla., and Ethan Epling of Battlefield, Mo.; four daughters, Monie Lambert and Shirley Lambert Staib Brown, both of Bentonville, Sandy Allen of Strang, Okla., and Patty Lambert of Washburn; 29 grandchildren; and two siblings, George Johnston and Mary Ellen Amey.
A visitation was held Sunday, April 28, 2019, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.ozark funeralhome.com.
Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo., was in charge of arrangements.