ROGERS — Jill Annette Bright,

53, of Rogers, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 11, 2020. Jill was born Dec. 7, 1966, in Joplin, Mo. She is the beloved daughter of Robert and Judy Arnold.

She moved with her family to Rogers in 1978.

Jill attended school in Rogers and graduated from Rogers High School in 1985. She married her husband, Richard Bright, on Aug. 29, 1987. They welcomed their daughter Lauren in 1989, and she has always been the light of their lives.

Jill was a strong Christian woman who showed Jesus’ love to anyone she met. Jill loved people and people loved her. She lit up a room with her personality and she never met a stranger. She loved spending time with her family, loved to travel, loved reading, taking her morning walks and enjoying coffee with her friends.

Jill spent 33 years in a successful banking career. She began at First National Bank in Rogers in 1988, working there for 17 years and then went on to work at Parkway Bank and Grand Savings Bank. She was most recently employed as Business Development Officer/Grand Business Suite Officer at Grand Savings Bank in Rogers. She was a graduate of Leadership Benton County, active in the community as a Board Member of Restoration Village, on the Board of Directors in the Rogers Rotary Club and received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award. She was also an active member of the Rogers/Lowell Chamber of Commerce

serving as a Chamber Ambassador, being named Ambassador of the Year in 2014.

Jill is survived by her loving husband, Richard, of the home and her daughter, Lauren Bright, of Rogers; her parents, Robert and Judy Arnold, of Rogers; her brother, Jeff Arnold and wife Ronnie of Bentonville; her twin sisters, Courtney Hurd and husband Will of Bella Vista, Lindsay Hudson and husband Charles of Rogers; her mother-in-law, Nancy Morgan of Rogers. Also surviving their “Auntie Jill” are many nieces and nephews whom she adored, as well as numerous extended family and countless friends and co-workers.

Jill’s Celebration of Life will be held at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, 2448 S. Pinnacle Hills Parkway, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 2 p.m.

Jill loved and supported so many causes and charities, so in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity or nonprofit of your choice in Jill’s name.

Arrangements by Epting Funeral Home of Bentonville. Condolences: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.