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LAKELAND, Fla. — Dr. Ann Bailey Bynum died September 10, 2019, at the Good Shepard Hospice in Lakeland, Fla. She was surrounded by her loving family; her brother Richard Bailey and wife Deborah Bailey; two daughters, Holly Ann Bowles and husband Tom Bowles of Lakeland, Fla., daughter Susan Heather Vaughn and husband Richard Vaughn of Amelia Island, Fla.; and six grandchildren: Brett Brasington, Lindsay Brasington Hamid and husband Taher Hamid, Jake Fritz, Savannah Fritz, Austin Bowles, and Samuel Bowles, survive her. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Preston Bynum.
Ann was born on December 8, 1940, in Siloam Springs to Robert and Sue Bailey. She had a successful career for 22 years at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences serving as Associate Vice Chancellor for Regional Programs, Director for the Center for Rural Health, Director of the Rural Hospital Program, Associate Director for Program Development of the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), Co-Director of the Center for Distance Health, and assistant professor in the College of Public Health.
Dr. Bynum was appointed and served as a Health Policy Officer for the National Rural Health Association; she held several appointments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Workforce Development committee, The Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkage Committee and The Telehealth Advisory Committee on Performance Measures. Ann served as Board President of the Arkansas Komen Foundation and Chairman of the Governor’s Breast Cancer Control Board.
She was instrumental in starting the Telemedicine Program at UAMS and is published in several professional Telemedicine Journals as well Journals of Rural Health.
Ann was active in her church, leading a prayer group and writing a blog on prayer. Ann often said that writing this blog gave her immense joy. Preston and Ann moved to Lakeland, Fla., in December 2016 to be closer to her daughter.
A memorial service will be held at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 10 a.m., 1401 East Main Street, Siloam Springs, Ark. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, N.C., 28607.
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ATLANTA — Larry Daniel Davis, 67, of Atlanta, Ga., departed his life Thursday, August 22,
2019. Larry was preceded in death by wife, Lynda Helen Louise Brown Davis; father, Wiley Daniel Davis; and mother, Odessa Boyd Davis; brother James Boyd Davis; and sister, Peggy Ann Davis.
Larry leaves to cherish his legacy and memories four children: Larry Daniel Davis Jr. (Monica), Larose Davis, Langton Davis of Atlanta, Ga., Lanique Davis of Chicago, Ill.; and grandson Nathan Arthur Davis; three brothers, Jack (Ruth) Davis of Sherwood, Ark., Tommy (Carolyn) Davis of Riverside, Calif., Spencer (Gwen) Davis of Bryant, Ark.); and cousins Freddie (Brenda) Gilmore of Sherwood, Ark., Otis (Rosetta) Campbell of Little Rock, Ark., as well as nieces, nephews, and many loving relatives and friends.
Memorial Service for Larry Davis will be Friday, October 18, 2019, from 5 p.m.- 6 p.m. at Superior Funeral Services, 5017 E. Broadway St., North Little Rock, Ark. Online guestbook www. superiorfuneralservices.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”
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RIVER RIDGE, La. — Johnie Lee Embrey, age 75, of River Ridge, La., passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019. He was born in Little Rock, Ark., son of Mary Helen Davenport Embrey and Johnie Edgar Embrey. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; his brother, David (Diana) Embrey of West Fork, Ark.; daughters, Leigh Anne (Josh) Marchesi of Little Rock, Ark., and Shannon (Fernando) Padilla of Little Rock, Ark.; their mother, Kay Harris Embrey; and grandchildren, Nate and Emma Marchesi. A memorial service will be held in Arkansas. Donations may be made in his memory to the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans at (800) 624-2039 or cagno.org. Arrangements by Jacob Schoen & Son, 3827 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. 70119. To view the family guestbook, please go to www.schoenfh.com.