NANCY LEA WEIR RHEA

went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2023. She was born on October 28, 1968, in Fort Smith, Ark. to Bonner and Cora Weir. Nancy grew up in Charleston, Ark., graduating from high school there in 1987.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College in 1991 and later received her Master of Psychology from the University of Central Arkansas.

The first sixteen years of her career were spent as a therapist in Adolescent Medicine at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, with a focus on eating disorders. She then worked for fourteen years in research compliance at UAMS, before retiring in April of this year.

Nancy loved cooking, traveling, reading and gardening, but her greatest joy was undoubtedly spending time with family and her wide network of friends. She faced an eighteen-month battle with cancer in the same way she lived her life- with courage, resolve, humor and grace. Nancy always carried a realistic optimism and a diplomatic honesty. She was a long-time member of Immanuel Baptist Church and drew great strength from her faith. Though she will be greatly missed, her relational legacy will be forever with us.

Predeceased by her father, Bonner Weir; she is survived by her husband, Randy Rhea, of Little Rock; her mother, Cora Weir, of Charleston, Ark.; two sisters, Anne Theurich (Mike) of Springfield, Mo. and Sara Roland(Mark) and a niece, Anna Roland, all of Greenbrier, Ark.

Burial will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Garden of Memories in Charleston, Ark. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, July 21, 2023, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock.

Memorials may be made to Immanuel Baptist City Center or UAMS Rockefeller Cancer Institute.