HAZEN — Linda Jewell Priest Flippo,

81, of Hazen, Ark. passed away in Little Rock, Ark. on Feb. 22, 2024. She was born on May 22, 1942, in Levy, Ark. to the late Nathan Woodrow (N.W.) Priest and Wilma Bernice Jenkins Priest.

When her sons were young Linda liked to cut their hair at home. After one of those cuts resulted in the disappearance of half an eyebrow and being told that would be their last of her haircuts, Linda enrolled in and graduated from Barber School. She then gave quality haircuts in DeValls Bluff and Hazen for many years.

During her pastimes Linda enjoyed quilting and entered her crafts in the Prairie County Fair where she won several ribbons. She also spent time quilting and crafting with her husband, Tommy, as his caregiver for sixteen years. Star patterned quilt tops, birdhouses, and anything Razorback became specialties at the Flippo residence.

Linda was preceded in death by her husband Tommy Flippo Sr., her mother Wilma Priest, her father N.W. Priest, and her sister Norma Jeffcoat.

Survivors include sons Tommy Flippo Jr. of Hazen, Ark., Johnny Flippo and wife Sherry of Little Rock, Ark., two sisters Robbie Pendergrass of Jacksonville, Ark., and Jo Ellingson and husband Larry Don of Biscoe, Ark., grandsons Ryan Flippo, and Ross Simpson, and several loving nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at the Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. Funeral services, officiated by Tommy Flippo, Jr., will be at 11 A.M., Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the Westbrook Funeral Home Chapel, followed by the Burial at the Pleasant Plains Cemetery in Pleasant Plains, Ark.