Wanda Mae Londagin Spears

Wanda Mae Londagin Spears, 89, passed away on Sep t . 20, 2020, peacefully in her home with her family surrounding her.

She was born June 17, 1931, to Jay and Mattie (Brown) Londagin in Gentry, Ark. She attended Gentry High School and married Russell Spears on May 21, 1950. They were the parents of three sons: Ricky, Randy and Kendall.

While living in Siloam Springs, she was employed by Buttons and Bows Kindergarten as a teacher’s aide. The family moved to Farmington, Ark., in December of 1974. She worked for the Farmington School in food service for 15 years before her retirement in 1991.

She was a former member of two Extension Homemaker’s Clubs, the Farmington EHC and the Round TU-IT EHC. She was a former member of the Happy Heart’s Club and was a Red Hat Lady. She was also a member of the Kitchen band, The Late Bloomers. She wrote the Farmington Folks and Features column for the Prairie Grove Enterprise, then the Farmington Post for 26 years. She worked in the preschool department of the First Baptist Church in Fayetteville for several years.

She was a Charter Member of the Farmington Baptist Church (now Main Street Farmington Baptist Church) and a former Sunday school teacher. She volunteered her time for many years at the Farmington Senior Center, where she was an original member.

She loved arts and crafts, scrapbooking, making quilts for her family and their cat, Toady.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Russell; daughter- in- law, Linda Spears; her sister, Janna Baker; and brothers, Leon and Cleo Londagin.

She is survived by her three sons, Ricky and his partner SiRandal Henry of New York, Randy and Kendall of Fayetteville; and four grandchildren, Hayden and Evin Spears, Jack Carver and Heather Coulter.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, Ark.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at Main Street Farmington Baptist Church with the Rev. Preston Beeks officiating. There will be a private family burial at Fayetteville National Cemetery. For the visitation and funeral, guests will be required to wear their own face mask, per the guidelines set forth by the State of Arkansas.

An online guest book is available at www.wassonfuneralhome.com.

Wasson Funeral Home of Siloam Springs is in charge of arrangements.

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