Obituary of George Randall Bevills, 1997, Woodruff County, AR ************************************************************************ Submitted by: Submitted by: Kathy Small - Father Date: 18 Aug 2001 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ George Randall Bevills George Randall Bevills of Pumpkin Bend,a longtime McCrory merchant, died at 5:00 p.m Thursday, June 26,1997 at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro where he had been a patient for the past five days. He was 56 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services were Saturday, June 28, at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Howard Wright, pastor of the 65th street Church of God in Little Rock and Rev. Don Jones, pastor of the Ephesus Church of God in McCrory, officiating. Interment was in the Pumpkin Bend Cemetery near McCrory. Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bevills was born on July 20, 1940 in the Possum Creek community in Woodruff County the son of the late George Washinton and Anna Bell Ridge Bevills. He attended schools at Pumpkin Bend and McCrory. He was married September 16, 1960 to the former Miss Nettie Gean Smith of Woodruff County who survives. Mr. Bevills and his wife have been owners of the Friendly Store in McCrory for 25 yrs. He was a lifelong resident of Woodruff County and enjoyed hunting throughout his life. He was a member of the Grays Hunting Club. In addition to his wife, Nettie, he is survived by one son Randy Bevills of Bald Knob; two daughters Ronda Jackson and Kathy Jones both of McCrory; one sister Wava Volk of Little Rock and four grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Ronnie Baldwin, Buddy Early, Donald Hopper, Joey Ridge, Lynn Rodgers and Hubert Todd. Honorary pallbearers were Dennis Atkins, Rick Calhoun, Stanley Farmer, John Gillion, Bob Jett and T.M. Jones. -----------