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Hettie B <I>Burton</I> Colvard

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Hettie B Burton Colvard

Birth
Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas, USA
Death
24 Apr 2002 (aged 98)
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Charleston, Franklin County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of General Price Sterling and Georgia Ethel Carpenter

Hettie Burton Colvard, 98, of Pine Bluff, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002, in Pine Bluff. She was a retired teacher and taught bookkeeping, shorthand and typing in Charleston High School and grade school in Concord, Calif., retiring after 49 years of teaching, a 50-year member of the Eastern Star and past matron and a member of First United Methodist Church of Pine Bluff. She was the widow of Eugene Colvard. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Smith Mortuary Chapel in Charleston with burial at Nixon Cemetery in Charleston. She is survived by a sister, Vivian Hinkle Dillea of North Hollywood, Calif.; four grandchildren, Dianna Colvard Voyles and Edward Eugene Colvard, both of Wynne, Donnie Ray Colvard of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Denise Colvard Davis of Woodlawn; seven great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law and caregiver, Ethel Buckner Colvard of Pine Bluff. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 8003, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 or Gideon Bible Society or the charity of donor's choice.
Daughter of General Price Sterling and Georgia Ethel Carpenter

Hettie Burton Colvard, 98, of Pine Bluff, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002, in Pine Bluff. She was a retired teacher and taught bookkeeping, shorthand and typing in Charleston High School and grade school in Concord, Calif., retiring after 49 years of teaching, a 50-year member of the Eastern Star and past matron and a member of First United Methodist Church of Pine Bluff. She was the widow of Eugene Colvard. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Smith Mortuary Chapel in Charleston with burial at Nixon Cemetery in Charleston. She is survived by a sister, Vivian Hinkle Dillea of North Hollywood, Calif.; four grandchildren, Dianna Colvard Voyles and Edward Eugene Colvard, both of Wynne, Donnie Ray Colvard of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Denise Colvard Davis of Woodlawn; seven great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law and caregiver, Ethel Buckner Colvard of Pine Bluff. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 8003, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 or Gideon Bible Society or the charity of donor's choice.


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