Anna Beatrice Bowling Hamby, age 84 of Mena, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 in Mena. She was born August 13, 1929 in Octavia, Oklahoma to the late Roy Lee and Ermal Bowling.

Ms. Anna loved to read, hunt and fish with family and friends. She was very active in the Octavia Baptist Church, loved to travel and had a deep, loving commitment with God and her family. Ms. Anna and her husband, William helped organize the Octavia Fire Department. She loved her family and friends. Ms. Anna was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend to all who knew her. She will be dearly missed.

She is survived by:
Son: Reggie Hamby and wife Karen of Watson, Oklahoma
Daughter: Sherry Evans and husband Donnie of Zafra, Oklahoma
Grandchildren: Rachel Fowler and husband Nick
Charlotte Wiles and husband Clay
Josh Hamby and wife Jamaica
Tell Evans and wife Nicole
Liz Hamby and husband Daniel
Sister-in-laws: Dixie Daniel and husband Carl
Grace Berghauser
Ten great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild
Close friends: Vera and John Smith
Glen and Ellen Hensley

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Lee and Ermal Bowling, her husband William Hamby, sister, Judy Maggard and her husband Sam Maggard, sister, Sandra Bowling, brother-in-law George Hamby and wife Max Helen Hamby and brother-in-law, Tom Berghauser.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 6, 2014, 2:00 p.m. at Octavia Baptist Church in Octavia, Oklahoma. Interment will follow in the Octavia Cemetery with Brother Ed Rogers and Brother Cody McDaniels officiating.
Pallbearers will be Josh Hamby, Tell Evans, Nick Fowler, Clay Wiles, Daniel Bond and Drew Fowler.Honorary pallbearers will be Glen Hensley, Claude Eberle, Doug Williams, Delano Johnston, Clifford Johnston, and Jerry Smith.