Roberta Jeanette Steele Ownbey Sullivan, 86 year old resident of Gentry, Arkansas, died October 2, 2014 at Willard Walker Hospice Home, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Born April 10, 1928, she was the daughter of James DeKalb Steele and Hettie Walls Steele. Both of her parents died when she was just two and she joined the family of Author and Lou Steele.
She graduated from Gentry High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. Roberta went to College of the Ozarks before graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Master’s Degree. She was a school teacher in many cities in the Northwest Arkansas area. Roberta was a member of the United Methodist Church of Gentry and a co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, Orla James Ownbey.
Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Falling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, Arkansas. There will be a reception following the service at 12:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Gentry, Arkansas.
Published online by Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Born April 10, 1928, she was the daughter of James DeKalb Steele and Hettie Walls Steele. Both of her parents died when she was just two and she joined the family of Author and Lou Steele.
She graduated from Gentry High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. Roberta went to College of the Ozarks before graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Master’s Degree. She was a school teacher in many cities in the Northwest Arkansas area. Roberta was a member of the United Methodist Church of Gentry and a co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, Orla James Ownbey.
Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Falling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, Arkansas. There will be a reception following the service at 12:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Gentry, Arkansas.
Published online by Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Roberta Jeanette Steele Ownbey Sullivan, 86 year old resident of Gentry, Arkansas, died October 2, 2014 at Willard Walker Hospice Home, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Born April 10, 1928, she was the daughter of James DeKalb Steele and Hettie Walls Steele. Both of her parents died when she was just two and she joined the family of Author and Lou Steele.
She graduated from Gentry High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. Roberta went to College of the Ozarks before graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Master’s Degree. She was a school teacher in many cities in the Northwest Arkansas area. Roberta was a member of the United Methodist Church of Gentry and a co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, Orla James Ownbey.
Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Falling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, Arkansas. There will be a reception following the service at 12:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Gentry, Arkansas.
Published online by Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Born April 10, 1928, she was the daughter of James DeKalb Steele and Hettie Walls Steele. Both of her parents died when she was just two and she joined the family of Author and Lou Steele.
She graduated from Gentry High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. Roberta went to College of the Ozarks before graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Master’s Degree. She was a school teacher in many cities in the Northwest Arkansas area. Roberta was a member of the United Methodist Church of Gentry and a co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, Orla James Ownbey.
Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Falling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, Arkansas. There will be a reception following the service at 12:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Gentry, Arkansas.
Published online by Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
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