24 August 2005
Pine Bluff Commercial
Sheridan, Arkansas
SHERIDAN - Ruth Estella "Stella" Hankins Cearley, 100, died Sunday,
August 21, 2005, in
Sheridan, Arkansas. She was born October 5, 1904, in Cleveland County,
the daughter of the
late Carter and Katie Reed Hankins. She was a member of Sheridan First
Baptist Church,
Fidelis Sunday School Class, and Primetimers.
Stella deeply loved and was devoted to her family and church. She was a
Homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, reading and playing bridge.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto P. Cearley; daughter,
Cathryn Cearley; five sisters and five brothers. She is survived by
daughter and son-in-law,
Sarah and Charles Whitworth of Sheridan; grandson, Charles Whitworth,
Jr., and wife Lisa
of Hot Springs; granddaughters Marla and husband Mike Moore of Sheridan,
Sharla and husband
Ed Dunigan of Sheridan; seven great-grandchildren, Aundrea, Lauren and
Haley Whitworth;
Whitney, Landon and Sarah Moore and Sawyer Dunigan.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, August 25, 2005, at Memorial
Gardens Funeral
Home Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will follow
in Lost Creek Cemetery in Sheridan. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be
made to Sheridan
First Baptist Church Memorial Fund.
Arrangements by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home of Sheridan (870)
942-1306. To sign the online
guest book,
www.memorialgardenssheridan.com
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