Allison Lunsford
December 9, 1985

Allison Rufus LUNSFORD

March 31, 1920 ~ January 31, 2003

WYNNE
PROGRESS
104th Year, No. 6
Wynne, Arkansas
Friday, February 7, 2003
Obituaries
Allison
Lunsford
Mar. 31, 1920 – Jan. 31, 2003
Mr.
Allison R. Lunsford, a resident of Harrisburg and former longtime resident of
Earle, died Friday, January 31, 2003 at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center
in Jonesboro where he was taken earlier in the day. He was 82 years of age and died following
an extended illness.
Funeral
services were conducted at 10 a.m.
Monday, February 3, 2003
at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Wynne with Rev. Mike Anderson
and Rev. Don Pettit officiating.
Interment
was in Crittenden
Memorial Park in Marion, Arkansas.
Mr.
Lunsford was born March 31, 1920 in Ripley, Tennessee, the son of Verser R.
and Gladys D. Ferguson Lunsford. He
moved with his parents at an early age to Earle, Arkansas
where he lived for most all his life.
Mr. Lunsford was a self-employed farmer and carpenter for many years
before retiring in 1995. He was a World War II Veteran of the United States
Army. Mr. Lunsford was a member of the
First Assembly of God Church in Earle.
He had resided at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg for the past three years. Mr. Lunsford enjoyed farming and was
talented and skilled in woodworking.
He
is survived by two sons: Danny Lunsford of Earle and Johnny Lunsford of
Harrisburg; three daughters: Mary Garrison of Randolph, Miss., Debbie
Lunsford Yates of Cherry Valley and Judi Lunsford of Jonesboro; two step-son:
Tommie Hall of Spokane, Wash. And Cleve Lamb of Ceres, Calif.; one step-daughter, Carolyn Keeley
of Mineral Wells, Texas;
15 grandchildren 16 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Lunsford was preceded in
death by his parents; by a son, Jimmy
Allison
Lunsford; and by a brother and a sister.
Active
casketbearers were Rodney Garrison, Roger Garrison, Ryan Garrison, Scott
Greenhaw, Daniel Lunsford and Rodney Meadows.
Rick Garrison served as an honorary casketbearer.
The
family requests that memorials be made to the Gibson Bayou Cemetery c/o Union
Planters Bank in Earle, Arkansas.
Thompson-Wilson
Funeral Directors of Wynne and McCrory were in charge of arrangements.


Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday, February 02, 2003
OBITUARIES
Lunsford
HARRISBURG -- Allison R. Lunsford, 82, of Harrisburg, formerly of
Earle, died Friday, Jan. 31, at St. Bernard's Medical Center.
Born in Ripley, Tenn., he moved to Earle at an early age.
He worked as a self-employed farmer and carpenter until his retirement in
1995. A World War II Army veteran, he was a member of the First Assembly of
God in Earle.
Survivors include two sons, Danny Lunsford of Earle and Johnny Lunsford of
Harrisburg; two stepsons, Tommie Hall of Spokane, Wash., and Cleve Lamb of
Ceress Calif.; three daughters, Mary Garrison of Randolph, Miss., Debbie
Lunsford Yates of Cherry Valley and Judi Lunsford of Jonesboro; a
stepdaughter, Carolyn Keeley of Mineral Wells, Texas; 15 grandchildren; and
16 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Verser Rufus and Gladys Demetrice
Ferguson Lunsford, and one son, Jimmy Allison Lunsford.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of Wynne, with the Rev. Mike Anderson
and the Rev. Don Pettit officiating. Burial will follow in Crittenden Memorial
Park Cemetery
at Marion.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m.
today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Gibson Bayou Cemetery in care of Union Planters Bank
in Earle.
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West Memphis, Arkansas
Allison
Lunsford
Allison R. Lunsford of Harrisburg,
formerly of Earle, died Friday at St. Bernard's
Regional Medical
Center in
Jonesboro.
Services were at 10 a.m. today at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home
Chapel in Wynne with burial in Crittenden
Memorial Park in Marion.
Mr. Lunsford, 82, a retired farmer and
carpenter, was a member of Earle First Assembly of God Church and a World War
II Army veteran. He leaves three daughters, Mary Garrison of Randolph, Miss.,
Debbie Lunsford Yates of Cherry Valley and Judi Lunsford of Jonesboro; two
sons, Danny Lunsford of Earle, and Johnny Lunsford of Harrisburg; a
stepdaughter, Carolyn Kelley of Mineral Wells, Texas; two stepsons, Tommie
Hall of Spokane, Wash., and Cleve Lamb of Ceres, Calif., 15 grandchildren and
16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent
to Gibson Bayou Cemetery in care of Union Planters Bank in Earle.


The Commercial Appeal
Memphis,Tennessee
MEMPHIS
AREA DEATHS
February 02,
2003
Through Saturday, Feb. 1
MID-SOUTH DEATHS
The
following obituaries were received through Saturday, Feb. 1.
ARKANSAS
WYNNE - Allison R. Lunsford, 82,
formerly of Earle, retired farmer and carpenter, died Friday at St. Bernards
Medical Center in Jonesboro.

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