Arlene Garner

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Arlene Garner, 79, of Luxora, died of heart failure Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Jonesboro. Born April 12, 1933, in Tunica, Miss., she was a homemaker and a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Odis Jefferson and Rosie Mae Clenden.

Ms. Garner leaves two daughters, Willie Mae Lewis of Luxora and Mary C. Jefferson of Blytheville;

Two sons, Tyrone Jefferson of Osceola and Eddie Garner of Blytheville; and

Twenty-one grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola. Funeral services, officiated by Dr. Moses Black, will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Luxora. Burial will follow at Whiteside Cemetery in Osceola.