Willie Mae Nash

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Mrs. Willie Mae Nash, 70, of Blytheville, died Friday, June 21, 2013, in Jonesboro. Born Nov. 23, 1942, to the late John D. Cleggett and Willie Cleggett, she was a retired CNA and a member of New Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Burdette where she served on the Mother Board.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by three sons, George Lee McLaurin, Anthony McLaurin and Jimmy McLaurin; one sister, Emma Jean Hill; and three brothers, Joe Cleveland Cleggett, Leroy Cleggett and John Cleggett.

Mrs. Nash leaves her husband, Leroy Nash of Luxora;

Four daughters, Janie Mae Baker and Sylvia Willis both of Osceola, Mary Louise Driver of Collierville, Tenn., and Sharon Yankaway of Blytheville;

One son, James McLaurin of Osceola;

One sister, Donna Benson of Los Angeles;

Two brothers, Roscoe Britt of Memphis and Robert Jones of Little Rock; and

Eighteen grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral serves will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at New Salem M.B. Church with the Rev. McArthur Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Whiteside Cemetery in Osceola. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola.