Sarah Kirk

Monday, February 8, 2016

Sarah Lee Kirk, 78, of Steele, made entry into her heavenly home Friday, February 5, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis.

Born to Monroe and Rosa (Mullins) King, Sarah was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Sarah attended both Holland and Cooter schools. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Steele. Sarah was the former chairman of the bereavement committee and worked on the hospitality committee in the church for many years. She also taught Mission Friends in church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Kirk; and her parents.

Sarah is survived by her children, Deborah House and her husband Keith of Steele, and Sheila Collier and her husband Rick of Leachville;

Her brother, Franklin Woodrow King of Hope, Ark.;

Her sister, Linda Lou Daniel of Steele;

Four grandchildren, Jennifer Nealey (Nick), Matthew Collier (Jennifer), Alysha Fletcher (Chad), Jessica Richmond (Justin); and

Eight great-grandchildren, Sarah Beth, Mary Grace, and Eli Nealey, Walter and Abigail Grace Collier, Bailee, Hannah, and Stella Rae Fletcher.

A celebration of Sarah's life will be held Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Steele with Rev. Matthew Collier officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until the service time.

The family requests that memorials be made to Thomas Richard and Sarah Lee Kirk (tK Extreme) Youth and Young Adult Center, 370 County Highway 473, Steele, Missouri 63877, The American Cancer Society, or the First Baptist Church in Steele. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.