Teresa Kay Puckett

Teresa Kay Puckett, 50, of Leachville died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Charles Clifton and Betty Jones McCoy and had been a lifelong Buffalo Island resident.

Teresa was a 1977 graduate of Monette High School and later attended Southern Baptist College and Arkansas Northeastern College. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Leachville and was the librarian for the Leachville Library.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Susan McCoy.

Survivors include her husband, Bert Puckett of Leachville; a son, Eric Carson Puckett of Leachville; two brothers, David McCoy of Leachville and Charles McCoy of Bono; and two sisters, Helen McCoy and Mary McCoy, both of Monette.

The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Leachville with Rev. David Price officiating. Burial was in Leachville Cemetery.

The family received visitors from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

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