LaMartha Welborn Griggs

Saturday, February 2, 2013

LaMartha Welborn Griggs, 71, of Paragould, formerly of Dell, passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould.

Born in Blytheville to Lamar "Doc" and Clementine Welborn, she was a homemaker, a teacher for Head Start, a volunteer for the Red Cross and PTA and was a member of the Dell United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her father.

LaMartha leaves her mother, Clementine Love of Jonesboro;

Her loving companion, Red England of Paragould; Her children, Tina Sue Carr and her husband, Michael, of Collierville, Tenn., Dana Jo Griggs of Jacksonville, Timothy William Griggs and wife, Brandy, of Blytheville, and Marion Ball and husband, Dennis, of Lake City;

Her grandchildren, Bogan Willyard, Chandler Carr, Ellen Carr and Reyn Griggs,

A great-granddaughter, Lilliana Willyard;

A sister, Winn Keahey and husband, Frank, of Spanish Fort, Ala., and their daughter, Lana Nelson and husband, Scott.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tommy Carney and the Rev. Marilyn Webb officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family received friends from 9 a.m. until service time. Donations can be made to the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 2600 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205. An online register may be signed at cobbfuneralhome.com