Helen Geneva Wakefield

Friday, March 10, 2017

Mrs. Helen Geneva Wakefield, 85, of Blytheville, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Heritage Square Nursing Home in Blytheville.

Helen was born in Hiram, Missouri to Jim and Junia Barks. She was a homemaker and was a former member of First United Methodist Church. Helen was happily married to her husband Robert for 70 years. She loved and was loved by her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Cary Stephen Wakefield; two brothers, Ralph and Loy Barks and two sisters, Ethel Ward and Freda Meador.

Helen leaves her husband, Robert Wakefield of Blytheville; son, Stanley Wakefield and Kim of Blytheville and two grandchildren, Hannah and Sydney Wakefield.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13 in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Pankey officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. until service time at Cobb Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.