Betty Marie Puckett

Betty Marie Puckett, age 90, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014 in Mena. She was born April 13, 1924 in Mena, Arkansas to the late Oliver Harmon Harrison and the late Mattie Clementine Gardner. She spent many happy years married to J.T. "Red" Puckett. Betty was a Registered Nurse and proudly served in the Mena Hospital System from 1951 until 1986. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mena and was a dedicated homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She is survived by: son: John Puckett, Sr. and wife Jan of Mena, Arkansas; daughters: Betty Jeanne Barsic and husband Larry of Mena, Arkansas, Carolyn Marie Lindy of Mena, Arkansas; grandchildren: Jay Foreman, Danny Foreman, Johnny Foreman, David Foreman, Edd Puckett, Jerald Puckett, Amber Davis, Danny Lindy, Brandy Allen, Christina Marie Seigerist, Lisa McVey, John Terrial Puckett Jr., Christopher Wayne Puckett, Tia King, Jayme Ozanich, and D'ann Fryar; 50 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver and Mattie Gardner, her husband J.T. Puckett, 2 brothers, James Harrison and Oliver Hugh Harrison, and 2 sisters, Florence Barron and Mildred Rose. Funeral services were Monday, August 18, 2014 at 10 a.m at First United Methodist in Mena with Reverend Tom Frase officiating. Interment followed in the Old Dallas Cemetery under the direction of the Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Mrs. Puckett's grandsons, Jay Foreman, Danny Foreman, Johnny Foreman, David Foreman, Edd Puckett, Jerald Puckett, Danny Lindy, John Puckett Jr., and Christopher Wayne Puckett. Online obituary available at www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com.