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Markolea Elizabeth Black

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Markoleta Elizabeth Black, 86 of Hazen died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. She was born Nov 10, 1929 in Tollville, Ark. to the late Dewey Hobson Toll and Nellie Newkirk Toll. She was a member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Stuttgart and also attended St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Tollville. She graduated from De Valls Bluff High School in 1948 where she played basketball and met her husband Arnold Black, whom she married Nov. 19, 1948. Along with raising four children, she worked full time as an assistant to Dr. Travis Mathews, a long time physician in Hazen, Dr. John Vowell, D.D.S., a long time dentist in Hazen, Proctor Tire Service and the Hazen Public Library. Markoleta was preceded in death by her parents; and her brother, Dewey Toll. She is survived by her husband, Arnold Black of Hazen; sons, Dickie (Linda) Black of Pine Bluff, and Danny (Leslie) Black of Little Rock; daughters, Paula (Phil) Prislovsky of Stuttgart and Karen Black of Hazen; One sister, Gladys Hatfield of De Valls Bluff; grandchildren, Jennifer (Tomas) Burnett of Little Rock, Jamie (Chris) Dennis of Little Rock, Gabriel (Genevieve) McTigrit of Little Rock, Lauren Black of White Hall, Carly (Jake) Bokker of Hazen, Kelli Black of Bryant, Meryl Prislovsky of Hazen, Jillian (Justin) Horton of Fayetteville and Ariel (Vince) Tate of Des Arc; and twelve great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. The family is grateful to the staff at Hospice Home Care in Pine Bluff for their compassionate care provided to Markoleta and her family. Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Tollville at 10 a.m. officiated by Rev. Darrell Stayton and assisted by Billy Hawkins. Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery in De Valls Bluff. Arrangements are by Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. Please sign the online Guestbook at www.westbrookfuneralhomehazen.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Oakland Cemetery, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Alban's Episcopal Church and the American Cancer Society.

Published October 16, 2016

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