Sue Dell Black

Sue Dell Black, 95, of Pine Bluff died Thursday, March 30, 2017. Born in Star City, Ark., June 7, 1921, a daughter of the late Earl Wayne and Myrtis Adams Vick, she grew up in star City, graduating from Star City High School at age 16 in 1938. She attended Arkansas A&M (now UofA-Monticello) for one year and Modern School of Business in Monticello for one year before starting her business career. She joined the Public Welfare Department in Star City in 1940, then in 1941 joined the Lincoln County Triple-A where she worked until 1953. She transferred to the Jefferson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service until retiring in 1976. She married Orlen Sanford Campbell in 1943. He died at age 58. She married Wade Black, Pine Bluff florist, in 1972. He died in 2003. She was a First United Methodist Church-Pine Bluff member, Special and Honorary member of United Methodist Women, past president and member of Wesley Friendship Sunday School Class. She was also a member of the DAR-Pine Bluff Chapter since 1989 and the Pine Bluff Duplicate Bridge Club. Her survivors include three nieces, three nephews, many great and great-great nieces and nephews, two cousins, and a sister-in-law. In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by her sister, Martha Betty Vick Atkinson, and brother, Earl Wayne Vick Jr. Services are Monday, April 3, 2017, 10:30 a.m., Chapel of First United Methodist Church. Memorials are requested to her church, PO Box 8003, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71611. Online register: www.ralphrobinsonandson.com.