Obituaries

Josephine Rachel Scoggins

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Josephine Rachel Scoggins, 88, Arkadelphia, passed February 12, 2017 in Eatontown, New Jersey. Josephine accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at St. Paul AME Church, Arkadelphia. She graduated from Peake High School in Arkadelphia in 1948 and went to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Education from Alabama State College-Montgomery in 1953. She received a Master degree in Elementary Education from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville in 1958 and taught elementary school for 34 years, 6 in Newton, MS and twenty-eight in Gary, Indiana. She is predeceased by her parents, Joe and Concilla Cranford; husband, Alger Scoggins; siblings, Joe Cranford Jr., Geneva Jones, Cornelius Jones and Freddie Cranford. Survivors: siblings, Fannie B. (Robert Jr.) Lee of Arkadelphia, Eddie (Lelia) Cranford of Neptune, N.J., Bobby J. Cranford of Fairfield, Calif. and Leous Cranford of San Francisco, Calif.; nieces and nephews, Barbara Bernard, Valerie Lee, Belinda Cranford, Beverly Clay, Yvonna Cranford, Joe Lee, Robert Lee III, Walter (Kelly) Cranford and Warner (Elvia) Jones. Graveside services were held at White Ridge Cemetery in Eatontown, New Jersey on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 10 a.m. Services provided by Ely Funeral Home and Williams Funeral Home. Sign guestbook at www.funeralsatwilliams.com.

Published February 25, 2017

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