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Submitted: 5/4/09 • Approved: 2/14/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R188371-G188371-S3
James 21 Mar 1935 - 11 Feb 2020
Bobbie 22 Jul 1936 - 15 Mar 2004
Marriage: 17 Sept 1955 Lawrence County, Arkansas Book Y-11
Ralph James Jean son of Marvin Everett Jean and Hettie Grace Erwin Jean. Bobbie Frances (DePriest) Jean daughter of Ulysses "Lish" DePriest and Lena Beatrice (Poe) DePriest.
James Ralph Jean of Imboden, Arkansas
March 21, 1935 - February 11, 2020
Imboden- James Ralph Jean, 84, went to meet the Lord Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was born March 21, 1935 to Marvin Everett and Hettie Grace Erwin Jean in Eaton.
He owned and operated Jean’s Phillips 66 service station for fifty-three years. James also served in the National Guard for six years and was a member of United Methodist Church in Imboden.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Depriest Jean of 49 years; his parents; and one infant daughter, Barbara Allen Jean.
He is survived by sisters, Judy Hardesty (Lynn) of Fort Denaud, Florida, Joyce Sears (Glynn) of Alva, Florida, and Mary Bigelow of Fort Myers, Florida; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Saturday, February 15, 2020 from 1 until 2 p.m. at Imboden United Methodist Church with the funeral following immediately at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Hope Cemetery in Imboden under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Honored to serve as pallbearers Lindon Finney, Bobby Bridges, Jerry Foley, Warren Williams, Mike Smith, Terry Rorex.
Online Registry: coxfhwalnutridge.com
Obituary provided courtesy of Cox Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas published 14 Feb 2020. © Copyright 2012 - 20 Cox Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.
Contributed on 5/4/09 by denise.bratcher63
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