Paul Joseph Gairhan

January 18, 1934 - August 4, 2017

Mr. Paul Joseph Gairhan of Trumann departed this life Friday, August 4, 2017 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 83 years, 6 months and 17 days. He was born Thursday, January 18, 1934 in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. Mr. Gairhan was a retired farmer, a member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Belinda Gairhan, 2 brothers, Herman & William Gairhan, and his parents, Nathan and Lorean Akins Gairhan. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Joyce E. Skaggs Gairhan of the home; two daughters, Deborah Shaffer and husband Gary of Nashville and Linda McWayne and husband Darrel of North Little Rock; one son, Jerry Ferguson and wife Beverly of London, Ark.; one sister, Marie DePriest of Malden, MO; two brothers, Earl Gairhan of Jonesboro and Wayne Gairhan of Trumann; 6 grandchildren, Heather Ferguson, Jeremy Ferguson, Devin McWayne, Courtney Coats, Chelsey Shaffer and Miles Dylan McWayne; and 3 great-grandchildren, Reice Doke, Kendyll Ferguson and Oakley Coats. Funeral service will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Friendship Assembly of God near Jonesboro, Ark., with Rev. James Moore and Rev. Darrel Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. Pallbearers will be Jeremy Ferguson, Miles Dylan McWayne, Michael Gairhan, Charles Gairhan, Dennis Penter Jr., and Johnny Whitman. Visitation will be Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 p.m. to l:30 p.m. at Friendship Assembly of God, 1771 Highway 163 (Old Harrisburg Hwy.), Jonesboro, Ark. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.