Pauline Duke Talley

September 25, 1931 - March 1, 2017

Mrs. Pauline Duke Talley of Memphis, TN., departed this life Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Germantown Methodist Hospital at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 4 days. She was born Friday, September 25, 1931 in Caraway and lived in Memphis the last 7 years and was formerly of the Trumann area. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Talley; one daughter, Sarah Jane Talley; one step-son, Houston Talley; three sisters, Geneva Parks, Vera Luff and Mary Ellen Stevens; one brother, Bobby Duke and her parents, Robert and Minnie Anderson Duke. She is survived by one granddaughter, Brandi Gruber and husband Greg of Memphis, TN; one grandson, Thomas Bradford and wife Krystal of Little Rock, AR; four great-grandchildren, Nathan Gruber, Kaitlyn Gruber, Colin Bradford, and Carter Bradford; and two sisters, Clara Luff of Caraway, AR and Eudean Reeves of Monticello, KY. Graveside services will be Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Caraway Cemetery with Rev. Rick Stevens officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home of Trumann. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.