Reba Jo Gottfried

January 4, 1936 - January 8, 2015

Ms. Reba Jo Gottfried died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Arlington Cove Health Care Center in Trumann, Ark., at the age of 79 years and 4 days. Ms. Gottfried was born Saturday, January 4, 1936 in Oil Trough, Ark., to the late Rudolph and Della Nancy Jane Fuller Gottfried and had lived in Trumann for the past 51 years and was formerly of Newport, Ark. She was retired factory worker, Den Mother for 15 years for Trumann Boy Scouts and the Youth Director for Eastside Baptist Church and a member of Providence Baptist Church. Ms. Gottfried was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Gottfried and her parents, Rudolph and Della Nancy Jane Fuller Gottfried. Survivors include one son; Scotty Gottfried of Trumann, one granddaughter, Heather Gottfried of Fort Worth, Tex., four sisters, Jane Stites of Olyphant, Ark, Kay Short of Trumann, Martha Cupp of Anderson, MO, Dorothy Gottfried of Trumann; three brothers, Dean Gottfried of Bella Vista, Ark, Roy Gottfried of Trumann, and Michael Gottfried of Topeka, Kan. Funeral services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church in Trumann, Ark., with Rev. Bobby Brooks officiating. Burial will follow in Kellers Chapel Cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. with Thompson Funeral Home of Trumann in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Phillip Wilcockson, Earnie Link, Jackie McHalffey, Randy Harvel, Michael Hudgens Rodney Hayes, Matthew Bufford and William Summers. Honorary pallbearer will be Christian George. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann, Ark. An online guest book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.