Grace Hurdle Worden

February 19, 1923 - May 9, 2011

Mrs. Lillian Grace Hurdle Worden was born on Monday, February 19, 1923 daughter of the late W.A. and Pearl Hutchison Hurdle. She died Monday, May 9, 2011 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. at the age of 88 years 2 months and 20 days. She was born in Catron, MO, and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Worden was retired from Singer Co. and Wal-Mart and was a member of Parkview Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh E. Worden, two sisters, two brothers and her parents. She is survived by one daughter, Joan Rutherford and husband Calvin of Trumann; one sister, Joy Dycus Easter of Trumann; two grandchildren, Renee Taylor and husband, Tom of Poplar Bluff, MO and Wendy Pickrell and husband Lee Ray of Naylor, MO; five great-grandchildren, Cody Pickrell, Callee Pickrell, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Taylor, and Sarah Beth Taylor; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann, Ark., with Rev. Paul Vincent and Rev. Robert Reese officiating. Burial will be in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. Active pallbearers will be Hilton Hurdle, Matt Hurdle, Lee Ray Pickrell, Tom Taylor, Melvin Dycus, Sr., and Woody Worden. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Fletcher, Buddy Helton, Melvin Dycus, Jr., Joe Hurdle, Jr., Homer Worden, and Ladies Sunday School Class. Visitation will be Wednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. until time of service at Thompson Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Parkview Missionary Baptist Church 104 North Parkview Trumann, AR 72472 and the Kidney Foundation. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net