Joseph Barksdale Hudson, Jr.

Joseph Barksdale Hudson, Jr., 85, of Romance, Arkansas, was born April 5, 1925, in McBride, Mississippi and he died Tuesday, February 1, 2011. He served in the Army Air Corp. during WWII and served as Deputy Sheriff and worked for Shell Chemical Co. for 25 years. He was a Baptist and a Mason and enjoyed flower gardening and fishing. Joseph was preceded in death by wives Virginia and Wanda; one son, Joe Wayne; grandsons Logan, Mike and Daniel; brothers Edward and Boyd and sister Margie. He is survived by children Gary (Mary) of Colorado, Sandi (Ronnie) of Arkansas, Rick (Frannie) of Arkansas, Doug (Christy) of Colorado and Dee Dee (Ronnie) of Arkansas; 24 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; brothers, Cornie of Mississippi and Johnny of Colorado; sisters, Francis of Louisiana, Sylvia of Washington and Annette of Tennessee. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 11 a.m., Monday, February 7, 2011, at Floyd United Methodist Church, with burial in New Floyd Cemetery. www.westbrookfuneralhome.com.