Natalie Cecile Taylor Stuckey

NATALIE CECILE TAYLOR STUCKEY, age 84, of Little Rock passed away Nov. 30, 2014. She was born in Jonesboro, Ark. on Nov. 23, 1930 to the late Robert Henry Taylor and Mae Beatrice Priestly Taylor of Trumann, Ark. Natalie was predeceased by her husband of 30 years, J C "Jake" Stuckey of Trumann, and by her eldest son, Robert Taylor Stuckey of Atlanta, Ga. Natalie is survived by her daughter, Cecile Stuckey Rose, and her husband, Thomas N. Rose and their son, Thomas N. Rose Jr. all of Little Rock, and by her son, John C. Stuckey and his wife, Amy P. Stuckey and their two children, Natalie Marie Stuckey and J C Stuckey II all of Trumann. Natalie attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Before moving to Little Rock in 1996, she resided in McCormick, Ark., a small community southwest of Trumann, served as director of Bank of Trumann and Taylor & Stuckey, Inc. and was actively involved in farming and agricultural related businesses and enterprises founded by her late father and late husband. Natalie was a member of the United Methodist Church and a generous supporter of a number of charitable organizations and causes in Trumann and Little Rock. A private family burial will occur at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 2222, Little Rock, AR 72203-2222, or Trumann Food Pantry, 610 Walnut Street, Trumann, AR 72472. Arrangements by Thompson Funeral Home, Trumann, Arkansas. An online registry book can be signed at thompsonfuneralhome.net.