Obituaries

Joel Dean Cunningham Hedrick

Joel Dean Cunningham Hedrick of Little Rock died quietly on August 31, 2014 at the age of 101. Mrs. Hedrick was born on Sept. 27, 1912 in Monticello, Arkansas to Joel William and Mary Melinda Givens Cunningham. Joel Dean and Kim lived in their house on North Myrtle Street in Warren until 2006 when Kim died at the age of 99. Her first daughter, Mary Hedrick Causey, died in 2012. Mrs. Hedrick is survived by three of her four children: Jane Hedrick Beachboard (Jim Beachboard), Ellen Kay Hedrick (Tom Bacon), Mary's husband, J.P. Causey, and the Rev. Bill Hedrick (the Rev. Catherine Robinson). Mrs. Hedrick has 10 grandchildren: James Beachboard, Matthew (Susannah Beachboard, John Beachboard (Amber Brewer), Michael Bacon, (the Rev. Kathryn Lester-Bacon), Kathryn Bacon Goldman (Jeff Goldman), Beth Causey (Michelle Andrews), Lyn Causey (Alan Meyer), George Hedrick, Joy Hedrick Maguire (Bill Maguire), Mark Hedrick (Christy Hedrick). She also has eight great-grandchildren. For the past five years the staff at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Little Rock has provided love and care to Ms. Jo day and night. The family extends their deepest appreciation to our Briarwood family. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Oakland Cemetery on Friday, September 5, 2014 followed by a Memorial Service at the First Presbyterian Church, Warren, Ark. at 2 p.m. Arrangements are by Frazer's Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Warren, Arkansas, the Warren YMCA, or the Warren Public Library. Online guest register www.frazerfuneralhome.com.

Published September 3, 2014

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