Elijah John Spears

Elijah John Spears, 11, of Ward, Ark., died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. He was a fifth grader at Cabot Middle School North where he was a straight-A student. He was an avid golfer and played at Hickory Creek Golf Course and was an avid gamer. He is survived by his parents, Timothy K. Spears and Renee Garvin, both of Ward; grandparents, Toni and Dan Ellis of Ward, and Kenneth and Jennifer Kelly of Brunswick, Tenn.; great-grandmothers, Evelyn Kelly of Bartlett, Tenn. and Rose Young of Florida; two brothers, Timothy K. Spears, II (Taryn) of Ellabell, Ga. and Joseph A. Spears of Sioux Falls, S.D.; two sisters, Ashley T. Garvin of Conway and Christine E. Spears of Cabot; two nephews and one niece; aunts and uncles, cousins and friends; his best friends, Raymond Star and Caleb Swindle; and his cousins, Kayla Hawks and Braiden Hawks of Ward. Memorials may be made to Elijah Spears service, c/o Smith - Westbrook Funeral Home, PO Box 490, Beebe, Ark. 72012. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Smith - Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Smith - Westbrook Funeral Home, with burial in Monk Cemetery. Arrangements by Smith - Westbrook Funeral Home. www.SmithFamilyCares.com.