Martha Linn Gentry Winchell

Martha Linn Gentry Winchell passed peacefully from this life into the Lord's loving hands on December 3, 2016. She was born in Conway, Arkansas on August 22, 1934 to Roy L. and Daisy Robinson Gentry. She lived her early years in Little Rock and graduated from LR High School (now Central High) in 1952. She married her lifetime companion William (Bo) Winchell in August 1956, shortly after having graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College (now UCA). Martha was preceded in death by her husband, Bo, and her daughter, Juanita (Nita) Pieri. She is survived by her daughter, Linn Burns (Jason); son, Bill Winchell (Reba): brothers Roy Gentry (Pearl) and Bill Gentry (Linda); grandchildren Carson and Jack Burns, Kaylinn, Buddy, Josh, and Dusty Winchell; seven great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Pulaski County Humane Society, 14600 Colonel Glenn Rd, Little Rock, Ark. 72210 or the American Cancer Society, 901 N University Ave, Little Rock, Ark. 72207. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2016 at Smith-North Little Rock Funeral Home, 1921 Main Street. Visitation will be held before the service beginning at 11 a.m. Inurnment will be at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 15, 2016. Online obituary and guest registry at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.