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Dianne Besancon

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Dianne Besancon was born October 7, 1944, in Jacksonville, Arkansas, she passed away May 15, 2017, in Hot Springs Arkansas. Dianne was born to Redmond Boyd & Annie Sumner Boyd. She attended school in Jacksonville, and received her Cosmetology license and eventually owned her own salon for approximately 10 years. Dianne married Wayne Besancon January 11, 1970, moved to Cabot and went on to have two daughters, Shelly (Dallas, Texas) and Heather (Little Rock, Ark.). In 1989, Wayne and Dianne started their own business, Mr. B's, a thriving convenience store and popular lunch stop in Cabot Arkansas. Dianne and Wayne retired and moved to Hot Springs in 2012. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers Dickie Boyd, Don Boyd & Jerry Boyd. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Wayne Besancon, her two daughters Shelly Morden and her husband Jason, Heather Morden and her husband Shane, five grandchildren, Brandon, Cody, Cole, McKinley, and Gage, her brother, Arthur Boyd, sister, Mary Ruth Turrentine and sister-in-law, Margaret Boyd along with a host of nieces and nephews. A visitation will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the chapel of Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home in Jacksonville, with services immediately following at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Mt. Carmel Cemetery, P.O. Box 1092 Cabot, Ark. 72023. Arrangements by Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home & Crematory (501) 982-2136. Sign online guestbook at www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com.

Published May 17, 2017

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