Saundra Kaye Birkhead

Saundra "Kaye" Birkhead passed into the age of the eternal on October 11, 2017. She was born to Oza Butler Albert and Jack Albert on January 3, 1939 in White County, Arkansas. She and her brother, Jack Albert, grew up a part of a robust extended farming and mercantile family of which she was very proud. She earned a degree from then Arkansas State Teachers College, now UCA, and began teaching on an emergency teaching license in 1957. She married Bruce Birkhead in 1960 and together they raised two children, Zena Marshall and Todd Birkhead, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Graveside services will be held at Mt. Salem Cemetery in Logan County at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2017 under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. at First Christian Church (DOC), 3501 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith. Memorial contributions can be made for books for children who attend the Fort Smith Adult Education Childcare Center or First Christian Church, Fort Smith. To sign an online guestbook visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.