Alzenia P. Broadway

Mrs. Alzenia P. Broadway, age 78, of Marianna, Ark., died Friday, August 5, 2011 at 12:16 a.m. at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Broadway was born August 12, 1932, in Marianna, Ark., the daughter of the late Mr. Herbert Parks and Mrs. Gertrude Engram-Parks. Mrs. Broadway was a retired Guidance Counselor/Teacher from the Lee County School District of 42 (forty-two) years and a member of Paradise Baptist Church in Marianna, Ark. Mrs. Broadway is survived by one son, Jimmy Lee Broadway, Marianna, Ark., two daughters, Gertrude Anita Broadway, Memphis, Tenn. and Maenora LaFay Broadway, Marianna, Ark., two grand-sons, Derrick Terrell Broadway (Lesli), Oak Park, Ill. and Jesse Lee Randolph III, Marianna, Ark., one great grand-son, Donovan Terrell Broadway, Oak Park, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. Mae Nora Parks-Cross, Marianna, Ark. Mrs. Broadway was preceded in death by her brother, Rosevelt Parks, a first cousin raised as a brother, James Alvin Brady, and another first cousin she helped raised as her son, Mr. Willie Lee Woods. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 13th at 1 p.m. at Lee Senior High School, Marianna, Ark. with burial following at Old Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Marianna, Ark. Services entrusted to Jackson-Highley Funeral Home, West Helena, Ark.