Mabel Ford Sinele

Mabel Ford Sinele, 89, of Batesville, died Saturday. Survivors include her sons: Ford Sinele and his wife, Judy, of Little Rock and Raymond Sinele and his wife, Beverly, of Flora, Miss.; daughters: Belinda VanDenburg of Mansfield, Texas, Twanette Clark of Cabot, Ark., Lucinda Hankins and her husband, Parmer, of Oil Trough, Ark., and Teresa Long and her husband, Johnny, of Newport, Ark.; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a sister: Marilyn Sullivan of Cabot. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, G.H. Sinele; a precious grandchild, Andrew Burton Sinele, son of Ford and Judy; and her brothers, Henry Ford and Bill Ford. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oil Trough Church of Christ with Sam Don Beasley officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Batesville. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Children's Home, Inc., 5515 Old Walcott Road, Paragould, Ark. 72450; and Harding University Teacher's Scholarship Fund, Alumni Office, P.O. Box 10768, Searcy, Ark. 72149. www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.