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Roxie Lee Arnn

Roxie Lee Arnn, 94, passed away on Jan. 3, 2014 at Dermott Nursing Home. Visitation will be held on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 at 2-4 p.m. at Griffin-Culpepper Funeral Service in McGehee, Ark. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at Bellaire Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Culpepper officiating. Burial will be at Dermott Cemetery in Dermott, Ark. Roxie was born on Jan. 27, 1919 in Batesville, Ark., the seventh child of the late Asa Aden and America Viola Arnn. She graduated from Dermott High School and worked in Pine Bluff, Arkansas before returning to Dermott to be with her mother, Ola Arnn. Roxie enjoyed many years working for Delta Production until her retirement in 1982. Roxie was a member of the Bellaire Baptist Church where she served as pianist. She was influential in many people's lives. She brought children to church who could not have attended otherwise. She taught several students piano, some becoming pianists at their church years later. Roxie is survived by many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Asa Aden and America Viola Arnn; siblings, Eva Ruth Arnn Bailey, Cleo, Johnny, A.B., and Wallace Arnn, Mary Pauline Arnn Martin and Grace Elizabeth Arnn Gibbons. She will be missed by all who knew her but her sweet smile will never be forgotten. Pallbearers will be her nephews, Glen and Jerry Gibbons, Jimmy Duncan, Johnny Mack Arnn, Tommy Arnn, Joe Arnn, and Bill Arnn. On-line guest book may be signed at www.griffinculpepper.com.

Published January 5, 2014

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