Obituaries

Carey Wendell Cotner

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Carey Wendell Cotner, 72, of White Hall passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2014. He was born January 24, 1941 in Humphrey, Arkansas to the late John and Lucy Page Cotner. He attended schools in Humphrey and Dollarway School District before joining the United States Army in 1959. He was stationed in Virginia and also in Okinawa. After he returned to Pine Bluff from the Army he worked for JC Penney and BF Goodrich Tire. In 1970 he started Wholesale Tire on Highway 79 and a year later he moved to Dollarway Road where the business is today. Carey was a member of Church of Christ on 28th Street. He is preceded in death by; his parents; brothers, J.C., Billy and Donald Cotner. Mr. Cotner is survived by his wife, Marie Stell Cotner, whom he married November 22, 1959 and had been married over 54 years; son, James Carey Cotner; three grandchildren, Jordan, Carson Marie and Jaxson Cotner; brother, C.D. (Yvonne) Cotner all of White Hall; sisters, Louveda (Lester) Thomas of Stuttgart and Linda (Richard) Allred of Hot Springs. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Cranford Funeral Home of White Hall with Brother Clarence Fell officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Friday until service time at 2 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Church of Christ, 4700 28th Street, Building Fund, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Funeral arrangements are by Cranford Funeral Home of White Hall(www.cranfordfh.com).

Published January 23, 2014

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