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Gladys Ellen Justus

Gladys Ellen Justus, age 99, widow of Ray E. Justus, passed away March 8, 2014, in the Baptist Health Medical Center in Heber Springs. Born on September 6, 1914, in Lawrence County, Arkansas, she was one of eight children born to Benjamin F. Foley and Fannie Pickett Foley. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Heber Springs and was the owner of The Fabric Center in Walnut Ridge, Ark., for many years. She is survived by her son, Bobby Justus and wife, Margaret, of Heber Springs, Ark., and her daughter, Pam Gray and her husband, Gary, of Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Justus is also survived by four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at the First Baptist Church with funeral services following at 11 a.m. with Dr. J.R. DeBusk officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the Smithville Cemetery in Smithville, Ark. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church in Heber Springs, Ark. Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home. www.olmstead.cc.

Published March 11, 2014

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