Jeffrey Phillip Deloney

JEFFREY PHILLIP DELONEY, age 49, of Little Rock, died June 27, 2018. Jeff was born on April 25, 1969, in Fayetteville, Ark., to Linda and Phil Deloney. He moved with his family to Little Rock in 1972 and was a "free-range" Hillcrest kid who loved growing up in his family-friendly, slightly-hippy neighborhood. He graduated from Central High School in 1987 and attended the University of Arkansas Fayetteville where he was proud to be a Sigma Chi. Jeff was an exceptional salesman and was energetic and creative in marketing and advertising. From his start in the food services industry and insurance sales, through more than a decade at KTHV Channel 11 and subsequent media outlets, he had the ability to relate easily with all types of people. His clients, colleagues, and competitors became his friends. Jeff was predeceased by his grandparents, Len T. and Floy Belle Deloney and Paul and Nelwyn Keller, his uncle Tommy Deloney, and cousin Sara Jo Renigar. Jeff is survived by his parents, his brother Brian and his wife, Angela, and their children, Austin and Madelyn; his aunts, Paula Nichols of Benton and Cindy Keller of Harrison, and uncle Fred Keller (Pat) of Harrison; cousins Tom Deloney and Sheri Deloney, of Houston Texas; Kari Henard of Bryant, Jennifer McBride, of Russellville, and Matt Keller, Lane Keller, and Tracy Renigar, all of Harrison. Close family members include Pauline Tabor of Jefferson, Texas, Georgia Harris of Fayetteville, Tom and Sandy Kimbro of Cleburne, Texas, and Adrienne Elrod of Washington D.C. Visitation will be Monday, July 2, 2018 from 4-6 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home. A private family inurnment, to be officiated at his request by Rev. Louann Averitt Brace, will be held in the Columbarium at First United Methodist Church Little Rock. Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com. Jeff loved many pets throughout his life and would have appreciated memorials to the Humane Society of Pulaski County.