Sandra Kaye Nelke

Sandra Kaye Nelke of Ward, Ark., died April 17, 2019 at the age of 77. She was born in Wattensaw, Ark., to Jewell and Nan Maben Langford. Sandra was a member of Union Valley Baptist Church. She retired from food service with the Cabot School District after many years. She loved tending to her flower garden, looking for treasures at yard sales and flea markets, and dominos. Most of all she loved being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Sandra was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters: Rebecca Jane Arnold, Bernadine Stevens, and Theda Ann Griffin. She is survived by her husband of fifty years, Gary Nelke; daughter April (Chance) Brown; five grandchildren, Garrett, Courtney, Parker, Walker and Mitchell; great grandson Roman, three nieces, and one nephew. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Union Valley Baptist Church. Cremation arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home. www.smithfamilycares.com.