Wanda Kent

Wanda Kent, 91, passed away December 3, 2019, in Mountain Home, Ark. She was born April 27, 1928, in Clifty, to Aruel Edmond and Zula Lee McElhaney Calico. She taught several years in the Springdale Public School System where she started the Speech Therapy program in 1965. Wanda also supervised students from the speech and hearing clinic at the University of Arkansas. She worked doing speech therapy in the Counseling and Guidance Center in Fort Smith; then with the Arkansas Department of Education, and finally in special education in Little Rock. She married C.N. Kent, Jr., of Mountain Home in 1978. After his retirement from First National Bank of Mountain Home, they traveled a great deal and had a wonderful life. They lived in Mountain Home until his death in 2000. He was a wonderful man and much loved. Following C.N.'s death, Wanda returned to Fayetteville. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Laura Farmer of British Columbia, Canada; two grandsons, Travis Bell and Cody Bell; her great-grandchildren, Nicholas, T.J., Cody Lee, Cadence, Cash, and KyLee; two step-daughters and sons-in-law, Barbie and Dale Graham, and Carolyn and Lynn Kent; step-grandchildren, Nicole and Dana Vaccarella; and Kent and Christy Graham; step-great-grandchildren, Samantha and Aaliyah; and one half-sister and brother-in-law, Jonnie Bell and Keith Spinks. A memorial service will be held on December 17 at 11 a.m., at Brashears Funeral Home with Brad Moore officiating. Private interment will follow. Services are entrusted to Brashears Funeral Home of Huntsville.