Don-Lea-Obituary

Don Orvell Lea

Russell, Arkansas

Aug 6, 1936 – May 7, 2012 (Age 75)

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BORN
August 6, 1936
DIED
May 7, 2012
AGE
75
LOCATION
Russell, Arkansas

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Powell Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Bald Knob Obituary

Don Orvell Lea, 75, of Russell, died Monday, May 7, 2012 at the White County Medical Center in Searcy. He was born in Russell August 6, 1936 a son of the late Ralph Lea and Dorothy Harper Pearce. Don was a graduate of Bald Knob High School and played football for the Bulldogs. In his younger years he enjoyed hunting and the outdoors and was a US Navy Veteran. Don was a retired paper mill employee and served on the Russell School Restoration Committee. He is survived by his wife, Helen (Cole) Lea; daughter, Donita Kiernan of Watervliet, Michigan; granddaughter, Kanyon Kiernan, grandson, Dekota Kiernan, great-grandson, Jayden Norton all of Watervliet, Michigan; siblings, Rapha Jean Campbell of Russell, Jerry Lea of Tennessee, Eddie Lea of Arkansas, Jim Lea of Texas, Roger Lea of Judsonia, Janet Mathis of Arkansas and Madelyn Hopper of Kensett; step-mother, Nellie Lea of Judsonia. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Services will be conducted on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Carter Cemetery by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.

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