Jean Fisher Quinn Baehrel

Jonesboro - Jean Fisher Quinn Baehrel, 93, died Thursday, March 26, 2009 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born to a pioneer family of Blytheville on August 15, 1915 to the late Edd and Josephine Fisher. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Jonesboro. Mrs. Beahrel was a charter member of St. Bernard's Village and an avid bridge player. She loved her family. Survivors include two sons and their wives, Wade and Johanna Quinn and Ed and Sue Quinn all of Jonesboro; ten grandchildren, Wade Quinn III (Candace), Jim Quinn and Patience Gibson (Mark) all of Jonesboro, Lawson Quinn (Deborah) of Temecula, CA, Breese Quinn (Susanne) of Oxford, Miss, Buffy Johnson (Jeff) of Jonesboro, Shelly Dugger (Tim) of Benton, Ashley Scatamaccia (Dino) of Memphis, Quinn Breckenridge of Franklin, TN and Phillip McMaster of Memphis; 17 great-grandchildren; a special friend, Dorothy Halford and her caregivers, Barbara Sutterfield and Henrietta Qualls. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, J. Wade Quinn and Julius Baehrel; a daughter, Rebecca McMaster Gaines; four sisters, Viola Moore, Lucetta Barnett, Annie Husband and Mary Jo Johnson. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Jonesboro with Rev. John Miles II officiating. Entombment will be at 3 p.m. at Memphis Memorial Park Mausoleum under the direction of Gregg Funeral Home of Jonesboro. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 31, 2009, from 10 a.m. until time of service at the church. The family requests lasting memorials be given to the First United Methodist Church, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association. Personal condolences may be sent to the Baehrel family at www. greggfunerals.com. Gregg Funeral Home 870-935-5566