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Opal Daffron Obituary
Opal Joyce Daffron, age 88, from St. Francis, Ark., passed away Jan. 16, 2022, in Russellville.
She was born Aug. 10, 1933, in Clay County, and was the daughter of the late Orville and Florence Orr.
She was united in marriage to Curtis Cleveland Daffron on June 16, 1951, and to this union four children were born.
Opal was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in St. Francis, and served as a registered nurse at the VA hospital after earning her license at age 44.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother, Harold Orr; and sister, Barbara McArthur.
Survivors include four children, Suzan Daffron of Russellville, Steve Daffron and wife Linda of Ramsey, New Jersey, Phil Daffron of Piggott, and Linda Yerina and husband Kevin of Russellville; 13 grandchildren, R.C. Johnson, Jon Daffron, Jeff Daffron, Beth Daffron, Amanda Baty, Jennifer Benns, Amy Lishinski, Greg Daffron, Will Daffron, Molly Dennis, Ashley Yerina, Devyn Yerina and James Yerina; 15 great-grandchildren, Kaden, Jace, David, Kyrie, Maclean, Walter, Henry, Avery, Dean, Jacob, Aubrey, Addie, Emma, Izzy and Avery; and brothers, Ken Orr of Gulfport, Miss., and Jerry Orr of Bentonville; and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday in the St. Francis Baptist Church with John Hodges officiating. Burial is in Gravel Hill Cemetery in St. Francis.
Pallbearers are grandsons, R.C. Johnson, Jon Daffron, Jeff Daffron, Greg Daffron, Will Daffron, and great-grandson Maclean Daffron.
Visitation begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home of Piggott, is in charge of the arrangements.
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Janna Smith
January 26, 2022
Linda, I am so very sorry for the loss of your Mom. I am sure you have lots of happy memories to cherish. Even though I never met her, she had to be a great person by seeing the wonderful job she did with you. Love you!
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