Willette Humphreys Rowlands

Willette Humphreys Rowlands obituary, Russellville, AR

Willette Humphreys Rowlands

Willette Rowlands Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Aug. 10, 2014.
Willette Humphreys Rowlands, 63, of Russellville, died Sunday, August 10, 2014, at Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home. She was born December 27, 1950, in Russellville, to Shelby Pat and Melvina Pauline Gibson Humphreys. She was a 1969 graduate of Russellville High School where she was an honor student, and attended Arkansas Tech University. She was a payroll clerk at Arkansas Nuclear One, a Girl Scout and Brownie leader, and a lifetime member of First Assembly of God where she taught two Sunday School classes. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband, Gary Rowlands; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kristen and Randy Minton of Little Rock, and Rebecca and Scott Jackson of Fayetteville; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Pat and Sue Humphreys, Richard and Ann Humphreys and Michael and Kim Humphreys, all of Russellville; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Paulette Jackson of Russellville, and Nancy and Darryl Gill of Maumelle; and four grandchildren, Adrianne Caroline Minton, Ella Katherine Minton, Anna Katherine Jackson and Charlotte Grace Jackson. The memorial service will be at 3 p.m., on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at First Assembly of God, officiated by the Rev. Keith Underhill and the Rev. Ronnie Morris. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery will be private, and under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. Memorials may be made to Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation, Post Office Box 2222, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-9984.

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