Nancy Christina Posey

Nancy Christina Neal Posey, born October 17, 1922, went home to be with Jesus on June 4, 2025. She was 102 years of age.

Christina is preceded in death by her parents Alfred Lewis Neal and Mary Lee Christian Neal, her husband of 72 years Carroll Posey Sr., and her daughter Nancy Posey Apple.She is survived by daughter Dolores Posey Burns (Bill), son Carroll Posey Jr. (Cindy), grandchildren Mitzi Shaw, Kimberly Mahon, Corey Burns (Ashley), Audra Pearson (Shane), Travis Burns (Kim), Kristen Cunningham (Kyle), Celeste Cooper (Mitchell), and Grant Posey (Lauren), numerous great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, son-in-law Gordon Apple and sister Irene Neal Murray.

She graduated from Joe T. Robinson High School in Little Rock. She was self taught and self reliant in all of her endeavors. She retired from working at Lawson Elementary School where she was secretary/bookkeeper for 25 years. In addition to those duties, she was often called upon at Lawson to fill in as a surrogate nurse while checking for cooties with two #2 pencils, handing out bandaids, and telling students they weren’t as sick as they said and sending them back to class. She also emceed the Talent Shows there, writing her own jokes and unashamedly laughing at them with her 3x5  index cards in hand.

Christina was a lifetime member of Crystal Hill Baptist Church where she served faithfully as Vacation Bible School Director where she famously said, “Good morning boys and girls and faculty members,” and we all replied (including her family), “Good morning, Mrs. Posey.” For years she supplied and arranged fresh flowers for the altar. She served as church secretary for many years. Christina worked with Youth for Christ as a sponsor and was involved with the Women’s Missionary Union.

Church was at the center of her personal, family, and social life. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, cooking and going to church even when on vacation. She could outhunt you, outfish you, outwit you and beat you at dominoes. She was fearless, afraid of no one and nothing except for storms. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Senior Citizens of Crystal Hill Baptist Church.