Ruth Bishop Hansard

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Emerson Funeral Home - Jonesboro

Posted events

February 3, 2026

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Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Highland Drive Baptist Church

515 East Highland Drive, Jonesboro, AR 72401

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Memorial service

2:00 p.m.

Highland Drive Baptist Church

515 East Highland Drive, Jonesboro, AR 72401

Emerson Funeral Home - Jonesboro

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February 3, 2026

Emerson Funeral Home - Jonesboro

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February 3, 2026

Ruth Hansard Obituary

Ruth Bishop Hansard, 89, of Jonesboro, passed away on February 3, 2026 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born on August 10, 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia to John Olin and Florrie Jean Bishop, the youngest of six. She went to Mars... Read Ruth Hansard's Obituary