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1936
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2019
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Peggy Richardson Obituary
Peggy Jo Richardson was welcomed by her Savior into life eternal on March 2, 2019, in Fort Smith. She was a member of Alma EHC Club, Alma Senior Inn and was retired from Walmart.
She was born in Jethro, delivered into this world by her maternal grandfather, Dr. J.W. Davis, who also delivered her three brothers before her.
Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Elizabeth and Leonard Faught of Ozark; two brothers, Cletus (died as a child) and Jerry Faught; and a granddaughter, Ashlee Hope Richardson.
Service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Ocker Funeral Home in Alma with interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Surviving Peggy are two daughters, Kelly Richardson and Mischelle Jordan (Rodney) of Alma; two sons, the Rev. Curtis Richardson (Gaylia) of McRae and the Rev. Dale Lee (Amy) of Alma; one brother, Jimmy Faught of Alma; and a sister-in-law, Valeria Faught of Ozark. She also leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, all of whom she loved, adored and cherished her role as their "Nanny."
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
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