Maudie M. Tanksley Harper

Maudie M. Tanksley Harper, 74, of Snyder, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Stonegate Villa Health & Rehabilitation Center in Crossett.  Mrs. Harper was a native and life long resident of Ashley County.  She was a homemaker and owner of the Parkdale Grocery & Café for several years.  She was a member of the New Life Church in Crossett.  Her life revolved around her children and grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, William “Red” Harper in 2005; her parents, Frank & Myrtle Allen Tanksley; six brothers, Clyde, Charles, Millerd, Travis and James Franklin Tanksley and an infant brother; six sisters, Easter Cone, Josie Kelley, Lila Atticosons, Eula Martin and Gladys Ricks and an infant sister.

She is survived by five sons, Kenneth Ray Pack, Jr. and wife Vicki, of Bastrop, Louisiana, Ronald Keith Pack and wife, Nikki, Ricky Joe Pack and wife, Janet, all of Crossett, Wilbert Wayne Jackson and wife, Amy, of Beekman, Louisiana and Donald Wayne Pack of Snyder; three daughters, Elizabeth Ann Tucker of Snyder, Glenda Kay Axtell and husband, Shawn Funderburg, Linda Kay Bailey and husband, Robin, all of Crossett; her close friend, Sandra Michelle Pack of Monticello; 13 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are 10 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017 in the Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Carlton White and Bobby Livingston, Jr. officiating.  Burial will be in the Promise Land Cemetery.  Pallbearers are Dewayne Pack, Russell Pack, Kaleb Pack, Joshua Pack, Justin Yates, David Adcock, John Brock, Bryant Carman, Justin Easttam, Jeremy McDaniel and Randy Hutchinson.  Memorials may be made to the Promise Land Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. JoAnn Sullivan, 318 Ashley Road 131, Hamburg, AR 71646. 

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home.

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