Marvin Allen Vestal

Marvin Allen Vestal, 75, of Montrose, died Friday, November 26, 2021, at his residence.  Mr. Vestal was a native of Danville, Arkansas and a resident of the Trafalgar Community outside of Hamburg for many years.  He was a 1964 graduate of Lakeside High School and a 1966 graduate of the Ouachita Valley Technical School in West Monroe, Louisiana.  Mr. Vestal worked as an Electrician, having retired in 2005 and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 474, in Memphis, Tennessee.  He loved his children, was always there for anything they were involved in and was a proud “Mother F.L.E.”. Mr. Vestal was a charter member of the Trafalgar Hunting Club and he enjoyed running dogs and working on vehicles.

He is preceded in death by his parents, James & Jennie Priddy Vestal; two brothers, Claud Vestal and Lyndon Vestal; two sisters, Josephine Smith and Mary Jeanette Vestal.

He is survived by a daughter, Terri Lynn Williams of Malvern; three step-daughters, Myra  Baird and boyfriend, Dallas Cauthen, of Stewart, Tennessee, Carmen Valdez and husband, Jose, of Whittier, California and Christy Turner and husband, Mike, of Springfield, Missouri; five step-sons, Jim Sanchez and wife, Amy, of West Frankfort, Illinois, Andrew Sanchez of Farmington, Missouri, Brad Ward, James Ward and Dalton Ward all of Arkansas; two brothers, George Vestal of Fountain Hill and Tony Vestal and wife, Marcia, of Portland; two sisters, Linda Vestal of Belleview and Julia “Judy” Sadler and husband, Richard, of Portland; a special friend, Ricky Lynn of Montrose; 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, December 2, 2021, in the Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Zach Jackson officiating. Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Trafalgar Hunting Club and the members of the Local 474.  Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  38105-9959 or the American Cancer Society, 901 N. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR  72204. 

Visitation will be 9:30 – 10 a.m., Thursday, in the funeral home chapel.