JIM STOGSDILL
The Jonesboro Sun
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Friday, January 16, 2009
Jim Stogsdill
CARAWAY — Jim Stogsdill, 69, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center.
He was born Aug. 6, 1939, at Paragould to the late Elmer and Elizabeth Stogsdill Sr. He was a 1957 graduate of Jonesboro High School. During the Vietnam War he served as a captain in the U.S. Army intelligence.
Jim retired as a supervisor from the Farmers Home Administration in Wilkesboro, N.C., where he lived for 20 years and was active in the Lions Club. He also farmed in Black Oak community and was a member of Black Oak Baptist Church. He was a great husband, dad, brother and friend. He will be missed.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Stogsdill of the home; two sons and their wives, Mark and Angie Stogsdill of Nashville, and Rodney and Jennifer Sanders of Palatine, Ill.; two daughters and their husbands, Leigh Ann and Don Coulon of Victoria, Texas, and Lisa and Wade Stevens of Seymour, Tenn.; two grandchildren, Ashley Coulon and J.T. Coulon; a sister, Janet Stogsdill Osmon of Mountain Home; two brothers and their wives, John and Vickie Stogsdill, and Jerry and Corilla Stogsdill, all of Jonesboro; and his mother-in-law, Mildred Coffman of Black Oak.
He was also preceded in death by his father-in-law, W.D. Coffman.
A celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Gregg Funeral Home at Monette with the Rev. Rick Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in Caraway Cemetery.
Honored to serve as active pallbearers are David Wells, Bryan Wells, Will Whitehead, Eddie Whitehead, Stephen Osmon and Scott Osmon; and as honorary pallbearers, the Jonesboro High School class of 1957.
Visitation will be from 6-8 tonight in Gregg Funeral Home at Monette.
The family requests lasting memorials be given to the Caraway Lions Club or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Personal condolences may be sent to the Stogsdill family at www.greggfunerals.com.