Obituary of Wanda Stearns

Funeral services for Wanda Jean “Jeannie” Stearns, 79, of Dike, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 10, 2013 at West Oaks Funeral Home with Pastor Ron Robinson officiating and Pastor Ron Smedley and Pastor C.J. Duffey assisting. Interment will follow at Connor Cemetery with Billy Liggett, Kris Coppedge, Cody Elliott, Kevin Liggett, Mark Coppedge, and Patrick Matthews serving as pallbearers. Jeannie passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at her residence. She was born on November 14, 1933 in Grand Prairie, to Elmo and Jessie Frances Smith McLendon. She married Charles E. Stearns on June 17, 1951 in Irving, TX. He survives. She was a member of Community Bible Fellowship in Dike. Jeannie worked as a secretary in Dallas for 10 years, for St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, for Red Apple Hair Cuttery for 15 years, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, and Carriage House Manor. In addition to her husband, she is also survived by daughters, Pam Elliott and husband Mike, Patty Jones, Paula Matthews and husband Pat, all of Dike, grandchildren, Billy Liggett and wife Jennifer of Sanford, NC, Jeannie Liggett, of Philadelphia, PA, Kris Coppedge and wife Mandy, of Como, Cody Elliott and wife Marla, of Sulphur Springs, Kevin Liggett and wife Rachel, of Sulphur Springs, Mark Coppedge, of Dike, Patrick Matthews, of Sulphur Springs, and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Charles, Bobby, and Billy McLendon. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hopkins County Veterans Memorial. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com