Betty Jo Rowland

Betty Jo Rowland, 84, of Hampton, died Friday Aug. 13, 2010 in the Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Calhoun County on May 21, 1926 to the late Joe Riley & Nellie I. Stringfellow. Mrs. Rowland was a retired office manager for Avant Gravel Company, and a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. She is survived by her two sons, Craig Rowland and his wife Patricia of Rogers, Ark., John R. Rowland and his wife Denise of Little Rock, Ark.; a brother, Gene Stringfellow of Hampton, Ark.; two sisters, Holla Mae Moore of Little Rock, Ark., Janice McGough of Calion, Ark.; two grandchildren, Craig Allen Rowland Jr. of Oceanside, Calif., Erin Rowland of Little Rock, Ark. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Rodney Rowland, two brothers, Ben and Grady Stringfellow, and two sisters, Irma Brecht, and Clovis Gustafson. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday Aug. 16, 2010 at the Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will be in Pickett Cemetery, with the Rev. Mike Nutt, and Rev. Sam Shepperson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday evening at the funeral home in Hampton. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be sent to the Antioch Baptist Church, P.O. 726, Hampton, Ark., 71744. Arrangements are by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.com.