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Bill Ross Starnes

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Bill Ross Starnes, 80, of Hindsville, Arkansas, died December 21, 2016 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born September 3, 1936 at Hindsville, Arkansas, the son of William Ross and Gladys Stone Starnes. He was a farmer and operated S & S Grocery, Feed and Fertilizer in Hindsville for eighteen years. He was a member of the Hindsville First Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his wife, Stella Sue Flanagan Starnes, whom he married on August 6, 1955 and who preceded him in death on December 11, 2014.  He was also preceded in death by one son, Jon Starnes and one grandson, Samuel Starnes. Survivors include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Janet and Ed Coffman of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Kathey and George Rhoads of Hindsville, Arkansas; one brother, Bob Starnes of Tulsa, Oklahoma:  one sister, Betty Whitfield of Conroe, Texas; five grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 26, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with The Reverend Max Bowlin officiating. Interment will be in the Buckeye Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be: George Rhoads, Ed Coffman, Eric Gifford, Josh Starnes, Joe Cornelison and Matt Webster. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to The Healing Gardens of Northwest Arkansas, Post Office Box 7104, Springdale, Arkansas 72766-7104.

Published December 23, 2016

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