Mattie Estelle Stark

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Mrs. Mattie Estelle Stark, 88, of Gosnell, passed from this life Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Born in Pontotoc, Miss., to William Alexander and Dollie Estelle Riddle Capwell, she was a retired custodian for Gosnell School System and was a member of the Gosnell Baptist Church.

She was a special lady who loved her family and loved being with them as much as possible. She also loved the children at the school and church. Estelle was a lady who worked hard to help meet the needs of her family but never showed any weakness in setting an example to follow after. Her love for God, family and friends was always evident in her life and she will be truly missed by all.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Joseph "Shorty" Stark; two daughters, Carrie Decker and Christine Kornblum; a sister, Alice Capwell; and a son-in-law, Ron White.

She leaves her daughter, Laverne White of Gosnell;

Her son, Joe Stark of Blytheville;

Two sons-in-law, Bill Decker of Gosnell and Mike Kornblum of Springfield, Mo.;

A sister, Ruby Jolley of Bono;

A brother-in-law, Jim Stark and wife, Irene, of Springfield, Ore.; and

Seven grandchildren, Linda (White) Holmes of Blytheville, Kevin Decker of Searcy, Phillip Kornblum of Riverside, Calif., Lisa (Decker) Gray of Conway, Joel Kornblum of Marietta Ga., Cindy (Decker) Reese of Harrisburg and J.C. Stark of Gosnell.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Max Briley officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at Cobb Funeral Home. An online guest register may be signed at cobbfuneralhome.com