Loretta Bogard

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Loretta Bogard, 73, of Trumann, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at the Floe and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born May 17, 1941, in Keiser, she was a homemaker and a member of Willis Chapel of Harrisburg.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac Frank Johnson and Sadie Belle Johnson; a son, James Franklin Simpson; her sisters, Juanita Hatten, Joanie Mays, Lula Mae Jackson and Goldie Fay McColley; and brothers, James Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Sidney Johnson and Tommy Johnson.

Ms. Bogard leaves three daughters, Judy Browder, Elizabeth Tice and Sherry Elliot, all of Trumann;

Three sons, Carl Simpson of Trumann, Charles Simpson of Lynn and Melvin Lee Pickle of Vilonia;

One brother, Johnny Guy Johnson;

Forty-four grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren; and

One great-great-grandchild.

The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. today at the Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola. Funeral services, officiated by the Rev. Larry Gene Bogard, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2014, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Tyronza Cemetery.