Linda Vance

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Linda Marie Bass Vance, 56, of Blytheville, died May 5, 2016 at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. Born Sept. 22, 1959 in Earle, Ark., she was a homemaker and a member of New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, L.C. Bass and Rosie Lee Childs, sister Patricia Bass Anderson and brother Freddie Bass.

Mrs. Vance leaves her husband, Theodore Vance of Blytheville;

Two daughters, Stephanie Lynette White-Hart and DeMarya White of Columbia, Mo.;

Two sons, Charles White, III of Mexico, Mo. and Anthony Leon White of Columbia, Mo.;

Three sisters, Evelyn (David) Taylor of Columbia, Jackie Bass of Sierra Vista, Az., and Patsy (Melvin) Callicott of Jonesboro;

Two brothers, Clayborn Bass of Blytheville and Calvin Bass of Wynne; and

Six grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville. Funeral services, officiated by Rev. Clark Phillips, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 at New St. Paul MB Church. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens.