Edith Willene Haynes Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Edith Willene Haynes died July 26, 2016 in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the age of 89. Willene was born December 2, 1926 in Wynne, Arkansas to William Edward Searcy, Sr. and Jenny Edith Burford Searcy. In 1946, Willene married Jesse Carl Haynes who preceded her in death in 1999. She worked at the Vanndale School District and was an avid quilter. She loved to cook, her children and grandchildren thought that she was the best cook. Willene was a member of Fondren Memorial Bible Church. Survivors are her daughters, Jessie Carol Olsen of Jonesboro, Edith Jewell "Judy" Strange and husband Chester of Jonesboro, daughter-in-law Glenda Haynes of Wynne, and grandchildren, Carol Michelle Duncan, Jennie Nicole Marque, Julie Dione Dortch, Mike Olsen, Kymberly Buttschardt, Bryan Strange, and Laura Gray, 15 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Edward Searcy, Sr. and Jenny Edith Burford Searcy, husband, Jesse Carl Haynes in 1999, son, Larry Haynes in 2015, brothers, William "Bill" Edward Searcy, Jr., Jerry Dean Searcy, sisters, Eleanor Reeves, Laura Amy Bostick, and Nellie Jane Spain. Visitation will be Friday, July 29, 2016, from 6 to 8 PM at Kernodle Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 2 PM at Kernodle Funeral Home with burial in Vanndale Cemetery.

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Edith Willene Haynes

December 2, 1926 - July 26, 2016