Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....OVERTURF, MELBA JEAN BELL October 6, 2023
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GOLDEN FUNERAL HOME - OCTOBER 2023
MELBA JEAN BELL OVERTURF

Graveside funeral services for Melba Jean Overturf, age 91, of West Monroe, LA, 
formerly of Stuttgart, AR will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 
the Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum in Little Rock, AR with Dr. Sam 
Roberts officiating. Funeral services are under the direction of Golden Funeral 
Home, of Bastrop, LA.

Mrs. Overturf, a member of First Baptist Church of Stuttgart, AR for fifty-four 
years, passed away Friday, October 6, 2023. Her life ministry was raising 
children. She raised three sons, then went to work for Noah’s Ark Day Care, a 
ministry of First Baptist Church, Stuttgart. She wanted parents to be at ease 
about leaving their children in her care. She was an excellent cook, and was 
best known for her chicken and dumplins and chocolate pies. She left a great 
legacy as a loving mother.

Mrs. Overturf is survived by her loving husband of seventy-six years, Joe 
Overturf; sons, David Overturf, and wife Kathy, Gary Overturf, and wife Karen, 
Rick Overturf, and wife Lynell; grandchildren, Sarah Leech, and husband Charles, 
Matt Overturf, and wife Courtney, Lindsay Overturf, and wife Shayla, Taylor 
Overturf, and wife Jennifer, Steven Overturf,  Erin Norris, Will Norris, and 
wife Clesi; great grandchildren, Landon, Andi Leigh, Tyler, Silas, Jonathan, 
Gracyn, Riley Grace, Luke and Brooks.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Emmert and Lauretta Bell; brothers, 
Jack Bell, Lester Bell, Clarence “Bill” Bell, Bobby Bell and sisters, Mildred 
Parker and Juanita Asay.

Serving as pallbearers will be Matt Overturf, Taylor Overturf, Steven Overturf, 
Charles Leech, Landon Leech and Will Norris.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Noah's Ark Daycare, in care of First 
Baptist Church, 2115 S Prairie St., Stuttgart, AR 72160, or the charity of your 
choice.


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