Joan Bray

Joan Bray, 69, of Van Buren, AR, died Friday, July 20, 2012 in her home. She was born August 26, 1942 in Arkansas City, AR to Frank and Onie Morgan. She was the retired owner/operator of Joan’s Detail in Fort Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Bray; a son, George Bray; and a grandson, Ethan Lee Bray.

She is survived by a daughter, Mary Blasingame of Fort Smith; two sons, Billy Bray of Mountainburg, and David Bray of Van Buren; a sister, Shirley Watts of McGee; a brother, Dean Morgan of Mountainburg; nine grandchildren, Joshua Bray, Jeremy Bray, Steven Autry, Robert Autry, Michael Bray, Caleb Bray, Joanie Turby, Billy Bray, and George Bray; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Van Buren Free Will Baptist Church in Van Buren, AR with burial at Locke Cemetery near Mountainburg, AR under the direction of Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home in Van Buren, AR.

Pallbearers will be her grandchildren along with Dean Morgan, Harold Wayne Morgan, and Dewayne Roller.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Monday, July 23, 2012 at Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home in Van Buren.