She was born in Cale, Arkansas to Hesterly and Opal Purtle and was the second oldest in the family of five children. Being the oldest daughter, she was known for her being a great help to her mother, a good student and a reader (when time permitted).
June marrried Oather T. Garner in 1948 in LIttle Rock. The couple has two surviving daughters, Susan New of Ajijic, Jalisco and Portland, Oregon and Judy Jennings of Portland, Oregon. Her grandchildren, Audrey Garner Jennings and Zachary New both reside in Seattle, Washington. She was a loving and attentive wife, mother and grandmother.
She is also survived by her sister, Pat Porter of Artesia, New Mexico and her sisters-in-law, Bennie Purtle and Irma Sue Purtle, of Sutton, Arkansas. She was preceded into death by her parents Hesterly and Opal Purtle, her husband, Oather Garner and by her brothers Hesterly, Jr, Jake and James Purtle and many much loved family on the Purtle and Garner side.
She graduated from Central Highschool in Laneburg, Arkansas in 1944. Participating in the Nurse’s Army Corp Program of World War II, she received her RN diploma at Baptist Hospital in LIttle Rock in 1948. Her nursing career would span the next 40 years and include a BS degree in Nursing at University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Master’s of Nursing from Emory University. She went on to be a director of nursing studies at University of Central Arkansas, Conway and Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, introducing a novel program for educating nurses throughout the state and beyond. She was prolific writer, lecturer and consultant on nursing curriculum internationally. She ended her career as the Executive Director of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing in 1989.
Her retirement saw an increased attention to her church, Tyler Street Baptist Church, where she was active in the choir, Prayer Warriors and advised the Bangalore Baptist Hospital in Bagalor, India on its nursing program through a Church ministry. Her teaching skills and love of quilting were put to good use through her volunteer work at Friendship Village where she taught quilting to those international travelers at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
She was well-loved as a mentor, teacher, friend, and, at the last years of her life, as a resident, in all of the communities she touched.
Services will be held at Griffin Leggett Healy and Roth 5800 W. 12th Street, Little Rock, (501) 66109111. Visitation is scheduled 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 7/11 with funeral at 10 a.m. Friday, 7/12. Burial will be at the Garner Cemetery in Dallas County at 1 pm Friday, 7/12. To sign the online guestbook, click “Add A Memory” at: www.griffinleggetthealeyroth.com
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