Shirley Anne Goins

Shirley Anne Goins, 88 of Hackett, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 in Fort Smith. She was born August 25, 1925 in Escondido, CA to the late Eugene Adrian Bates and Mildred Ruth Warren Bates. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hackett where she taught Sunday school and played the piano. She was retired from Gerber. She loved reading, traveling, humming birds, and her dogs. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband A.B. Goins, her son Michael Goins, her sister Jean Knapp, and her brother Walter Eugene Bates.

Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the Fort Smith National Cemetery.

Arrangements and cremation is under the direction of Fentress Mortuary of Fort Smith.

She is survived by two daughters; Neita Banks of Hackett, and Gloria Tharp and her husband Barry of Hackett, two sons; Robert “Bob” Goins and his wife Donna of Hackett and Carl Goins and his wife Brenda of Fort Smith as well as many Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, and Great, Great Grandchildren

In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Humane Society of Sebastian County P.O. Box 10953 Ft. Smith, AR 72917.