Roena Louise Richardson went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2019. She was born on February 3, 1924, in Crossett, Arkansas to Louvenia and William A. Phillips.
She graduated from Crossett High School and Henderson State Teacher’s College. Afterward she did graduate work at the University of Alabama, University of Hawaii, Eastern New Mexico University and Texas Tech.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Martus Circle of United Methodist Women, and the Eastern Star of Arkansas.
Left to cherish her memory are two daughters: Sandra Culwell and husband Benny and Debra Richardson; three granddaughters: Catherine Kelley, Jessica Green and husband Eric, and Vanessa Culwell; three great-grandsons: Brecken Kelley, Dylan Kelley, and Brayden Green.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 19, 2019 in Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel.
Entombment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.