JANELLE YOUNG HEMBREE

Janelle Young Hembree, 76, died Jan. 3, 2009, in her home. She was born on Oct. 31, 1932, in Fort Smith and was a graduate of Fort Smith High School. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., where she earned an Associate of Arts Degree, and she attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in business. She was the former owner of Janelle Y. Hembree Stables-Breeding and Racing Thoroughbreds, past director of the Merchants National Bank of Fort Smith and past director of Trans-States Lines Inc. in Fort Smith. She was a sustaining member of the Junior League of Fort Smith, a member of the Baden-Powell World Fellowship, International Scouting, Geneva, Switzerland, past director, Arkansas Community Foundation, Little Rock, and she was a past board member of the National American Cancer Association and past president of the Fort Smith Chapter of the American Cancer Association. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas and she attended St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Smith.
Janelle is survived by her husband of 52 years, H.L. Hembree III; two sons, H. Lawson Hembree IV and his wife Debbie of Fort Smith and Scott Hembree and wife Karen of Fort Smith; one brother, Robert Young III of Fort Smith; and four grandchildren, Lawson Hembree V, Christopher Hembree, Sara Elizabeth Hembree and Katelyn Suzanna Hembree, all of Fort Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, R.A. Young Jr. and Vivian Curtis Young; and her sister, Marilyn Young Speed.
Memorials may be made to the Winthrop R. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, 4301 West Markham St. No. 623, Little Rock, AR 72205 or St. John’s Episcopal Church, 215 N. Sixth St., Fort Smith, AR 72901.
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BETTY JO GRIMES STEM (Class of 1950)

Betty Stem, 76, of Fort Smith passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, in Fort Smith. She was born Jan. 25, 1932. in Bentonville to Charles and Melinda Grimes. She was a member of Calvary
Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bill Grimes; and her sister, Ann Bentley.

Funeral service was Friday January 2, 2009 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Forest Park Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.

She is survived by her husband, Luther M. Stem Jr. of the home; one daughter, Debra Stem of Fort Smith; two sons, Luther M. Stem III and his wife, Karen of Fort Smith, and Wendell Stem of Fort Smith,; two brothers, Bob Grimes of Fort Smith and Charles Grimes of Greenwood; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to St. Edward Hospice, 730l Rogers Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72903.
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