General Information

Birth
9 DEC 1932
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
20 NOV 2007
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
24 NOV 2007
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Mary Louise Sturdy

74, a resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord, November 20, 2007 at her home in Lincoln, Arkansas. She was born December 9, 1932 at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the daughter

of Robert Edward and Mary Elizabeth Leach Biggs.

Mary Louise was active in the Cancer Support Home in Fayetteville. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Lincoln. She was an avid Arkansas Razorback fan and cherished her many friendships from the Northwest Athletic water aerobics group. She retired from Cobb Poultry Breeding Company after 11 years of dedicated service.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, and one brother, James H. ?Buster? Biggs

Survivors include her husband, James "Red" Sturdy of the home; one son, Mike Pharr and his wife Beverly of Gentry, Arkansas; two daughters, Marsha Hash and husband Brian of Fayetteville, and Linda Reese and husband Phil of Monett, Missouri; twenty grandchildren, Sean and Brandon Wenzel, Tyler Hash, Clayton and Clifton Reese, Asa and Micah Pharr, Derek Abshier, Julie Jane Abshier, and Tamara Casey, Dana Utley, Bart Sturdy, Sonia Taylor, Karrie Reed, Donald Reed, Terri Carlton, J.B. Sparks, Matt and Spencer and sixteen great grandchildren; one brother, George Biggs of Cane Hill, Arkansas; one sister, Ethel Lockwood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Luginbuel Chapel.

Funeral Service will be held Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 10:00 A.M. at the Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, with Jason Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

In Lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Cancer Support Home 1101 N. Woolsey

Fayetteville, AR 72701 or Washington Regional Hospice 34 West Colt Square Fayetteville, AR 72703.

Pallbearers will be Brandon Wenzel, Sean Wenzel, Asa Pharr, Clayton Reese, Clifton Reese, and Donald Reed.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. To sign the online guest book, visit www.luginbuel.com

Parents

Robert "Bob" Edward Biggs
- Father
1900 - 1946
Birth
4 JUL 1900
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
13 DEC 1946
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
16 DEC 1945
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Mary Elizabeth Leach
- Mother
1899 - 1992
Birth
24 SEP 1899
Death
23 MAY 1992
Fayetteville, Washington County, AR
Burial
26 MAY 1992
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouses

Wayne Pharr
- Husband
2015 - 2015
Birth
13 OCT 2015
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
9 OCT 2015
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
James L. "Red: Sturdy
- Husband
1928 - 2017
Birth
25 MAR 1928
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
1 FEB 2017
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
4 FEB 2017
Summers Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Marsha Pharr
- Daughter
Linda Pharr
- Daughter