Maurice Womack

A Funeral Service for Maurice Womack, 91, of Flippin, Arkansas will be at 2PM on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at Kirby and Family Funeral Home Chapel in Bull Shoals, Arkansas, with brothers Estel Grigg and Jerry Backus officiating. Visitation will be from 1PM until time of service. Maurice went to the Kingdom of Heaven, February 20, 2012. He will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery with Military Honors. Maurice was the surviving twin born March 14, 1920, in Yell County, Arkansas to Willie and Effie Womack. The family moved to West Texas in 1925. He married Mary Adkins on April 2, 1948, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Maurice was a veteran of the Army/Air Force serving during WWII. He moved to Flippin in 1979, from Memphis, Tennessee. Maurice will be remembered as an ordinary man doing extra ordinary things. He and his wife Mary loved their home and gardens, spending hours nurturing and tending his plants, especially his dogwoods. Maurice is survived by sisters, Olga Gwen of Midland, TX and JoAnn Dennis of DeSoto, TX who was his caretaker since 2008, many nieces and nephews, and special friend Norman Morelock (Joan) who took care of his beloved gardens. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Mary Elizabeth, brother Bud and sisters Elva, Faye, and Lois. Memorials may be made to the Hospice House of the Ozarks or charity of choice. Arrangements by Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services. Please visit our online guestbook/obituary at kirbyandfamily.com.