Nellie Pearl Valentine
January 12, 1910 - October 21, 2009

Mrs. Nellie Pearl Valentine 99, of Trumann, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro Ark. Mrs. Valentine was born Wednesday, January 12, 1910 in Tuckerman, Ark. She lived in the Trumann area most of her life, but grew up and spent most of her younger years just south of Marked Tree. She was a member of the Cental Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann. Nellie was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Valentine, on October 19, 1971. They raised four children on their farm in the McCormick Community; Velma Spencer of Arnold, Missouri, Doug Valentine of St. Louis, Missouri who passed this life, Donald Valentine of Memphis, Tenn., and Joyce Woodham of Jonesboro. Another child, Elmer Ray Valentine died as an infant. He was a twin to Velma.Nellie was the oldest child of the late James and Ada Curtner Canada. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Emmons, Geneva Blasingame, and Ruby Hendrix., and one brother, James