Lois Viletta Haigwood

Mrs. Lois Viletta Haigwood, 80, of Manila, died Thursday Nov. 24, 2011, at NEA/Baptist Health Care in Jonesboro. Born in the Skidway Community near Leachville she was the daughter of the late Jim and Martha Warnick Deaton and had been a lifelong Leachville/Manila area resident. Mrs. Haigwood was a 1949 graduate of Manila High School and received her Bachelors Degree from Arkansas State College in Jonesboro. She was a longtime member of the Browns Chapel Baptist Church where she served as the church secretary for over 60 years. She was a retired school teacher having taught for the Leachville School District for 39-1/2 years.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Haigwood also was preceded in death by four brothers.

She leaves her husband, Dwayne Haigwood of the home;

Her son, Steve Haigwood and his wife, Cathy, of Monette;

Her grandaughter, Kelly Flye, and her husband, Jesse, of Jonesboro; and

Two great-grandsons, Cooper and Dawson.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Howard Funeral Chapel in Leachville with the Rev. Larry Deaton officiating. Burial will follow in the Manila Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6- p.m. Saturday at the funeral home in Leachville. Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Deaton, Keith Deaton, David Joe Deaton, Randy Deaton, Lecil Mills and Renny James.

You are invited to sign the online guest register at www.howardfuneralservice.com