Nannie Mae Hessie Bunch

Mrs. Nannie Mae Hessie Bunch, 85, of Blytheville, passed from this life Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.

Born in Blytheville to Bennie and Fermenia Hessie, she was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Nannie was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Dogwood Homemakers Extension Club. She was a very talented woman who enjoyed crafts, needlepoint, painting and woodworking. Nannie was also an avid "fisherwoman" who, along with her husband of 62 years, Ed, fished in crappie tournaments all over the country. She especially loved beating her children in those competitions.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Edward "Ed" Bunch; and one son, Wayne Edward Bunch.

She leaves a son, Barry Bunch and his wife, Angie, of Blytheville; and

Two grandchildren, Amanda Bunch of Walnut Ridge and Haley Bunch of Fayetteville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until time for services. An online register may be signed at cobbfuneralhome.com