IN LOVING MEMORY OF

James Willard

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Fuller

Mar 22, 1933 — Dec 3, 2024

Obituary

Mr. James Willard 'Jim' Fuller, age 91 of Cabot, AR., died December 3, 2024 at Smith County Health and Rehab in Carthage, TN, where he had lived since August 17, 2023. He was a son of William Coy Fuller who died May 23, 1996, at age 91, and Hazel Thelma Nipper Fuller who died July 02, 1991, at age 85. Jim was born March 22, 1933, in Cane Township (Beebe), AR and was raised on the family farm.

He served in the United States Army from May 06, 1953 to May 02, 1955, and married Edna Louise Pendley of Old Hickory, TN on July 22, 1955. After graduating from Tennessee Technological University in March 1958, he worked for many years with Dun and Bradstreet in Alabama and Tennessee. He and Louise moved back to Cabot, AR in 1983, where among other jobs he worked as a teacher's assistant in the local schools and a greeter at Walmart. He was a longtime member of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Cabot where he had served as a Sunday School teacher and a deacon. Mr. Fuller was moved back to Tennessee shortly after his wife, Louise, died May 25, 2020, at age 84.  In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Fuller was preceded in death by brothers, Wendell and Cyrel Fuller; an unnamed infant sister; son-in-law, Ed Gray; and great-grandson, Aiden Henry.

He is survived by children, Jim (Barbara) Fuller of Carthage, TN, Gary (Jenny) Fuller of Avon, NC, Jill Fuller Gray of Springfield, TN,  and Sabrina (C.W.) Fuller Breeding of Cabot, AR; grandchildren, Beth Gray, Caleb (Chelsea) Gray, Rebecca (Ben) Rogers, Alisha Breeding (Adam Kelly), Cierra (Johnathan) Tate, Ashley (David) Henry, Brittany (Michael) Buynack, and Joseph (Ashley) Fuller; great-grandchildren, Summer Breeding, Ava Henry, Noah Henry, Harper Rogers, Bennett Rogers, Roland Buynack, Keely Buynack, Ezra Fuller, Anastasia Fuller, Matthew Gray, Atlas Tate and arriving soon Beckett Gray; sister, June (Harold) Stribling, and brother, Myron (Dawn) Fuller.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2024 at Moore's Cabot Funeral Home in Cabot, Arkansas with interment to follow at Mount Olive Cemetery in Floyd, Arkansas.  Visitations will be 1:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 8, 2024 and 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2024.  Pallbearers will be C.W. Breeding, Caleb Gray, Ben Rogers, Adam Kelly, Johnathan Tate and Darian Stribling.

Jim and Barbara wish to especially thank the staff of Smith County Health and Rehab for Mr. Fuller's care.  Arrangements by Bass Funeral Home in Carthage, Tennessee and Moore's Cabot Funeral Home in Cabot, Arkansas.

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Funeral Services

Visitation

December
8

Sunday

Moore's Cabot Funeral Home

700 North Second St., Cabot, AR 72023

1:00 - 4:00 pm

Visitation

December
9

Monday

Moore's Cabot Funeral Home

700 North Second St., Cabot, AR 72023

10:00 - 11:00 am

Funeral Service

December
9

Monday

Moore's Cabot Funeral Home

700 North Second St., Cabot, AR 72023

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Interment

December
9

Monday

1:00 - 2:00 pm

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