Individual Details
Venita Fern Isbell
(24 Feb 1931 - 3 May 2018)
Venita Fern Bruner, 87, passed Thursday, May 3, 2018. She was born in Bay on February 24, 1931 to Jack and Ola Isbell.
Venita was a 1949 graduate of Bay High School and attended Arkansas State University. She was a homemaker, but also worked outside the home a number of years, including working for Bay Schools for two years as secretary and teacher.
She assisted her husband, Rev. Jesse Bruner, in the work of the United Methodist Church for thirty-five and one-half years, serving as organist, pianist, secretary, and church custodian, whatever she could do.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jesse; two sisters, Dorothy Bruner, and Jean Scott; a son, Allan; a granddaughter, Audrey Faye Bruner; and great grandson, Bryson Colby Corter.
Survivors include a son, Greg; a daughter, Jan Corter; a sister, Jackie Hancock; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9:00 am until 10:00 am Saturday, May 5 at Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro. A service will follow at 10am. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Parents:
William Carroll Isbell 1903–1975
Ola Treva Holt Isbell 1905–2000
Venita was a 1949 graduate of Bay High School and attended Arkansas State University. She was a homemaker, but also worked outside the home a number of years, including working for Bay Schools for two years as secretary and teacher.
She assisted her husband, Rev. Jesse Bruner, in the work of the United Methodist Church for thirty-five and one-half years, serving as organist, pianist, secretary, and church custodian, whatever she could do.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jesse; two sisters, Dorothy Bruner, and Jean Scott; a son, Allan; a granddaughter, Audrey Faye Bruner; and great grandson, Bryson Colby Corter.
Survivors include a son, Greg; a daughter, Jan Corter; a sister, Jackie Hancock; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9:00 am until 10:00 am Saturday, May 5 at Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro. A service will follow at 10am. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Parents:
William Carroll Isbell 1903–1975
Ola Treva Holt Isbell 1905–2000
Events
| Birth | 24 Feb 1931 | Bay, Craighead County, Arkansas | |||
| Death | 3 May 2018 | Mountain Home, White County, Arkansas | |||
| Burial | 5 May 2018 | Oaklawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas |  |
Families
| Spouse | Jesse Albert Bruner (1930 - 2010) |
| Child | Allan Kent Bruner (1954 - 2000) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
Endnotes
1. Find a Grave Memorial 107205875.