Lourrine Tibbs Lance

November 14, 1928 - August 19, 2019

Lourrine Lance age 90, of Mena, Arkansas went to her heavenly home Monday, August 19, 2019 in Mena. Lourrine was born on November 14, 1928 in Board Camp, Arkansas to the late Loyd Tibbs and the late Martha Burnette Tibbs. She was a loving and dedicated homemaker. She enjoyed fishing and working in her garden. Lourrine loved cooking and was an excellent cook, treating her family and friends with delicious homecooked meals. She loved her family, especially grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They were the highlight of her life. Above all she adored and loved doing God’s work as a home missionary and planting churches in the community. Lourrine was a loving pastor’s wife and was dedicated to work beside him. She was everyone’s “Granny” and was also known as “Blue Eyes”. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to all who knew her. She is survived by: Daughter: Violet Sue Hopper and husband James of Hatfield, Arkansas Grandchildren: Cindy Ezell, Jeff Lance, Le Shonda Reed, Brittany Ford, and Montana Sterner Great- Grandchildren: Caroline Singleton, Jacob Ezell, Cami Lance, Cody Lance, Tuck Sterner, Sawyer Ford, Damian Reed, Annabel Sterner, Lochlan Ford, and Scarlett Sterner. Sisters: Imo Little, Jane Mourton, and Barbara Hanks She was preceded in death by her parents Loyd and Martha Tibbs, husband Percy Lance, sons Eddie Lance and Aubrey Lance, and daughter Lori Price, and three brothers. Funeral service will be Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Beasley-Wood Chapel with Reverend Robert Little, Reverend Duane Alspaw, and speaker Matthew Ford. Interment will follow in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery under the direction of the Beasley-Wood Funeral Home of Mena. Family and friends’ visitation will be August 21, 2019 at Beasley Wood from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Pallbearers will be Matt Ford, Jeff Lance, Ben Sterner, Derek Reed, James Hopper, and Jerry Price. Honorary pallbearers will be James Gentry, Gary Don Lance, and John Charlton.