Sarah Jean Brantley Speake, age 94, of Mountain View, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2022, at the Stone County Medical Center. She was born January 11, 1928, in Harperville, Mississippi to James Lumpkin Brantley and Minnie Wiggins Brantley and was the youngest of 9 children including 6 sisters and 2 brothers. In addition to her parents and siblings, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul E. Speake in 2001.
She retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1988. Jean loved to travel and made many wonderful memories and many lifelong friendships in her travels worldwide. She and Paul moved to Mountain View in 1997 where she enjoyed going to the various music shows and promoting Mountain View everywhere she went. Jean spent 20 years volunteering at the SCMC as a “Pink Lady” where she loved helping others and visiting with people.
Jean was a member of Foothills Baptist Church and the Ruth Sunday School Class and enjoyed the many cherished friendships with her church family.
Jean is survived by two daughters, Debra (Randy) Alexander of Mountain View and Rita (Adrian) Grice of Florence, Mississippi, with four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren in Mississippi and Texas. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be provided by Roller Crouch Funeral Home in Mountain View, Arkansas on Saturday, October 22, 2022, with the visitation beginning at 10:00 AM and the service to follow at 11:00 AM with Brothers Tommy Medley, David Campbell, and Joe Cannon officiating. Burial will follow at Flatwoods Cemetery following the service.
Pallbearers are Vic Setser, Stan Griffith, Ken Pepper, Adrian Grace, David Haskins, and Dave McMillan. Honorary pallbearers are Harper Sanders, Jimmy Mitchell, Paul Higginbotham, and the Stone County Medical Center Ladies Auxillary.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to your favorite charity.
