Walnut Ridge – Georgia Frances Huskey, 94, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Lawrence Hall Nursing Home in Walnut Ridge.  She was born on September 8, 1922 in Walnut Ridge to William Franklin and Lucy Newman Kingcade.  She was a homemaker and a member of Hoxie Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willard Lee Huskey; daughter, Mona Adkisson; brothers, Buddy Kingcade and Claude Kingcade; and sisters, Millie Adkisson, Virginia Wicker, Thelma Songer, and Annie Cook.

Survivors include daughter, Frances Forrester of Cherokee Village; son, Joe Huskey (Sally) of Hoxie; sister, Wanda Gilligan of Machesney Park, Illinois; six grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and eleven great-great grandchildren.

Visitation for Mrs. Huskey will be Wednesday, February 8, 2017 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.  Funeral will follow at 11:00 a.m. at Cox Funeral Home with Tommie Boles and Blaine Liscomb officiating.  Burial will be at Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, Arkansas, under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are Cade Forrester, Larry Forrester, Billy Brown, Nick Brown, Spencer Brown, Shakara Woodley, Shalena Boles, Shayla Boles, Joey Huskey, and Loye Adkisson.

Online registry:  www.coxfhwalnutridge.com