Nancy Stephens Halbert January 10, 1936 - January 25, 2020

Nancy Halbert, of Palestine, died at the N.E.A. Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 84. She was born in Wheatley, and the daughter of Thomas Murry and Hazel Benefield Stephens. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Palestine and was a retire teacher.

Nancy was a member of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the American Legion Auxiliary and the U.C.A. Alumni Association. She served on the 4-H Foundation Board of St. Francis County and was a 4-H Leader for seventeen years. She was named the 2010 Citizen of the Year for St. Francis County by Quorum Court Member Charles McGowan, and was the 2012 Grand Marshall for the Palestine Christmas Parade.

Nancy married Ray Halbert on June 4, 1957, at the United Methodist Church in Wheatley. Ray and Nancy were blessed with two children; one daughter, Nancy Le'Ann Ross, and husband, Allen, of Caldwell, one son, Ray Halbert Jr. and wife, Amanda, of Palestine, two grandchildren; Mallory Lee Flowers, and husband, Josh, of Caldwell, and Ray Halbert III, and wife, Tailor, of Cuweta, Oklahoma, and five great-grandchildren; Alana Ann Halbert and Mila Rae Halbert of Coweta, Oklahoma, Sofia Chana Ross, Truxton Allen Flowers, and Teagan Colette Flowers, of Caldwell.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of fifty-two years, a granddaughter, Nancy Na'Cole Ross, a great-grandson, Nicholai Caden Ross, and her sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Carl Dean Stewmon.

Services was held at the Palestine Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, January 29, with burial in Bell Cemetery. Stevens Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.