Aunene Harrell

Lillian Aunene Harrell, 81, of Beebe, Arkansas, was born March 26,1935 at Russell, Arkansas to Joe and Irene Talley and she went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 29, 2016. She was a retired telephone operator for Alltel Telephone Company. She was a sweet, loving and kind-hearted woman whose family was her utmost priority. Aunene never met a stranger and everyone was welcomed as family. In 2008 she overcame breast cancer, and was a loving support for her daughter during her own battle with breast cancer.

Aunene is survived by daughters Nancy Harrell of Beebe, Pat (Mark) Earnest of Harrison and Shirley (Steve) McDaniel of Crossett; grandchildren Kristi (Kevin) Toblesky, Bryan (Donnetta) Wheeler, Tara (Keith) Eifert and Miriam McDaniel; ten great-grandchildren Lena, Cady, Daxton, Ethan, Zack, Zane, Shay, Aaliyah, Matthew and Malyki; and her granddogs Laney and Sam.

She was preceded in death by her husband of forty years, Cleveland Harrell and her parents.

Memorials may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 60 East 56th St. 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022. bcrfcure.org.

Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home.