Jessie Ella (Peek) CASSELL

PEEK, CASSELL, HUGHES, HOWARD, FAIRLESS, BUCHANAN, HEWITT, MCCLOUD, HEATH, ROBERTS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:02

February 28, 1937 ---- February 7, 2019

Jessie Ella Cassell, age 81, formerly of Mena, [Arkansas] passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Clarion, Iowa. Jessie was born on February 28, 1937 to the late W. F. Peek and the late Ivy Dora Hughes Peek in the Township of Cedar and the County of Polk. Jessie was of the Baptist faith. She spent most of her life in Mena, where she was a cook at Joe’s Steakhouse Restaurant and the Harvey House Inn Restaurant and as a housewife. Jessie loved to watch TV, listening to country music, setting on the porch and being around her family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to all who knew her. She will be dearly missed.

She is survived by: Sons: Ricky Cassell of Mena, Arkansas; Michael (Mike) Cassell of Mena, Arkansas; Daughters: Shirley Ann Howard of Mena, Arkansas; Lorea Fairless of Mena, Arkansas; Shelly Hewitt of DeQueen, Arkansas; Pamela Buchanan and husband Philip of Clarion, Iowa; Elsie McCloud and husband Scott of Mena, Arkansas; Brothers: Sonny Peek and wife Pat of Hatfield, Arkansas; Frank Peek of Vandervoort, Arkansas; Sisters: Myra Heath of Mena, Arkansas; Aline Heath of Mena, Arkansas; Seventeen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; Host of nieces, nephews and friends. Jessie is preceded in death by her parents, her late husband Morris Thomas Cassell and a sister, Johnnie Roberts.

Graveside service will be Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Board Camp Cemetery in Board Camp, Arkansas with Brother Donnie Jewell officiating under the direction of the Beasley Wood Funeral Home of Mena. Visitation will be General.

https://www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jessie-Cassell/