Wayne Lynn Hansbrough

Wayne Lynn Hansbrough, age 65, passed from this life on Monday, February 7, 2022, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Wayne was born June 2, 1956, in Mena, Arkansas, to Loyd and Clarice Counts Hansbrough.

Wayne was a hard worker and always tried to do a good job. He was raised on a farm at Ink, Arkansas, and grew up raising chickens and hauling square bales and pulpwood with his brothers. During high school he worked as a sacker and a stocker at Piggly Wiggly and later he worked as a butcher at Dobbs Slaughterhouse. He worked in the logging industry and then truck driving became his profession.

Wayne made friends wherever he went. He loved to joke, play pranks, and was rarely serious. He enjoyed sports and was proud to be a member of the Mena Bearcat football team in high school. He loved good music, good food and loved spending time with “his boys.” He was a gun enthusiast, loved horses, his cats, and his special canine companion, Roxie.

He is survived by his brothers, Danny and wife Beverly, Jerry and wife Barbara; brother-in-law, Dane Warnock; niece, Dana Egger; several great-nieces and nephews; special caregiver, Casi Rose, Daniel Wood, Scott Sawyer and all his friends in law enforcement as a well as a host of other family and friends. Wayne is preceded in death by his parents, Loyd Hansbrough and Clarice (Katie) Holland, his sister, Juanita Warnock and his niece Shanna Hansbrough.

Wayne was of the Baptist faith. Graveside funeral services will be Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Concord Cemetery in Ink, Arkansas, with Brother Ron Ladd officiating, under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 9, from 6- 8:00 at Beasley-Wood Chapel.

Pallbearers are Daniel Wood, Scott Sawyer, Doyle Deramus, Randy Deramus, Seth Smith, Randy Jewell, Bo Hayes, and Jeff Cunningham.

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