Cathy Youngblood

We regret to announce the passing of Cathy Youngblood, age 71, of Mena, Arkansas on Sunday, February 12, 2022. She was born March 23/24, 1950, to the late “Red” Jesse Oliver and Irene Catherine Cox Smith.

She always liked to joke that she got to celebrate on both dates, as she was born at midnight! She attended Arkansas Tech University and majored in accounting. She opened Farmers Tax Service in 1973 and still operated until her passing. Cathy never met a stranger. She loved people and had a gift of making everyone feel special. She loved her church family! She was always young at heart. Cathy was knowledgeable on every subject and was always anxious to help.

Cathy was predeceased by her son, Toby Youngblood; parents, “Red” and Irene Smith; nephew, Glendon Youngblood; nieces, J.J. Smith Samuels and Sherry Bruce; and by her special aunt, Mary Bell Moore.

She is survived by her husband of 49 years, W.T. Youngblood; son, Rusty Youngblood and wife Nancy of Wickes, Arkansas; granddaughters, Stacia Cranford and husband Jason of Horatio, Arkansas, Kassi Strother and husband Rodey, of Mena, Arkansas, Courtney Youngblood of Wickes, Arkansas, Mercy Morgan, Adelyn Youngblood, and Lucy Hight of Rogers, Arkansas; grandsons, Chaddon, Max, and Xander Youngblood of Rogers, Arkansas; great-grandchildren, Anzlie and Steel Strother of Mena, Arkansas; and brother, Harold Smith of Mena, Arkansas.

Services for Mrs. Youngblood will be held Friday, February 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Indian Mission Baptist Church in Smithville, Oklahoma. Brother Brandon White will be officiating, under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Gann Cemetery in Potter, Arkansas.

Visitation will be Thursday, February 17, 2022, at the Beasley-Wood Chapel in Mena, Arkansas, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Pallbearers are Jason Cranford, Rodey Strother, Troy Denton, Clint Kesterson, Jeried Youngblood, Andy Youngblood, Darvin Youngblood, and Jerry Youngblood.

Online obituary at www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com

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