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Harry Atteberry

Brother Harry E. Atteberry, 74, of Hope, died Friday, June 11, 2004, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.

He was born June 28, 1929, in Bearden, (Hogskin County), to Dossie and Leona Reddin Attebery. He was a Baptist minister. He was the pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville. He was a member of Alpha Zeta Agricultural Fraternity of O.S.U.; graduate with Bachelor of Dairy Science from Oklahoma A&M (O.S.U. now); former moderator and writer of publications for Arkansas Baptist Missionary Association; former trustee for BMA Seminary, Jacksonville, Texas, former board of trustee member of Central Baptist College; and a National Guardsman.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one infant son; one brother, Jim; and one sister, Margie Ellon Attebery.

His survivors include: his wife of 48 years, Verla Allen Attebery of Hope; one son, David Allen and Karen Lee Attebery of Rogers; two brothers, Bill Attebery of Ruston, La. and Charles Attebery of Conway; three sisters, Dorothy Bagwell of Pine Bluff, Carolyn Green of Nashville and Ellon Jane Taylor of Pine Bluff; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were 2 p.m Monday, June 14, 2004, at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope with Rev. Kenneth Bobo and Rev. Johnny Johnson officiating. Burial followed in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Hope. Arrangements by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.

Family received friends Sunday, June 13, 2004, from 2-5 p.m. at Brazzel/Oakcrest.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Central Baptist College, Dossie and Leona Attebery Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1501 College Ave., Conway, Ark. 72032 or Antioch Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1583, Nashville, Ark. 71852.