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Vernice Hubbard

Vernice Bruce Hubbard, 88, of Hot Springs, formerly of Blevins, died Monday, February 12, 1996, in a Hot Springs hospital.

She was a native of Blevins, but she had been a resident of Hot Springs for the past 20 years where she was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Henderson State Teachers College, where she received a BSE degree with a major in elementary education and a masters degree. She did graduate study at the University of Arkansas and George Peabody in Nashville, Tenn. She had served as principal of the Prescott Elementary and Junior High Schools. She was a member of Arkansas Education Association, National Education Association, International Reading Association, the state and national Department of Elementary Prinicpals, Natioanl Council of Teachers of English and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was also a member of the state and national Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and served as secretary of the Arkansas ASCD. She was retired from the State Department of Education as reading specialist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Hubbard.

Survivors include two sisters, Lola Bruce Harris and Thelma Bruce, both of Hot Springs; and many nieces and nephews.

Service were held Friday, February 16, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. David Wilson officiating. Burial was in DeAnn Cemetery in Prescott under the direction of Hot Springs Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Bruce First United Methodist Church in Blevins.