Lyndell Squyres

Lyndell Squyres age 83 of Jonesboro, passed away on January 27, 2019.  Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Evergreen–Bundrant Cemetery. Lyndell was born on August 22, 1935 to the late Perry Clark Squyres and Ruth Snow.  He grew up in and around the Jonesboro area.  He graduated from Jonesboro High School and then entered the U.S. Army.  He served in Germany and Ft. Hood before being honorably discharged.  Lyndell married Willene Smith on July 27, 1974 in Copperas Cove.  They spent 36 years together before she preceded him in September of 2010. Lyndell was a brick mason for 40 plus years.  He was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and though he never played golf, he would watch it on T.V. all the time.  He loved to garden with Willene and sit on the front porch. He was preceded in death by his wife, Willene; his parents; sister’s Frieda Simmons, and Melba Rowe. Lyndell is survived by his children, Connie Brannon and husband Walter, Carla Stovall and husband Jann, David Hogan and wife Rita, and DeAnn Morales; grandchildren, Chris, Ira, Cody, Courtney, Amy, Amanda, Dominique, Jeremi, Benjamin, Joel, Jason, and Joshua; 20 great-grandchildren; sisters, Velda Dobbs, Ruth Green, Sue Durham, and Nadene Dunn; brothers, Melton, Gayle and Dayle Squyres; and numerous nieces and nephews.