Edna Mae Harbison

Edna Mae Harbison, 88, of Jonesboro, died Thursday evening at St. Elizabeth’s Place in Jonesboro.  She was born in the Stranger’s Home Community to Doctor Lawrence and Etter May Counts Simmons.  Edna retired from Lincoln Manufacturing.  Her strong Christian beliefs were a staple for the Harbison household.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Buford L. Harbison; Son, Talmadge B. Harbison; son-in-law, Danny Ring Sr.; great grandchild, Alex Watts; brothers, Orville Simmons, and Gilbert Simmons; sisters, Florence Dunn, Lucille Bartlett, Bonnie Loehr, Inez Lee, Pirley Wood, and Alta Choate.

Survivors include her son, Milton Wayne Harbison of Jonesboro; daughters, Elaine White, (Frank) of Little Rock; Sandra Ring of Lowell, Arkansas; Angelia Vinson (Rick) of Birmingham; daughter-in-law, Nancy Pelzel-Harbison, 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

Due to strict Covid sanctions, all services will be private under the direction of Emerson Funeral Home.  For lasting memorials, please consider, Stranger’s Home Cemetery, PO Box 662, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476; or Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202. To sign an online guestbook, go to emersonfuneralhome.com.