Nelda Marie Grant

August 10, 1938 - November 5, 2019

In Loving Memory Nelda Marie (Brooks) Grant August 10, 1938— November 5, 2019 Nelda Marie Grant, 81, of Tom, Oklahoma passed away on November 5, 2019 in Ashdown, Arkansas. Nelda was born August 10, 1938 in Winthrop, Arkansas, the daughter of Tillman Brooks, Sr. and Marie (Dillinger) Brooks. She married John William Grant on April 26, 1958. Nelda enjoyed riding horses and farming, but most of all she loved spending time with her family. Nelda was preceded in death by her husband, John, her parents, one brother, T. L. Brooks and two nephews, Seth Rogers and Johnny Justus. Nelda leaves to cherish her memory her devoted sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry Bob and RaeLynne Grant, of Tom, OK, and Gary Wayne and Cindy Grant, of Foreman, AR; one sister, Louise Rogers and husband Dickey of Longview, TX; one brother, Gerald Brooks, of Winthrop, AR; sisters-in-law, Mary Louise Williams of Dallas, TX and Kathy Brooks of Winthrop, AR; four grandchildren, Allee Grant Griffith and husband Steven Griffith, Tyler Grant, Mattison Grant and Jori Smith; nephews, Brooks Rogers, Barry Brooks, Jim Justus, Guy Brooks and Greg Brooks; nieces, Shelly Crenshaw, Diane Downard, Vicki Justus, Stacy Grant, Greta Harris and Gayla Irvan; one very special friend Marilyn Jones and many other relatives and friends. Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Church of Christ in Foreman, Arkansas with Bro. Morris Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Tom Cemetery. Family will receive friends at Madden Funeral Home in Foreman, Arkansas, Friday, November 8, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.