Carthel Healy

Carthel Leon Healy, of Beebe, Arkansas, was born June 27, 1930, to Evert and Annie (Yeates) Healy, and he died Wednesday, December 29, 2010. He was a Navy veteran of WWII. Carthel was a master electrician for over fifty years and minister of the Church of Christ for over sixty years. He was a loving and caring man who adored all children and his family. As a baseball coach, he touched the lives of many of the young boys in this community doing what he loved to do.
He is survived by his wife, Billie Jean Healy; daughters Becky Pittman, Marsha Sparrow, Karen (Mark) Padgett, Pam (Ricky) White, and Amber (Allen) Fike; grandchildren Ren (Stephanie) Pittman, Michelle Campbell, Ricky (Brandi) White II, Tara (Chuck) Thomas, Dacia (Lee) McFalls, Ryan Sparrow, Allen Fike and Austin Fike; thirteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild due in July; two sisters, Betty (Billy) Sanders and Eva (John) Burrus; and several nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 31, 2010, at Westbrook Funeral Home, with burial in Antioch Cemetery.