Joseph Hudson,

Joseph Barksdale Hudson, Jr., 85, of Romance, Arkansas, was born April 5, 1925, in McBride, Mississippi and he died Tuesday, February 1, 2011. He served in the Army Air Corp. during WWII and served as Deputy Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado, and worked for Shell Chemical Co. for twenty-five years. He was a Baptist and a Mason and enjoyed flowers, gardening and fishing.
Joseph was preceded in death by wives Virginia and Wanda; one son, Joe Wayne; grandsons Logan, Mike and Daniel; brothers Edward and Boyd and sister Margie. He is survived by children Gary (Mary) of Colorado, Sandi (Ronnie) of Arkansas, Ronnie (Kathy) of Colorado, Rick (Frannie) of Arkansas, Doug (Christy) of Colorado and Dee Dee (Ronnie) of Arkansas; twenty-four grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; brothers Cornie of Mississippi and Johnny of Colorado; sisters Francis of Louisiana, Sylvia of Washington and Annette of Tennessee.
Family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 7, 2011, at Floyd United Methodist Church, with burial in New Floyd Cemetery.