Opal Ryals

Mrs. Opal M. Woodall Ryals passed away on July 19, 2007 at the age of 92. She was born on a farm outside of Jacksonville, Arkansas, on June 23, 1915, daughter of the late Joe Daniel and Minnie Stevens Aldridge. Mrs. Woodall Ryals was a resident of Stuttgart, Arkansas, for 54 years and spent the last three years with her son in Conroe, Texas.
She was a Past Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern Star, General Grand Chapter Committee Member, Past Matron, Stuttgart Chapter #102, and a dual member of Pines Chapter #517.
She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Charles R. Woodall; her husband of 7 years, Felix W. Ryals, Sr., and her great-grandson, Tyler Gray.
Mrs. Woodall is survived by her son, Raymond Woodall and wife, Dorothy, of Montgomery, Texas; daughter, Barbara Gray of Fort Worth; and grandchildren, Sharon Woodall Hewitt and husband, Stan of Slidell, Louisiana; Scot Woodall and wife, Colleen of Denver, Colorado; Terri Gray Kane and husband, John of N. Richland Hills, Texas; and Jeffery Gray and wife, Deana of Van Nuys, California. She is also survived by 13 great-grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.
Services will be held on Wednesday, July 25 at Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct. (NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.), with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m., followed by the funeral service at 2:00, officiated by Rev. Stan Parris of Immanuel Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to O.E.S. or the Heart Association.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, (501)224-2200.