of Yellville, AR

April 29, 1936 - January 25, 2022

Brenda Mac Oxford Black, age 85, of Yellville, Arkansas passed away Tuesday January 25, 2022 in Flippin.

Brenda was born April 29 1936 in Marion County Arkansas, the first child of Acey Mac Oxford and Lily May Cochran. At the age of 13 Brenda entered a raffle with only one ticket and won a brand new 1949 Buick convertible. She was always a free-spirited girl who knew her own mind. After high school Brenda worked in Kansas City, Tulsa, Yellville, and Mountain Home. She worked at Baxter Lab at the Midway facility for many years. She eventually married William Homer Black and moved to California. Homer barbered there for several years, then they moved back to Yellville in the mid 1970s. They built a house on the family farm and lived there 20 years. They sold their land and house and moved to Yellville into a house they built in 1995. They lived there until Homer passed in 2009 and Brenda moved to Heaven January 25, 2022. Brenda was a member of First Baptist Church in Yellville.

Brenda is survived by her sister-in-law Jean Oxford Goforth, Kenneth Ross Oxford, Stuart Logan Oxford and wife, Megan; great niece Hannah, and two great nephews Rody Mack and Conner Clay.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Homer, and her brother Kenneth Ray Oxford.

Visitation will be 9:00 - 10:00 am Friday January 28, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Yellville.

Funeral service will follow at 10:00 am Friday January 28, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Yellville with Bro. Rick Pyron officiating.

Interment will follow at Layton Cemetery in Yellville.

Roller-Burns Funeral Home, Yellville.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Burns Funeral Home
725 North Panther Ave.
Yellville, AR  72687
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com