Sarah Louella Brock Terrell, age 101, passed away at her home in Murfreesboro, Ark., on April 28, 2025. She was born on Sept. 3, 1923, in Murfreesboro to parents Lula Mae Henderson Brock and William Grover Brock.
She was the proud owner of Murfreesboro Hardware which was established in 1917 by the Terrell family.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Fielding Terrell; three brothers, Leon, Grover and James Brock; and one sister, Ruth Brock Tabor.
She is survived by five children: Ray Terrell and wife, Ouida of Pascagoula, Miss., Jean Terrell Shahan and husband, Howard, Plano, Texas, Sarita Terrell Floyd and husband, Mike, Murfreesboro, Ark., and Phil and Lance Terrell, Murfreesboro, Ark. She has 14 kids grandchildren: Renee Terrell Threlfall, Becca Terrell Barber, Michael Terrell, Matthew Terrell, Robert Shahan, Brian Shahan, Gina Shahan Killion, Sara Terrell Branch, Andy Terrell Eckert, Lea Terrell, Anna Terrell, Ashtin Hamilton, Randy Floyd, Crystal Floyd White. She has 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Latimer Funeral Home in Murfreesboro.
Funeral services for Mrs. Terrell will begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro. Interment will follow in Brocktown Cemetery, under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home of Murfreesboro.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Brocktown Cemetery, P.O. Box 516, Murfreesboro, AR 71958.
You may send an online sympathy message at: www.latimerfuneralhome.com.
