Veda Ewing Nooner

Veda Ewing Nooner, age 85, of Glenwood, went to sleep in the Lord on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. She was born on August 8, 1926 in the community of Norphlet, located in the oil fields of south Arkansas. She was the daughter of Albert Ewing and Florence Lambert Ewing. On July 29, 1951, she was married to Dennis H. Nooner, Sr. Veda attended the Bonnerdale Seventh Day Adventist Church School and graduated from high school in Keene, Texas. She attended Washington Missionary College where she received her degree in nursing in 1944. She was a registered nurse at the Army Navy Hospital in Hot Springs and served as County Nurse for the Garland County Health Department. Later she worked in public nursing for Hamilton County near Collegedale, Tennessee. Veda's later career turned to the area of nursing and nursing home management beginning at the Cozy Corner Nursing Home in Gentry, Arkansas during the mid 1960's. The Nooner family was very active in the Gentry community. Her husband, Dennis, taught high school at Ozark Academy and in Collegedale, Tennessee. In the late 1960's, Veda and Dennis owned and operated their own nursing homes along with Veda's sister, Evea Bainum, and her husband, Irvin. Through the years, they owned facilities in Salisbury, Maryland, Berlin, Maryland and Millsboro, Delaware. During these years, the Nooner family made their home in Maryland until her retirement in 1988. Veda enjoyed her retirement years back at her home in Bonnerdale where she was an active and involved member of the Bonnerdale Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is known best for organizing many family reunions, church gathering and social events. She enjoyed traveling, music, attending Razorback basketball games and especially playing with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Dennis Nooner of Glenwood; two sons, Darrell Nooner of Los Angeles, California and Dennis H. "Denny" Nooner, Jr. of Winston Salem, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Esther Macy Nooner and Dennis H. Nooner, III; her sister, Evea Bainum; her nephew, Tim Bainum and wife, Donna, all of Glenwood; and many other nieces, nephews and loving cousins. Services will be held at 3:00 PM, Friday, August 19, 2011 in the Bonnerdale Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elders Ryan Long, Ron Ray and Steve Orien officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Bonnerdale Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood. Pallbearers will be Don Ewing, Dave Ewing, Jimmy Reppo, Bill Lambert, Gary McCormick and John Peckham. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter, 6465 S. Yale Ave., Suite 312, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-7810. Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.