Yvonne Johnson Anthony

Yvonne Johnson Anthony, age 84, passed away peacefully at her home in Batesville on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

Funeral services for Yvonne will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2022 at Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:00. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park. Dr. Paul Middleton will officiate.

Born October 18, 1937 to the late James V. "Shorty" and Corinne Campbell Johnson. She was the oldest of three girls. Yvonne worked most of her adult life in the financial business, ending with her retirement from First Security Bank. She loved meeting people and never met a stranger. Everyone in Batesville knows "Ms Yvonne" at the drive thru. Yvonne loved working in her yard, flowers were her passion. Always ready to "tackle" the task, axe in hand if needed. Her family was most important to her as well as her church. She was a life long member of Calvary Baptist, serving wherever she was needed. She had a servants heart.

She leaves behind her husband of four years, Jimmy D. Anthony, Sr.; one daughter, Vicki Moore McDaniel (Rick) of Batesville; three grandchildren, Samantha Newsom of West Helena, Ar., Milton "Bubba" Johnson, and Melissa Johnson, both of Batesville; three great grandchildren, Landon, Bella, and Jackson.

Along with her parents, Yvonne was preceded in death by her sisters, Patsy Johnson Morrow, and Connie Johnson Haley.