Mrs. Joyce Buford Sweet Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Joyce Buford Sweet age 72, of Forrest City, Arkansas died at the Washington Regional Hospice in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Mrs. Sweet was born June 21, 1945 in Memphis. She was the daughter of Claude Douglas Buford Sr. and Eleanor Davidson Buford. She had made her home in Forrest City all of her life where she was a member of the First United Methodist Church and served as office administrator for several years. Mrs. Sweet had been very active in the Junior Auxiliary, served on the board of the Forrest City Country Club and served as a advisor to the Delta Beta Sigma Sorority. Mrs. Sweet is survived by a daughter, Missy Sweet Tiller and husband Tommy of Fayetteville; a son Douglas Sweet and wife Molly of Collierville, Tennessee; a brother C. Douglas Buford of Little Rock; two sisters Betty Jo Eldridge of Marietta, Georgia and Margaret Cogdell of Charlotte, North Carolina. Four grandchildren also survive her, Alex and Ellie Tiller and Charlie and Meg Sweet. A cousin who she traveled with, Alice Schwartz of Estes Park, Colorado also survives her. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Forrest City burial will follow at Forrest Park Cemetery. Visit online registry at stevensfuneralhome.net. The family request memorials be made to the Church or to the Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS.

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Mrs. Joyce Buford Sweet

June 21, 1945 - March 10, 2018