Michael Anthony Barksdale

July 15, 1963 - August 13, 2020

Michael Anthony Barksdale, age 57, of Forrest City, died Thursday, August 13, 2020, at the Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City. His death came sudden and unexpected. Mr. Barksdale was born July 15, 1963, in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the son of Bob Barksdale and Kathryn Carr Barksdale Busby. He lived in Forrest City most all of his life, was a truck driver for Triple G, and was a Baptist. Mr. Barksdale married Mary Ellen Halbert in 2011, and she survives him along with one daughter, Courtney Barksdale Brooks, and husband, Stephen, of Wynne, one step-daughter, Melissa Hill, of Forrest City, one step-son, Alex C. Hill, and wife, Angela, of Fort Stewart, Georgia, his father, Bob Barksdale of Longview, Texas, one sister, Kathy Homewood Cockmon, of Forrest City, two half brothers; Stephen Barksdale of New Jersey and Matthew Barksdale of Longview, Texas, one niece, Shannon Parker Keton, and husband, Joe, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He had one half sister, Lisa Barksdale, who preceded him in death. Services for Mr. Barksdale will be held Graveside, 2:00 P.M., Sunday, at the Forrest Park Cemetery in Forrest City. Visitation will be at Stevens Funeral Home, Sunday, 1:00 P.M. until the time of the service. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. You may log on to stevensfuneralhome.net for the online registry.