VaRue Arnold Guthrie

Formerly of Melbourne, Arkansas

VaRue Arnold Guthrie passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022, at a Mountain Grove, Missouri nursing home.  She was born August 22, 1935, in Chastain, Arkansas, the youngest of seven children of Jay and Nancy Rogers Arnold.  She lived most of her life in north central Arkansas. She married Bob Guthrie on December 9, 1952, in Conway.  They had been married 57 years when he passed away in 2010. She attended Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway majoring in physical education.  She had been a P.E. and science teacher at Newport, Tuckerman and Melbourne, Arkansas.  She lived in Germany while her husband was in the service. She had been a resident of Guion, Arkansas until two years ago when the need for dialysis treatments necessitated her move to West Plains, Missouri.  She enjoyed visits with family, time with her pets, watching sports on TV, working crossword puzzles and sudoku.

She is survived by their three children, Nancy Pierce of Ft. Smith, Gaile Ranz of Cave City and Bobby Guthrie of Van Buren; six grandchildren:  Thomas (Jessi) Johnson, Brooke (Kyle) Cherry, Summer (Charlie), Drake, Autumn (David) Dale, Savannah (Stephen) Rolins, Fallon (Dennis) Kortum; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Jaydine Morton of West Plains, Mo.  She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers: Jay G. and Rogers Arnold; and three sisters: Geneva Rodman, Beverly Hurst, and Jackie Hunt.


Graveside funeral service will be Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Melbourne Cemetery under the direction of Eddie's Family Funeral Home in Melbourne.

Pallbearers:  Thomas Johnson, David Dale, Stephen Rolins, Charlie Drake, Kyle Cherry, Dennis Kortum.

Honorary Pallbearers:  Jim Fowler, Larry Norton, Tasker Rodman, III, David Hoover, Randy Engles.