Viretta Cornelia Ewell Connard
August 17, 1941 - January 27, 2022

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Vistiation Enon Cemetery at Rye Hwy. 63 Rison ,  AR 71665 1/30/2022 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Map & Directions Graveside Service Enon Cemetery at Rye Hwy. 63 Rison ,  AR 71665 1/30/2022 at 2:00 p.m. Map & Directions   Enon Cemetery at Rye Hwy 63 Rison, AR 71665 Map & Directions

Viretta Cornelia Ewell Connard, age 80 of Monticello, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022, at her home. She was born August 17, 1941, in Wylie, TX to the late David Ray Ewell and Willard Elaine Standefer Ewell.
She was the widow of Kenneth Donald “Donnie” Connard, Sr., a retired seamstress from Levi’s and Star City School Apparel and was a member of Cornerville Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Viretta loved fishing, cooking, sewing and going to rummage sales. She had the “gift of gab”, loved talking on the phone and never met a stranger. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by brothers, James Roy Morris and George Leighton Ewell; and a sister, Marilyn Ewell Boyd.
Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Connard (Guy Campbell) and Brenda Ellingsburg (John) both of Monticello; one son, Don Connard of Monticello; a brother, Carl Ewell (Linda) of Monticello; a sister, Geraldine McLure of Lawton, OK; grandchildren, Jeremiah Hayden (Althea), Bethany Wornick (Kaleb), Billie Connard Barton (Tyler), Dakota Stanfill, Gracie Connard and Addie Connard; and great grandchildren, Asher Hayden, Audrey Hayden, Kenneth Barton and Raelynn Cornelia Wornick; along with numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Gtaveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Enon Cemetery in Rye, AR. There will be a visitation one hour preceding the graveside service. You can sign Mrs. Viretta's guestbook page at www.stephensondearman.com.