terri hippensteel

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Josie was always someone we looked forward to seeing when we came home to Arkansas for a visit. we loved her smile and funny wit. We met her when we went to Maumelle in 1994 as newlyweds. we have tried to keep in touch through my husbands brother that still goes there,dal hippensteel. Dal was upset when he told us the news the other night. Josie was a sunflower herself.She will be missed. terri,curt,max and sam hippensteel

Ellie

Monday, October 24, 2016

First I want to say we lost and the Lord gained. Josie was truly a special lady. She was a customer of mine for over 18 years until I had to retire. She always came in with a smile on her face and joy in her heart,Our children grew up together played football and we ate from hers and Jennies gardens. I know she loved her family more than words can convey. She was a joy to talk to and have as a customer. The last time I seen her is when Bob pumped her gas for her at Kroger's . At that time I knew she did not feel up to par. Love to her family God Bless

Mike, Anita, Ben and Travis Victory

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Please accept our condolences. Josie was always pleasant and and joy to talk with. Heaven has gained another angel.

Syndi

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Some people come into our lives in strange ways disguised as angels.
When I was working patrol in late 2000, I was dispatched to a disturbance where a man had attacked a woman with a large butcher knife. After the scene was secured I saw an older woman standing on the back porch of her home just across the yard, waving to me to come talk to her. Her name was Josie Biggs.
After that incident, I discovered that her husband had died many years before and I made it a point to stop in periodically and check on her.
When I got very sick and had to retire from my job it was she and her family that kept me from being homeless. She and I shared many laughs and many frustrations, like when the Cadillac dealership ran her car through the automatic wash with the sunroof open. There was the time I cooked a pot roast in my crockpot and got all the way to her steps when the handle broke and the entire thing fell out on the carport. Luckily she had leftover roast in the fridge so we still had a meal. We shared many.
I would buy loaves of bread and split them in half because neither of us could eat the entire loaf before it went bad. The same with eggs. We shared a lot, but mostly we shared laughter and just plain companionship.
She loved sunflowers. I made a large cake for her 75th birthday. She wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and fudge with a giant sunflower on top. She got exactly that. It was the heaviest cake I have ever made and the most delicious too.
Josie's life-long love, Grady, was just that. He passed more than 30 years ago and Josie never lost her love nor faithfulness for him.
When Vicki Kita Biggs called me last night, Josie's passing was the furthest thing from my mind. To say I was devastated is an understatement. I've cried many tears over the past two months, but none so hard as I have this past 24 hours. I'm trying to think happy thoughts, and there were many, but right now I just need to cry.
We never know when the stranger we meet will become our closest confidant sometimes even years later.
Be kind to every one you meet. They could be your angel in disguise.
Bless you all and send some love to the Biggs family.

Tanya Staggs

Sunday, October 23, 2016

I'm so very sorry for your loss! You're all in my thoughts & prayers! May God bring you peace & comfort in this most difficult time.

Glenda Laman

Saturday, October 22, 2016

I've known Josie it seems like all my life she was always sweet, kind, caring lady. She will be missed.