of Little Rock, AR
October 27, 1950 - March 4, 2025
Deborah Knowles, 74 of Shannon Hills, Arkansas went home to be with the lord on March 4, 2025. Deborah was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 21, 1950.
She worked at the Arkansas State Department of Health for many years, but her greatest job was being a homemaker, loving wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a favorite ''Anut'' Debi to her nieces and nephew often having spontaneous water gun fights or smacking them in the face with pies as they walked in the door.
She is preceded in death by her mother, LaVerne Blount Bradley, stepfather, Bill Bradley, father, Jesse Hineman (Pete) Long and her brother, David Long.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years Hursel Wayne Knowles of Shannon Hills, son, Brian Knowles (Marissa) of Dennard AR, two grandsons, Devin Knowles (Rachel) of Alexander, AR, Walker Hunt (Hannah) of Clinton, AR, two great-grandsons, Barrett Knowles and Waylon Hunt. Sister, Julia Nelson (David) of Ferndale, AR, two nieces, Sarah Hanks (Brandon), Lindsay Stiedle (Phillip) and a nephew, Michael Nelson (Robin), great nieces and nephews, Parker, Emma and Hudson Hanks and Lainey Stiedle. She is also survived by several cousins. Per her wishes there will be no formal service and her ashes will be scattered by her family.