Joan

Dockins

Joan (Bradshaw) Dockins passed away peacefully, Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Hampton Place Healthcare Facility in Rogers, Ar.

She was born December 7, 1926, in Norfork, AR to Thomas Bradshaw and Lydia Gertrude (Gertie) Smith Bradshaw. On August 16, 1945, she married Eugene Dockins. They were married for 59 years prior to his death in 2004. She was a homemaker and member of the Pocahontas Home Demonstration Club for many years. She was also a quilter and made dozens of quilts for family and friends over the years. She and Eugene were charter members of Shannon Baptist Church (1951) where she attended until her move to Little Rock in 2013 and then to Rogers in 2021. She was lovingly known to her grandchildren as "JoJo".

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brothers, Harry Bradshaw, J.T. Bradshaw, and Jim Bradshaw; and her sisters, Ollie Eaton, and Velma Thomas.

She is survived by a daughter, Marsha, and son-in-law, Ron Tolson of Rogers, Ar. She has two grandchildren, Stephanie (Charles) Adams, of Little Rock, and Matthew (Erin) Tolson of Rogers. She has three great grandchildren, Aubrey Adams of Little Rock, and Jack and Jude Tolson of Rogers. She is survived by a sister, Estel Goodwin of Pocahontas. She has several nieces, nephews and friends.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the Ingram Cemetery in Maynard, Ar.