Jonesboro- Lee Imogene "Gean" Upshaw Spikes, 89, passed away on February 8, 2018 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

Gean was born February 9, 1928 in Bardley, MO to Le Roy and Bertie Lee McKee Upshaw. She was married to Bill Spikes for 63 years. She worked for the Red Cross, Brown Shoe, and Futrell Pharmacy for 28 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and did the things a mother of 2 girls loved to do.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Le Roy and Bertie Upshaw; husband, Bill H. Spikes; sister, Goldie Holland; brothers, David and Eugene Upshaw.

She leaves behind 2 daughters, Pam (Phil) Burton, Ann (Tim) Woodruff; 2 grandsons, Bill (Shelly) Burton, Bart Burton; 2 granddaughters, Libby (Matt) Collar, Mandy (Eric) Tennyson; 1 great granddaughter, Anna Grace Burton; 1 great grandson, Jackson Travers Burton; along with many other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Sunday, February 11, 2018 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Pyburn Street Church of Christ with a funeral beginning at 2:30 p.m. with Jimmy Adcox officiating. Burial will follow in Masonic Cemetery. Arrangements under direction of McNabb Funeral Home.

Pallbearers: Bill Burton, Bart Burton, Eric Tennyson, Matt Collar, Tim Woodruff and Phil Burton.

Honorary pallbearers: Max Long, Byron Futrell and Bob Dawson.