Ms. Martha Hagood
Ms. Martha Rachel Chapline Hagood, age 77, resident of De Queen, Arkansas, passed from this life on Friday, September 17, 2021, at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas.

She was born the youngest daughter of eight children born to the union of Charles Lee and Fannie Elizabeth Daily Chapline on November 14, 1943, in Houston, Texas. She was a 1961 graduate of Southwest Junior College and went on to obtain her LVN license at St. Joseph in Fort Worth. Martha worked more than 55 years in public healthcare, spending her later years serving with the Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center in De Queen, retiring in February of 2019. Martha was a devoted member of the Beacon Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church in De Queen. She taught cradle roll for more than 59 years, and enjoyed her time spent with any activity the church was involved with. She also enjoyed caring for children, and spending time with her loving family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Charles, Bill, and Paul Chapline; three sisters, Ralph Juanita Chapline, Pat Holland, and Ruby Conner.

Martha leaves to cherish her loving memory, three sons, Greg Hagood and his wife Jessica of Texarkana, Steve Hagood of De Queen, and Chris Hagood of Big Spring, Texas; four daughters, Laura Lynn White of Horatio, Melissa Walraven and her husband Jeff of Texarkana, Laura Ruth Dehan and her husband L.J. of De Queen, and Glenda Hagood of Horatio; eighteen grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren; two brothers, David Chapline and his wife Nelva of Burleson, Texas, and James Chapline and his wife Linda of Keene, Texas; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Martha Hagood will be held at 12:00 P.M., Noon, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Beacon Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elder Jerry Conatser officiating. Burial will follow at Beacon Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, at the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Chandler Funeral Home of De Queen. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to the Beacon Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1452 Red Bridge Road, De Queen, Arkansas 71832.