Patsy Jean Belin, 85, of Hermitage, died Saturday, December 9 at the St. Johns Place in Fordyce. She was born Tuesday, October 4 1938, in Damascus, a daughter of the late Montie Bryant and Allie Tipton Bryant. She was a 1956 graduate of the Fordyce public schools, earned her teaching degree from the University Arkansas at Monticello and spent the next 27 years in elementary education being dedicated to the Hermitage School system. On June 21, 1958, she married Charles H. Belin and he passed away February, 19, 2016. Also preceding her in death was a daughter Debra Jean Belin, brothers Joe Bryant, W.B. Bryant, and Max Bryant. Sisters Eunice Bryant, Helen Bryant, and Betty Lisenby.
She is survived by her son, Steve Belin (Krista), Hampton; and daughter Susan Scott (Gary), Hermitage. Bonus daughter Amanda West (Tim), Warren. Sisters Montine Bryant, Fordyce; and Shirley Cherry, Odam, Texs. Seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, at Frazer’s Chapel. Burial was in Gravelridge Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
