Earl Toney "JC"

Earl Toney "JC"

The family of  Brother Earl Toney, well- known citizen, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, cousin, and friend announces his "Celebration of Life" to be held on Saturday, February 28, 2023, at the Morehouse Baptist Education Association at ten o'clock a.m.  Rev. Lester Williams will serve as the officiant.  The interment will follow in H. V. Adams Cemetery.  "A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 211 North Washington St.,  from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2026.  To send flowers, plants, words of condolence, or light a candle, kindly follow directions to your left.

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Family and friends are urged to turn on emergency flashers as we travel to H. V. Adams Cemetery.

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"Folks Called Him JC"

"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good"  Luke 6:45

It was in the small town of Winchester  in northeastern Drew County, Arkansas near U.S. Highway 65.  It was on a Thursday, February 13, 1941 when Jessie Mae and Willie Toney, Sr. were blessed with a boy child.  They named him Earl Toney, but he was fondly called "JC."  His siblings were Willie, Jr., Eugene, Otto, Tommy Ray, Joice Ann, James, Dorothy, Brenda, and Alberta.

JC  was employed by Rice Producers Rice Mill.  He and his wife, Ollie Coleman Toney were blessed with three children: Carlton Toney, Angela Toney Marshall, and Raymon Toney.  His hobbies included working in his yard and fishing.  He was always willing to lend a hand to family, friends, and those in need.

J C leaves to cherish his memory: his loving wife, his grateful children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A Good Man

A good man never dies-- In worthy deed and prayer
And helpful hands, and honest eyes, If smiles or tears be there:
Who lives for you and me--Lives for the world he tries
To help--he lives eternally. A good man never dies.

Who lives to bravely take  his share of toil and stress,
And,  for his weaker fellows' sake,  makes every burden less,--
He may, at last, seem worn--lie fallen--hands and eyes
Folded--yet, though we mourn and mourn, a good man never dies.

                                                                       James Thornton

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