Fulton, Jerry Lynn
Birth: 2-7-1936
Death: 9-27-2025
Comments: Double marker with Glenda Sue Spangler Fulton; family - Lavanna and Jeff Yates, Jerry Arthur Fulton, Jeff and Misty Cunny, Stephen Yates, Nick Yates; death date not engraved at time of survey
Burial: Snell Cemetery - White Section
Notes: Originally recorded in a survey on 11-16-2023 and updated on .
Obituary: Jerry Lynn Fulton 89 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away Saturday, September 27th, at St. Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana, TX. Jerry was born February 7th, 1936, in Delight, Arkansas to the late Dorothy Marie and Marion Anderson Fulton. He was preceded in death by his loving and devoted wife Glenda Sue Fulton (Spangler), five siblings, sisters Marion Brock, Nancy Prince, Sue Rogers, and brothers Terry and George Fulton. He is survived by one sister, Marie Williams, four children, Lynn Crenshaw and husband David, Jerry A. Fulton, Lavana Cunny, Jeff Cunny, and wife Misty; five grandchildren Christopher D. Crenshaw, Rebekah Page, Stephen Yates, Nicholas Yates and Emmalin Cunny; great grandchildren (with one on the way), numerous nieces and nephews, and one special former son-in-law Jeff Yates. In his younger years, Jerry loved to hunt and fish. He would talk about his Colorado hunting trips often. He enjoyed gardening, working on his “dream home”, and just generally being outside piddling on different projects. When he was inside, he loved to watch “westerns”, especially John Wayne, and the Arkansas Razorback Football and Basketball and the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry worked for over 20 years at Meyer’s Bakeries in Hope, Arkansas, supervising the production of English muffins. He was affectionately known to his co-workers as the “Muffin Man”. Jerry had several “hobbies and work adventurers” after retirement. He opened Fulton’s Collectibles in Antoine, AR. Jerry had a passion for auctions and took to heart the saying “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. His favorite post retirement activity was spending time at Big Jerry’s Sno Shack with his wife Glenda (Freddie). They loved working together (most of the time) and seeing the joy on the kids and adults face when they made them a shaved ice treat. Jerry was a tough and resilient man. He survived a heart attack in 2014, cancer twice, ((2017 & 2022), which caused him to have chemo and radiation both times. The cancer in 2022 caused him to live with a trach and feeding tube for 8 months. He went through all of this and still lived on his own in the house he loved until his passing. Even up to the last days of his life he was burning up the roads in his beloved Dodge truck. For those who knew Jerry more deeply, also saw his softer side. He gave nicknames to many of the special people in his life (such as Puff, Big Baby, Big Dude, Little Dude, Bubba Gump and many others). If he learned of something you liked or collected, he would go on a mission to search for those things at the auction or on his treasure-hunting escapades. If he found out you liked a certain type of snack, he would have a case of it waiting for you the next time you came to his house. In addition to those mentioned above, Linda and Gene Walters held a special place in his heart and were great friends and a great help to him over the last several years. They were more like family than friends. It would be hard to overstate how much he grieved the loss of the love of his life, Glenda (Freddie), seven years ago, but we celebrate that they are now united together again in the Presence of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jerry made a comment a couple of months ago that he thanked Jesus and “Freddie” every night before going to sleep for taking care of him, and they did indeed. Celebration of life will be Tuesday, September 30th, 2025, at 11am, with visitation one hour prior from 10 – 11am, at Brazzel-Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope, AR. Graveside Service to follow at Snell Cemetery, Emmet, AR. Services will be officiated by Bro. James Cox.

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