Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Veronica Kaye Gannaway

Veronica Kaye "Rerun" Gannaway was born to Lacerine Gannaway and the Late John T. Gannaway on February 2, 1976.  She was  considered a bicentennial twins.  She gave her life to Christ when she and her twin children were baptized at Mt.Zion Missionary Baptist Church South Warren.  Heaven received a precious angel on June 5, 2018 when she passed away at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, AR.

Veronica graduate with the Warren High School Class of 1994.  She participated in track, drill team and dance group.  She furthered her education by attending UAM Nursing School at the Southeast Arkansas Community jBased Educational Center in Warren, AR.  Veronica began her career as an LPN at the Pine Lodge Nursing Home until she transitioned to work at the Wagnon Place Nursing Home which is now named Chapel Wood Nursing Home.  She continued her work to care for the patients and staffing until her health declined in March 2017.  Her life testimony is how well she cared and loved for the elderly and the staff she met.  We all know if you were in her presence and she addressed you as "Ladybug" or "Angel" you knew you were special in her eyes.  If you experience this in your life time then you have been truly blessed by an Angel!!!

Rerun (as family know her) had a love for gardening, reading, fishing and dance.  Rerun had a strong love for family and family values.  Her best love was her two children Aaron and Aaryuna Farmer who she often called her "Angels".  They placed a smile on her face each and everyday they were together.

She leaves to cherish her memories:  2 children-Aaron & Aaryuna Farmer of Warren, AR, her mother-Lacerine Gannaway of Warren, AR; 8 siblings-Linda Gannaway, John (Stacey) Gannaway, Shelia Gannaway (Marlon) Jackson all of Warren, AR, LaSonya Jackson & John C. Jackson both of Milwaukee, WI, Pamela (Detrick) Walls of Dallas, TX, Quinee Jackson of Milwaukee, WI and her twin sister LaMonica (David) Smith of Warren, AR; 12 aunts-Lois Pickett, Betty Davis, Dorothy (Robert) Gannaway, Earnestine Ingram, Ernestine (Fred) Hardin, Joyce (Willie) Childs and Glenda (Gary) Hines all of Warren, AR, Nettie (Bobby) Davis of Banks, AR, Carshella (Charles) Allen of Vaden, AR, Rosie Jean Owens of Arkedelphia, AR, Joyce Powell & Albertine Jackson both of El Dorado, AR; 11 nieces, 5 nephews, 4 great-nieces & 4 great-nephew; and a host of cousins and friends.

Services will be held Saturday at 11:00am at St. James AME Church, 915 St. James St., Warren, AR 71671. Pastor Elder James R. Hooper and Eulogist, Rev. Silas T. Warner of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church South Warren.

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