Velma Annie Starr, 97 of Havana passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Russellville. She was born May 2, 1919, in Havana, Arkansas to the late James Noble and Rhoda Ida (Capps) Gray. She was a mother and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents: grandson; James David "Jimmy" Starr, Jr.; great-grandsons, Todd Guido, Jeff Temple; daughter-in-law, Peggy Jean Price Starr; sisters, Ozella Widdoes, Grace Burns and Hazel Wicker.

Survivors include her husband of 76 years, W.C. Starr; son, James Starr and Brenda Gray of Dover; daughter and son-in-law, Syble and Frank Spillman of Fayette, MS; six grandchildren, Deborah Starr of Dover, Pherbia and Glen Mynatt of Corinth, MS, Dallas and Alicia Strittman of Hamburg, MS, Deborah Spillman of Louisville, TN. Frankie and Kirk Cothren of Mission, Kansas, Marty Spillman of Bude, MS; 12 great-grandchildren, David, Joshua, Kaitlyn, Mikey, Jay, Anna Kolby, Weston, Mattie, Camren, Preston, Phillip, and Kevin; five great-great-grandchildren, Little Jay, Finn, Eva, and Jack. Starr will be arriving in December.

Funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Moores Chapel Church in Waveland with Owen Yandell officiating. Burial will be at Moores Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-2 before the service at the church.

Pallbearers include Dennis Miller, Kevin Robinson, Tim Robinson, James Keene, Dan Yandell, Glen Mynatt, and John Wicker.

Honorary pallbearers are Eskel Yandell, A.M. Armstrong, Jimmy Miller,

and Fred Buffington.

Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home, Danville.

Online condolences and guestbook at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com