Ronald Max Seal

Ronald Max Seal, 66, of East Prairie, Mo., died at 6:20 p.m., Jan. 12, 2004, at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn.

He was born on Aug. 22, 1937, in Piggott, the son of Faye Arnold Seal of Paragould and the late Frank Seal.

He had been the office manager at the Associated Natural Gas Company and retired in April of 1998. He was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston, a member of the East Prairie, Charleston, and Kennett Kiwanis Clubs, and a member of the Industrial Development Board of Mississippi County.

He married JoAnn Price on June 2, 1961, in Kennett and she survives, of the home in East Prairie.

Besides his mother and wife, he is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Cindy Seal of Bentonville, Ark.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Lori and Richard Schmitt of Irving, Texas, and Jill Seal of Laverne, Tenn.; two brothers, Jerry Seal of Vancouver, Wash., and Jim Seal of Piggott; four grandchildren, Kailey and Chloe Seal of Bentonville, and Tom and Mallory Schmitt of Irving, Texas.

Visitation was held Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Funeral services were in the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Officiating was Pat Hogan, minister at Shady Acres Church of Christ. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to:

Children's Home Inc., 5515 Old Walcott Rd., Paragould, 72450 (or) Worldwide Evangelism at Midway Church of Christ, P.O. Box 915, Madison, Ala. 35758.