LeaAnn Palmer Bostick

Memorial Service for Mrs. LeaAnn Palmer Bostick, 48, of Benton, AR, will be held 6:00 P.M., Thursday, October 22, 2015 at First Baptist Church, West Monroe with Rev. Jeff Clark officiating and a visitation will follow, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. LeaAnn was born December 30, 1966 in Monroe, LA and passed away October 18, 2015. LeaAnn was saved, baptized, and discipled at the First Baptist Church West Monroe. Graduated West Monroe High School class of ’85 and graduated from Louisiana Tech class of ’89. Married to Terry Bostick June of 1988. Not only was LeaAnn a terrific minister’s wife she was an excellent school teacher. She taught children and befriended fellow faculty at Azle Elementary, Azle TX, St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Bastrop, LA, Victory Baptist School, Sherwood, AR, Salter Elementary, Talladega, AL and Lawson Elementary, Little Rock, AR. She served alongside her husband and was loved by all the churches she served including, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Rocky Branch, LA, First Baptist Church, Oxford, AL and First Baptist Church, Bastrop, LA. LeaAnn fought a battle with a rare form of cancer for 8 years and finally passed away as a result of complications from treatments. In her final days, she was surrounded by her family, friends, and former church members. LeaAnn was a loving, selfless wife and mother.LeaAnn was preceded in death by daughter, Amelia Palmer Bostick; father-in-law Roy Bostick; and brother-in-law, John Messina.Survivors include her husband, Terry Bostick; daughter, Lindsey Bostick; her father and mother, Berle and Lea Palmer; sister, Rene Messina; mother-in-law, Pat Bostick; brothers-in-law, Thad Bostick and Troy Bostick and his wife Jennifer; niece, Tara Lynn Ratcliff and her husband Dustin; nephews, Caleb Bostick and Josh Bostick and his wife Morgan and their daughter Arden. Pallbearers for the private family committal: Josh Bostick, Caleb Bostick, Chris Gunn, Byron Bostick, Wade Bostick and Dustin Ratcliff.Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com