David D. Guffy, Sr.

David D. Guffy, Sr, age 80, of Rison, went to be with the Lord on October 10, 2022 at Arkansas Hospice within St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. He was born March 5, 1942, in Hailey, Idaho to James Guffy, Sr and Mazie Rodgers. David was a graduate of Woodlawn High School. He retired from Weyerhaeuser Corporation serving 40+ years and over one million miles flown around the world. After retirement, he became the caregiver to the historic Temperance Chapel Cemetery in Rison. David was an avid outdoorsman that loved hunting, fishing, gardening, cooking, and working on anything he could set a tool to. He was a Freemason and member of the former Culpepper Lodge #186.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, his wife of 42 years Mary Virginia Guffy; children David Guffy, Jr, Lisa Hoover Couch, Bryan Hoover; Brothers, Paul Davis, J. M. Guffy, Howard Guffey, and Adam Burchett; Sister, Eva Lou Burchett; precious cats Soxy and Big Kitty.

David is survived by daughter Konnie (Damon) Martin of Alamosa, CO. Sister Joyce Rhodes of Sheridan. Grandchildren Emily (Blake) Barnes of White Hall, William (Cheyenne) Guffy of Sheridan, Lauren (Kyle) Masterson of Colorado, Tanner (Jayme) Martin of Colorado, Bryan (Amanda) Hoover of Alabama, Karla Hoover of Florida, and Benjamin Couch of Georgia. Great-Grandchildren Lawson, Greenlee, and Lane Barnes, Gentry Masterson, Rayden and Elyjah Hoover, and Guffy twins arriving spring 2023. Also, special friend Carolyn Earnest along with a host of other family and friends.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 10 AM at Buie Funeral Home of Rison. Private Family interment will follow at Prosperity Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Buie Funeral Home in Rison on October 12, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Honorary pallbearers are his Sunday School Class at Bethel #1 Missionary Baptist Church in Rison.