Jimmie Eugene Trost
of Little Rock, AR
December 25, 1935 - January 3, 2012
Jimmie Eugene Trost, 76, of Little Rock, passed away January
3, 2012. Born December 25, 1935, in Leedey Oklahoma, he was
the youngest son of the late Herbert Trost and the late
Cecelia Trautman Trost of Green Forest, Arkansas. He is also
preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
He married in Hamburg Arkansas, April 6, 1969, to Sue
Witherington and is survived by wife Sue of the home,
daughter Margaret Trost, San Antonio, TX, and daughter Lt.
Col.- select Jennifer Vecchione, Vandenberg AFB, son-in-law
Scott Vecchione and grandson Sijan Nickolas of Santa Maria,
CA. He is also survived by two sisters, Beatrice Wiser,
Clarksville, AR and Eunice Wise, Beebe, AR, as well as,
numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Trost graduated from Green Forest High School and a
barber college, served in the U.S. Army, attended Arkansas
Technical College, and graduated from the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville. He was licensed as a Professional
Engineer (PE) and retired as a civil engineer with the
Survey & Maintenance Division of the Arkansas Highway and
Transportation Department. After retirement, he served
part-time as a disaster relief professional with the Federal
Emergency Management Administration.
Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. and funeral service at 2:00
p.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at Temple Baptist Church in
Little Rock, where he served as a Deacon. Reverend Aaron
Ledford, Dr. Joel Slayton and Reverend Jerry Kidd will be
officiating. Arrangements are by Roller-Chenal Funeral Home,
(501)224-8300.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday,
January 7, 2012, at Egypt Cemetery in Hamburg, Arkansas by
Jones Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg. Pallbearers are
John Witherington, Bobby J. Witherington, Billy F. Burnett,
Winston Foster, Mark Mizell, Eddie Edwards, Garay Holland,
Ron Ross and Larry Trost. Honorary pallbearers are the Open
Door Sunday School Class and Deacons.
Memorials may be made to the Egypt Cemetery Association, c/o
John Laing, 272 Ashley Road 454, Hamburg, Arkansas 71646.
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