Anna Janice
Hulsizer
June 28, 1939 - March 1, 2021
Anna “Janice” Arey Hulsizer, age 81, of Florence, went to her heavenly reward on Monday, March 1, in her home, surrounded by her three children and other family members.
The family will receive friends on Friday, March 5, from 12:00 until 1:00 p.m. A celebration of her life will follow at 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel.
Janice was born June 28, 1939, in Haskell, AR. She graduated from Harmony Grove High School in Haskell and from Arkansas State Teacher’s College (now known as the University of Central Arkansas). As an educator, Janice taught elementary and junior high students in Arkansas and Alabama, and ran a church-sponsored kindergarten in Bryant, AR for 13 years. A member of Florence Blvd. Baptist Church, she and her husband were very involved in church work all of their married life. They also volunteered with various hospice organizations and were both active members of the Mid-Lauderdale Volunteer Fire Department for many years.
Mrs. Janice was a wonderful cook, florist and pianist, probably best known for her homemade bread. She gifted and served many, many loaves in Arkansas, Oregon and Alabama.
Janice was preceded in death by her parents, Olen and Ivanette Arey of Haskell, AR; sister, Dianna Arey Denton of Morrilton, AR; two grandchildren, Matthew Brady and Andrew Hulsizer; and her beloved husband of 59 years, James William “Jim” Hulsizer.
Left to cherish her memory are her brother, J. Glen Arey (Doris) of Weatherford, TX; three children, Jeff (Shelia) Hulsizer of Austin, AR, Jeanine (Kobin) Thacker of Rogersville, AL, and Jason (Patty) Hulsizer of Florence; eight grandchildren, Jessica (Matt) Petty, Jennifer (Nathan) Loyd, Collin (Kylie) Peek, Reece Thacker, Daniel Hulsizer, Hannah (Trevor) Phillips, Mary Beth Hulsizer and John Caleb Hulsizer; nine great-grandchildren, Savannah, Charlotte and Rhett Petty, Anderson and Elliott Peek, Ainsley, Alivia, Evie and Nora Phillips; four nephews and their families, and a host of other relatives and friends. She will be dearly missed.
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March 5, 2021
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9 Comments on “Anna Janice Hulsizer”
Sweet beautiful lady–you will be missed.
I am so sorry. Mrs. Hulsizer was my kindergarten teacher. She was so sweet and kind and thoughtful and such a wonderful teacher. While I was in kindergarten I had to have oral surgery and she came to visit me and brought me flowers. When I think of her I have nothing but good memories of she and her family. The entire family was sweet to me. Prayers for her family and friends.
I’m so sorry. I love y’all.
Thankful for Janice’s life and prayers for her family.
Hulsizers were wonderful neighbors in Bryant for several years.
My heartfelt sympathy and love to all of you. She was a very good friend. Our families have so many memories together. Very sad day, but I know she is rejoicing in Heaven, with Jim, Ivannette, Olen, Diana. Rest in peace, my sweet friend.
I knew Janice through the Florence Music Study Club. We had conversations about three family members surviving cancer (including Janice). I prayed daily for her, her daughter and granddaughter. She was an inspiration.
SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. YOUR MOM WAS SUCH A SWEET LADY. SHE AND YOUR DAD WERE DENTAL PATIENTS WHERE I WORKED AND I ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW THEM OVER THE YEARS! YOUR IN OUR PRAYERS!
I remember my dear kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Hulsizer. I wasn’t always the best student in her class, but I wanted to please her and be her “teacher’s helper!” I got to move my desk next to hers a few times (may not always have been for positive reasons-ha ha). And then her son and family became a big part of my life as my youth pastor several years later. I am thinking of your family and I’m so sorry for your loss!
Janice was such a gracious lady. She had a heart of gold and would always be willing to help. I knew her from the Florence Music Study Club. She loved music and on occasions would bring James to the meetings. You were truly blessed to have the wonderful people as your parents. May God give you comfort in this time of loss.