Argie Lou Heinrich

Graveside services for Argie Lou Heinrich, 86, Mountain Home, Arkansas, formerly of Caulfield, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Amy Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Heinrich passed away at 9:11 a.m., Sunday, September 27, 2020, at Conway Regional Medical Center, Conway, Arkansas.

She was born September 14, 1934, at Gamaliel, Arkansas, to Argol Rudolph Meeks and Cuba Pansy Davidson Meeks.  On November 28, 1959, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Melvin E. Heinrich, who preceded her in death on May 8, 2015.  She attended grade school at Gamaliel, Arkansas and graduated from Bakersfield High School.  Argie had worked for thirteen years at International Shoe Factory and ten years at St. Regis Paper Bag Company in Kansas City, Missouri; she was also a homemaker and enjoyed helping on the family’s farm.  She loved her grandchildren and was a strong Christian woman. 

She is survived by her son, Chris Runion and fiancé, Spring Newton, Branson, Missouri; four grandchildren, Scott Runion and fiancé Angelina Romine, Brittany Helms, Katrina Brinkley and husband, Caleb and Mikeala Runion; five great-grandchildren, Berkley and Brayson Helms and Eli, Justin and Belle Runion; and many nieces and nephews.

Her parents, husband, and two brothers, Harold and Tommy Meeks, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Heinrich will lie in state from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to Paragould Children’s Home and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775.