Obituary

Helen Marie (Hutchins) Krigbaum of Paris, Arkansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at the age of 84. She was born on December 2, 1940, in Ratcliff, Arkansas, to the late Monroe Franklin Hutchins and Erma Lena (Street) Hutchins.

For 31 years, Helen was the owner and operator of Krigbaum Trash Service, along with her husband, Harold. She was a memeber of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church for over 60 years. She was loved by her family and friends very much and will be missed by everyone who knew her.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Krigbaum; a son, Neal Krigbaum; a daughter, Angela Corley; two grandsons, Justin Shelton and Michael Paul Bradford; five sisters, Mona Tillery, Zona Hutchins, Minnie Lou Furstenburg, Mary Marget, and Elva Hutchins; and three brothers, Monroe Hutchins, James Hutchins, and Jimmy Hutchins.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 27th at Brotherton Funeral Home Chapel in Paris, with Rev. Hank Weaver and Rev. Jeremy Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Paris, under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home in Paris.

She is survived by her children, Glenda Bradford of Paris, Erma Corley and husband Jimmy of Magazine, and Billy Krigbaum and wife Leslie of Ozark; a sister, Judy Toon; two brothers, Lester Hutchins of Paris and Ronnie Hutchins of Charleston; (16) grandchildren; (35) great-grandchildren; and (23) great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Ed Williams, Ed Blalock, James Paul Hutchins, John O'Brien, Ronnie Shelton, and James Shelton.

Honorary pallbearers are her grandchildren.

The family will visit with friends on Monday prior to the funeral service beginning at 12:00 p.m. and the service starting at 2:00 p.m.

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