Edna Irene Pettigrew, age 77, of Mena, Arkansas passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022 at the home of her friends and caregivers, Lisa and Jim Bradley in Pencil Bluff, Arkansas. She was born on Sunday, January 21, 1945 to Benjamin Stricklin and Nettie (Yandell) Stricklin in Hatfield, Arkansas. Edna was a kind and loving woman. She was an elementary teacher who spent the majority of her career caring for and teaching the students of Wickes Elementary. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed playing cards, reading, putting puzzles together, drinking Dr. Pepper, and spending every chance she had with her grandchildren. Edna was a talented artist. She was born in Hatfield and grew up on Six Mile Creek with some of the county's finest women. Her bond with the Stricklin and Miller women made her strong and taught her to put others ahead of herself. Edna and Carroll raised four beautiful, amazing, talented, and humble Godly children of whom she was very proud and who also worked together to write this obituary. Edna was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. She is preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Cary Stricklin, Calvin Stricklin, Omen Stricklin, and David Stricklin; and two sisters, Bonnie Richardson and Claudia Critser; and close family friends, Bob and Sue Piearcy. Edna is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Carroll Pettigrew; one son, Chad Pettigrew of Mena, Arkansas; three daughters and sons-in-law, Benji Ferguson and husband Donnie of Mena, Arkansas, Channa Lay and husband Rodney of Mena, Arkansas, and Megan Parker and husband Jason of Magnet Cove, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Emily Smith and husband Kyle, Dustyn Battaglia and husband Thomas, Madison Lowe and husband Loren, R.J. Parker and wife Bayley, Lane Ferguson and wife Harley, Lauren Lay and Aaron Lay; three great grandchildren, River Smith, Josie Parker, and Theodore Battaglia; two sisters, Georgia Marchand and Jean Snellgrove; and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be Friday, April 22, 2022 from 6-8 p.m. at the Bowser Family Funeral Home Chapel in Mena, Arkansas. Arrangements are entrusted to Bowser Family Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the Daniel Cemetery Chapel in Wickes, Arkansas with Brother Mark Lyle and Brother Dale Dailey officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Maguire Lane Living (Lisa Bradley, 37 Maguire Lane, Pencil Bluff, AR 71965) or Elite Hospice Promise Foundation (602 DeQueen Street, Mena, AR 71953).