Sue Roller Jenkins remembered for her kindness, giving spirit

Sue Roller Jenkins died Thursday in Little Rock, and many people in Mountain Home and the Twin Lakes Area are remembering her for her kindness and giving spirit from when she lived here. Jenkins is the daughter of Denver and Christine Roller, the founders of Roller Funeral Homes which started in Mountain Home. Sue and her husband Lynn carried on the tradition of the family business and their daughter Renata Jenkins Byler, and her Husband Tim Byler, are the third generation of the funeral home business.
A longtime employee of the Mountain Home Roller Funeral Home, John Barnes, talks about how Sue and her husband came to run the local Roller Funeral Home for nearly 20 years.

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Once they returned to Mountain Home, Sue was very active in the community, including being a founding member of Hospice of the Ozarks.

She also handled much of the marketing for Roller Funeral Home and recorded their commercials which were heard on KTLO.

Sue and Lynn’s influence extended well beyond their profession. Together, they were recognized with the Governor’s Corporate Humanitarian Award for their decades of giving back to Arkansas communities through both philanthropy and volunteerism.

Locally, one of their most notable actions was bringing the School of Mortuary Science program to Arkansas State University Mountain Home, making it the first school in Arkansas to offer such a course.

Her mother, Christine Roller, gifted the school $500,000 to help build the campus.

When asked to describe Sue, Barnes says you couldn’t find a better person.

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Barnes recalls once Sue and Lynn moved to Little Rock and would return to Mountain Home for a visit, she always stopped in to check things out.

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Funeral services for Sue Roller Jenkins will be Monday in Little Rock.

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