Amanda Joy (Hill) Easter-Carlson, 41, of Batesville, AR, died on Tuesday, July 15. 2025. She was born on May 24, 1984, in Batesville, AR, to Lesley Dean Hill and Tammy Woodard. Amanda loved animals, especially her chihuahuas. She also really enjoyed her job, formerly working as a cook at Mountain Meadows Nursing and Rehab. Amanda will be dearly missed and forever loved by everyone whose life she touched.
She is preceded in death by her father, Lesley Dean Hill. She is survived by her husband, James Carlson; her mother, Tammy Woodard; her sons, Jacob Easter (Kelsey Wilson) and Lesley Alexander McGee; and her brother, Jon Eric Hill.
Services are entrusted to Willis Funeral Service of Batesville, AR. There will be a visitation on Monday, July 21, 2025, at the Willis Funeral Service Chapel in Batesville, from 8 AM until 930 AM. There will be a graveside service at 10 AM at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Cushman, AR. Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Jacob Easter, James Carlson, Alex McGee, John Waterman Jr., Ethan Perez, and Anthony Moreno.