Calico Rock Museum to close Monday in mourning of Roy Killian Sr.

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The Calico Rock Museum and the Artisan Gift Shop will be closed Monday in honor of Executive Director Bambi Killian Bowden, who is mourning the death of her father, Roy Killian Sr.

Killian, known affectionately as “Big Roy,” died Friday. He was a longtime community member and beloved by family and friends.

A graveside service is scheduled for 10 Monday morning at Pineville Cemetery.

In a statement by the Calico Rock Community Foundation expressing their condolences, “At the Calico Rock Museum, Calico Rock Artisan Cooperative, and Main Street Calico Rock, we are a family. We laugh together. Work together. And, when the time comes, we mourn together. All of us send our prayers and sympathy to Bambi and her family in this time of loss.”

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