Gail Lee Eddings

Gail Lee Eddings, 70, of Republic, passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 at her home. She was born Aug. 13 1951 in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Duane Walter Stull and Margorie Ann (Behrle) Stull. Along with her parents, Eddings was preceded in death by her brother, Gary Stull; her sister-in-law, Kathy Stull; her nephew Benji Stull; the father of her children, Rick Eddings; and her brother-in-law, Shane Eddings.
Eddings graduated from Addison Trail High School in Addison, Ill. She worked for Powertrain in Addison, Ill. for numerous years and for a travel agency, as well, that allowed her to travel overseas and to other destinations all over the world.
After her parents retired to Arkansas in 1975, she soon followed, married, and started a family. She then went into nursing school and graduated with her LPN license. A few years later, she returned to nursing school and graduated with her RN and worked for North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, Ark. In addition to maintaining her family, schooling and work, she made cakes, professionally to pay her way through her schooling. A few years after receiving her RN, she became a travel nurse where she worked in Sterling, Colo. and Clinton, Mo. She then moved to Republic, where she worked at Cox Health in the OR until a heroic fight with breast cancer in 2015, ultimately leading to her retirement 2016.
Eddings is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Melissa Eddings of Springfield, her daughter and son-in-law, Britt and Amos Beneke of Battlefield; and three grandchildren.
Eddings is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Cathy Stull and Bruce and Marilyn Stull, all of Harrison; her brother-in-law, Shawn Eddings of Groton, Conn., sister-in-law, Cheryle and Rudy Montez of California; nieces and nephews and their spouses, Colleen and Keith Wilson, Barry and Angela Stull, Todd Stull, Timothy and Sarah Stull, Lewis and Amanda Stull; a host of great nieces and great nephews; and many dear friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Breast Cancer Foundations of the Ozarks 620 W. Republic Rd, Springfield, Missouri 65807—bcfo.org.
A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 at Greenlawn Funeral Home East. A private family interment will be at a later date.