Estella Marie (Bledsoe) Porter Caradine

Estella was born to Queen Esther Boyce-Bledsoe and Walter Charles Bledsoe in Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 18, 1955. She attended Hall High School and worked at various restaurants.

Listening to music and television game shows and news programs were among her favorite things. She also enjoyed several sitcoms. She loved the colors green, pink and blue and loved to read. She loved being faithful and worshipping God every single day.

She departed this life on May 23, 2026, at 9:31 a.m.

She was preceded in death by her parents Queen Esther Boyce-Bledsoe and Walter Charles Bledsoe, her brother Robert Bledsoe, her husband Donald Ray Caradine, brothers-in-law Clarence Davis and Raymond Williams, and great-granddaughter Aubrey Danielle Scruggs.

She is survived by one daughter, Tashunya Porter of Little Rock, AR; three sons, David, Chris and Steve Caradine of North Little Rock, AR; four granddaughters: Aja, LaTeicia, Jackyra, and Jolea Harris; four great-grandchildren Daniel II, Addison, Amaya, and Dillon Scruggs of Bryan, TX; four sisters, Angela Bledsoe-Williams, and Thelma Bledsoe of Little Rock, AR; Martha Davis and Irene Bledsoe of Spanaway, WA; plus a host of family and friends.

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