283 ELIZABETH SOISOUVANH DESIGNED BY OLIVIA DUNN ON MARCH 9, 2022, JUNIOR ELIZABETH SOISOUVANH died in a car accident near Hartington, Nebraska, during spring break. She was a nursing major at Harding and a member of the Air Force Reserve. Her future plans were to commission as an officer and become a nurse for the Air Force. Soisouvanh was born July 19, 2000. She grew up helping her family on their chicken farm in Waldron, Arkansas Her education began at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, and she later transferred to Harding due to the nursing program and to further her relationship with God. She loved many things: cats, puzzles, making coffee, and spending time with friends and family. “She was so loyal to my parents and would make the long drive back to Waldron just to see them on the weekends,” Elizabeth’s sister Olivia Wood said. “She loved her friends… She was so funny and goofy.” Soisouvanh was missed by her family — her parents, two older sisters, their husbands and an older brother — and by her boyfriend. Her loved ones remembered her for her contagious laugh and her unwavering friendliness. “If she loved you, you knew it, because she told you almost every day she saw you: ‘Bye buddy, love you,’” junior Jaylee Poindexter, a nursing student in Soisouvanh’s cohort, said. “The fragility of life is something we are all acutely aware of in this field of study. Soisouvanh has reminded us all even more of that. We are better because of her.” A GoFundMe fundraiser was created by her brother, Archibald Soisouvanh, to assist in funeral expenses. A vital member of the Harding community, Soisouvanh’s presence was missed by family and friends greatly. “She had the biggest heart,” Archibald Soisouvanh said. “We love her and miss her dearly.” WRITTEN BY CAROLINE SLATER
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