Obituaries from December 2004

Beryl "B.J." Orth (12/14/04)
Beryl John "B.J." Orth, 72, of Horseshoe Bend died Nov. 18, 2004, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Born Aug. 23, 1932, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he was the son of John William Orth and Zelma Brecht Orth. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served 20 years before retiring from active duty as a sergeant first class...

Herbert C. Nicholson (12/14/04)
Herbert C. Nicholson, 95, of Ash Flat died Dec. 5, 2004, at Ash Flat Nursing and Rehab Center. Born June 22, 1909, at Ash Flat, he was the son of William Christopher and Martha Minerva Rogers Nicholson. He was a farmer and a member of Ash Flat Church of Christ...

Hoover Herbert (12/14/04)
Senior Master Sgt. (Ret.) Hoover Heartley Herbert, 76, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 25, 2004, at his home. Born in Coles Point, Va., he was retired from the United States Air Force after 30 years of service and worked for civil service for 10 more years. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Cherokee Players...

James B. Snow (12/14/04)
James B. Snow, 77, of Ash Flat, formerly of Memphis, Tenn., died Nov. 21, 2004, at his residence. He was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church, a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World War II, a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and a retired pharmacist for Walgreens...

Odell Moyer (12/14/04)
Odell Moyer, 80, of Cherokee Village died at her home Dec. 10, 2004. Born Jan. 22, 1924, in Hondo, Texas, she was the daughter of George Ashby and Cora Ethel Caulk Garrett. She was united in marriage Dec. 26, 1945, in San Antonio, Texas, to Earl William Moyer, who preceded her in death Sept. 27, 1980. She was a homemaker and a member of Cherokee Village United Methodist Church...

Theda Mae Cornish (12/14/04)
Theda Mae Cornish, 66, of Batesville died Nov. 28, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born July 2, 1938, at Batesville, she was the daughter of William Everett and Effie Annamary Haigwood Barnett. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Tabernacle Church of Christ...

Tommie Perkey (12/14/04)
Tommie Perkey, 81, of Cave City died Nov. 24, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Sept. 4, 1923, at Evening Shade, she was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stephens Goodman. She was a homemaker, wife and mother and a member of Cave City Church of Christ...

William Sitzman (12/14/04)
William John Sitzman, 84, of Horseshoe Bend died Nov. 23, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Aug. 21, 1920, in Buckman, Minn., he was the son of William and Rose Loscheider Seitzman. He married Thelma Viola Saker Sept. 17, 1958, in Iowa...

Arnold Earl Hall (12/21/04)
Arnold Earl Hall, 56, of Hardy died Sept. 22, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born July 31, 1948, in Hardy, he was the son of Guy Earl and Hetty Elizabeth Green Hall. He was self-employed as a sawmill operator. Survivors include his mother, Hetty J. Hall of Hardy; three brothers -- Wilson Hall and William Hall, both of Hardy, and Floyd Green of Russellville, Ill...

Amy F. Stroud (12/21/04)
Amy F. Stroud, 91, of Mount Pleasant died Dec. 1, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born July 8, 1913, at Cushman, she was the daughter of Clarence Warden and Minnie Francis Satterwhite Garrison. She was a retired licensed practical nurse, having worked in Pittsburgh, Kan., and was a member of Providence Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant...

Almyra Hill Miller (12/21/04)
Almyra Hill Miller, 90, died Oct. 28, 2004, in Cherokee Village. Born Sept. 14, 1914, in Texas, she was the daughter of Andew and Ruby Chambers. She married Rex Hill in 1934. After moving to Columbus, Ind., where she was employed as a first aid nurse, she had two children. She was a 50-year member of the Eastern Star. Upon retirement in 1973, she and her husband moved to Cherokee Village. After the death of Rex Hill, she was married to Ralph McCullough, who died in 1981...

A.L. Hutson (12/21/04)
A.L. Hutson, a high school and college basketball standout who was instrumental in the formation of the Highland School District from the previous Hardy and Ash Flat districts, died Oct. 22, 2004. He was 81. Hutson, a former mayor of Hardy who spent most of his life in school administration, was a varsity basketball player for Arkansas State College in the 1940s...

Arlie Pulver (12/21/04)
Arlie Pulver, 79, of Hardy died Oct. 7, 2004, at Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 10, 1925, in Little Rock, she was the daughter of Lida Reans and Hannah Scott Reans. She worked for Woodhaven Lakes, a vacation community in Illinois, before retiring to Arkansas in 1978...

Bobbie Ballard (12/21/04)
Bobbie J. Ballard, 72, of Evening Shade died Oct. 15, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Sept. 7, 1932, at Batesville, she was the daughter of Lawrence Marvin and Hattie Maude Thompson Weaver. She was a homemaker, past member of the order of the Eastern Star, a foster grandparent at Evening Shade School and attended the First Baptist Church at Evening Shade...

Bobby D. Booth (12/21/04)
Bobby D. Booth, 65, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 8, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. Born July 5, 1939, in Caraway, he was the son of Orville and Audrey Wallace Booth. He was the pastor of Community of Christ Church in Cherokee Village...

Buell F. Montgomery (12/21/04)
Buell F. Montgomery, 88, of Horseshoe Bend died Oct. 10, 2004, at North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. Born Nov. 9, 1915, in Blue Sky, Ontario, Canada, he was the son of W.G. and Belle Blue Montgomery. He married Gladys Harmon in 1978 in North Little Rock. He spent his working years as a farmer and was a veteran of World War II where he served with the military police for the Canadian Army. He was a member of the Horseshoe Bend Kiwanis...

Barbara Jean Shaffer (12/21/04)
Barbara Jean Shaffer, 69, of Ozark Acres, daughter of the late Charles and Adaline Durrow Ziemsen, was born July 9, 1935, in Milwaukee, Wis. She died Nov. 13, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was united in marriage to Franklin C. Shaffer Nov. 17, 1956, in Madison, Wis. She was a homemaker and member of Spring Lake Baptist Church at Ozark Acres...

Betty Maxine Bettis (12/21/04)
Betty Maxine Bettis, 73, of Hardy died Oct. 24, 2004, at her home. Born April 29, 1931, in Blytheville, she was the daughter of Stanley Trotter and Susie Bradley Trotter. She worked in the entertainment industry as a comedian for many years and was known as "Ima Hillhopper" when she appeared at the Ozark Jubilee Theater and Hardy Junction Theater. She was a member of Spring River Baptist Church in Hardy...

Christopher A. Henry (12/21/04)
Christopher A. Henry, 20, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 26, 2004, at his home in Cherokee Village. Born April 17, 1984, in Salem, he was he son of Garette R. Moyer and Fern Irene Nanette Henry Moyer. He graduated from Highland High School in 2002. He was active in the Future Farmers of America while in school. He was a Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout, and worked as a concrete finisher for Underwood Concrete. He was a member of Ash Flat Church of Christ...

C.A. Wicker (12/21/04)
C.A. Wicker, 83, of Jonesboro died Sept. 26. 2004. Born Oct. 21, 1920, in Ravenden Springs, Ark., he was the son Samuel Andrew Wicker and Martha Baldridge Wicker. He lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He was a retired farmer and a World War II Army veteran, having served in Patton's 3rd Army and the 546 Anti-aircraft Battery where he received a Bronze Star. He was of the Baptist faith...

Cecil Laverne Woods (12/21/04)
Cecil Laverne Woods, 67, of Ash Flat, died Nov. 29, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. Born in Highland, he was the son of Otto Hoyt Woods and Dorothy Woods. He was employed in construction, the former owner of Sharp County Paving Company and a veteran of the United States Army...

Clara May Chadwick (12/21/04)
Clara May Chadwick, 86, of Thayer, formerly of Cherokee Village, died Nov. 28, 2004, at Shady Oaks Healthcare Center in Thayer. Born July 5, 1918, in Witts Springs, Ark., she was the daughter of Leeander and Gertrude Starbuck Taylor. She was a foster mother for many years, as well as a homemaker. She moved to Cherokee Village in 1994 from Avenal, Calif. She was a member of Cherokee Village First Baptist Church...

Clifford Stewart (12/21/04)
Clifford Stewart, 75, died Oct. 20, 2004, in Midway Medical Clinic at Highland. Born in Harlan, Ky., he was the son of Conrad and Beulah Martin Stewart. He worked as a paper salesman for the graphic arts industry before retiring to Cherokee Village. He was a member of Cherokee Village First Baptist Church, Omaha Health and Fitness Center, Cherokee Village Men's Golf Association and Cherokee Village Seniors Bowling League...

Charlotte Summers (12/21/04)
Charlotte Summers, 74, of Hardy died Oct. 11, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 25, 1930, in Iowa, she was the daughter of Jollie Davis and Lena Hanscome Davis. She was married to Bobby D. Summers. She was employed as a housekeeping manager for West Plains Nursing Home and Spring River Beach Club...

David C. Mohr (12/21/04)
David C. Mohr, 65, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 2, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Feb. 7, 1939, in Clinton, Iowa, he was the son of Albert and Margaret Sleeper Mohr. He married Barbara Franco Sept. 19, 1964, in Mount Vernon, N.Y...

Dean E. Crum (12/21/04)
Dean E. Crum, 72, formerly of Cherokee Village died Oct. 31, 2004, at Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Ind. Born in Uniondale, Ind., he was employed by General Electric Company for 37 years, retiring in 1988. He was also a GE Elfin. He was a past board member of the Highland Elks Club of Cherokee Village, and remained an avid community leader. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War...

Donald Govar Powell (12/21/04)
Donald Govar Powell, 66, of Williford died Oct. 21, 2004, at his home. Born in Hardy, he was the son of Robert and Birtha Powell. He was a retired operation engineer for pipeline construction, and a member of the Ravenden Masonic Lodge. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law -- Ellen and W.L. ...

Delores J. Hiles (12/21/04)
Delores J. Hiles, 70, of Cave City died Oct. 27, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born May 31, 1934, in Grantville, Kan., she was the daughter of Everett Alvin and Pearl Oletha Hudson Alfrey. She was a homemaker and enjoyed truck driving for several years, crocheting, flowers and spending time with her family. She was a member of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church located at the Cedar Grove Community...

Ella Dodson (12/21/04)
Ella Sumner Bunger Inselmann Dodson, 95, of Ash Flat died Oct. 22, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. She was born July 21, 1909, in Ash Grove Township in Franklin County, Neb. She graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and taught school in Bellevue, Neb...

Edgar "Dick" Young (12/21/04)
Edgar John "Dick" Young, 88, of Mammoth Spring died Nov. 5, 2004, in Mammoth Spring. Born March 27, 1916, in Sharp County, he was the son of Luther Young and Alma Menzil Young. He married Doris Zirstein in 1936 in Sharp County. He married Dessie Qualls in 1965 in Mammoth Spring. She preceded him in death in 1988...

Eugene Emil Andres (12/21/04)
Eugene Emil Andres, 79, of Antigo, Wis., died Oct. 17, 2004, at the Langlade Memorial Hospital in Antigo in LeRoyer Hospice Care. Born Feb. 18, 1925, in Antigo, he was the son of Emil Andres and Clara Kloida. He married Geraldine Knolinski May 21, 1947, at St. Hyacinth Catholic Church in Antigo. She died July 24, 1980...

Eleanor E. Dodge (12/21/04)
Eleanor E. Dodge, 91, of Cave City, formerly of Woodland Hills, Calif., died Nov. 8, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born June 22, 1913, in Boston, she was the daughter of Emory P. and Lucy Watson Eldredge. She was a homemaker and a member of DAR. She volunteered for many years at Veteran's Hospital in California. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Cave City and previously was a member of the United Methodist Church in California...

Emil J. Hilbert (12/21/04)
Emil J. Hilbert, 82, of Cherokee Village died Oct. 18, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Nov. 28, 1921, in St. Louis, Mo., he was the son of Karl Hilbert and Theckla Wehner Hilbert. He was a Sea Bee in the Navy during World War II...

Eric Woodrow Ericson (12/21/04)
Eric Woodrow Ericson, 91, of Evening Shade died Sept. 28, 2004, at Cherokee Village. Born May 27, 1913, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Edward Anton Emil Ericson and Auscilla Johnson Ericson. He was a building trades supervisor with Exxon, an Eagle Scout and scoutmaster for Boy Scouts of America, a member of Whcatsheaf Orient Masonic Lodge and Cherokee Village United Methodist Church...

Gerald Wayne Thomas (12/21/04)
Gerald Wayne Thomas, 50, of Breckenridge Hills, Mo., died Oct. 12, 2004, in Creve Coeur, Mo. Born Feb. 3, 1954, in St. Louis, he was the son of Melvis "Dock" and Dorothy Burns Thomas. He was small engine mechanic and of the Church of Christ faith...

H. Dale Brown (12/21/04)
H. Dale Brown, 95, of Montgomery, Ill., died Nov. 17, 2004, at Joliet Area Hospice in Joliet, Ill. Born May 5, 1909, in Polo Ill., he was the son of George and Myrtle Combs Brown. He was raised on a farm in Polo. After moving to the Plainfield, Ill., area, he was employed by the U.S. ...

Henry Merlin Walters Jr. (12/21/04)
Henry Merlin Walters Jr., 85, died Sept. 26, 2004, in Calico Rock. Born April 21, 1919, in Austin, Minn., he was the son of Henry Merlin Walters Sr. and Mildred A. Mattern Walters. He married Lavonne Cora Olson April 25, 1941. He spent his working years as a building contractor and also worked as a building inspector for the city of Horseshoe Bend...

Harold W. Obermayer (12/21/04)
Harold W. Obermayer, 90, longtime resident of Cherokee Village, died Nov. 7, 2004, in Lenexa, Kan. He was born and raised in Chicago where he worked as a typesetter until he and Helen moved to Cherokee Village in 1978. In October 2004 he moved to the Kansas City area to be closer to one of his sons...

Ioney Ring Flannigan (12/21/04)
Ioney Ring Flannigan, 90, of Evening Shade died Oct. 9, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born May 18, 1914, near Poughkeepsie, she was the daughter of Cassel and Nettie Ring Shirley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Poughkeepsie Church of Christ...

Jesse Barrow (12/21/04)
Jesse Barrow, 88, of Williford died Sept. 24, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. He was born Feb. 28, 1916. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a past fire chief for Martin Creek Fire Department. He was of the Baptist faith...

John Biby (12/21/04)
John Wayne "Bud" Biby, 61, of Salem died Oct. 19, 2004 at White County Medical Center in Searcy. Born Sept. 25, 1943, in Hornersville, Mo., he was son of William Francis Biby and Clara Bell Hager Biby. He married Marjorie Fletcher Aug. 18, 1973, at Saddle. During his working years, he worked in road construction. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hornersville...

John Elliott Stoneham (12/21/04)
John Elliott Stoneham, 63, of Batesville died Oct. 19, 2004, at Rolling Hills Nursing Center in Batesville. Born April 18, 1941, at Newburgh, N.Y., he was the son of Laurence John and Alice Marie McCormick Stoneham. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, an electrical engineer for General Electric, a member of the Professional Electrical Engineers Association and was of the Catholic faith...

Joy H. Giger (12/21/04)
Joy H. Giger, 78, of Hardy died Oct. 30, 2004, at Baptist Health Center in Little Rock. Born Dec. 6, 1925, she was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Krouse Varner. She moved with her husband, Charles, to Hardy in 1980. They were owners of C & J Appliance in Hardy and of the C & J Frozen Yogurt shop in Hardy. She was an avid bowler, serving as secretary for several different bowling leagues...

Jerome "Jerry" Pownell (12/21/04)
Jerome "Jerry" Pownell, 77, of Sidney died Sept. 29, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Aug. 13, 1927, at Marion, Ind., he was the son of Joseph and Mary E. Collins Pownell. He was a member of the VFW Post 8042 of Evening Shade and was of the Protestant faith...

Jewell Marie Bettis (12/21/04)
Jewell Marie Bettis, 100, of Ash Flat, formerly of Williford, died Oct. 24, 2004, at Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born Jan. 25, 1904, in Williford, she was the daughter of Robert and Jo Campbell Cruse. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Jesse Martin Holland (12/21/04)
Jesse Martin Holland, 73, of Horseshoe Bend died Sept. 24, 2004, at the North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. Born July 1, 1931, he was the son of Jesse M. and Anna J. Cooper Holland. He was a member of the Horseshoe Bend Boating and Fishing Club and the Horseshoe Bend Bowling League...

Jeff Ring (12/21/04)
Jeff Ring, 89, of Cave City died Nov. 10, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Dec. 12, 1914, at Poughkeepsie, he was the son of Bud Ring and Doll Barnes Ring. He was a retired construction worker and a veteran of the United States Army, having served in World War II. He was of the Baptist faith...

Corp. Jason Clairday (12/21/04)
Marine Corp. Jason Scot Clairday, 21, of Salem was killed in action Dec. 12, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq. Born May 23, 1983, in Garden Grove, Calif., he was the son of Virgil Logan Clairday Jr. and Nancy J. Spinelli Clairday McWilliams. He was a 2001 graduate of Salem High School where he excelled in sports. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of Salem First Baptist Church where he sang in the youth choir. He married Sarah McCullough July 31, 2004, in Salem...

Kenneth Albert Parson (12/21/04)
Kenneth Albert Parson, 73, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 13, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. Born at home March 31, 1931, in Clarksville, Iowa, he was the son of Leslie and Eldora Mahake Parson. On Dec. 1, 1956, he married Cora Schalts in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean Conflict and was a member of Cherokee Village United Methodist Church...

Kenneth J. Hollett (12/21/04)
Kenneth J. Hollett, 81, a former resident of Hardy and Cherokee Village, died Dec. 5, 2004, in Biloxi, Miss. After serving in the Army during World War II he received his master's degree in architecture/planning from Stanford University. He retired in 1987. He moved with his wife, Jo, to Biloxi in 2001 to be close to his family...

Lois Ann Choat (12/21/04)
Lois Ann McComas Choat, 56, of Imboden, formerly of Hardy, died Oct. 15, 204, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge. Born Oct. 24, 1947, near Birch Tree, Mo., she was he daughter of Isaac D. Huff and Betty Bryant. She was a licensed practical nurse and worked at different area hospitals during her career and also with home health...

Leroy G. Kneip (12/21/04)
Leroy Kneip, 83, of Midway died Nov. 12, 2004, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. Born Nov. 5, 1921, at Round Top, Texas, he was the son of Henry and Thekla Moellenberndt Kneip. He served in the United Sates Army during World War II. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was a resident of Midway since 1987, having moved from Coal City, Ill...

Lora May Owens (12/21/04)
Lora May Owens, 94, of Salem died Oct. 20, 2004, at Fulton County Nursing Home in Salem. Born Feb. 5, 1910, in Heart, she was the daughter of Henry "Frank" Hall and Ada Belle Bishop Hall. She married Clarence Albert Owens Aug. 12, 1930, in Frenchtown and to this union two children were born. She was a clerk in various retail establishments for many years. She was a member of Salem Church of Christ...

Marcella Allen Wilson (12/21/04)
Marcella Allen Wilson, 85, of Horseshoe Bend died Oct. 24, 2004, at North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. Born Jan. 16, 1919, in Brownstown, Ill., she was the daughter of Edward and Mattie Diveley. She married Glen Smith in 1943. She was retired from Skill Corporation in Walnut Ridge where she was employed for many years. She was of the Baptist faith...

Martha Frances White (12/21/04)
Martha Frances White, 87, of Ash Flat died Oct. 18, 2004, at Batesville. Born Sept. 16, 1917, in Savannah, Tenn., she was the daughter of Abe and Rosie Etter McMullen-Harbin. Survivors include her husband, Clarence F. White of the home; seven children -- James White of Ash Flat, Dorothy Campbell of Brownsville, Tenn., Linda White of Townsend, Mont., Stephen White of Plainfield, Ill., Roy White of Boaz, Ala., Mary Osteen of Brownsville, Tenn., and Martha Emmert of Ash Flat; two brothers -- James E. ...

M. Juanita Hastings (12/21/04)
M. Juanita Hastings, 87, of Sandtown died Oct. 21, 2004, at Cave City Nursing Home. Born Feb. 11, 1917, at Cushman, she was the daughter of Clyde and Bertha Hester Smith Lesley. She was a homemaker and a member of Pool's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church at Sandtown...

Myrtle Lorraine Kallhoff (12/21/04)
Myrtle Lorraine Kallhoff, 74, of Salem died Nov. 5, 2004, at Salem. Born Feb. 1, 1930, in North Platte, Neb., she was the daughter of William McHugh and Nora L. Seely McHugh, and the stepdaughter of Donald Blackney. She married Wilferd Theodore Kallhoff Dec. 24, 1954, at Atlantic, Iowa. She was of the Catholic faith, and a member of the Moose Lodge 1299 in Fontana, Calif...

Mickey Lee Pitchford (12/21/04)
Mickey Lee Pitchford, 56, of Horseshoe Bend died Nov. 28, 2004, at Batesville. Born Jan. 12, 1948, in Dyess, Ark., he was the son of Bernice Henslee Pitchford and Wesley Herman Pitchford. He was a loving son and brother. He was of the Baptist faith...

Mary Maude White (12/21/04)
Mary Maude Shaver (Mrs. John H.) White, 87, of Cherokee Village died Oct. 12, 2004, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., from complications of acute leukemia. The funeral was Oct. 16 at Tri-County Funeral Home's Cherokee Chapel at Highland with Bobby Garner and Johnny Carter officiating. Burial followed at Kensett Cemetery in Kensett, Ark., east of Searcy. Arrangements were under the direction of Tri-County's Cherokee Chapel...

Margaret T. Rutledge (12/21/04)
Margaret Turner Rutledge of Garland, Texas, formerly of Hardy and Cherokee Village, died Nov. 16, 2004, in Dallas, Texas. She was born Dec. 29, 1919, in Hardy. Survivors include a son, Albert T. Rutledge; three daughters -- Katherine Crump-Weisner, Ann Rutledge Ackerman and Martha H. Rutledge; two sisters -- Katherine Yarbrough and Jo Wright; and three grandchildren...

Norma Bostock (12/21/04)
Hal BostockVern BostockA memorial services for Norma Bostock, Hal Bostock and Vern Bostock will be held Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. at Abundant Life Church in Highland with the Rev. Joey Barnes officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn Cemetery at Highland with the arrangements under the direction of Tri-County's Cherokee Chapel of Highland...

Patricia Ann Gilroy (12/21/04)
Patricia Ann Gilroy, 79, of Horseshoe Bend died Oct. 6, 2004, at North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. Born Sept. 19, 1925, she was the daughter of William V. and Anna Kehoe in Chicago. She was an accountant and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Horseshoe Bend...

Reva Ann Brewer (12/21/04)
Reva Ann Brewer, 88, of Cherokee Village died Oct. 28, 2004, in Mountain Home. Born July 28, 1916, in Morgan County, Ind., she was the daughter of Walter S. Norman and May Dunham Norman. She worked as an inspector for RCA in Indian-apolis during World War II, and later went to work for the state of Indiana. She retired from State Life Insurance in Indiana where she worked as a senior statistician for the company...

Robert E. Bedard (12/21/04)
Robert E. Bedard, 66, of Cherokee Village died Oct. 18, 2004, at Eaglecrest Nursing Home in Ash Flat. He retired from Wal-Mart and had served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by a best friend, Jerry Knopp and his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alcide and Anglinee Bedard...

Rev. Johnny Smith (12/21/04)
The Rev. Johnny Smith, 71, of Cherokee Village died Oct. 22, 2004, at his home. Born March 17, 1933, in Hollow Rock, Tenn., he was the son of Jerry and Hazel Crews Smith. He was a retired minsiter, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of First Baptist Church of Hardy...

Ray Holland (12/21/04)
Ray Holland, 62, of Batesville died Oct. 30, 2004, at his home. Born July 14, 1942, at Ravenden, he was the son of Marvin Samuel and Myrtal Mae James Holland. He was a maintenance worker for Conagra Frozen Foods in Batesville for 31 years and was a member of North Heights Church of Christ in Batesville...

Ray J. Morgan Jr. (12/21/04)
Ray J. Morgan Jr., 76, of South Bend, Ind., died Oct. 18, 2004, at South Bend. Born Oct. 31, 1927, at Batesville, he was the son of Ray Morgan and Myrtle Ione Christenberry Morgan. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, was a factory worker and a member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in South Bend...

Robert W. McKee (12/21/04)
Robert W. McKee, 78, of Williford died Oct. 7, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Aug. 31, 1926, in Georgia, he was the son of Ward and Agnes McKee. He was retired from the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II and Korea. He was a pallbearer for the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery for the Korean War and was a highly decorated veteran...

Samuel E. Lyons (12/21/04)
Samuel "Sammie" E. Lyons, 71, of Ash Flat died Oct. 5, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. Born Aug. 28, 1933, in Lowell, Kan., he was the son of Wilmer Eugene Lyons and Rosalee Brittle. He graduated from Riverton (Kan.) High School in 1951...

Vera A. Dailey (12/21/04)
Vera A. Bristow Dailey, 96, died on Sept. 3, 2004, in a Montesano Care Center in Montesano, Wash. She had lived in Montesano since 1981. Born March 18, 1908, at Ash Flat, she was the daughter of William "Wayne" and Lucy Nicholson Bristow. She grew up in Ash Flat...

Veda May Boles (12/21/04)
Veda May Schmidt Boles, 42, of Evening Shade died Oct. 4, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Desoto Hospital in South Haven, Miss. Born April 25, 1962, at Milwaukee, Wis., she was the daughter of Norman John Schmidt Sr. and Sandra Willa-vine Knappenberger Schmidt...

William Enos Love (12/21/04)
William Enos Love, 91, died Dec. 1, 2004, at Salem. Born Sept. 5, 1913, at Evening Shade, he was the son of the Rev. Andy Luther and Mittie Anne Rush Love. He married Mona Soward Dec. 5, 1937, at Ash Flat. He spent his working years as an assembler for Singer Sewing Machine in Armona, Calif., from which he retired. He loved to swap and trade knives. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Armona...

Winona Farrier Stroud (12/21/04)
Winona Farier Stroud, 81, of Sandtown died Sept. 24, 2004, at Sharp Nursing Home in Sidney. Born Dec. 26, 1922, at Sandtown to Samuel B. and Myrtle Martin Farrier. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pool's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church at Sandtown...

Wanda Lee Farris (12/21/04)
Wanda Lee Farris, 78, of Cave City died Oct. 3, 2004, at her home. Born Feb. 16, 1926, at Franklin, Ark., she was the daughter of Lindsey Owen and Molly Haskett Jones. She was a homemaker and a member of Piney Fork Church of Christ in Evening Shade...

Woodrow McCord (12/21/04)
Woodrow Wilson McCord, 92, of Evening Shade died Dec. 4, 2004, at his home. Born Aug. 19, 1912, at Myron, he was the son of Houston and Sarah Ellis McCord. He retired in 1984, after 35 years of employment with the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. He was a member of the new Evening Shade Masonic Lodge 744 where he attained the degree of Master Mason and received his 50-year membership pin. He was of the Baptist faith...