Obituaries from August 2005

Darlene Marie Powell (08/04/05)
Darlene Marie Powell, 46, of Red Rock, Okla., formerly of Hardy died July 27, 2005, near Ponca City, Okla., she was born May 21, 1959, in Mammoth Spring the daughter of Sherman Thomas Wells and Letha (Ernst) Wells. She graduated from Highland High School in 1978. She worked as an assistant manager for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Oklahoma. She was of the Baptist faith...

Florence Bearden (08/04/05)
Florence "Frances" Bearden, 72, of Ash Flat died July 26, 2005, at Safford, Ariz. She was born Oct. 1, 1932, at Hardy, the daughter of Elijah Albert and Bessie Jane Hoffman. She was a homemaker and a member of Piney Fork Church of Christ at Evening Shade...

Frederick William Johns (08/04/05)
Frederick William Johns, 76, of Hardy died July 28, 2005. He was born Sept. 13, 1928, in Kalkaskia, Mich., the son of Karl Fredrick Johns and Jenny Rohner Johns. He was employed for Sears for many years where he worked as a serviceman. He was a World War II veteran having served with the Merchant Machines...

Jerry L. Williams (08/04/05)
Jerry L. Williams, 66, of White Hall died at his home July 23. He was born June 6, 1939, in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Fred Williams and Lela Mae Stuckey Holland. He was raised and received his education Pine Bluff and Glendale, graduating from Glendale High School. He had been a lifelong resident of the Pine Bluff area...

Jane Mae Butsch (08/04/05)
Jane Mae Butsch, 84, of Horseshoe Bend died July 24, 2005, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat. She was born on Nov. 15, 1920, in Roslyn Farms, Pa. She was united in marriage to Paul Butsch on June 17, 1944, in Mishawaka, Ind. She was a longtime member of the Sunny Side Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Ind...

Verna Walls Carmon (08/04/05)
Verna Walls Carmon, 97, was born Jan. 19, 1908, in Williamson County, Tenn., and died July 2, 2005, in Paragould. She was married to James Hubert Carmon on May 3, 1930, in Paragould. To this union four children were born. Survivors include four children; J.W. ...

Buddie Joe Glazier (08/09/05)
Buddie (Bud) Joe Glazier, 72, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 3 at his home. He was born in Bransville, Mo., the son of Vernie Glazier and Mildred (Beu) Glazier. He was employed in the education field and was a retired school administrator. He was a member of the Hardy Methodist Church, served in the Marine Corps, and was an avid golfer...

Emily A. Andreae (08/09/05)
Emily A. Andreae, 87, of Hardy died Aug. 1, 2005, at the Ash Flat Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 25, 1918, in Sharp County near Ravenden to Henry Christian Hirsch and Henretta (Lotz) Hirsch. She grew up on a farm near Oak Grove #5, a one-room school, and attended Williford School. She graduated from high school from the School of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, Mo...

Gladys M. Kozar (08/09/05)
Gladys M. Kozar, 91, of Hardy passed away July 28, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. She was born Jan. 20, 1913, in Fenneville, Mich., the daughter of John Wesley Werner and Nellie Lawton Werner. She married George Kozar on Nov. 14, 1930, in Kalamazoo, Mich...

John A. Orin (08/09/05)
John A. Orin, 87, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 1, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born April 11, 1918, in Merrill, Wis., the son of George and Dora Orin. He was married to Louise Moor on June 10, 1944. Orin served in the United States Navy during World War II...

John W. Carpenter (08/09/05)
John W. Carpenter, 69, of Poughkeepsie died Aug. 2, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Jan. 28, 1936, at Burnet, Texas, to Johnny William and Mac Belle (Marshall) Carpenter. He served in the Army National Guard, worked for the Sharp County Road Department for 26 years and was of the Baptist faith...

Mirtie Taylor (08/09/05)
Mirtie Taylor, 81, of Batesville, formerly of Cave City, died Aug. 1, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born July 13, 1924, at Evening Shade to Robert and Maggie Gammill Williams. She was a nurse's aid, homemaker and member of the Matlock Road Church of God in Cave City...

William Dean Haley (08/09/05)
William Dean "Hub" Haley of St. Matthews, S.C., died Aug. 1, 2005, at his residence. He was born in Batesville, the son of the late William Virgil and Agnes Stewart Haley of Ash Flat. He was a retired farmer. Haley was a member of First Baptist Church St. Matthews, S.C...

Bill Brashers (08/16/05)
William "Mr. Bill" Gene Brashers, 67, of Cave City died April 4, 2005, at his home. Born Jan. 17, 1938, in Little Rock, he was the son of Loveda Brashers. He was retired from the Cave City School System. He was a Christian and attended Cave City Church of God...

Christy Ann Bradley (08/16/05)
Christy Ann Bradley, 24, of Cave City died April 11, 2005, at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born June 5, 1980, at Batesville, she was the daughter of Robert and Faye Bradley. She was a waitress. Survivors include her parents -- Robert and Faye Bradley of the home; two grandparents, Roy Milligan of Batesville, and Charlene Bradley of Cave City; two uncles -- Gary Bradley and Greg Bradley, both of Cave City; and four aunts -- Jackie Winn and Tonya Holt, both of Cave City, and Kay Piety and Dianne Knabe, both of Floral.. ...

Caris Norwood Hatfield (08/16/05)
Caris Norwood "Skip" Hatfield, 99, who formerly lived in Cherokee Village 18 years died July 16, 2005. Hatfield lacked 20 days reaching his 100th birthday. He was born in the Oklahoma Territory before it became a state in Wakita, Okla., on Aug. 5, 1905...

Edward Dow Sights (08/16/05)
Edward (Ed) Dow Sights, 81, of Peoria Ill., died Aug 9, 2005, at OSF Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. He was a former resident of Cherokee Village and Princeton, Ill. He was born on July 10, 1924, in Linneus, Mo., to Robert and Gladys McCune Sights. He married Marilyn Couch in Troy, Kan, on Sept. 1, 1946. She survives...

Estle J. Crabtree (08/16/05)
Estle J. Crabtree, 84, of Batesville died March 18, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born April 19, 1920, at Mobley, Ark., he was the son of Lee and Emma Bell Crabtree. He was a retired farmer and sawmill operator. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a past member of the American Legion and a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City...

Gordon Hirst Farrow (08/16/05)
Gordon Hirst Farrow, 88, of Horseshoe Bend died April 13, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Born June 12, 1916, in Calhoun Co., Ill., he was the son of Albert and Martha Hirst Farrow. He married Fern Ruth Mahnke on June 12, 1937, in Flint, Mich...

Harry Barkoff (08/16/05)
Harry A. Barkoff, 61, of Cave City died March 30, 2005, at Atlanta, Ga. Born Dec. 19, 1943, at Cardiff, N.J., he was the son of Alexander Harry and Ruth Margaret Sear Barkoff. He was a mechanic, a U.S. Army veteran, and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Mayes Barkoff; a stepson, Michael Joseph Phillips of Augusta, Ga.; his mother, Ruth Margaret Barkoff of Macon, Ga.; a brother, Chet Barkoff of Macon, Ga.; two sisters -- Rose Harper and Hope Belmonte, both of Atco, N.J.; three grandchildren -- Michael Joseph Phillips of Augusta, Ga., Jennifer Phillips and Leonard Phillips of Niota, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

Icie Ferguson (08/16/05)
Icie Ferguson, 88, a lifetime resident of Myron, died May 10, 2005, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. Born Aug. 26, 1916, in Peace Valley, Ark., she was the daughter of Jessie and Delia Allen Jackson. She married Leroy Ferguson Aug. 24, 1935, in Peace Valley. She was a housewife and was of the Baptist faith...

Margaret Lorraine Davis (08/16/05)
Margaret Lorraine Davis, 72, of Ash Flat died Aug. 12, 2005, at her home. Davis was born Sept. 30, 1932, in Memphis, the daughter of James Asa Ham and Margaret Louise (Hill) Ham. She had worked as an LPN in the Memphis area before moving to Arkansas...

Ruth Ammons (08/16/05)
Ruth Myrtle Ammons, 92, of Cherokee Village died March 12, 2005, at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat. She was born in Marshall and was a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Helen Ammons Mullins of Cherokee Village; three sisters -- Helen Dalgliesh, Hazel Meyer and Beanice Dunn, all of California...

Roy Barton (08/16/05)
Former Cherokee Villager Roy Barton, 74, died April 21, 2005, in Huntsville, Texas. While living in Cherokee Village he was active in American Legion, Cherokee Village Horseshoe Pitchers, Veterans Military Museum, VFW and Chubby Chigger music. Survivors include his wife of over 50 years, Joanne; a son, Russell (Deborah) Barton of Papillion, Neb.; four daughters -- Deola Morrical of Kalispell, Mont., Cecilia (Lee) Murrah of Bloomfield, Mich.; Roxanne Cox of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Wilburta Barton of Bandera, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Barton-Smith of Newport, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ray and Ruth Kathman of Cherokee Village.. ...

Robert Henry Boettger (08/16/05)
Robert Henry Boettger, 88, of Hardy died March 29, 2005, at his home. Born June 8, 1916, in Milwaukee, Wis., he was the son of Rudolph and Susan Boettger. He worked many years before retiring as a machinist. He moved to Hardy from Milwaukee in 1978. He was a member of the Eagles and a bowling instructor for the Young Women's Christian Association in Milwaukee. He also loved to ballroom dance...

Richard James Burdick (08/16/05)
Richard James Burdick, 64, of Cherokee Village, formerly of Ozark Acres, died Aug. 7 2005, at his home. Burdick was born Dec. 29, 1940. he was the son of Richard M. and Muriel Burdick. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He moved to this area nine years ago from Denver, Colo. He was of the Baptist faith...

Theodore Preston Rathman (08/16/05)
Theodore (Ted) Preston Rathman, 91, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 10, 2005, at the North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. He was born on Dec. 22, 1913, in Hudson, Ill., the son of Bert and Pearl Rathman. He retired from R.G. LeTourneau Earth Moving Machinery Company in 1978...

Vivian Vera Rogers (08/16/05)
Vivian Vera Rogers, 89, of Mammoth Spring died Aug. 4, 2005, in Cave City. She was born Oct. 18, 1915, in Mammoth Spring the daughter of the late David Franklin Burke ad Minnie Almeda Lunn Burke. She was united in marriage June 29, 1938, in Mammoth Spring to Lewis Eugene Rogers, who preceded her in death March 1, 1988...

Woodrow Dunn (08/16/05)
Woodrow Winfield Dunn, 31, of Ravenden died April 11, 2005, at Ravenden. Born Nov. 16, 1973, at Pocahontas, he was the son of Ronnie Dean Dunn and Helen L. Dunn. He was a member of Ravenden Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his mother, Helen L. ...

William E. Scott (08/16/05)
William E. Scott, 66, of Cherokee Village, formerly of Alp, Ill., died July 28, 2005 in St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minn. He was born Oct. 6, 1938, in Galesburg, Ill., the son of Walter and Celina Lambin Scott. He married Mardena Trout on March 29, 1960, in Oneida, Ill...

Constance I. Mask (08/23/05)
Constance I. (Connie) Mask of Viola, daughter of the late Joseph Andrew and Agnes Marie (Krynick) Rolewicz, was born March 21, 1931, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She died Aug. 16, 2005, in Salem at the age of 74 years. Mask was united in marriage to Edward William Mask July 8, 1946, at Salem and to this union seven children were born. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a nurse. She was of the Baptist faith...

Joycer VeNette Rice (08/23/05)
Funeral services for Joyce VeNette Rice, 79, of Mammoth Spring were held Aug. 18 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel in Thayer with Bro. Lee Hollis officiating. She was born the daughter of the late T.R. Snyder and Charlotte Louis Pierce Snyder on Sept. 12, 1925, in Scott City, Kan., and died Aug. 14, 2005, in West Plains, Mo...

William Sam Curry (08/23/05)
Funeral services for William "Bill" Sam Curry, 81, of Hardy were held Aug. 17 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel in Thayer with Rev. Floyd Rikard and Rev. Don Tabor officiating. He was born the son of the late William McKinley Curry and Allie Collins Curry Ivey on May 11, 1924, in Sharp County, near Wirth, and died Aug. 14, 2005, in Hardy...

Beth Leone Shellard (08/30/05)
Beth Leone (Porter) Shellard, age 83, of Hardy died Aug. 23, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born March 8, 1922, at Stevenson Farm, Fayette, Iowa, to Glen A. and Edna Mae (King) Porter. She was a graduate of the Dickinson Business School in Waterloo, Iowa, and worked for Viking Pump Company in Cedar Falls, Iowa, until June 1965, Woodland Hills Corporation in Hardy until April 1973 and the King Agency in Hardy from May 1973 to December 1995...

Bill Westmoreland (08/30/05)
Bill Westmoreland, 89, of Sidney died Aug. 23, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Dec. 23, 1915, at Sidney. He was the son of Elmer and Fannie (Arnn) Westmoreland. He was a member of Sidney Baptist Church where he was senior deacon for 52 years, a farmer, always compassionate and helpful to everyone...

Charles R. Gibson (08/30/05)
Charles R. Gibson, 67, of Ash Flat, formerly of Tupelo, Miss., died Aug. 23, 2005, with his wife and children at his side. Gibson was born March 2, 1938, in Agnos, Ark., the son of Hanly and Guelda (Estes) Gibson. He was a member of the Ash Flat Church of Christ. ...

Euna M. Smith (08/30/05)
Euna M. Smith, 91, of Sidney died Aug. 24 at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Aug. 29, 1913 near Sage, Ark., to John I. and Minnie (Fudge) Fleetwood. She worked at Sharp Nursing Home for many years, was a past member of the Eastern Star and a longtime member of the Concord Baptist Church west of Sidney...

Henry R. Zingen (08/30/05)
Henry R. Zingen, 73, of Lemont, Ill., died Aug. 7, 2005. Graveside services were held Aug. 12 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park, Ill. Zingen was born March 29, 1932, in Trier, Germany, to Alois and Magdalena (Feil) Zingen. In 1951 Zingen came to the United States and became a citizen in 1959...

Thomas J. Yowell (08/30/05)
Tom (T.J.) Yowell was born on Oct. 9, 1931, in Paducah, Texas, to Mildred and Grover Yowell. He died Aug. 10, 2005 after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Remembered always as a humble, giving man, he was devoted to his family and country. Yowell was preceded in death by his parents of Hardy. ...