Obituaries from September 2005

Bonnie Darlene Zimmer (09/06/05)
Bonnie Darlene Zimmer of Viola, daughter of Ethel Amanda (Moore) Knapp and the late Darrell Eugene Knapp, was born April 20, 1957, in Helena, Ark. She died Aug. 27, 2005, at Viola at the age of 48. Bonnie was united in marriage to Jerell Wayne Zimmer of Viola on Jan. ...

Bobby Rayburn Leftwich (09/06/05)
Bobby Rayburn Leftwich, 62, of Sherwood, Ark., son of Joe Marshall and Beulah Estes Leftwich, was born in Ash Flat, May 1, 1943. He passed away Aug. 14, 2005. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Leftwich; one son, Keith Leftwich and wife, Toni; one daughter, Kathy Haralson and Robert Haralson; a twin brother, Richard Leftwich and wife, Joyce; eldest brother, Loyd Leftwich and wife, Vineda; three grandchildren, Dakota Leftwich, Julie Haralson and Brenda Leftwich; and numerous other loving family members and friends.. ...

Charlise Caroline Meyer (09/06/05)
Charlise Caroline Meyer, infant daughter of Shane and Leslie Meyer, died Aug. 29, 2005, at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark. She is survived by her parents, Shane and Leslie Meyer of Waldron, Ark.; paternal grandparents, Cecil W. and Shirley Meyer of Horseshoe Bend; maternal grandmother, Donna Martin Crawford of Ash Flat; maternal great-grandmother, Irene Rogers of Ash Flat; and many other relatives and friends...

Edwin Doyle Goodman (09/06/05)
Edwin "Doyle" Goodwin, 63, of Evening Shade died Aug. 31, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Dec. 13, 1941, at Ash Flat to John R. and Mary Francis Shands Goodman. He was retired from Conagra in Batesville after 32 years of service and was a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City...

John L. Schuler (09/06/05)
John L. Schuler, 88, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 30, 2005, at his home. He was born Jan. 8, 1917, at South Beloit, Ill., to Thomas Joseph and Catherine Bridgett (Quinllin) Schuler. He was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran, having served during World War II. He worked for both Skill Corporation and OEA Inc., enjoyed golfing and square dancing and was of the Catholic faith...

John Sullivan (09/06/05)
John Sullivan, 81, of Hardy was born Feb. 25, 1924, in Hardy the son of Neal Sullivan and Margaret Sample Sullivan. He died Aug. 30, 2005. He was employed in television repair and was a veteran of the military, having served in the Army Air Corps during World War II...

Phyllis Ann Broadwater (09/06/05)
Phyllis Ann Broadwater, 56 of Cave City died Aug. 30, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Dec. 16, 1948, at Batesville, Ark., to Doyle and Geneva Sharp Broadwater. She was member of the Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Cave City...

William Murrey (09/06/05)
William Murrey, 82, of Williford died Sept. 1, 2005, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1923, in Hardy, the son of Daniel Boone and Laura Dotson Murrey. He was united in marriage Nov. 7, 1983, to Frances Payne. He worked for Ozark Acres on the road crew, was a farmer and a veteran of World War II having served in the Navy as a first class seaman and was a member of the Golden Dragons in service for sailing around the world. He was a member of the Church of Christ...

Connie Marie Horton (09/13/05)
Connie Marie Horton, 63, of Cherokee Village died Sept. 3, 2005, at the Central Arkansas Hospital in Searcy, Ark. She was born Nov. 25, 1941, in Coffeeville, Kan., the daughter of Paul William Perryman and June Elmo Goebble Perryman. She moved to Cherokee Village with her husband in 1993 from Sacramento, Calif...

Celia Mennen Marks
Cookbook writer, columnist passes (09/13/05)
Celia Mennen Marks, whose cooking columns found a following even among non-cooks because of her personal anecdotes and insights into human nature, died Sept. 7, 2005, at her home in Cherokee Village. She was 98. She was born Dec. 14, 1906, in Chatanooga, Tenn., to Ephriam and Naomi Atlas Mennen. She married Louis B. Marks in 1935 in Chattanooga. They had been married 50 years when he died in 1985...

Gregory Allen Holland
(09/13/05)
Gregory Allen (Pettera) Holland, 21, of Hanover, Ill., died Sept. 4, 2005, at home in Cherokee Village. Greg was born July 12, 1984, the son of John and Marie (Pettera) Holland, in Galena, Ill. Holland graduated from the Dennison Academy in 2003. He enjoyed music, golf, video games, billiards, reading and playing the electric guitar...

Kenneth Ruminer
(09/13/05)
Kenneth Ruminer, 87, of Batesville died Sept. 7, 2005, at a Batesville nursing home. He was born Dec. 8, 1817, in Mt. Pleasant, Ark., the son of Esco and Molly Walker Ruminer. He was united in marriage to Mary Edith Hall on Aug. 24, 1942, at Mt. Pleasant. He was retired from AP&L with 35 years of service and then worked part time for 17 years at Clinic Dug Store in Batesville...

Russell H. Eberle (09/13/05)
Russell H. Eberle, 82, of Hardy died Sept. 6, 2005, at the Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Flat. He was born Sept. 26, 1922, in Quincy, Ill., the son of George and Minnie Holtman Eberle. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II...

Robert Joseph Sowers (09/13/05)
Robert "B.J" Joseph Sowers, 58, of Ozark Acres died Sept. 3, 2005, at his home. He was born in Indianapolis, Ind. He was employed as a dental technician at BJ Dental of Highland. Survivors include his wife Robin Johnson Sowers of Ozark Acres; his mother, Betty Woodson Sowers of Speedway, Ind.; two sons -- Timmie Berry of Ozark Acres and Kirk Burkhardt of Indianapolis, Ind.; three daughters -- Heather Stowers of Harrison, Ark., Tracy Burkhardt of Cherokee Village, and Sherry Spears of North Vernon, Ind.; three sisters -- Barbara Boone of Crawfords-ville, Ind., Patti Ikemire of Indianapolis, Ind., and Debi Savage of Speedway, Ind.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.. ...

Wanda Garner (09/13/05)
Wanda "Louise" Garner, 71, of Sage, Ark., died Sept. 7, 2005, at Pioneer Nursing Home in Melbourne. She was born Nov. 4, 1933, in Sage, Ark., the daughter of James Lois Wren and Velma Cooper Wren. She was a retired certified nursing assistant and a member of Melbourne Church of Christ...

Alyssa Baylee Stricklin (09/20/05)
Alyssa Baylee Stricklin, the preborn daughter of Mark and Jessica Stricklin of Williford, died Sept. 13, 2005, at Baxter Regional Hospital in Mountain Home. Survivors include her parents, Mark and Jessica Stricklin; a sister, Tiffany Stricklin; maternal grandfather, Don Fiscus; paternal grandfather, Edward Stricklin; paternal grandmother, Sherry Stricklin; and paternal great-grandparents, Cleatis Black and Joyce Black all of Ozark Acres...

Alta Cooper (09/20/05)
Alta Cooper, 80, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Sept. 9, 2005, at her residence. Born Sept. 20, 1924, in Weiner, Ark., she was a member of the Valley View Church of Christ. She was baptized into the Nettleton Church of Christ. She retired from General Motors with 27 years of service when she lived in Michigan prior to moving to Jonesboro. She also was formerly from the Horseshoe Bend and Ash Flat areas...

Allen Major (09/20/05)
Allen D. Major, of Newton, Iowa, was born Dec. 27, 1953, in Batesville, Ark., the son of Vence and Ruby West Majors. He died Sept. 10, 2005, at Monarch Hospice Wing, Skiff Medical Center in Newton. He married Leanne Staub of June 1, 1979 at Jonesboro, Ark...

Bill Phillips (09/20/05)
Bill Phillips, 60, of Batesville, Ark., died Sept. 13, 2005 at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born April 10, 1945, in Batesville, the son of Leslie Phillips and Oshea Parsley Phillips. He was a truck driver and member of Cave City First Baptist Church. He worked for 33 years for White River Bituminous and Atlas Asphalt and was a member of the board for Batesville Housing Authority...

Carolyn Sue Huxman (09/20/05)
Carolyn Sue Huxman, 66, formerly of Cherokee Village, died Sept. 9 at her residence in Sebring, Fla. She was born in Marshall County, Ind. and attended nursing school in Columbus, Ind. She moved to Sebring in 2002. She was of the Methodist faith. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Norman E. ...

Ernette Parker (09/20/05)
Ernette Ernestine Bethge Parker, daughter of the late Ernest Charles Bethge and Gradel Mann Bethge, was born July 26, 1937, in Stuttgart, Ark. She died Sept. 6, 2005, in Little Rock, Ark., at the age of 68. She was married to John Parker on Dec. 22, 1989, in Little Rock. ...

Gladys Gavurnick (09/20/05)
Gladys Gavurnick, 85, of Cherokee Village died June 17, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Nov. 23, 1919, in Bunker Hill, N.J., the daughter of James and Abigail Faust. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cherokee Village and worked for the school district as a secretary...

Jean Cassell Smith (09/20/05)
Jean "J.C." Cassell Smith, 88, of Highland, formerly of Ozark Acres, died Sept. 13, 2005. He was born in Sharp County, the son of Joseph L. and Frances A. Smith. He was a retired Baptist minister. He was formerly pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church at Newport, Baptist Church in Imboden, First Baptist in Dell, Friendship Baptist in Kennett and Spring Lake Baptist in Ozark Acres...

Margaret Traybor (09/20/05)
Margaret M. Traybor, 72, of Cherokee Village died Sept. 14, 2005, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Traybor was born Feb. 7 in 1933, in Beckley, W. Va. She worked as a secretary for many years before retiring and moving to Sharp County from California in 1989. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Cherokee Village...

Raphael Leon Martin (09/20/05)
Raphael Leon (Ray) Martin, 80, of Russellville died July 2, 2005 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born Jan. 5, 1925, in Ash Flat, son of Horace and Bessie Martin. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1948. ...

Sarah Ann Boyd (09/20/05)
Sarah Ann Medlock Boyd, 54, of Poughkeepsie, died Sept. 10, 2005, at her home. She was born March 5, 1951, at Batesville, Ark., the daughter of Muriel Garrison and Ida Mae Shirley Medlock. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church at Nelsonville...

Leslie Earl Mayhew (09/27/05)
Leslie Earl Mayhew Sr., 76, of Hardy, was born Oct. 29, 1928, in West Frankfort, Ill., the son of Franklin Mayhew and Oneda Muir Mayhew. He died Sept. 23, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. He attended Faith Baptist Church at Wirth...

Lettia White Steele (09/27/05)
Lettia White Steele, 96, of Cave City died Sept. 23, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born March 10, 1909, at Sidney, the daughter of William David and Hopie Vest White. She was a homemaker and a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City...

Orval Gean Gay (09/27/05)
Orval Gean Gay, 51, of Poteau, Okla., formerly of Floral, Ark., died Sept. 18, 2005, at his home. He was born July 1, 1954, at Noblesville, Ind., the son of Vernon D. and Nellie Mae Strother Gay. He served in the U.S. Army. He was a truck driver and construction driver...

Robert Andrew Anderson (09/27/05)
Robert (Bob) Andrew Anderson, 69, of Horseshoe Bend passed away Sept. 19 at North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. He was born in Chula Vista, Calif., the son of Otto Andrew and Thelma Riding Anderson. He served in the United States Air Force REGAF as an airman first class during the Korean Conflict. ...

Raymond Otto Keen (09/27/05)
Raymond Otto Keen, 87, of Horseshoe Bend, died Sept. 17 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born in Chicago, Ill., the son of Walter and Martha Morrie Keen. He served in the Navy during World War II as seaman first class. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology to work as a hydraulic engineer. ...