Obituaries from November 2005

Andrew William Crawford (11/01/05)
Andrew William "Drew" Crawford, 25, of Paragould, Ark., died Oct. 25, 2005. He was born June 18, 1980, in Paragould and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his parents, Dr. Alan and Beverly Crawford of Paragould; his grandmothers, Billy Crawford of Tuckerman and Zela Rhoads of Glencoe...

Frances Story Bales (11/01/05)
Frances Elizabeth Story Bales, 86, of Zion, Ark., died Oct. 26, 2005, at Mountain Home. She was born Jan. 21, 1919, in Marked Tree, Ark., the daughter of the late William Henry Story and Betty Wilma Holland Story. She was a homemaker and a member of the Millcrest Church of Christ...

Harold Norman Langston (11/01/05)
Harold Norman "Cotton" Langston, son of the late Owen John and Dessie Ima (Bishop) Langston, was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Heart. He died Oct. 20, 2005, at Salem at the age of 78. He was united in marriage to Veda Mae Pendergrass on Oct. 22, 1949, at Heart and to this union a son was born...

Lois Elizabeth Utley Hlavas (11/01/05)
Lois Elizabeth Utley Hlavas, homemaker, died Oct. 23, 2005, at Shady Oaks Healthcare in Thayer at the age of 90. She was born April 16, 1915, in Hardy to William and Drucilla Smith James. She was married in Hardy in 1929 to Owen Utley who preceded her in death March 24, 1945, while serving his country during World War II. She was married in Salem in 1952 to George Hlavas who preceded her in death in 1983...

Leo Smith (11/01/05)
Leo F. Smith, 85, of Horseshoe Bend died Oct. 25, 2005, at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark. Smith was born Oct. 17, 1920, in Danvers, Ill., the son of the late George and Cora Tremble Smith. He was a veteran of the United Sates Army, having served during World War II. Smith was a retired farmer. He was a former member of the Lions Club, and a member of the AARP and the Illinois Club. Smith was a member of the United Methodist Church in Horseshoe Bend...

William "Dub" Garner (11/01/05)
William R. "Dub" Garner, 80, of Hardy died Oct. 26, 2005, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Dec. 23, 1924, in Hardy, the son of the late Robert Austin Garner and Clara Ethel Haskins Garner. He was married to Thelma Davenport on July 13, 1946, in Hardy...

Altha Allen (11/08/05)
Altha Allen, 92, of Lynn, Ark., died Oct. 28, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Dec. 22, 1912, in Sharp County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hyslip. She was a homemaker and a member of Lynn Church of Christ. Survivors include one son, George Allen of Versailles, Ky.; one sister, Mary Thom of Rockford, Ill.; four grandchildren, Jonathan Allen of Lynn, Christine Allen of Birdsboro, Pa.; Anthony Allen and Nancy LaDec Allen, both of Landon, Ky.; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Curtis Guthrie Perkins (11/08/05)
Curtis Guthrie Perkins, 75, of Franklin, formerly of Smithville, died Oct. 27, 2005, at Franklin. He was born Feb. 1, 1930, at Smithville, the son of Cifford Jackson and Mable Brown Perkins. He attended Sloan-Hendrix High School at Imboden where he graduated in 1949...

Eulene Courtwright (11/08/05)
Eulene Courtwright, 70, of Ash Flat died Oct. 29, 2005, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Born Feb. 13, 1935, she was the daughter of Frank Herron and Lorena "Tootsie" Herron of Ash Flat. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church of Ash Flat...

Hugh Otis Wells (11/08/05)
Hugh Otis Wells, 81, of Princeton, Ind., died Oct. 8, 2005. He was born Sept. 21, 1924, in Topeka, Kan., the son of Frank and Pearl Pouppirt Wells. He spent his boyhood years in Kansas before his family moved to Ash Flat. There he graduated from high school and married his "sweetheart," Maymie Gibbins, in 1943...

Loyd Jesse Hamm (11/08/05)
Loyd Jesse Hamm of Williford, son of the late Johnie Wesley and Effie Ann Rawls Hamm, was born June 19, 1931, in Marthaville, La. He died Oct. 28, 2005, at Salem, Ark., at the age of 74. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Lou Sibley on Aug. 27 1955, at Marshall, Texas. He spent his working years as a welder in pipeline Construction. He was a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and of the Baptist faith...

Maye Hoggard (11/08/05)
Maye Hoggard, 77, of Strawberry died Oct. 31, 2005, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Aug. 3, 1928, at Strawberry, the daughter of Cleo and Rosa Green Mullen. She was a homemaker and a member of Saffell Missionary Baptist Church...

Nev Eugene Autrey (11/08/05)
Nev Eugene Autrey, 56, of Ash Flat died Oct. 31, 2005, at his residence. He was born Oct. 22, 1949, in Indiana. He was a veteran of the United States military. He spent many years as a flute maker. He was united in marriage to Nancy Yonda in Tucson, Ariz., in 1988...

Ruth Carol Maki (11/08/05)
Ruth Carol Maki, 76, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 1, 2005, at her residence. She was born May 13, 1929, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Charles and Florence Latimer Johnson. She was a volunteer for the Meals on Wheels program and also for the local food pantry. She also volunteered as a transporter for her friends who needed help...

Robert Luchene (11/08/05)
Robert E. Luchene, 70, of Horseshoe Bend died Nov. 2, 2005, in Horseshoe Bend. He was born Oct. 4, 1935, in Blue Island, Ill., the son of Paul and Agnes Luchene. While in high school he was hired by Geo. J. Rolland and Sons as a bookkeeper. He had remained as a purchasing agent and salesman with the company until his death...

Danial "Dale" Stone (11/15/05)
Danial "Dale" Stone, 74, of Highland died Nov. 10, 2005, at his residence. Stone was self employed in farming and timber agriculture. Stone is survived by his wife, Bernice (Fossey) Stone; three daughters, Belinda Poole of Scranton, Ark., Sherry Gifford of Highland, Tonia Fender of Walnut Ridge, Ark.; one son, Lester Stone of Pocahontas, Ark.; one sister, Maxine Phillips of Magazine, Ark.; four brothers, Bill Stone of Magazine, Steve Stone of Plumerville, Ark., Donald Stone of Round Rock, Texas, David Stone of Booneville, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.. ...

Elizabeth Summer Sheets (11/15/05)
Elizabeth Summer Sheets of Cherokee Village died Nov. 4, 2005, at Baxter County Regional Hospital in Mountain Home. She was the infant daughter of Steven Sheets and Alyssa Wright. She is survived by her grandmother, Susan Wright of Cherokee Village; uncle, Anthony Wright, of Cherokee Village; aunt, Tiffany Viets, of Jonesboro; a cousin, Madison Viets, of Jonesboro...

Jesse "Willard" Hudson (11/15/05)
Jesse "Willard" Hudson, 65, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 5, 2005, at his residence in Cherokee Village. He was owner and operator of a vending company for over 40 years in Greenwood, Miss., and the southern states and was a member of Cherokee Village United Methodist Church...

Lindsay Adie (11/15/05)
Lindsay V. Adie, 56, of Ash Flat died Nov. 5, 2005, at his residence. He was born June 24, 1949, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Arnold Adie and Georgina Cochuis Adie. Survivors include his mother, Georgina Jenkins of Ash Flat; one son, Ashley Adie, of Capetown, South Africa; and two brothers, John Jenkins of Ash Flat and Sidney Adie of Lakeland, Fla...

Lionel Eggerton Smith (11/15/05)
Lionel Eggerton Smith, 92, of Horseshoe Bend died Nov. 8 at Pioneer Nursing and Rehab in Melbourne. Smith was born in Sausalito, Calif., and worked as a mechanic in the automobile industry and served in the U.S. Army. His wife Lourraine Matison Smith of Horseshoe Bend survives him...

Mollie Ruth Brittenum Felts (11/15/05)
Mollie Ruth Brittenum Felts, of North Little Rock, Ark., was born Nov. 29, 1941, in Brinkley, the daughter of the late Roger and Patricia Torry Brittenum. She died Nov. 5, 2005, at the age of 63 years. She was a dedicated mother and a former educator of Arkansas children in Jonesboro and Highland...

Steve Thomas (11/15/05)
Steve Thomas, 76, of Imboden died Nov. 9, 2005, at the Lawrence Hall Nursing Center in Walnut Ridge. He was born April 3, 1929, at Sitka, the son of Bill and Bertha Jackson Thomas. He retired from Townsend, was a farmer and was of the Baptist faith...

Woodrow Lawrence Taylor (11/15/05)
Woodrow Lawrence Taylor, owner and operator of Many Islands Camp Ground and Canoe Rental, died Nov. 6, 2005, at his home in Mammoth Spring at the age of 89 years. He was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Many Islands, the son of Reese A. and Virginia Lillie Barr Taylor...

Bertie Johnson Curtis (11/22/05)
Bertie Johnson Curtis, 100, of Cave City, died Nov. 13, 2005, at Woodlawn Nursing Home in Batesville. Born April 4, 1905, in Emery, Ark., she was the daughter of L.D. Holley and Tinie McLeod Holley. She was a homemaker and a retired Cave City grocery store merchant...

Billye Sue Pinkston Stuart (11/22/05)
Billye Sue Pinkston Stuart, 67, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 16, 2005, at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. She was the daughter of the late Pertin Pinkston and the late Charlie Noonan Pinkston. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband Bill Stuart; two daughters, Tamara Robertson and Sandra Elliott of Jonesboro; and one sister, Marcella Holder of Jonesboro...

Hayden Orvis Estes (11/22/05)
Hayden Orvis Estes, born July 26, 1915, as a member of one of the first families to settle the Ash Flat area, died Nov. 19, 2005, at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Rexine Haskins Estes; two daughters and son-in-law, Charlotte and Jim Fowler of Myron and Carolyn Stewart of Ash Flat; one son, Tommy Estes of Ash Flat; six grandchildren, Karen Fowler, Julie Boles, Frank (Ellie) Fowler, Barry Fowler, Chad (Amy) Stewart and Stephanie Stewart; four great-grandchildren, Kerry Boles, Amber Stewart, Madison Lovelace and Wyatt Fowler; one sister, Ota Manry of California; one brother, Claud Estes of California; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

James Harvey Wilkey (11/22/05)
James "Jim" Harvey Wilkey, 83, of Highland died Nov. 11, 2005, at his residence. He was born April 27, 1922, in Villisca, Iowa, the son of Harold and Lula Wagaman Wilkey. He was a member of the First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. He loved to play the harmonica and farming was his passion. He also served in the United States Army as a paratrooper during World War II...

Joanne Kasson (11/22/05)
Joanne Kasson, 76, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 11, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. She was born Aug. 4, 1929, at Jefferson City, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Ethel Tuttle Judy. She was a pharmaceutical assistant who worked at Bruno Schultz (medical)...

James Loyd Stroud (11/22/05)
James Loyd Stroud, of Heart son of the late John Allen Stroud and Frankie Elizabeth Mooney Stroud, was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Ballard, Ark. He died Nov. 14, 2005, at his home at the age of 73 years. He was married to Martha Williams on June 29, 1955, at Saddle. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a carpenter and a member of the Living Word Tabernacle...

Joseph Neil Stewart (11/22/05)
Joseph Neil Stewart, 43, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 12, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born in Elgin, Ill., the son of Mary Stewart. His religious belief was the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Stacey Stewart of the home; four daughters, Tiffany and Tonya Stewart of El Dorado, and Amber and Jada Stewart of Cherokee Village; two brothers, Shane and Lenny Haggins of Mammoth Spring; and one sister, Glenda Brown of Pocahontas...

Lilbern Irene Nix (11/22/05)
Lilbern Irene Nix, 85, of Ash Flat died Nov. 7, 2005, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a lifelong Christian and member of the Ash Flat Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher and church secretary. Nix's family settled the area in 1821...

Mary Guynn (11/22/05)
Mary E. Guynn was born July 6, 1921in Logan N.M. She died Nov. 6, 2005. She grew up there and then attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. She graduated with a degree in education. She met her husband, Peter Guynn Jr., while he was stationed at nearby Fort Bliss and she was teaching in Las Cruces...

Mark Short (11/22/05)
Mark Short, 41, of Hardy died Nov. 19, 2005, at Baxter County Regional Hospital in Mountain Home. He was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Short; daughters, Latisha Hawkins, Malana Short and Kimberly Short of Hardy; a son, Randy Sneed of Cherokee Village; sisters, Mary Lathem of Missoula, Mont., Jessica Morris of Batesville, Cindy Rogers of Jonesboro, and Joyce Gilman of Cave City; and two brothers, Micheal Short of Wirth, and Gene Short of Cherokee Village...

Ray Bishop (11/22/05)
Ray Bishop, 79, was born July 11, 1926, in Heart, and died Oct. 23, 2005. He was a veteran of World War II. He was drafted at the age of 18 and proudly served his country. After returning home from the war, he met and married Waydene Duke. They made their home in Salem. He worked for the REA for a few years before moving to Pontiac, Mich., where he worked or General Motors for 30 years...

William Fleming Moore (11/22/05)
William Fleming Moore Sr., 89, of Cherokee Village died Nov. 15, 2005, at the White County Medical Center in Searcy. Moore was born on July 28, 1916, in Bethesda, Md., the son of Aldrich and Kate Goulding Moore. He worked for the Dayco Corporation in Atlanta, Ga., as district manager of the southeastern area. Then he became sales manager for the Railroad Division in Chicago...

Bonnie J.C. Huskey (11/29/05)
Bonnie Jean Clements Huskey, 68, of Cave City died Nov. 18, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Jan. 15, 1937, at Ravenden to Hanley and Thelma Clements. She retired after 18 years as a school bus driver and custodian for the Strawberry School District. She was a teacher's aide, a volunteer Foster grandparent and a Christian...

Herbert E. Kazzee (11/29/05)
Herbert E. Kazzee, 65, of Hardy died Nov. 24, 2005, at his residence. He was born April 15, 1940, at Pocahontas, Ark., the son of the late Andrew Talmadge Kazzee and Cecil Hill Kazzee. Survivors include his wife, Vickie Whitney Kazzee of the home; two stepsons, Shane Holland and Troy Daniel, both of Hardy; one stepdaughter, Johnna Spikes of Salt Lake City, Utah; two brothers, Bill Kazzee and Harold Kazzee, both of Pocahontas; one sister, Helen Head of Sedgewick; six step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

James Robert Clifft Jr. (11/29/05)
James Robert (Jack) Clifft Jr., son of the late James Robert Clifft, Sr. and Arkie Evelyn Welch Clifft, was born May 28, 1921, in Hickory Flat, Ark. He died Nov. 18, 2005, at Batesville at the age of 84 years. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Jackson on Nov. 9, 1940, in Ash Flat and to this union a daughter was born...

Loren Harold Pingleton (11/29/05)
Loren Harold Pingleton, 76, of McHenry, Ill., died Nov. 23, 2005, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis. He was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Alton, Mo., to Leland and Nora (Barton) Pingleton. On May 6, 1950, he married Kathleen Hille, in Pocahontas, Ark...

Myrtie Ola Ramsey (11/29/05)
Myrtie Ola Ramsey, 85, of Jonesboro, La., formerly of Cave City, died Nov. 23, 2005, at Jackson Manor Nursing and Rehab in Jonesboro, La. She was born Feb. 18, 1920, at Evening Shade to Samuel and Leona Arnold Taylor. She was a homemaker and a pastor's wife for 60 years in the Church of God...

Marcella Willbanks (11/29/05)
Marcella Willbanks, 83, of Elsberry, Mo., formerly of Ozark Acres, died Nov. 23 at her residence in Elsberry. She was retired from Barnes Hospital and was a member of Williford Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late William Williamson and Lillian Craig Williamson...

Nora Jean Ford (11/29/05)
Nona Jean Ford, 56, of Cave City died Nov. 18, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Feb. 26, 1949, at Sidney to William and Norma Lee Taylor Wilkes. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Ernie Ford of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Shanda Shreve of Fort Worth, Texas; one daughter and son-in-law, Jenny and Mike Davis of Cave City; her step-mother, Lula Wilkes of Cave City; two stepsons and daughters-in-law, Rodney and Connie Ford of Evening Shade, Ronnie and Shayla Ford of Sulphur Rock; two stepdaughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte and James Royal of Evening Shade ,and Melissa and Mike Walls of Sidney; two grandchildren, Emilee Davis and Parker Davis, both of Cave City; nine step-grandchildren, Chris Ford, Nikki Ford, Jessica Royal, Jamie Royal and Joseph Royal, all of Evening Shade, Samantha Walls and Michaela Walls, both of Sidney, Tyler Ford and Trevor Ford, both of Sulphur Rock; four brothers, Archie Wilkes, Danny Wilkes and Bobby Wilkes, all of Cave City, and Buell Wilkes of Evening Shade; one sister, Nema Thompson of Sidney; seven nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...