Obituaries from January 2006

Billie B. Chelsvig (01/03/06)
Billie Bert Chelsvig, 74, of Cherokee Village died Dec. 28, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born on Feb. 23, 1931, in Des Plaines, Ill., the son of Bert Chelsvig and Mildred Walther Chelsvig. He was a veteran of the United State Navy and served during the Korean War...

Clarence J. Morgan (01/03/06)
Clarence Junior Morgan, 70, died Dec. 22, 2005, at his home in Williford. He was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Williford. He was an iron worker of Local 336, a Christian and a charter member of the Light House Baptist Church. He was a rancher and a farmer and a member of the Quarter Horse Association for 20 plus years...

Goldie McCollum (01/03/06)
Goldie McCollum of Morriston, Ark., daughter of the late William Herman Pitchford and Martha Mondena Bogart Pitchford, was born June 14, 1926. She died Dec. 26, 2005, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem at the age of 79. She was married to Gerald McCollum on July 25, 1941, in Morriston. To this union 10 children were born. She was employed for many years by the Tri-County Shirt Factory, but her main focus was always her children and grandchildren. She was a member of Saddle Baptist Church...

Lemuel E. Bartholomee (01/03/06)
Lemuel Everett Bartholomee, died Dec. 24, 2005, at his home in Thayer at the age of 80 years. He was born June 24, 1925, in Chicago, Ill., to Lemuel A. and Florence Smith Bartholomee. He received numerous awards and medals and earned the rank of first lieutenant for service rendered his country. He was a member of the American Legion Post 344 in Thayer...

Linda K. Chavers (01/03/06)
Linda Kay Chavers, 60, of Cave City died Dec. 25, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born May 12, 1945, at Batesville, the daughter of Carl Alton and Ruby Estella Gifford Coles. She retired from White River Medical Center as a housekeeper and was of the Baptist faith...

Mary C. Gibson (01/03/06)
Mary Claudine Gibson, homemaker, died Dec. 20, 2005, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 76. Gibson was born Jan. 21, 1929, in Ash Flat son of the late Theodore Forrest and Alta Fern Biggerstaff Martin. She is survived by three sisters, Pauline Woods of Wentzville, Mo., Eula McSpadden of Jackson, Mo., and Jackie Carpenter of Bentonville, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews...

Myrna L. Frederiksen (01/03/06)
Myrna Leah Frederiksen, 66, of Cherokee Village died Dec. 20, 2005, in St. Louis, Mo. She was born in Clay County, Ark., the daughter of Harry D. and Sybil M. McGee Wright, both deceased. She was a supervisor over food service for Sacramento School District...

Pauline Poor (01/03/06)
Pauline "Polly" Kunkel Poor, 81, of Evening Shade and Cuba, Mo., died Dec. 27, 2005, at a Searcy nursing home. She was born Sept. 16, 1924, at Ash Flat to Malford and Vernon Rush Hall. She was a homemaker, a member of the Eastern Star in both Missouri and Arkansas and was a member of the Church of Christ...

Richard E. Reiley (01/03/06)
Richard E. Reiley, 68, of Hardy died Dec. 26, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Oct. 23, 1937, in Summitville, Ind., the son of Vincent Reiley and Inez Morris Reiley. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was retired from General Motors...

Ray P. Mikolajek (01/03/06)
Ray P. Mikolajek, 84, of Cherokee Village died Dec. 27, 2005, at his residence. He was born March 23, 1921, in Milwaukee, Wis., the son of John and Sally Marciszewski Mikolajek who preceded him in death. He served in the Army during World War II and worked as an inspector and supervisor for Rex-Nord Corporation in Milwaukee until he retired and moved his family, 25 years ago, to Cherokee Village...

Terry L. Daugherty (01/03/06)
Terry L. Daugherty, 51, of Horseshoe Bend died Dec. 26, 2005, at his residence. He was born Dec. 24, 1954, in Houston, Mo., the son of Frankie Daugherty and Barbara Bigham Daugherty. He was a veteran of the United States Marie Corps. He moved to Arkansas from Shell Rock, Iowa, 12 years ago...

Charles William Herron (01/10/06)
Charles William Herron, 44, son of George A. Herron Sr. and Evelyn Wood Herron, was born April 9, 1961, in Weatherford, Texas. He died Dec. 28, 2005, at Olympia, Wash. As a young father, Herron joined the United States Army. He retired after 20 years of service...

Donald Ray Casey (01/10/06)
Donald Ray Casey, 63, of Goose Creek, S.C., owner of Green Gallery Florist, died Dec. 24, 2005, at a South Carolina hospital. He was born Oct. 13, 1942, in Ash Flat, the son of Roosevelt and Pearl Mears Casey. He served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam. Casey was a member of Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Mt. Pleasant, S.C...

Don Taylor Norris (01/10/06)
Don Taylor Norris, 90, of Poughkeepsie died Jan. 3, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born June 17, 1915, at Poughkeepsie, the son of the late George and Tishie Taylor Norris. He was a veteran of the United States Army, a carpenter by trade and was retired from Continental Steel Corp. in Kokomo, Ind...

Jerry Wayne Smith (01/10/06)
Jerry Wayne Smith, 61, of Cave City died Jan. 4, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Feb. 10, 1944, at Paragould, Ark., the son of Benjaman Sachel "Sach" and Lillian Stonesipher Smith. He was a maintenance man for many years at Con Agra...

Ray Austin Peace (01/10/06)
Ray Austin Peace, 78, of Thayer died Dec. 23, 2005, at his home in Thayer, Mo. He was born Dec. 24, 1926, in Oregon County, Mo., the son of the late Roy M. and Armintie Huddleston Peace. He was united in marriage to Imogene Langley. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Mammoth Spring and served as church treasurer for many years...

Thomas "Tom" Rollen Freeman (01/10/06)
Thomas "Tom" Rollen Freeman died Jan. 5, 2006, at his home in Mammoth Spring at the age of 82 years. He was born April 7, 1923, in Poughkeepsie, Ark., to Homer Anderson and Elgie Vanila Haney Freeman. He was a veteran of the United States Amy. He was drafted and served during World War II from 1943 to 1945. ...

Junior Richard Gage (01/17/06)
Junior Richard Gage, 73, of Highland, died Jan. 1, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Sept. 21, 1932, in Frankfurt, Mich., the son of the late Richard Richardson Gage and Mary Hickey Gage. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served during the Korean War. He was retired from General Motors. He was a member of the Elks Lodge. The Gages moved to Arkansas from Colorado in 2004, where he was an avid hunter...

Juanita Taylor (01/17/06)
Juanita Taylor, homemaker, died Jan. 9, 2006, at her home in Mammoth Spring at the age of 84. She was born Dec. 31, 1921, in Frenchtown, Ark., the daughter of the late Fred and Minnie Hackworth Cherry. Along with her husband she was co-owner and operator of Many Islands Camp and Canoe Rentals...

Alvis Stephenson (01/24/06)
A. Alvis Stephenson, 98, of Calamine, Ark., died Jan. 12, 2006, at his home. He was born July 7, 1907, at Grange, Ark., the son of Thomas Melvin and Ada Lee Girtman Stephenson. He was retired from Frito-Lay in California. He was a member of Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Cave City and attended Smithville Baptist Church in Smithville...

Danny Wooldridge (01/24/06)
Danny Travis Wooldridge, 58, of Cave City, died Jan. 16, 2006, at his home. He was born May 31, 1947, at Cave City, the son of Grover "Dattie" and Ruth Aurora Kerr Wooldridge. He was a farmer and a member of the Maxville Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City...

Geraldine Miller (01/24/06)
Geraldine Francis Miller, 85, of Williford, died Jan. 12, 2006, at her residence. She worked for 23 years at the Ash Flat Wal-Mart as a checker. She was 57 years old when she started working there and retired at the age of 80. She received many awards during her employment...

Jessie Waymon Baldridge (01/24/06)
Jessie Waymon Baldridge, 78, of Hardy, died Jan. 17, 2006, at the University of Arkansas Medical Science Center in Little Rock. He was born Sept. 13, 1927, in the Armstrong Community, near Hardy, the son of Jessie L. Baldridge Sr. and Bessie N. Pruitt Baldridge...

Kathleen Jackson Clifft (01/24/06)
Kathleen Jackson Clifft, daughter of the late Samuel Jud Johnson and Clara Horton Jackson Johnson, was born March 27, 1923, in Ash Flat. She died Jan. 10, 2006, at her home in Myron, Ark., at the age of 82. She was united in marriage to James Robert (Jack) Clifft Jr. on Nov. 9, 1940, in Ash Flat, and to this union one daughter was born. She was a wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker...

Marvine Gilbreath (01/24/06)
Marvine Bentley Gilbreath of Ash Flat, daughter of the late Daisy and Herbert Pierce, was born Dec. 1, 1948, in Mountain Home. She died Jan. 18, 2006, at her home in Ash Flat at the age of 57. She was united in marriage to Virgil Gilbreath on June 5, 1970, at Salem. To this union three children were born. She was a member of the Agnos Church of Christ. She was a good wife and mother and enjoyed her grandchildren and friends...

Veda Beatrice Lowe (01/24/06)
Veda Beatrice Lowe, 88, of Ash Flat, died Jan. 18, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Jan. 15, 1918, in Cave City, the daughter of the late Marion Watkins and Mary Russell Watkins. She was united in marriage to Lee Lowe in Hardy in 1951. She was a member of the Ash Flat First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker...

Dr. William Perryman (01/24/06)
Dr. William Ray Perryman, 75, of Little Rock, died Jan. 15, 2006, at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. Born Dec. 3, 1930, in Ash Flat, he was the son of the late Claude and Maxine Harris Perryman. Dr. Perryman was a professor of music at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for 35 years. ...

Devone Northcutt (01/31/06)
Devone Northcutt, age 79, of Strawberry died Jan. 29, 2006, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 29, 1926, at Saffell, Ark., to James Henry and Donia Richmond Huskey. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Safell...

Johnie Ray Nix (01/31/06)
Johnnie Ray Nix, 97, was born March 4, 1908, and died Jan. 29, 2006. He lived all his life in the area of Ash Flat. He was a Christian, the oldest member of the Ash Flat United Methodist Church and a lifelong farmer. "Poppa" Nix is survived by two grandchildren, Ella Van Thompson and her husband, Mack, along with Johnie Ray Hyslip and his wife, Barbara; three great-grandchildren, Amy Trivitt and her husband Tommy, Jason Hyslip and his wife, Brooke, and Grant Hyslip; three great-great-grandchildren, Rachel and Rylie Trivitt and Emma Hyslip, all of Ash Flat.. ...

Zilphia Catherine Wright
(01/31/06)
Zilphia Catherine Norman Wright, 96, of Cave City, formerly of Strawberry, died Jan. 22, 2006, at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 20, 1909, at Strawberry, Ark., the daughter of the late Ephraim and Nettie Doyle Norman. She was united in marriage to William Lones Wright on Nov. 8, 1930...