Obituaries from May 2006

Brenda Jean Wooldridge (05/02/06)
Brenda Jean Wooldridge, 55, of Cave City died April 27, 2006, at her home. She was born May 12, 1950, at Blytheville, Ark. She was reared by her maternal grandparents, Thomas and Maggie Herrington. She was a Head Start teacher, homemaker and a member of the Maxville Missionary Baptist Church at Cave City...

Bertram Tyrrell (05/02/06)
Bertram, Tyrrell, age 79, of Cherokee Village died April 29, 2006, at Baxter Regional Hospital in Mountain Home. He was retired from Caterpillar, and Lime Metal in Illinois. He served as a reserve deputy with Dekalb County Sherrif's Department. He is survived his wife, Marilyn Tyrrell; his daughter, Phyllis Tyrrell of Portland, Maine; a son, William "Willie" Tyrrell of Cherokee Village...

LouElla Jean Jenkins Schwamb (05/02/06)
LouElla Jean Jenkins Schwamb, 80, of Paragould died April 28, 2006, at St. Elizabeth's in Jonesboro. She was a retired school teacher and a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Stephen and Philip Schwamb of Visalia, Calif.; a daughter and son-in-law, Jan and Butch Heath of Paragould, owners of Heath Funeral Home of Hardy; a brother, Randall "Red" Jenkins of Paragould; nine grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren...

Nathan Eugene Rhoads (05/02/06)
Nathen Eugene Rhoads, age 28, of Cherokee Village died April 22, 2006, in Alton, Mo., He was a forklift operator. He was the son of Ronnie Donaldson of Monticello and Deborah (Rhoads) Hines of Bakersfield, Calif. Survivors include his wife, Lisa Rhoads; daughters, Christi and Amanda Rhoads of Cherokee Village; sons, Aaron Rhoads of Fayetteville and Thomas Rhoads of Cherokee Village; sisters, Rosella Rhoads of Bakersfield, Calif., Jessica Donaldson of Star City, Lorraine Donaldson of Monticello and brothers, Tommy Rhoads of Fresno, Calif., and Rick Donaldson of Monticello.. ...

Sylvia Bell Bird (05/02/06)
Sylvia Bell Bird, 76, of Hardy, formerly of Hurricane, W.Va., died April 28,2006 at her home. She was born Nov. 7, 1929, in Hurricane, W.Va., the daughter of the late Wyatt Dale and Minnie Mae Toland Searls. She was united in marriage to Clarence Ray Bird in West Virginia. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Charles M. "Bubba" Tucker (05/09/06)
Charles M. "Bubba" Tucker, age 31, of Cave City died April 29, 2006, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was born June 28, 1974, at Houston, Texas, the son of Dennis Edward Tucker Sr. and Charlotte Ann Sullivan Tucker. He was a Blue Oval certified salesman for Ford Motor Company, served in the United States Navy, was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge at Batesville and was of the Baptist faith...

Harold Ellsworth Marsh (05/09/06)
Harold Ellsworth Marsh, 92, of Horseshoe Bend died May 1, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. He was born Dec. 6, 1913, in Scott County, Ill., the son of the late Harold Conference and Mabel Llewelyan (Hawkins) Marsh. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Horseshoe Bend where he was active in church activities and was a retired school teacher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Hazel E. Wandless (05/09/06)
Hazel E. Wandless, 85, of Cherokee Village died May 2, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born March 6, 1921, in Kensett, Ark., the daughter of John Lafayette Neal and Clara E. Barber Neal. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Wandless on Oct. 14, 1966, in Wilmington, Ill...

June Williamson Hamrick Monier (05/09/06)
June Williamson Hamrick Monier of Cherokee Village died April 23, 2006, in Cape Coral, Fla. She was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Springfield, Ill. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Randy (Rebecca) Vaughn, Cape Coral, Fla., Roberta Hanson of Cherokee Village, Sammie Hamrick of Cherokee Village, and Mrs. ...

Kirk Alan Bloomfield (05/09/06)
Kirk Alan Bloomfield, 51, of Hardy died May 2, 2006, at his residence. Bloomfield was born Feb. 5, 1955, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Harry Kenneth Bloomfield and Margery Ann Hannon. He worked as an auto mechanic in the Hardy area for many years. He was a member of the Community of Christ Church in Cherokee Village...

Sloan H. Wells (05/09/06)
Sloan H. Wells, 79, of Cave City died April 30, 2006. He was born March 25, 1927, in Nelsonville, Ark., the son of the late Roe Wells and Lela Hutchison Wells. He was postmaster in Cave City for 23 years. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II...

Betty Sue Cate Hall (05/16/06)
Betty Sue Cate Hall, 76, of Cherokee Village died May 11, 2006, at her residence. She was a former resident of West Memphis, Ark. Hall was born in Forrest City, Ark., on May 3, 1930, the daughter of Ottie and Ethel Mahan Cate. She was a homemaker who loved to arrange flowers and was the former Chairman of the Crittenden Republican Party for many years. She was a member of the Timely Club, Hardy Garden Club and Hardy United Methodist Church...

Carl J. Brand IV (05/16/06)
Carl J. Brand IV, 45, of Evening Shade died May 10, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Sept. 19, 1960, at Newport, Ark., the son of Carl J. Brand III and Barbara Pay-singer Brand. He was a truck driver for Willis Shaw Express, a veteran of the United States Air Force, life member of the National Rifle Association, life member of the North American Hunting Club and a member of the Church of Christ...

Dixie Louise Quillin (05/16/06)
Dixie Louise Quillin, 90, died May 10, 2006. Quillin spent most of her adult life residing in Memphis, Tenn., where she retired from the Kellogg Co. She spent her early retirement years in Cherokee Village. She attended a weekly Bible study at Pleasant Hills Retirement Center in Little Rock, her home for the last 10 years of her life...

Damon Theo Jones (05/16/06)
Damon Theo Jones, 80, of Cherokee Village died May 11, 2006, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was born Sept. 10, 1925, at Melbourne the son of Sim and Francis Elizabeth Jackson Jones. He was retired from Con Agra Foods in Batesville and a member of the Pioneer Free Will Baptist Church at Ash Flat...

Donald Webster Ellzey Sr. (05/16/06)
Donald Webster Ellzey Sr., son of the late Thomas R. Ellzey and Annie Mae Grayson Ellzey, was born Oct. 23, 1950, in Jones County, Miss. He died May 2, 2006, in Mountain Home at the age of 55. He served in the United Sates Army during the Vietnam War. Ellzey was a commercial truck driver...

Larry E. Matheny (05/16/06)
Larry E. Matheny, 57, of Batesville, died May 8, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 1949, at Levy, Ark., to Allison B. and Merle O. Griffin Matheny. He was a member of the Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church located near Cave City. Survivors include his wife, Donna Matheny of the home; one son, Jeremy Matheny of Cave City; one daughter, Christy Hopper of Greenbrier; two step-sons, Jonathan Little of Walnut Ridge and Christopher Little of Batesville; three brothers, Curtis Matheny of Cave City, Michael Matheny of Marysville, Calif., and Richard Matheny of Batesville; three sisters Patricia Whitaker and Carolyn Wammack both of Batesville, and Tammy Rogers of Fort Worth, Texas; 10 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Ralph A. Blizard (05/16/06)
Ralph A. Blizard, 99, of Cherokee Village died May 8, 2006, at his residence. He was born June 4, 1906 in Moline, Kan., the son of the late Ed and Orpha Bell (Magee) Blizard. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving his country during World War II...

Richard Ernst Waibel (05/16/06)
Richard Ernst Waibel 88, of Cherokee Village died May 2, 2006, in Batesville. He was a pressman for Cooply Press in San Diego and a tool and die maker. He is survived by his wife, Laura Mae Waibel; a daughter, Diane Wilderson of Bonita, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Jessica and Robert Morrison of Clovis, Calif...

Wilda Maxine Ficus (05/16/06)
Wilda Maxine Fiscus, 83, of Williford died May 10, 2006, in Horseshoe Bend. Fiscus was a registered nurse with Baptist Memorial Hospital. She is survived by son Don Fiscus of Ozark Acres; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John D. and Bessie Crabtree Maynard...

Garon L. Crafton (05/23/06)
Garon L. Crafton, 84, of Cave City died May 15, 2006, at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 17, 1921, at Strawberry to Elvie and Effie Sneed Crafton. He was a superintendent for a railroad construction company, a United States Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European and Pacific areas...

Lawrence Wallace "Wally" Goodin (05/23/06)
Lawrence Wallace "Wally" Goodin Sr., 80, of Hardy died May 13, 2006, in Memphis, Tenn. He was a certified welder. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Goodin of Hardy; son, Lawrence Goodin III of Hardy; daughter, Brenda Sue Kerr of Hardy; brother, James Allen Goodin of Hardy; son, Lawrence Goodin Jr. of Trumann; and daughter, Lana Mae McCrory of Mammoth Spring...

Mildred J. Ewertowski (05/23/06)
Mildred J. (Korinek) Ewertowski, 90, of Evening Shade died May 18, 2006, at her residence in Evening Shade. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Korinek and the late Anna (David) Korinek. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one daughter, Nancy Ewertowski Surles of Evening Shade; one son, Thomas Ewertowski of Huntley, Ill...

Rutha O. (Thomas) Wess (05/23/06)
Rutha O. (Thomas) Wess, 85, of Ash Flat died May 18, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was the daughter of the late Franklin Thomas and the late Delila (Goings) Thomas. She is survived by her daughter, Nina Bass of New Albany, Ind.; a stepdaughter, Elwanda Raper of Hot Springs, Ark.; a son, Leonard Wess of Williford; stepsons, Tommy Wess of Shelby, N.C., and Wayne Wess of Cherokee Village...

Claud K. Estes (05/30/06)
Claud K. Estes, 84, of Armona, Calif., died May 6, 2006. He was born on Aug. 4, 1921, son of the late Harve and Lou Estes in Ash Flat. He was the youngest of nine children. He served in the U.S. Army-Air Corps during World War II. He was a school teacher at Armona Union Elementary School, retiring after 27 years...

Msg. John Sasfai Jr. (05/30/06)
Msg. John Sasfai Jr., (Ret. USA), 77, of Cherokee Village, died May 22, 2006 in Crossville, Tenn. He was born June 12, 1928, in Throop, Pa. After graduation from Honesdale High School in Honesdal, Pa., he worked for the Dairyman's League. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1948 and served until 1968 with duty in Korea during the Korean War, Germany, Fort Meyer and the Pentagon. ...