Obituaries from September 2006

Alice Theurer (09/05/06)
Anne E. Theurer, 82, of Cave City died Aug. 16, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 15, 1923, at Muskegon, Mich., the daughter of Harold J. and Carolyn (Keene) Craig. She retired from Sprow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., and was of the Protestant faith...

Cleburn Hastings (09/05/06)
Cleburn Hastings, 65, of Sandtown died Aug. 27, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Jan. 16, 1941, at Sandtown, to Laman Alvis and Margaret Juanita (Lesley) Hastings. He was retired from White Rodgers in Batesville and was a member of the Pool's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church at Sandtown...

Ella Mae Scheschi (09/05/06)
Ella Mae Scheschi, 88, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 26, 2006, at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab in Ash Flat. She was born June 20, 1918, in Green Bay, Wis., the daughter of the late Nels and Anna McKeague Hendrickson. She served as a professor at St. Norbert's College in De Pere, Wis., and teacher at the following elementary schools in Wisconsin: Sturgeon Bay, Seymour and West De Pere. She was also a social worker for family services in Green Bay...

Martha Elizabeth McIntyre (09/05/06)
Martha Elizabeth McIntyre, age 97, of Highland died Aug. 29, 2006 in Salem. She was born May 28, 1909, at Dows, Iowa, to Emil and Kristiane Henrikson. She was a graduate of North Central Bible College, Minneapolis, Minn. She was united in marriage to William Kenneth McIntyre Oct. ...

Andrew Walter Hogan (09/12/06)
Andrew Walter Hogan, 82, of Hardy died Aug. 29, 2006, at his home. Hogan was born Dec. 22, 1923, in Cherry Valley, Ark., the son of Irvin Hogan and Ester (Anderson) Hogan. He worked many years for the Del Monte Corporation and retired as a head line mechanic. He moved to Hardy 20 years ago from Rochelle, Ill. He attended the Highland Assembly of God and also the Ash Flat Church of God...

Bonny Reed (09/12/06)
Bonny F. Reed, (nee Campbell) of Pacific, Mo., died Aug. 25, 2006, at the age of 56. She was born Aug. 3, 1950, the daughter of William Albert and Delores Althea (nee Curry) Campbell. Survivors include two daughters, Laura Henry of Mammoth Spring and Melinda Lee of Hardy; one son, Robert, and wife Amanda Reed of Little Rock; two sisters, Shirley and husband Art Wade of Pacific and Barbara Christian of Pacific; two brothers, William "Bill" Campbell of Villa Ridge, and Eddie and wife Jan Campbell of Cherokee Village; six grandchildren, Derrick, Eric, Sarah, Shelby, Stephanie and Stephen; and her beloved Furby. ...

Floyd Baker (09/12/06)
Floyd Edwin Baker, age 79, of Hardy died Sept. 2, 2006, at his home. He was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Hardy, the son of Harve and Florence Baker. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Army. He retired from the Ozark Acres Land Company as a water superintendent after 28 years of service. He recently retired after serving 37 years on the board of directors of the North Arkansas Electric Cooperative. He was a member and deacon at the New Hope Baptist Church...

George Colles (09/12/06)
George E. Colles, 88, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 25, 2006, at the Baptist Medical Center in Little R ock. He was born Sept. 5, 1917, at Schewaing, Mich., the son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Leoffler) Colles. He was a petroleum engineer for Phillips Oil Company for 47 years, a talented golfer and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Cherokee Village...

Mike Sparks (09/12/06)
Mike Sparks, 56, of Cherokee Village died Sept. 8, 2006, at his residence. He was born Jan. 10, 1950, in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Russell S. Sparks and Laura Hammond Sparks He was a member of the Garden Point Methodist Church, and was employed as a car salesman...

Betty Diaz (09/21/06)
Betty W. Diaz, age 75, of Evening Shade died Sept. 10, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Aug. 7, 1931, in Sanford, Fla., the daughter of Ralph and Allene Windham. She was a homemaker and enjoyed shopping and crossword puzzles...

Billy Russell Bird (09/21/06)
Billy Russell Bird died Sept. 5, 2006, at the age of 51. He grew up in Wirth, Ark., with his six brothers and three sisters. Survivors include his wife, Dianna Bird; three daughters and sons-in-law, April and John Walsh, and Kristin and Jamie Turnbough of Mammoth Spring and Emily and Anthony Bettis of Alton, Mo.; seven grandchildren, Ashley, Bailey and Aysa Walsh, Avery Turnbough, Aden, Keyleigh and Abbagale Bettis; three sisters, Judy Bennett of Texas, Faye Owens of South Carolina, and Nancy Frazier of Arkansas; five brothers, Charles Bird of Colorado, Larry Bird, David Bird, Pete Collins and Tony Collins, all of Arkansas; and numerous other relatives and friends.. ...

Gordon Wallis (09/21/06)
Gordon R. Wallis 91, of Horseshoe Bend died Sept. 13, 2006, at his residence. He was born Oct. 4, 1914, in McHenry County, Ill., the son of the late Ralph and Nellie Glass Wallis. He served his country in the United States Army. He spent his working years in metal polishing at the woodstock Die Casting Company...

JaNoel Lot Bess (09/21/06)
JaNoel Lot Bess, 49, of Hardy died Sept. 13, 2006, at NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Blytheville, she was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and worked as a speech therapist in the Little Rock area from 1979-1981. ...

Ruth Archer Humphreys (09/21/06)
Ruth Archer Humphreys, 101, of Sharp County died Sept. 9, 2006, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Mammoth Spring Oct. 16, 1904. She lived most of her adult life in Memphis and the last 30 years in Sharp County. She was a lifelong Methodist...

William "Bill" Logue (09/21/06)
William "Bill" Logue, 73, of Williford, formerly of Parkin, Ark., died Sept. 9, 2006, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Jan. 6, 1933, in Vicksburg, Miss., the son of Lucas Harris Logue Sr. and Ethel Kay Ferguson Logue. He married Glyn Dean Rice on Feb. 19, 1973...

Donnie Adair Easley (09/28/06)
Donnie Adair Easley, aka "DD" and "Mama D," of Cherokee Village died Sept. 22, 2006. She was born Nov. 5, 1934, in Havana, Ark., the daughter of Julius and Hazel Baker Adair. She retired in 1992 from Southwestern Bell Telephone company. During her 25 year of service, she held positions in McGehee, Little Rock, Forrest City and Jonesboro...

Helen "Aggalene" Hughes (09/28/06)
Helen "Aggalene" Hughes, 74, of Williford died Sept. 19, 2006, in Batesville, Ark. She was a worthy matron of Eastern Star. Survivors include her husband, Oland, and daughter, Olanda Hollis of Williford; another daughter, Louellen Kimberland of McAllen, Texas; and three grandsons, Bryan and Riley Kimberland and Benjamin Sauer...

Herbert Sellars (09/28/06)
Herbert E. Sellars, 92, died Sept. 10, 2006, at his residence in Imboden, Ark. He was a self-employed farmer and had lived in Imboden for the last seven years, moving there from Ravenden. He was a member of the Ravenden Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Essie Marie Eaton Sellers of the home; a daughter, Thena Sue Sellers of Imboden; one grandchild, Barry; and one great-grandchild, Lindsay...

Joseph Douglas Halbach Jr. (09/28/06)
Joseph Douglas Halbach Jr., 77, of Germantown, Tenn., died Sept. 21, 2006, at his home. He was a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during the Korean War, and was a retired general manager of Southern Laminating Co...

Lloyd Robert "Bob" Lininger (09/28/06)
Lloyd Robert "Bob" Lininger, 84, of Walnut Ridge, formerly of Cherokee Village, died Sept. 16, 2006, at his residence. He was born April 8, 1922, in Hazelton, W.Va., son of Lloyd Alexander and Mary Ann Bevins Lininger. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during World War II, was a construction worker and a member of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church...

Shane Allen Bodkins (09/28/06)
Shane Allen Bodkins, 16, of Williford died Sept. 23, 2006. He was born Jan. 7, 1990, in Helena, Ark., the son of Riley Cossey and Angalina Bodkins. He was a student at Williford High School. He was a junior firefighter for the Williford Volunteer Fire Department...

Shane Buckshot Haggins (09/28/06)
Shane Buckshot Haggins, 30, of Mammoth Spring was born Nov. 11, 1975, in Elaine Ark. He died Sept. 13, 2006, in Sharp County, Ark. Survivors include his wife, Janie, of the home; three children, Brittany, Christopher and Kaitlin; his parents, George and Mary Haggins of Mammoth Spring; one brother, Lenny and wife Sarah of Mammoth Spring; one sister, Glenda Throesch and husband Jerry of Pocahontas, Ark.; three stepbrothers, Christopher, Tommy and George Ray Haggins, all of Little Rock; and numerous other relatives and friends.. ...

Willis Eugene Grant (09/28/06)
Willis Eugene Grant, 80, of Ash Flat died Sept. 17, 2006, in Salem. Grant was a retired Memphis Light, Gas and Water employee. Survivors include three sons, Norman Grant of Brilliant, Ala.; Roger Grant of Brighton, Tenn., and Michael Grant of Ash Flat; one daughter, Janie Grant of Holly Springs, Miss.; two sisters, Gladys Rhodes of Harrison, Ark., and Betty Simington of Millington, Tenn.; and eight grandchildren...