Obituaries from January 2007

Alice Sullivan (01/02/07)
Alice B. Sullivan, 73, wife of Andrew J. Sullivan of Ash Flat, died Dec. 21, 2006, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehab Center after a long illness. She was born in Nashua, N.H. She worked as a switchboard operator at Sanders Associates. She later was employed by the Bank of New Hampshire as the safety deposit officer and the Nashua Police Department as a dispatcher...

Edna Mae Gooley (01/02/07)
Edna Mae Gooley, age 94, of Cherokee Village died Dec. 21, 2006, at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat. She is survived by one daughter, Betty Jo Gooley of Tucson, Ariz. The funeral services were held at Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village Dec. 27...

Harry William Mueller (01/02/07)
Harry William Mueller, age 73, of Horseshoe Bend, formerly of Greenfield, Wis., died Dec. 23, 2006, at his home in Horseshoe Bend. He was born Nov. 18, 1933, to Bruno and Alma Hintz Mueller in Wauwatosa, Wis. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict...

Doris E. Wood (01/16/07)
Doris E. Wood, 72, of Independence, Mo., died Dec. 26, 2006. She was born in Hardy, Ark., the daughter of Thomas and Berta Walker. Survivors include her husband, Darrell Wood; one son; five daughters; two sisters, Kathryn Vicry of Cherokee Village, Mildred Jackson of Whitney, Texas; and many nieces, nephews and friends...

Edna June Sanders (01/16/07)
Edna June Sanders, 64, of Williford, was born June 29, 1942, in Nettleton, Ark., the daughter of Virgil and Ila (Neely) Clark. She died Jan. 12, 2007, at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was married to Benny Sanders on May 29, 1960, in Sitka, Ark. She worked many years as a pharmacist assistant before retiring from Hills Drug Store in Highland. She loved flowers and enjoyed working in her garden. She attended the Ash Flat Church of Christ...

Kermit Riggs (01/16/07)
Kermit Riggs, age 80, of Poughkeepsie died Jan. 10, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Sept. 4, 1926, at Manila, Ark., the son of Logan and Elizabeth (Dawson) Riggs. He was a disabled U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Peaceful Harbor Pentecostal Church in Batesville...

Mary Lou (Rogers) Wren (01/16/07)
Mary Lou (Rogers) Wren, 71, of Cave City, died Jan. 9, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born March 9, 1935, at Cave City to Herbert Conley and Ruby Audrey (Boles) Rogers. She retired from J.K. Southerland Processing Plant in Batesville and attended Cave City Church of God...

Neven Leon Leitzke (01/16/07)
Neven Leon Leitzke, of Salem, Ark., son of the late Edward Paul and Elsie Marie (Viergutz) Leitzke, was born April 20, 1919, in Norfolk, Neb. He died Jan. 12, 2007, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home at the age of 87. He was united in marriage to Mattie Lillian Cole on July 8, 1960, at Artois, Calif. ...

Cora Mae Warden (01/23/07)
Cora Mae Warden, 94, of Mammoth Spring was born Aug. 30, 1912, in Sharp County, Ark., and died Dec. 31, 2006, at the home of her grandson in Cherokee Village. Survivors include three grandchildren, Veronica Cardone of Memphis, Tenn., David Warden of Cherokee Village and Hope Warden of Atlanta, Ga.; four great-grandchildren, Robert and Hope Warden of Cherokee Village and Joey and Natalie Cardone of Memphis; and numerous other relatives and friends...

Cora Mae Warden (01/23/07)
Cora Mae Warden, age 94, of Mammoth Spring was born Aug. 30, 1912, in Sharp County and died Dec. 31, 2006, at the home of her grandson in Cherokee Village. Survivors include three grandchildren, Veronica Cardone of Memphis, Tenn., David Warden of Cherokee Village and Hope Warden of Atlanta, Ga.; four great-grandchildren, Robert and Hope Warden of Cherokee Village, Joey and Natalie Cardone of Memphis; and numerous other relatives and friends...

Fern Maxine Taylor (01/23/07)
Fern Maxine Taylor, 84, of Hardy was born May 29, 1922, in Munden, Kan., the daughter of Morrill Glen Adams and Mary Ina (Hess) Adams. She died Jan. 15, 2007, at her home. She worked as a cook in many restaurant in the Hardy area and was a loving and devoted housewife for many years...

Homer Edward Foreman (01/23/07)
Homer Edward Foreman, 92, of Cave City was born Jan. 31, 1914, at Sidney, Ark., the son of the late Wesley and Florence (Layne) Foreman. He died Jan. 16, 2007, at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was a farmer and a member of the United Methodist Church at Sidney...

James Earl Wooten (01/23/07)
James Earl Wooten, age 77, of Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab in Ash Flat died Jan. 18, 2007. He was born in Cardwell, Mo., the son of the late Jim Wooten and Erva Wooten. He was a store owner. Survivors include sons, Eddie Wooten of Hardy, and Kenny Wooten of Lynn, Ark.; a daughter, Darlene Parker of Jessup, Ga.; and two sisters, Lucille Hartness of Heber Springs and Janey Hope of Heber Springs...

Shane Michael Stauffer (01/23/07)
Shane Michael Stauffer, age 20, of Cave City died Jan. 14, 2007. He was the son of Steve and Paula Stauffer and brother of Whitney Stauffer, all of Cave City. He is the grandson of Bobby and Patsy Barr of Cave City and Murray and Barbara Stauffer of Adding, Penn., and Joan Stauffer of North Carolina. He was a young man with great ambition and a tender heart. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and was rarely without a hunting expedition to tell about...

Barbara Kay Malin (01/30/07)
Barbara Kay Malin, 66, of Cherokee Village died Jan. 26, 2007, at her home. She is survived by her husband, Leslie W. Malin; two daughters, Marty McNevin and Mitzi Gellman; and three granddaughters, Paula McNevin and Carrie and Annie Gellman. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date...

Daisy Thompson (01/30/07)
Daisy Lucille Thompson was born the daughter of A.F. Woten and Lilly Shupp Woten on Feb. 25, 1917, at Ash Flat. She died Jan. 19, 2007, in Mammoth Spring at the age of 89. She was united in marriage Dec. 10, 1934, at Hardy to Vernie Thompson, who preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1984...

Ernest Reed (01/30/07)
Ernest Reed, 51, of Hardy, formerly of Beverly, Ky., died Jan. 25, 2007, at his home. He was born on April 23, 1955, in Beverly, the son of George and Edith (Shelly) Reed. He served in the United States Army from 1972 until 1975. He moved to Arizona in 1988 and married Bernice Diane Burnett in February of 1989. The Reeds moved to Arkansas in January of 2002 to Pochaontas. They bought land in Hardy in 2003, where they made their home...

Gerald (Jerry) Hobbs (01/30/07)
Gerald (Jerry) Hobbs of Ash Flat, Ark., son of the late Maurice and Lillian (Rose) Hobbs, was born on Oct. 14, 1930, in Lyndon, Kan. He died Jan. 22, 2007, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of 76. Hobbs was married to Iva Aldine Parks on Oct. ...

Idella (Huskey) Matlock (01/30/07)
Idella (Huskey) Crabtree Matlock, age 97, of Dermott, formerly of Cave City, was born Aug. 8, 1909, at Tuckerman, Ark., the daughter of the late George Thomas and Lena Frances Huskey. She died Jan. 2, 2007, at the Chicot Memorial Hospital in Lake Village...

Jackson Cooper Danley (01/30/07)
Jackson Cooper Danley died Jan. 18, 2007, at the age of 2 months and 3 days. He was born Nov. 15, 2006, the son of James Cordell Danley and Lyndsay Michelle Burkhart. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Cathy Baldridge Burkhart of Paragould; a special friend, Wayne Howard and Uncle Garrett Burkhart, all of Paragould; maternal grandfather, Mike Burkhart and wife Lisa of Henderson, Ark.; paternal grandparents, Kim Horrell Danley of Paragould and Jimmy Danley of Black Rock, Ark.; maternal great-grandparents, Jack and Mildred Burkhart of West Plains; paternal great-grandparents, Ruby Baldridge; paternal great-grandparents Clella and Lee Horrell, Emma Dell and James Danley, all of Paragould; several loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.. ...

Minnie A. Marsh (01/30/07)
Minnie Alice Marsh, 99, of Marshall, Mo., was born Oct. 23, 1907, in Saline County, Mo., the daughter of the late Warren A. Smith and Minnie Alice Caldwell Smith. She died Jan. 5, 2007, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. On Aug. 7, 1928, in Saline County, she married John Lester Marsh, who preceded her in death on June 24, 1990...

Dennis Arthur Petersen (01/30/07)
Dennis Arthur Petersen, 63, of Cherokee Village died Jan. 26, 2006. He was born Nov. 7, 1943, to Bernice Beeh and Paul Petersen in Chicago, Ill. He lived most of his life in Kankakee, Ill. He attended Kankakee Senior High School, graduating with the class of 1961. After graduation he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of lance corporal, and was honorably discharged in 1967. On Aug. 9, 1969, he married Angela Marie Adamo...

Nels E. Faught (01/30/07)
Nels E. Faught, 62, of Ash Flat died Jan. 26, 2007, at the Ash Flat Healthcare Center. He was born on Jan. 18, 1944, in Birmingham, Ala., the son of Nels Albert Faught and Mavia (McConnel) Faught. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He worked in sales for many years for Snap-On Tools before retiring...

William "Bill" Watson (01/30/07)
William "Bill" Watson, 69, died Jan. 21, 2007, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Watson was born Jan. 1, 1938, in Viola, Ark., the son of Ray and Mildred Watson. He graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, Ark. He received his B.S. at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and his master's at Antioch University...