Obituaries from February 2007

Billy Wayne Ivey (02/06/07)
Billy Wayne Ivey, age 45, of Ozark Acres died Jan. 29, 2007, at his residence. Survivors include: two brothers, Carl "Butch" Ivey of Mountain View, Joe Ivey of Blytheville; three sisters, Donna Mitchem of DeFunia Springs, Fla., Diann Broom of Blytheville and Betty Read of North Vernon, Ind...

Carol May Winnett (02/06/07)
Carol May Swadley Winnett, daughter of the late William Edward Swadley and Pearl Marie Foster Swadley, was born June 3, 1939, in Gassville, Ark. She died Jan. 21, 2007, at her home in Myron, Ark., at the age of 67. She was united in marriage to Cecil Winnett on Jan. 12, 1959, and to this union four children were born. She was of the Church of Christ faith...

Denny Horton (02/06/07)
Denny Horton was born Oct. 1, 1915, in Ash Flat, Ark., the son of the late Alton and Crystal Horton. He died Jan. 16, 2007 at Central Washington Hospital. One of 11 children, he grew up during the Great Depression and left his home for Washington state in 1936. There he met Dorothy James of Monitor; they married Oct. 4, 1941, at the home of her uncle and aunt, Clarence and Betty James...

Gladys Hudspeth (02/06/07)
Gladys Eillene Hudspeth, age 72, of Evening Shade, Ark., died Jan. 31, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born June 21, 1934, at Thomaston, Ga., the daughter of the late Thomas Joseph and Nannie Catherine (Gerald) Clark. She was a homemaker and a charter member of the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church at Bono...

James L. Wilson (02/06/07)
James L. Wilson, 61, of Cave City died Jan. 27, 2007, at his home. He was born July 11, 1945, at Calamine, Ark., the son of James Albert and Nannie Josephine (Clem) Wilson. He was a timber worker and a member of the Mount View Missionary Baptist Church...

Lillian K. Niles (02/06/07)
Lillian K. Niles, 81, of Cherokee Village, was born Jan. 8, 1926, in Memphis, Tenn., the daughter of Edward Roy Niles and Gertrude (Borum) Niles. She died Jan. 30, 2007, at the Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a retired school teacher and taught in the Shelby County School System in Memphis for many years...

Mary Dean Puryear (02/06/07)
Mary Dean Puryear, 75, of Jonesboro died Jan. 29, 2007, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Little Rock she lived most of her life in Jonesboro and Cherokee Village. She was of the Methodist faith and was a retired Realtor with White Realty in Jonesboro...

Pamela (Foster) Morris (02/06/07)
Pamela K. (Foster) Morris of Paragould, was born Oct. 8, 1959, at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., the daughter of David D. and Shirley M. Foster of Highland. She died Jan. 29, 2007, at the Methodist Hospital in Paragould at the age of 47...

Remi Nichole Ellis (02/06/07)
Remi Nichole Ellis, 5 months of Salem, died Jan. 25, 2007, in Salem. She was born Aug. 8, 2006, in Batesville, the daughter of Jamie Winsett and Justin Ellis. She is survived by her parents; one brother, Landon Cooper Winsett Ellis; maternal grandmother, Tess South of Salem; paternal grandmother, Sherie Ellis of Paragould; paternal grandfather Curtis Ellis of Ash Flat; paternal great-grandmother, Ruby Baldridge of Paragould; paternal great-grandparents, J.V. ...

William E. Cowden (02/06/07)
William E. Cowden, 79, of Alton, formerly of Hardy, died Feb. 2, 2007, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. He was born on May 4, 1927, in Gillespie, Ill., the son of John and Mary (Hanley) Cowden. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked many years in the trucking industry and in construction. He moved to Hardy in 1976, and lived there until moving to Alton three years ago. He attended services at the Shekinah Tabernacle in Wirth, Ark...

Ben E. Taylor (02/13/07)
Ben E. Taylor, 92, of Batesville, formerly of Cave City, died Feb. 6, 2007, at the Wood Lawn Nursing Home in Batesville. He was born Dec. 8, 1914, at Evening Shade, Ark., to Sam and Leona (Arnold) Taylor. He was employed by the Corp of Engineers working on the Mississippi River; a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II; and a member of the Matlock Road Church of God in Cave City...

Della Jo Kirby (02/13/07)
Della Jo Kirby, 54, of Hardy, died Feb. 9, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Dec. 13, 1952, in Batesville, the daughter of Olen Burrow and Joline (Riley) Burrow. She worked as a CNA for the nursing home in Ash Flat. She was a member of the Spring River Baptist Church in Hardy...

Daniel K. Russell (02/13/07)
Daniel K. Russell, 34, of Ash Flat, died Feb. 8, 2007, at Horseshoe Bend. He was born in Flint, Mich. He is survived by: his father and step-mother, Lowell and Leola Russell of Ash Flat; his mother and step-father, Alice and Willie Scroggins; two brothers, Lowell Kelly Russell II and Jeremy M. Russell; two step-brothers, Kris Snow and Jeff Snow; one step-sister, Katie Snow; his grandfather, Theron Russell; his grandmother, Lois McKeny; his aunts and uncles; and six nieces and nephews...

Harold Kenneth Jackson (02/13/07)
Harold Kenneth Jackson was born the son of Alvah Jackson and Winnie Gualt Jackson on Aug. 25, 1921, in Myron, Ark. He died Feb. 6, 2007, in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 85. He was united in marriage Jan. 2, 1943, in Salem to Lela Sheppard. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving his country during World War II. ...

Roger Odell Snow (02/13/07)
Roger Odell Snow, age 54, of Newport died Feb. 10, 2007, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 23, 1952, at Batesville, Ark., the son of Calvin C. and Vernia Mae (Felts) Snow. He was a past owner and administrator of Newport Health Care Nursing Home and a member of First Presbyterian Church at Newport...

Carl David Godwin (02/20/07)
Carl David Godwin, of Salem, son of the late Ransom Elijah and Martila (Horton) Godwin, was born April 8, 1925, at Ash Flat, He died Feb. 13, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem at the age of 81. He was united in marriage to Trellis Lorene Blankenship on Feb. 5, 1945, at Evening Shade, and to this union three children were born. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather...

Clayton Dissinger (02/20/07)
Clayton I. Dissinger, 86, of Williford, died Feb. 15, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. Dissinger was born March 18, 1920, in Bouton, Iowa, the son of John I. Dissinger and Alice (Kraus) Dissinger. He was a graduate of Iowa State College with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served during World War II. He moved to Cherokee Village in 1998 from Iowa...

Glen Garrison (02/20/07)
Glen Garrison, age 64, of Hardy, formerly of Cabot, died Feb. 17, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Dec. 12, 1942, at Memphis, Tenn., the son of James and Pearl Barrett Garrison. He was united in marriage to Mary Rice on Nov. 26, 1964, in Helena, Ark...

Kitty Joe Harry (02/20/07)
Kitty Joe Harry, daughter of the late Luther Walker and Irene Butler Walker, was born, Feb. 7, 1923, at Armorel, Ark. She died Feb. 16, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, at the age of 84 years. She was united in marriage to Harold Reginald Harry In March, 1937, at Armorel, Ark. To this union, four children were born. She was a homemaker and she was of the Baptist faith...

Lowell Roscoe Kinder (02/20/07)
Lowell Roscoe Kinder, 71, of Centerton, Ark., died Feb.16, 2007, at Regency Hospital in Springdale, Ark. He was born June 29, 1935. in Sturkie, Ark., to Thomas Roscoe and Leona Grace (Ball) Kinder. He was united in marriage to Berta Jean (Hammond) Kinder on July 9, 1953. To this union five children were born: Ronald Gale Kinder, Debra Jean Kinder, Steven Royce Kinder, Richard Dean Kinder and Linda Carol (Kinder) Rohrbach...

Mary Louise Smith (02/20/07)
Mary Louise (Willie) Smith, age 80, of Cave City, died Feb. 12, 2007, at her home. She was born Dec. 17, 1926, at Union City Tenn., the daughter of Bernie and Lily (Jackson) Willie. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Jimmie Ray Smith Jr.; and one brother, Jay Willie...

Obie Taunton (02/20/07)
Obie Taunton, age 94, of Ash Flat died Feb. 16, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born March 31, 1912, in West Bay, Fla. He was united in marriage to Pauline Glenn on Sept. 3, 1965, in Lynn Haven, Fla. She preceded him in death on Jan. 14, 2007. He was a retired Pentecostal minister...

Paul Russell Nau (02/20/07)
Paul Russell Nau, 92, of Topsham, Maine died Feb. 4, 2007, at Amenity Manor. He was born in Burlington, Iowa on Sept. 29, 1914, a son of Russell W. Nau and Bessie (Headley) Nau. He attended Burlington High School and graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in mechanical engineering...

Shirley Yvonne Milligan Wigginton (02/20/07)
Shirley Yvonne Milligan Wigginton, age 69, of Grange, Ark., died Feb. 16, 2007, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 25, 1937, at Belmont, Ark., to Finis Ewin and Martha Lottie (Moore) Milligan. She was united in marriage to John. ...

Bernice Walker Smith (02/27/07)
Bernice Walker Smith, 87, of Glencoe died Feb. 20, 2007, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Nov. 12, 1919, in Wiseman, the daughter of Alex Hull Walker and Ruth Elizabeth (Morton) Walker. She married Lowell Dean Smith, Nov. 23, 1940. She was a homemaker, dairy farmer and a lifetime member of the Assembly of God Church...

Casey Lee Herron (02/27/07)
Casey Lee Herron, 17, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Feb. 15, 2007, in Hardy. He was born Dec. 21, 1989, in Batesville the son of David Herron and Trina Evans Womble. He had attended both Highland and Williford schools. He is survived by: his mother, Trina Womble of Cherokee Village; his father, David Herron of Ozark Acres; his maternal grandmother, Donna Evans of Hardy; five brothers, Benny Joe Leija, Garrett Leija, Zahery Leija, Bruce Womble and Trevor Sitze all of Cherokee Village; one step-brother, Clayton Sitze of Cherokee Village; a very special friend, John Sitze of Cherokee Village; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Donald James (02/27/07)
Donald James of Horseshoe Bend formerly of Kirksville, Mo., and La Porte, Texas, died at the age of 86 on Feb. 16, 2007, at the North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. He was born Aug. 30, 1920, the son of the late Asa Clifford James and Maggie Marie Shelton James in Adair County, Mo...

Elizabeth "Betts" Roth (02/27/07)
Elizabeth Ann "Betts" Roth, of Cherokee Village, a retired educator and author, died Feb. 23, 2007, at the age of 87. A long time resident of Cherokee Village Betts was born in Duluth, Minn., on March 19, 1919, the only child of her parents, Ivy N. and Alois T. Roth, now deceased...

Frances Hugh Tanner (02/27/07)
Frances Hugh Tanner of Wiseman, son of the late Herman Tanner and Annie Langston Tanner, was born Feb. 11, 1918, at Elizabeth, Ark. He died Feb. 20, 2007, at Randolph County Hospital in Pocahontas at the age of 89. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. ...

Joan Crum (02/27/07)
Joan Crum, 73, died Feb. 18, 2007, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Fort Wayne, Ind. Born in Jay County, Ind., she was a homemaker and also worked at GE for a number of years. She was a loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed cooking, sewing, fishing and especially community service...

John Louis Myren (02/27/07)
John Louis Myren was born in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 25, 1942, and died at his home in Cherokee Village on Feb. 23, 2007. His early years were spent in the Twin Cities area. He graduated from Anoka High School, Anoka, Minn., in 1960. As a young man, he was able to fulfill his dream of being a musician and traveling with a band. Throughout the remainder of his life, he continued to play and enjoy music and entertaining...

Lora Jefflean Horton (02/27/07)
Lora Jefflean Horton, age 80, of St. Louis, Mo., formerly of Hardy, Ark., died Feb. 21, 2007, at St. Anthony Regional Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born Feb. 3, 1927, at Hardy, the daughter of the late Alec and Belle Shelly Spurlock. She was united in marriage to Leroy Horton on March 13, 1948, in Hardy; he preceded her in death on Feb. 20, 1991...

Sherman Dewayne Oakes (02/27/07)
Sherman Dewayne Oakes, age 58, of Hardy, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Jan. 8, 1949, in Hardy, the son of the late Alfred and Thelma Byers Oakes. He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Banks Baptist Church near Hardy...

Winston Romine (02/27/07)
Winston Romine of Heart, Ark., son of the late Thomas Romine and Mae Karnes Romine, was born June 27, 1915, at Heart. He died Feb. 20, 2007, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home at the age of 91. He was united in marriage to Jane Deavers on Aug. 20, 1936, at Heart, Ark. He was a farmer and a carpenter and was a member of the Heart Baptist Church...