Obituaries from May 2007

Bly Story (05/08/07)
Bly Story, 88, of Tuckerman, died April 25, at his home. He was born Oct. 18, 1918, at Cave City, Ark., the son of the late King W. and Leona "Lee" (Ford) Story. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, a farmer, coached basketball and baseball for eight plus years at Tuckerman High School where he had multiple district championships, was All-State basketball coach for two years, served on the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Board of Directors from 1999 and 2002 and served on the Riceland Food Board of Directors from 1957 to 2005. ...

Donald Lee Jones (05/08/07)
Donald Lee Jones was born Aug. 27, 1940, in Caraway, Ark. He died April 25, 2007, in Springdale. He is survived by: three sons, Ira Jones, Jerry Jones and Delbert Jones of Lowell; one daughter, Carla of Lowell; 16 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; four brothers, James Jones, Harvey Jones, Delbert Jones and Junior Jones; three sisters, Muriel Wagner, Bonnie Morgan and Delphaletia Jones; an aunt, Eva McAnnally; an uncle, Glen Jones; and other family members and friends. ...

Etta Mae Chaudoin (05/08/07)
Etta Mae (Laman) Chaudoin, 84, of Cave City, died May 2, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Feb. 9, 1923, at Cave City, the son of William Nelson and Elizabeth (Stewart) Laman. She was homemaker and a member of Eutopia Missionary Baptist Church. ...

Joan Essenpreis (05/08/07)
Joan Essenpreis, 85, of Cherokee Village, died April 25, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem,. She was born on Jan. 26, 1922, in Kankakee, Ill., the daughter of Earle Walters and Martha (Hillier) Walters. She moved to Cherokee Village 24 years ago from Dayton, Ohio. ...

Larry David Lawyer (05/08/07)
Larry David Lawyer of Salem, son of the late Leslie Hugo Lawyer and Mary Lou Young Lawyer, was born May 12, 1951, in Salem. He died May 2, 2007, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, at the age of 55. He was a 1968 graduate of Salem High School and he also graduated from a technical college. ...

Lorene Parvin (05/08/07)
Lorene Parvin, age 90, of Cave City, formerly of Evening She, died April 28, 2007, at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born July 4, 1916, at Viola, Ark., the daughter of James and Lillian (Franks) Ellis. She was retired from Banquet Foods in Batesville, and was a member of the Church of Christ. ...

Norman Lehmann (05/08/07)
Norman Victor Lehmann, 80, of Cave City,, died May 4. He was a construction superintendent and enjoyed his hobby of woodworking; he was of the Lutheran faith. He is survived by: his wife, Mary (Smith) Lehmann of the home; a son, Thomas Lehmann (Cheryl) of Port Allen, La.; five daughters, anita Grimes (Mel) of Dumas,, Pat Baughman of Pine Bluff, Becky Geihsler (Mike) of Marietta, Ga., Debbie Epperson (Jim) of West Lake Hills, Texas and Lori Bryan of Kingwood, Texas; one brother, Don Lehmann (Liz) of Dayton, Texas; one sister, Arleen Parsley (Charlie) of Pine Bluff; 15 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers and one grandson. ...

Vida C. Smith (05/08/07)
Vida C. Smith, 92, of Sidney, died May 1, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Feb. 5, 1915, at Guion, the son of John Henry and Hattie (Davis) Stubbs. She was a homemaker. She had been a member of Sidney Baptist Church longer than anyone living. ...

A.T. Hill Jr. (05/15/07)
A.T. Hill Jr., 76, of Evening Shade, Ark., died May 5, 2007, at Ash Flat. He was born Oct. 22, 1930, in Wasco, Calif., the son of Arvile Thomas Hill and Virgie Viola (Young) Hill. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War. ...

Betty Jo Mattox (05/15/07)
Betty Jo Mattox, 71, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., the daughter of the late Thomas Dowden and Freda Cottrell Dowden, was born May 2, 1935, in Ingalls, Ind. She died April 23, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. She was united in marriage to Vernon Mattox in 1965. ...

Dorothy Arlene Collins (05/15/07)
Dorothy Arlene Collins, 78, of Demopolis, Ala., died April 27, 2007. She was born Aug. 27, 1928, in Fulton County, Ark., the daughter of the late Arnold and Thelma Major of Mammoth Spring, Ark. She was united in marriage to Clifford Collins on July 11, 1978. ...

Grace A. Skeel (05/15/07)
Grace A. Skeel, 91, of Cherokee Village, died May 10, 2007, in Ash Flat. She was born June 5, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of James Vincent Aubrecht and Mary (Sisser) Aubrecht. She moved to Cherokee Village with her husband, Fred C. Skeel in 1976 from Naperville, Ill. ...

Herbert (Herb) Roberts (05/15/07)
Herbert Haskel (Herb) Roberts, 88, of Jonesboro, Ark., died April 24, 2007, at St. Elizabeth's Place in Jonesboro. Born in Ash Flat, he lived in Caraway before moving to the Jonesboro area in 1958. He was a retired electrician with 55 years of membership in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. ...

James Byron Adams (05/15/07)
James Byron Adams, 48, of Hardy, died May 5, 2007, at Ash Flat, Ark. He was born on April 14, 1959, in Whitfield, Miss., the son of James Lee Adams and Frances Juanita (Sweeny) Adams. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He worked in Memphis as a security guard for Metro Security before moving to Hardy in November of 2006. ...

Jerry Bogle (05/15/07)
Jerry Bogle, 72, of Cherokee Village, Ark. died April 21, 2007. He was born Nov. 28, 1934, in Lyons, Kan., the son of Eugene Leroy Bogle and Wynona Mae (Blough) Bogle. He was a carpenter by trade. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Jerry was a Navy SeeBee. ...

Lucy Belle Cook (05/15/07)
Lucy Belle Cook, 91, of Cherokee Village, formerly of Lawrence County, Ark., died April 14, 2007, at Ash Flat. She and her husband moved to Arizona after her retirement as a California state employee. She moved to Arkansas in 1973, and lived in the Hoxie and Portia areas until his death in 1985. ...

Lafie Jones (05/15/07)
Lafie Jones, 84, of Hardy, died April 24, 2007, in his home. He is survived by: his wife, Esther Jones of the home; two step daughters, Margie Markum of Paragould, and Juanita Pogue of Ravenden; a sister, Annabell Spies of Lapeer, Mich.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. ...

Lonnie Kohn Dickey (05/15/07)
Lonnie Kohn Dickey, age 60, of Cave City died May 4, 2007, at his home. He was born on Aug. 17, 1946, at Cave City. He is the son of Homer Elmer Dickey and Beatrice Inez (Kent) Dickey. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Vietnam War, was a retired area foreman for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department and also was a retired school bus driver for the Cave City Schools. ...

Mary E. Russell (05/15/07)
Mary E. Russell, 86, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 4, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born on June 2, 1920, in Oil City, Pa., the daughter of the late Jacob B. Stover and Rebecca Eleanor (Huff) Stover. She was united in marriage to Charles A. ...

Nola Marie Angotti (05/15/07)
Nola Marie Angotti, was born on Jan. 31, 1941, in Williford, the daughter of George Baldridge and Orphie Jones Baldridge. She died May 8, 2007, in Mountain Home, at the age of 66. She was united in marriage June 13, 1956, in Mammoth Spring, to Harold Angotti. ...

Nellie Mae Lindsey (05/15/07)
Nellie Mae Lindsey, 86, of Cherokee Village, died May 7, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born April 9, 1921, in Beggs, Okla., the daughter of the late Lewis Thomas Davenport and Beulah (Woods) Davenport. She moved to the Hardy area 68 years ago with her family. ...

Pearl (Robins) Milligan (05/15/07)
Pearl (Robins) Milligan, age 98, of Strawberry, Ark., died May 9, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 2, 1908, at Jesup, Ark., the daughter of the late John Louis and Elvira (Turnbow) Robins. She was a retired merchandise buyer in Phoenix, Ariz., a homemaker and enjoyed gardening. ...

Virginia Simpkins (05/15/07)
Virginia Simpkins, 65, of Gravette, Ark., died April 23, 2007, at her home. She was born Sept. 3, 1941, at Hardy, Ark., the daughter of John Anderson Rogers and Julia Kathryn Davis Rogers. She moved to the Gravette area in 1964 from Hardy to make her home. ...

Vernon Tyree (05/15/07)
Vernon Tyree, 87, died April 24 in Horseshoe Bend. He was born March 5, 1920 in Pueblo, Colo. Vernon married Dee Doss on Dec. 7, 1997. He leaves three step-children; nine step-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandson. Several nieces and nephews and many friends. ...

Della Welch (05/23/07)
Della Welch, 70, of Ash Flat died May 14, 2007. A memorial service was held at the Ash Flat Church of Christ May 18. She was one of three daughters of the late Audie and Beatrice Lenex of Myron, Ark., born Nov. 15, 1936, in Day, Ark. In 1958, she married Wayburn Welch of Ash Flat and they had two children. ...

Gloria Ann Combs (05/23/07)
Gloria Ann Combs, 60, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 12, 2007, at the Hospice House of the Ozarks in Mountain Home. loria Combs was born Aug. 13, 1946, at Little Rock, Ark., to Earl and Gladys Rice Diemer. She married Bill Combs on June 25, 1976, at Little Rock. ...

Gladys Martin (05/23/07)
Gladys Martin, 96, of Hardy, Ark., died May 12, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born Sept. 4, 1910, in Fulton County, the daughter of the late Shelby Lee and Rosa Taylor French. She was a homemaker and a member of Ward Street Church of Christ. ...

Hazel Ware (05/23/07)
Hazel Ware, 81, of Hardy, Ark., was born Oct. 11, 1925, in Pittsfield, Ill. and died May 11, 2007, at the Shady Oaks Nursing Center in Thayer. She is survived by: five daughters, Drusilla Johnson of Alton, Fern Garner of Hardy, Hazel Marie, Rose and Dorothy, all of Illinois; one son, Henry of Illinois; and numerous other relatives and friends. ...

Mary Louise Worrell (05/23/07)
Mary Louise Worrell, 83, of Horseshoe Bend, died May 10, 2007, in Calico Rock, Ark., at the Community Medical Center of Izard Couny. She was born July 16, 1923, in Windom, Minn., the daughter of the late Hans and Edna (Solen) Friis. She was a homemaker and a member of the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church of Horseshoe Bend. ...

Roberta Smith Pace (05/23/07)
Roberta Smith Pace, 79, of Cherokee Village died May 14, 2007 at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. Services took place at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories in Corinth, Miss., May 19 with Dr. Gregg Thomas officiating. Eulogy was by Gale Judkins and Charlie Browning...

Sydney Willmuth Kealer (05/23/07)
Sydney Willmuth Kealer of Byrant, Ark., died May 13, 2007, after a 17-month, hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born April 28, 1943, in Strawberry, Ark., to the late Hal and Amy Willmuth. Survivors include: her husband, Louis O.D. Kealer Jr. ...

Hattie Marie Moody (05/31/07)
Hattie Marie Moody, 93, of Hardy, died May 20, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital. She was born March 17, 1914, at Sitka, the daughter of the late Leaton and Audie Higginbotham Goings. She was united in marriage to Curtis Moody in 1932 at Stika. He preceded her in death in 1982. ...

Matthew Bolar (05/31/07)
Matthew Bolar was killed in Iraq while serving his country May 13, 2007, by an explosive device. He was killed while trying to save one of his buddies and was awarded a Bronze Star after his death. Matthew enlisted in 2004 and trained in four different camps learning to be both a paratrooper and a medic. ...