Obituaries from December 2007

Donald Oscar Wilson (12/06/07)
Donald Oscar Wilson of Salem, Ark., son of the late Wilbur Oscar and Elsie Grace (Johnson) Wilson, was born March 19, 1932, at Independence, Iowa. He died Nov. 27, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem at the age of 75. He was united in marriage to Diana Marie Plutz on Nov. ...

Hubert Cave Daugherty (12/06/07)
Hubert Cave Daugherty, 81, of Hardy died Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Fulton County Hospital. He was the son of Hubert and Mattie Daugherty. Hubert grew up in Hardy, learned to love the outdoors and especially fishing. He attended college at ASU and Georgia Tech. ...

James R. Goldston (12/06/07)
James R. Goldston, 86, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Nov. 1, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Aug. 11, 1921, in Gammell Mines, Ala., the son of Charles Goldston and Anna Bell (Turner) Goldston. He retired from Douglas County Hospital as a maintenance engineer. ...

Leona Lesh (12/06/07)
The family of Leona Lesh, 85, of Thayer, Mo., invite you to attend her Memorial Service Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 11 a.m. in the Carter Funeral Home Chapel at Thayer, Mo., with Pat Keefe officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Carter Funeral Home of Thayer...

Moyra Lavern "Tiny" Jackson (12/06/07)
Moyra Lavern "Tiny" Jackson, 91, of Cave City, Ark., formerly of Evening Shade, Ark., died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 in Cave City. She was born April 12, 1916, in Breckenridge, Texas, and was the daughter of Ross Wilson and Sarah Ellender (McMillian) Jackson. ...

Robert Nicely (12/06/07)
Robert Nicely, 91, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Nov. 28, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born Nov. 1, 1916, in Hannibal, Mo., the son of Clyde Willis and Jemma (Zimmerman) Nicely. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 43 years, was a member of the NARFE, the Lions Club and was an EMT volunteer. ...

Thomas William Tucker (12/06/07)
Thomas William (Tom) Tucker was born in Mena, Ark., on June 29, 1935, to Clyde and Addie (Cox) Tucker. He died at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat on Nov. 28, 2007, at the age of 72. Tom, as everyone called him, graduated Wewoka Oklahoma High School in 1953. ...

Virgie (Finney) Matlock (12/06/07)
Virgie Elizabeth (Finney) Matlock, 87, of Cave City, Ark., died Nov. 26, 2007, at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born May 3, 1920, at Batesville, Ark., to Luther and Ellen (Cummings) Finney. She was a homemaker and a member of the Matlock Road Church of God in Cave City.Survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law, Vaughn and Mert Matlock; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Marshall Goff all of Cave City; three sisters, Hildia Greshner of St. ...

Yvonne Susanne Long (12/06/07)
Yvonne Susanne Long was born the daughter of William Mac Sillings and Elsie Laverne Sillings on Jan. 29, 1952, in Wichita, Kan., and died Nov. 25, 2007, at the age of 55. She was united in marriage May 30, 1981, at Kansas City, Kan., to William T. Long. ...