Obituaries from May 2008

Frances Pauline Bone (05/08/08)
Frances Pauline Bone, 83, of Batesville, Ark., died May 1, 2008, at her home. She was born June 11, 1924, at Sage, Ark., to Winfield Scott and Cora Pearlie (Crisco) Vickery. She was the retired owner of Pauline's Bible Bookstore in Batesville, a Christian and held devotionals regularly at Wood-Lawn Nursing Home and Intermed Nursing Home in Batesville. ...

Grace Martin Linebarger (05/08/08)
Grace Martin Linebarger, 100, of Batesville, Ark., died April 25, 2008, at Poplar, Bluff, Mo. She was born March 14, 1908, at Batesville, Ark., the daughter of Alan and Mame Amelia (Hays) Martin. She was a retired school teacher, homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Batesville. ...

Joel James "J.J." Perkey (05/08/08)
Joel James "J.J." Perkey, 81, of Batesville, Ark., died May 2, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Dec. 5, 1926, at Cave City, Ark., the son of Charlie and Gertie Lassiter Perkey. He was retired from ConAgra Foods of Batesville, a U.S. ...

Leo Trivitt (05/08/08)
Leo Trivitt, 89, of Ash Flat, Ark., died May 3, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Oct. 1, 1918, at Mountain Home, the son of Robert and Cora Lawhorn Trivitt. He was united in marriage to Eoise Campbell on June 13, 1938, at Hardy. ...

Murl Dean Gilbert (05/08/08)
Murl Dean Gilbert, 67, of Pleasant Plains, Ark., died April 29, 2008, at a Searcy hospital. He was born on Feb. 3, 1941, at Pleasant Plains to Erie W. and Flora (Moore) Gilbert. He enjoyed trading cars. Survivors include: three brothers, Edgar W. Gilbert of Austin, Roy Gilbert of Newark and Jimmy Gilbert of Pleasant Plains; two sisters, Ruby Robison of Thida and Juanita Odell of Jonesboro; several nieces; nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends. ...

Joseph Broughton (05/17/08)
Joseph Edgar Broughton, 81, of Glencoe, Ark., son of the late James Edgar and Ozella (Currington) Broughton was born Sept. 11, 1926, in McClelland, Ark. He died May 1, 2008, at his home near Glencoe. He was united in marriage to Margaret Joy Lacey on Oct. 5, 1946, at Hazen, Ark. Joe worked as a serviceman for a propane gas company...

Eletta May Medlock (05/17/08)
Eletta May Medlock, 91, of Walnut Ridge, Ark., died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge. She was born on Sept. 21, 1916, at Cave City, Ark., the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Goodman Fleming. She was married to Lacie Medlock on June 20, 1935, at Kings Mill, who preceded her in death in March, 1970. She was a homemaker and of the church of Christ faith...

Rose Thompson (05/17/08)
Rose Thompson, 81, of Hardy, Ark., died May 2, 2008, at the Presbyterian Village in Little Rock, Ark. She was born May 26, 1926, in Kerrville, Tenn., the daughter of Joseph and Cinderella Bradley Irwin. She was first married to Troy Berry, he preceded her in death in 1973. ...

Charles "Neal" Johnson (05/17/08)
Charles "Neal" Johnson 71, of Batesville, Ark., died May 5, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Nov. 11, 1936, at Cave City, Ark., the son of Edward Daniel and Mattie Alice (Cole) Johnson. He was a U.S. Army veteran, retired district manager for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and a member of the VFW in Batesville. He was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church in Batesville...

Thomas Rhoades (05/17/08)
Thomas Rhoades, 64, of Cave City, Ark., died May 6, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Nov. 20, 1943, at Monterey Park, Calif., the son of the late John Robert and Beulah Marie (Blood) Rhoades. He had worked for the city of Cave City and was a Christian...

Gene Dan Maguffee (05/17/08)
Gene Dan Maguffee, 65, of Salem, Ark., son of the late Luther Obed and Beulah Edith (Kersey) Maguffee, was born on Sept. 18, 1942, at Salem, Ark., He died May 10, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was united in marriage to Danna Sharon Sanders on July 10, 1970, at Salem, Ark. ...

Don David McBride (05/21/08)
Don David McBride, 83, of Aurora, Mo., died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Cox South Hospital, Springfield, Mo. Don was born on Oct. 9, 1924, in Salem, Ark., to John and Alta (Smith) McBride. He was a graduate of West Plains High School, West Plains, Mo., a World War II Army Veteran, a Mason with the Shiner's of Mountain Home, Ark., was director of meats with Associated Wholesale Grocers of Springfield, retiring in 1992, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Aurora...

Louise Juanita Mashburn (05/21/08)
Louise Juanita Mashburn of Williford died May 7, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge, Ark., at the age of 87. She was born Oct. 16, 1920, at Newport, Ark., daughter of Alfred and Louie (Justus) Mashburn. She was married to William P. Garside on May 11, 1950, in Topeka, Kan...

Floyd Herman Meyers (05/21/08)
Floyd Herman Meyers, 80, of Highland, Ark., died May 9, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was born Dec. 15, 1927, the son of Charles and Elva (Dorsey) Meyers. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He moved to Sharp County from Cherry Valley, Ill., in 1968. He owned and operated the Hardy Cleaners with his wife, Betty, and also owned a moving business and a snowplowing business locally. He was a member of the American Legion, the Elks, was a Mason and a Shriner...

Reginald "Reggie" Davis (05/21/08)
Reginald Roger "Reggie" Davis, 42, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 10, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 16, 1966, in Opelika, Ala., the son of Wilburn Roger Davis and Patricia A. Alderman. Reggie lived in Jackson, Miss., most of his adult life. He was employed as a certified HVAC technician for 15 years. He moved to Cherokee Village in May of 2007, to be near his mother. He was baptized in 1993 at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss...

Eugene Owens (05/21/08)
Eugene Owens, 84, of Calico Rock, Ark., died May 3, 2008, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. He was born May 17, 1923, to James and Augusta Vernatter Owens in Calico Rock. As a young man he was first an auto mechanic, then owner and operator of a sawmill. In his later years he worked with cattle...

D. Larry Paul (05/21/08)
D. Larry Paul, 61, of Salem, Ark., son of the late David Delbert and Winnie Lee (Stroud) Paul, was born Sept. 20, 1946, at Russellville, Ark. He died May 12, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was united in marriage to Priscilla Jean Franks on June 9, 1969, at Salem. ...

Carol Branscum (05/21/08)
Carol Branscum, 62 of Salado, Ark., died May 11 2008, at a Searcy hospital. She was born Jan. 17, 1946, at Oil Trough, Ark., the daughter of Franklin William and Gladys May (Totten) Pratt. She had worked at GDX Automotive in Batesville for 23 years and was a member of the Salado Baptist Church at Salado...

Lois Margaret Britt (05/21/08)
Lois Margaret Britt, of Salem, Ark., daughter of the late Milton Emil Anderson and Alice Pearl Holling Anderson, was born Feb. 11, 1945, in Brainard, Minn. She died May 5, 2008, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark., at the age of 63. She was united in marriage to Donald Lewis Britt Sr. on July 29, 1967...

Gregory Olin Leach (05/29/08)
Gregory Olin Leach, 57, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., son of Ruth M. (Bates) Roten and the late Thomas Robert Leach, was born Sept. 11, 1950, at Battle Creek, Mich. He died May 20, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was of the Methodist faith...

Virginia Cambron (05/29/08)
Virginia Cambron, 88, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 20, 2008, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born Oct. 13, 1919, in Joplin, Mo., the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Anna Phillippi Mitchell. She was a sales associate for Ramsey's Department Store for many years...

Thomas Collins (05/29/08)
Thomas Andrew Collins Jr., 81, son of the late Thomas Andrew Collins and Minnie Ann Wore Collins, was born at Agnos, Ark., Aug. 10, 1926. He died May 17, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was married to Elaine Bearden at Agnos on June 29, 1947, and they have four children. He was a member of Salem Masonic Lodge No. 418 for more than 50 years, a member of the church of Christ and served honorably in the U.S. Navy...

Doyle E. Harmon (05/29/08)
Doyle E. Harmon, 85, of Highland, Ark., died May 19, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was born Aug. 25, 1922, the son of the late Walter and Susie (Rifenschnieder) Harmon. He was a veteran of the United States Army, served during World War II and received a Purple Heart. He was the founder and operator of Harmondo's Pizza in Highland and worked there until retirement. He was a member of the Spring River Car Club and the Arkansas Antique Car Club in Jonesboro...