Obituaries from June 2008

Owen Leslie Studacher (06/05/08)
Owen Leslie Studacher, 64, of Salem, Ark., son of the late Leslie George and Carmon (Knight) Studacher was born July 17, 1943, at Cove, Ark. He died May 23, 2008, at the Ash Flat Healthcare Center in Ash Flat, Ark. He was united in marriage to Lynda Jean Bell on June 19, 1970, at Rosehill, Kan...

Maude Justice (06/05/08)
Maude Cummings Justice, 103, of Osceola, Ark., died May 27, 2008, at an Osceola nursing home. She was born March 11, 1905, in Batesville, Ark., the daughter of the late Joe and Amanda Cummings. She was a farm laborer and homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith...

Miles Melvin Clark (06/05/08)
Miles Melvin Clark, born on April 25, 1922, died May 27, 2008, at his home in Cherokee Village, Ark., at the age of 86. Miles was a WWII veteran and a retired finish carpenter. He was a member of the Ash Flat Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife Doris...

Dorothy Niemeyer (06/05/08)
Dorothy Niemeyer, 72, of Smithville, Ark., died May 27, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born July 8, 1935, at Prescott, Ark., the daughter of Oscar and Grace Stivers. She was a homemaker, active in the Sharp County Extension Homemakers, a member of the Fit and Sew Club in Cave City, a master clothier and enjoyed clogging...

Donovan R. Landers (06/05/08)
Donovan R. "Donny" Landers, 48, of Batesville, Ark., died May 24, 2008, at a Little Rock hospital. He was born Nov. 14, 1959, at Batesville, the son of Naman R. and Ina Mae (Williams) Landers. He had worked for Kroger in Batesville for 31 years. He was a member of the Desha First Baptist Church...

Wallace "Wally" Curtis (06/05/08)
Wallace "Wally" Le-Roy Curtis, 80, of Cherokee Village, Ark., formerly of Cave City, Ark., died May 28, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Jan. 14, 1928, the son of William Asa and Ruth Taylor Curtis in Milan, Ill. He joined the United States Navy and served during the last part of World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War as a medical corpsman. He retired in 1972 from the Navy after 24 years. He attended the Cave City First United Methodist Church...

James Thompson (06/05/08)
James Raymond Thompson, 56, of Evening Shade, Ark., died May 15, 2008, in Evening Shade. He was born March 3, 1952, in Kansas, the son of John R. Thompson Sr. and Mary Jo (Kenner) Edler. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked as an electrician for many years. He moved to Arkansas from Kansas City 33 years ago. He was a member of the Highland Hills Baptist Church...

Wilma Arlena Hamilton (06/05/08)
Wilma Arlena Hamilton, 86, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 19, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born March 4, 1922, in Eldon, Iowa, the daughter of the late Carl and Frances (Hughes) Stroud. She was united in marriage to Jay Hamilton in 1939. She moved to Cherokee Village 24 years ago from Eldon, Iowa. She was of the Protestant faith and was a member of the Living Hope Bible Church in Eldon, Iowa...

William "Bill" Hancock (06/05/08)
William D. "Bill" Hancock, 81, of Evening Shade, Ark., died May 28, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born June 15, 1926, at Ulm, Ark., to William Marcus and Mary McKinzie Hancock. He was a retired plumber and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church...

Betty Varnelle Wiles (06/11/08)
Betty Varnelle Wiles, 63, of Springfield, Mo., died May 25, 2008. She was born in Batesville, Ark., on Oct. 21, 1944, the daughter of Otis and Vernus (Hutson) Wiles. She was the granddaughter of Albert "Rusty" and Ollie (Dillard Hutson and William and Martha (Rogers) Wiles. ...

Jimmie L. Stretch (06/11/08)
Jimmie L. Stretch, 86, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 30, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital, in Salem, Ark. He was born in Delhi, La., the son of George and Susan Spray Stretch. Jimmie and his family have lived happily here for the last 17 years...

Helga Anna Helfrich (06/11/08)
Helga Anna Helfrich, 78, of Hardy, Ark., died Monday, June 2, 2008, at her home. Helga was born in East Prussia to Emma Selma Bendig and Karl Weinstein on March 29, 1930. She met her future husband, Werner Helfrich, in the German Black Forrest refugee camp in 1950; in January 1955, Helga and Werner traveled to Canada and were married on Feb. 9, 1955. Helga and Werner along with their two children, Karen and Wilfred, moved to Michigan in 1963. Werner passed away in 1978...

Louise Garside (06/11/08)
Louise Garside, 87, died May 7, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge, Ark. She was born Oct. 16, 1920, at Newport, Ark., the daughter of Alfred and Louise Justus Mashburn. She lived in Williford, Ark., for many years and served on the city council for several years, for Williford...

Sharon Kay Martin (06/11/08)
Sharon Kay Martin, 65, of Cabot, Ark., daughter of the late John Ulyess and Ines (Clinton) Estes, was born Nov. 10, 1942. She died June 1, 2008, at Little Rock, Ark. She was united in marriage to Ronald Martin on March 19, 1960, at Salem, Ark. She worked as a machine operator for Tri-County Shirt Factory and as a home care aide for White River Area Agency on Aging. She and Ronald moved to Cabot, Ark., in September of 2005. Kay was a member of the Cabot church of Christ...

Carol Wagner (06/11/08)
Carol Wagner, 75, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died May 28, 2008, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark. She was born Sept. 4, 1932, in Red Bud, Ill. She is survived by: her husband, William P. Wagner; her son, William T. Wagner; and her daughter, Mary K. Wagner...

Pendarvis -- Justice (06/11/08)
Johnny and Bonnie Pendarvis of Hardy announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Crystal Jolene, to Nathan Edward Justice. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Gordon and JoAnne Morgan of Hardy and Margie Pendarvis and the late Josh Pendarvis of Mammoth Spring, Ark...

Jane W. Cook (06/19/08)
Jane W. Cook, 89, of Germantown, Tenn., died June 11, 2008, at her home. She was born Sept. 3, 1918, at Walnut Ridge, Ark., the son of Charles C. and Zona (Hennessee) Wright. She was a member of the Eastern Star and retired co-owner of Memphis School of Commerce. She taught Sunday school for 20 years and was a member of the Germantown Presbyterian Church...

Elton Alfred Ginn (06/19/08)
Elton Alfred Ginn, 94, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., son of the late Glenn and Lottie Mae (Rhoad) Ginn was born Sept. 6, 1913, in Appleton City, Mo. He died June 16, 2008, at the North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. He was united in marriage to Melba Lorene Leech on May 28, 1938, at Gallaton, Mo. He worked as a school teacher and was a member of the Horseshoe Bend First Baptist Church...

Donald Lee Hawkins (06/19/08)
Donald Lee Hawkins, 54, of Pocahontas, Ark., died June 8, 2008, in Tennessee. He was born Dec. 16, 1953, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Eugene and Carol Ruth Hawkins. He was united in marriage to Juanita Sweet on June 23, 1989, in Pocahontas. He worked for many years for the SKIL Company. He was of the Baptist faith...

Jane Carol Thompson (06/19/08)
Jane Carol Thompson, 43, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., daughter of the late Elmer Curtis and Dorothy Marie (Dunn) Thompson, was born Dec. 30, 1964, at Modesto, Calif. She died June 7, 2008, at her home. She is survived by: her step-father, Richard Neal of Horseshoe Bend; two brothers, James Thompson of Jonesboro, Ark., and Michael Spoonemore of Arizona; six sisters, Karen Ellison of Bone Gap, Ill., Judy Thompson of Los Angeles, Calif., Patty Thompson of Santa Fe, N.M., Melinda Thompson of Grand Rapids, Mich., Debbie Veal of Indianapolis, Ind., and Diana Finley of Indianapolis, Ind.; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Darrel E. McCamis (06/19/08)
Darrel E. McCamis, 79, of Highland, Ark., died June 11, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Lebanon, Ind., the son of Eldridge and Genovea (Cane) McCamis. He was married to Elsie Johnson. He worked as a supervisor for Cargill and served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was of the protestant faith...

Irene Agnes Schulist (06/19/08)
Irene Agnes Schulist, 93, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., daughter of the late Fred and Mary (Peters) Lindner, was born Sept. 20, 1914, at Town of Lake, Wis. She died June 8, 2008, at her home. She was united in marriage to Theodore Edmond Schulist on Jan. 15, 1938, at Milwaukee, Wis...

Mary Frances Chavez (06/19/08)
Mary Frances Chavez, 69, of Cave City, Ark., died June 11, 2008, at a Batesville hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1938, to Kermit and Agness (Stout) Crow. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: three sons, Ricky Garver of Batesville, Terry Garver and Angela Ratliff of Hardy, David Garver and wife, Carletta of Alexander; one daughter, Tonya Medlock of Batesville; one aunt, Lockie Dobson of Batesville; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Janet Hammerich (06/19/08)
Janet Marie Hammerich, 69, of Ash Flat, Ark., died June 11, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born Oct. 24, 1938, in Morristown, N.J., the daughter of the late Glenn Hindman and Arletta (Stecker) Hindman. She was united in marriage to Walter Hammerich on Oct. ...

Jeffie Thompson (06/19/08)
Jeffie Thompson, 80, of Batesville, Ark., died June 9, 2008, at the Rolling Hills Nursing Center in Batesville. She was born Jan. 5, 1928, at Cushman, Ark., the daughter of Luther W. and Cora (Needham) Wolford. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Memorial Service (06/19/08)
Memorial Service A memorial service for Allegra Peterson, formerly of Cherokee Village, will be held Friday, June 27 at St. Michael's Catholic Church. A Rosary will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by the memorial service at 11 a.m.

Miles Melvin Clark (06/26/08)
Miles Melvin Clark was born April 25, 1922, and died May 27, 2008, at his home in Cherokee Village, Ark., donating his body to research. He was 86. Miles was a World War II veteran and a retired finish carpenter. He was a member of the Ash Flat Church of Christ...

Pauline M. Patterson (06/26/08)
Pauline M. Patterson, 81, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died June 14, 2008, in Salem, Ark. Pauline retired from Jewel Food Stores where she worked as a meat cutter. She is survived by: her husband, Bob Patterson of Cherokee Village; one daughter, Pauline Deckard of Wisconsin; one son, Robert Patterson of Pennsylvania; and one sister, Esta Bennett of Cherokee Village...