Obituaries from August 2008

Alice Marie Faigle (08/07/08)
Alice Marie Faigle, 88, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., daughter of the late Clarence E. and Lida J. (Pfromer) Stewart, was born Feb. 2, 1920, in Houston, Texas. She died July 24, 2008, at the Community Medical Center in Calico Rock, Ark. She was united in marriage to Harold J. ...

Lehman Barnet (08/07/08)
Lehman Barnet, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Ash Flat, Ark., died July 30, 2008, at The Manor Nursing and Rehab in Poplar Bluff. He was born March 17, 1931, at Alicia, Ark., the son of Marvin and Pearl Nicholson Barnet. He married Mary Elizabeth Brooks in October 1957, at Evening Shade. He was a dairy farmer and a protestant...

Mary E. Garrett (08/07/08)
Mary E. Garrett, 94, of Glenwood, Iowa, formerly of Cherokee Village, Ark., died at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 24, 2008. Mary Elaine Garrett, one of eight children of Roy M. Higgins and Serena B. (Thomas) Higgins, was born Feb. 7, 1914, near Farragut, Iowa. Mary grew up in the Shenandoah, Iowa, area where she graduated from high school in 1932. Following school, she worked in the business office at the Earl May Seed and Nursery Company in Shenandoah...

William Arnold Topping (08/07/08)
William Arnold Topping, 72, of Ash Flat, Ark., died July 27, 2008, at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born Feb. 2, 1936, at Hardy, Ark., the son of Charles and Effie Gillahan Topping. He was of the Free Will Baptist faith. Survivors include: one sister, Mary Topping of Ash Flat; and one brother, Lee Topping of San Antonio, Texas...

Robert Morgan (08/14/08)
Robert Phillip Morgan, 91, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., was born on July 27, 1917, at Youngstown, Ohio, to parents Henry C. and Anna (Nager) Morgan. He died Aug. 7, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He worked in the steel industry with Republic Steel in Youngstown and Pittsburgh, Atlas Steels in Welland, Ontario and Copperweld Steel in Warren, Ohio, where he served in middle management. ...

Donald Joe May (08/14/08)
Donald Joe May, 66, of Ravenden, Ark., died Aug. 2, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born March 12, 1942, in Mammoth Spring, Ark., the son of Charles P. May and Myrtle Irene (Angotti) May. He worked many years as a truck driver. He was united in marriage to Janet Honeycutt on Oct. 22, 1976. He was a member of the Lighthouse Baptist Church...

Willie Elden Gilbert (08/14/08)
Willie Elden Gilbert, 73, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., son of the late Willie Green and Dora Virgeline (Whitehead) Gilbert, was born Dec. 10, 1934, in Jonesboro, Ark. He died Aug. 6, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was united in marriage to June Lansford on June 14, 1953, at Jonesboro...

Ralph Jones (08/14/08)
Ralph Jones, 83, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 3, 2008, in Mountain Home, Ark. He was retired from Ford Motor Company. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was one of the first Navy Seals. He is survived by: his wife, Joan Jones of the home; a daughter, Shelley Worth of Toledo, Ohio; sons, David Jones of Cherokee Village, Kevin Jones of Boston, Mass., Robert Jones of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; a sister, Shirley Geiman of Toledo, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild...

Ronnie Eugene Allard (08/21/08)
Ronnie Eugene Allard, 47, of Cherokee Village, Ark., son of Faye Anglene (Angie) Hensley Allard and the late Bobby Eugene Allard, was born June 20, 1961, at Watervelite, Mich. He died Aug. 12, 2008, in Cherokee Village, Ark. Ronnie worked as a plumber and was a member of the Saddle Baptist Church at Saddle, Ark...

Ottie Mae Neal (08/21/08)
Ottie Mae Neal, 97, of Cave City, Ark., died Aug. 11, 2008, at the Cave City Nursing Home in Cave City. She was born Feb. 12, 1911, at New Albany, Kan., the daughter of Authur T. and Maggie (Crain) Wright. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God in Cave City. She served as a missionary in the Kentucky Mountains during the 1930s and pioneered a church in Henderson, Ky. She was also a founding member of the Harvest Church in Tulsa, Okla...

Ricky Lawrence Sr. (08/21/08)
Clarence Richard "Ricky" Lawrence Sr., 64, of Williford, Ark., died Aug. 9, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was born June 10, 1944, in Imboden, Ark., the son of the late Leonard Lawrence and Opal Watts Lawrence. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked many years as a truck driver before retiring. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and also of the American Legion. He volunteered as an auctioneer for local benefits to help people in need...

Ruth M. Kunkel (08/21/08)
Ruth M. Kunkel, 90, of Evening Shade, Ark., died Aug. 13, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born March 4, 1918, at Evening Shade, Ark., the daughter of Dotson B. and Anna Belle (Graddy) Metcalf. She was a homemaker, a librarian at Evening Shade for eight years, a member of the Extension Homemakers Club in Evening Shade and a member of the Piney Fork Church of Christ at Evening Shade...

Bernard L. Robinson (08/21/08)
Bernard L. Robinson, died Aug. 11, 2008, at the age of 85, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was the son of Byron and Catherine Robinson of Vincennes, Ind., and Estelle and Ben Lee of Chicago, Ill. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and saw action during World War II...

Sandra Kay McMahon (08/28/08)
Sandra Kay McMahon, 45, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 20, 2008, at her residence. She was born Aug. 21, 1962, the daughter of Herman David Miller and Dorothy Irene (McDonald) Miller. She moved to the Sharp County area in 1971, with her family from Peoria, Ill. She worked as a pharmacy tech for the Davis Drug Store in Highland...

Frank Pritchard (08/28/08)
Frank Pritchard, 62, of Evening Shade, Ark., died Aug. 16, 2008, at his home. He was born March 16, 1946, in Indiana, the son of the late Hurshel and Elizabeth Pritchard. He was retired from Parker Hydraulics in Benton and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: his wife, Betty Pritchard of the home; one son, Charles Pritchard of Benton; four daughters, Renee McDaniel of Evening Shade, Frankie Crowe of Prattsville, Georgia Deloach and Josie Morrison both of Benton; one brother, Timmy King of Tennessee; two sisters, Millie Bishop of Michigan and Terrie Williams of Conway; 14 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

John McDonald Billing Jr. (08/28/08)
John McDonald Billing Jr., 87, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., son of the late John McDonald and Mattie Elizabeth (Nettleton) Billing Sr., was born Dec. 26, 1920, in Pocatello, Idaho. He died Aug. 17, 2008, at the Spring River Therapy and Living Center in Salem, Ark...

Dorothy Beardslee (08/28/08)
Dorothy Dolores Beardslee, 67, of Hardy, Ark., died Aug. 16, 2008, at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. Dorothy was born Sept. 24, 1940, in Cartersville, Ga., the daughter of Charles and Alice Mae (Matthews) Alford. She was united in marriage to Dean Beardslee on Jan. 1, 1973, in Moss Point, Miss. She was retired from the Boeing Company. She moved to Star of the Sea in rural Hardy in 1999 from Renton, Wash., with her family...

Sarah Meek (08/28/08)
Sarah Meek, 70, of Paragould, Ark., died Aug. 18, 2008, at the NEA Baptist Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Jonesboro and was a retired RN. She is survived by: two daughters, Teahna Goodson of Mammoth Spring, Ark., and Terrie Meek of Paragould; two sons, Danny Meek of Little Rock and Brett Meek of Greenbrier; two brothers; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...

Mary Edna Neeley (08/28/08)
Mary Edna Neeley, 91, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Aug. 21, 2008, at the Ash Flat Convalescent Center. Edna was born on June 17, 1917, in Evening Shade, Ark., the daughter of Ed and Bertha Thompson. She was united in marriage to Don Neeley in 1934 in Evening Shade and was a long time resident of Ash Flat. She owned and operated a restaurant in Ash Flat for many years and was a caregiver and homemaker...

Thomas "T.G." Tuggle (08/28/08)
Thomas Gerald "T.G." Tuggle, 81, of Cave City, Ark., died Aug. 18, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Nov. 3, 1926, at Emery, Ark., the son of Carlie and Elsie (Mobley) Tuggle. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II, a farmer and a member of the Rings Chapel Missionary Baptist Church located at Emery...

Lavern Murine Byers (08/28/08)
Lavern Murine Byers, 89, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Aug. 1, 2008, in Ash Flat, Ark. She was born Jan. 16, 1919, in Hardy, Ark., the daughter of Levi Andrew Smith and Gracie Louann (Powell) Smith. She was united in marriage to Lloyd Byers on June 4, 1938, in Hardy. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cherokee Village for many years...