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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

Troy D. Eversoll (07/31/08)
Troy D. Eversoll, 69, of Glencoe, Ark., died July 23, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 25, 1939, in Alcoa, Ark., the son of Melvin Eversoll and Lula (Martin) Eversoll. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was united in marriage to Sharon Yates on March 27, 1963, in Highland, Ark...

Mark P. Miller Sr. (07/31/08)
Mark P. Miller Sr., 85, of Hardy, Ark., died July 19, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born on July 29, 1922, in Wichita, Kan., the son of C.W. Miller and Anna H. (Bredfelt) Miller. He moved to Hardy in 1971 from Little Rock, Ark., with his family. He was a minister...

Dr. Raol J. Taft Sr. (07/31/08)
Dr. Raol J. Taft Sr., 82, of Cherokee Village, Ark., formerly of Staunton, Ill., died July 18, 2008, at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born April 16, 1926, in Edinburg, Ill., the son of the late Elwin E. Taft Sr. and the late Fay (Fancher) Taft. He married Marian J. Greear on June 25, 1945, in Williamsburg, Va...

Doyle Gene Pickett (07/31/08)
Doyle Gene Pickett, 61, of Hardy, Ark., died July 21, 2008, at the Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat, Ark. He was born Aug. 24, 1946, in Lone Oak, Ark., in Lawrence County, the son of Clyde Pickett and Katherine Georgene Sanford Pickett...

Bill Denham (07/31/08)
Bill Denham, 75, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died July 19, 2008, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born Sept. 11, 1932, in Hazel, Ky., the son of John Malcolm and Ollis April (Cole) Denham. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired from General Services Administration of the Federal Government in Miami, Fla. He was a member of the Ash Flat United Methodist Church since 1991...

Hazel Sewell Brooks (07/31/08)
Hazel Sewell Brooks, a long-time Cherokee Village, Ark., resident, died July 18, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital. She was born in Cleveland, Okla., Oct. 15, 1913. She graduated from high school in Cushing, Okla., and attended Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater. ...

Cassie Wallis (07/31/08)
Cassie Wallis, 94, of Ash Flat, Ark., died July 19, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital. She was born Feb. 11, 1914, at Myron, Ark., the daughter of Willie and Kitty Hinson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ash Flat Church of Christ. Survivors include: three children, Connie Crouch and husband, Jerry of Wiseman, Ark., Judith Wallis of Little Rock and Roger Wallis and wife, Lisa of Little Rock; three grandsons; five great-granddaughters; and two great-great-grandsons; numerous nieces; nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...