Obituaries from June 2005

Sonia Martin Lowder
(06/09/05)
Sonia Martin Lowder, 39, of Cherokee Village died May 20, 2005, at her residence. She was born March 16, 1966, in West Memphis, Ark., the daughter of Larry and Karen Needler Martin. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hardy. Survivors include three children -- Jade Lowder, Sierra Lowder and Bay Martin; her father, Larry Steven Martin Sr., of Indiana; two sisters -- Robin Henderson of Cherokee Village and Misty Stiable of Bradford, Pa.; and one brother, Larry Martin Jr. of New York...

Roland "Rollie" Mauschbaugh (06/23/05)
Roland L. "Rollie" Mauschbaugh, 76, of Ozark Acres died June 16, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was formerly of East Peoria, Ill. He was a commissioner of the Ozark Acres Suburban Improvement District (SID), a member of the Ozark Acres AARP and the community choir. He was an avid bowler and bowled with the Senior League...

Ray Lex Fleetwood (06/23/05)
Ray Lex Fleetwood, 83, of Cave City died June 13, 2005, at White River Medical Center Batesville. He was born June 13, 1922, in Izard County to John Isaac and Minnie Fudge Fleetwood. He was a farmer; a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in Europe from D-day at Normandy through the duration of the war. He was of the Baptist faith...

Raymond Douglas Lewis (06/23/05)
Raymond Douglas Lewis, 76, of Cherokee Village, died May 22 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Oct. 6, 1928, at Bible Grove Township, Clay County, Ill., to R.D. and Lela Lewis. He was educated at Flora, Ill., graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., where he attained a bachelor of science degree in education with a minor in math...

Maryann Wolfram Smith (06/23/05)
Maryann Wolfram Smith, formerly of Cherokee Village, died June 12, 2005, at her home at Luther Manor in Milwaukee, Wisc. She was born Dec. 8, 1915, in Sheboygan, Wisc., the youngest daughter of Oswald and Ida Wolfram. She attended Immanuel Lutheran School and Sheboygan Vocational Tech College before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, as the first woman to enlist from Sheboygan County...

Laura Bell Collins Marshall (06/23/05)
Laura Bell Collins Marshall, age 78, of Ravenden died June 11, 2005, at her home. She was born June 20, 1926, near Wirth to Luther and Lydia Ritenour Collins. She was retired from Brown Shoe Company in Pocahontas and was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include one son, Rex Marshall of Ravenden; four brothers -- Arthur Collins of Decatur, Ill., Gale Collins of Sidney, David Collins of Ravenden, and Walter Collins of Warrenton, Mo.; one sister, Rosa Fay Collins of Sidney; six grandchildren -- Nathan Marshall and Jason Marshall, both of Jonesboro, Jordan Marshall of Ravenden, Luther Collins, Steven Collins and Lydia Michelle Laringer, all of Savanna, Ga.; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Joshua Ryan Mullins (06/09/05)
Joshua Ryan Mullins, 14, Mammoth Spring, was born Oct. 23, 1990, and died May 25, 2005, at Mammoth Spring. Survivors include his mother, Tywana Gatewood, and husband, Bill Martin Jr., of Mammoth Spring; his father, Kalvin Mullins, and wife, Lisa, of Hardy, Ark.; two brothers -- Samuel Mullins and Nathan Mullins; four stepsisters -- Noelle Martin, Misti Norris, Tabitha Wallace and Amber Norris; one stepbrother Billy Ray Martin III; two nieces, Autumn McEntire and Gabrielle Wallace; one nephew, Zackery Mullins; and numerous other relatives and friends.. ...

Mrs. June P. Baer (06/23/05)
Mrs. June P. Baer, 85, of Cherokee Village passed away June 18, 2005, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. Mrs. Baer was born on Jan. 21, 1920, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of James and Aimee Elliott. She was united in marriage to Dexter Baer on Sept. 30, 1944, in Rogers Park, Ill...

John A. Bartolomei (06/14/05)
John A. Bartolomei, age 87, of Cherokee Village died June 6, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Bartolomei was born Jan. 19, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Aristide and Cecelia Marchi Bartolomei. He graduated from Carthage College in Carthage, Ill., in 1941. ...

George Thomas Vore and Anna Laura Dark-Vore (06/14/05)
Anna Laura Dark-Vore, age 80, died Jan. 12, 2005, and was followed in death shortly thereafter by her husband, George Thomas Vore Jr., age 85, on May 6, 2005. She was born June 10, 1924, in Grandglaise, Ark., to Dewey Dark and Ona Grooms. He was born June 8, 1919, in Coalinga, Calif., to George Vore Sr. and Sarah Gates...

Grady O. Smith (06/09/05)
Grady O. Smith, son of the late Thurman Smith and Carrie Watts Smith, was born Sept. 25, 1915, in Boswell, Ark. He died May 28, 2005, in Calico Rock at the age of 89 years. Smith was united in marriage to Martha Marie Russell on Oct. 28, 1935, in Oxford, Ark. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a flight instructor...

Elanor Dzwierznyski (06/23/05)
Eleanor Dzwierzynski, 79, of Horseshoe Bend, died June 8, 2005 at the North Arkansas Life Care Center in Horseshoe Bend. She was born July 28, 1925, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Peter and Caroline Chmielowicz Jakubowski. She married Anthony Dzwierzynski Sept. 27, 1947, in Chicago, Ill. She worked as an inspector in the auto industry. She was a housewife and was of the Catholic faith...

Eanos E. Hinson (06/23/05)
Eanos E. Hinson, age 74, of Cave City died June 14, 2005, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born June 15, 1930, in Evening Shade, Ark., the son of Wesley and Eula Duncan Hinson. He was an electrician, a U.S. Amy veteran, having served during the Korean War, and was of the Methodist faith...

Elaine Cupit George
(06/09/05)
Elaine Cupit George, 81, died May 31, 2005, at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat. She was the ninth child of 10 children born to James Carl Cupit and Elizabeth Flowers Cupit of Franklin County, Miss. The only survivor of her immediate family is one sister, Evelyn Cupit Tankersley of Cherokee Village. Other survivors include a large number of nieces and nephews and a host of friends...

Carol Lucille Campbell (06/23/05)
Carol Lucille Campbell, 77, of Jonesboro, Ark., formerly of Cherokee Village, died June 13, 2005, in Jonesboro. She was born April 14, 1928, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Truman and Lucille Husted Ingham. She worked many years as a gardener and for Wal-Mart in the garden center. She loved to read good novels and the newspaper. She also was an avid fan of the Antique Road Show program and Nascar racing. She was a member of Nettleton Baptist Church...

C.J. Cotton (06/09/05)
C.J. Cotton, age 94, of Smithville, Ark., died May 30, 2005, at his home. He was born Jan. 11, 1911, at Mena, Ark., to Gilbert Henry and Sophia Musick Cotton. He was a farmer and a sorghum maker and member of the Maxville Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Eldon Cotton and Allan Cotton, both of Smithville, and Clyde Cotton of Cave City; two brothers -- Gene Cotton of Abilene, Texas, and Lawrence Cotton of Nacogdoches, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Alford Truman Lowe (06/14/05)
Alford Truman Lowe, 89, formerly of the Thayer, Mo., and Hardy, Ark., area was born Feb. 18, 1916, in Ash Flat, Ark., the son of the late Thomas Lowe and Mae Battles Lowe. He died June 3, 2005, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 89 years. He was united in marriage March 16, 1940, in Williford, Ark., to Bessie Cooper...

Aletha Bilstad Hale
(06/09/05)
Aletha Bilstad Hale, age 88, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Cherokee Village, died May 30, 2005, at the Quince Nursing Home in Memphis. She was born Feb. 7, 1917, in Texas. She was a talented artist, taking up painting while living of the Island of Kauii, Hawaii, and Pebble Beach, Calif. She designed houses, which she and her husband built in Pebble Beach, Carmel and Monterey Valley, Calif...

Audrey B. Ede (06/30/05)
Audrey B. Ede, 97, of Cherokee Village died June 19, 2005, in Ash Flat. She was born Nov. 1, 1907, in Streator, Ill., the daughter of William S. Coulson and Mary Ann Goss Coulson. She was united in marriage to Philip L. Ede in 1935 at Streator. She worked for many years as a tinsmith. Mr. and Mrs. Ede moved to Cherokee Village in 1970 from Alton, Ill. Mr. Ede preceded her in death in 1985. She was a member of the Cherokee Village United Methodist Church...