Obituaries from September 2008

Phyllis Ann Shorrock (09/25/08)
Phyllis Ann Shorrock, 74, of Evening Shade, Ark., formerly of LeHigh Acres, Fla., died Sept. 13, 2008, at her home. She was born April 15, 1934, at Muncie, Ind. She was a nurse, president of the Ladies Auxiliary IAM Union Local 368, past president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 3938 and a member of the VFW and American Legion. She was of the Catholic faith...

Gene Ray Vaughn (09/25/08)
Gene Ray Vaughn, 76, of Highland, Ark., died Sept. 16, 2008, at his residence. Gene was born in East St. Louis, Ill., on May 23, 1932, to the late Dudley and Lola (Lowrance) Vaughn. He was a veteran of the United States Army and worked as a mail carrier on the Franklin mail route for 21 years before he retired. Gene was a long time member of Highland First Assembly of God Church, a member of Full Gospel Business Men for many years...

Cordelia Ferguson (09/17/08)
Cordelia Ferguson, 93, of Demopolis, Ala., died Sept. 10, 2008. A native of Higgenson, Ark., she worked as a registered nurse and then as a hospital administrator for 14 years. She was preceded in death by: her parents, Arthur and Myrtle Nuckolls. She is survived by: a daughter, Linda Burnham (Travis) of Demopolis, Ala.; two grandchildren, Andy Burnham (Beth) of Boca Raton, Fla., and Heidi Sims (Todd) of Russellville, Ark.; and three great-grandchildren...

Anita Louise Seibert (09/17/08)
Anita Louise (Calbert) Seibert, 71, of Hardy, Ark., died Sept. 9, 2008, at Ash Flat Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 15, 1937, in Hutchinson, Kan., to Sid and Charlotte (Moss) Calbert. She was a former employee and co-owner of Louie's Appliance and TV in Hardy, which she and her husband Louie owned together. She was a member of Spring River Presbyterian Church in Hardy and a past president of the Hardy Garden Club and Bunco Club...

Bernis Monroe Crow (09/17/08)
Bernis Monroe Crow, 84, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., died Sept. 7, 2008, in a Hot Springs hospital. He was born April 5, 1924, in Cave City, Ark., the son of the late Frank and Monnie Detherow Crow. He retired from Cooper Communities where he worked for over 30 years. He was a veteran and a member of the Mt. Tabor Methodist Church...

Sue (Thompson) Bates (09/17/08)
Sue (Thompson) Bates, 64, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Sept. 10, 2008, at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Ark. She was the daughter of the late Thad Thompson and the late Hazel Sanford. Bates was the former owner of Sue Bates Advertising. She is survived by: her husband, Roger C. ...

Tommy Bolt (09/11/08)
Tommy Bolt, 92, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 30, 2008, at the White River Medial Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born March 31, 1916, in Haworth, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and became a professional golfer in 1946. ...

Jimmie Laverne Cherry (09/11/08)
Jimmie Laverne Cherry, of Agnos, Ark., son of the late Edward Laverne Cherry and Dorothy Faye Godwin Cherry, was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Salem, Ark. He died Sept. 5, 2008, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, at the age of 57. He was united in marriage to Joyce McCollum on Dec. 29, 1972, at Agnos. To his union two children were born...

Clarence Tadlock (09/11/08)
Clarence Elmer Tadlock, son of the late Ewing Elmer Tadlock and Ella Mae Gilbreath Tadlock, was born June 28, 1922, in Ash Flat, Ark. He died Sept. 2, 2008, at Crown Point Nursing Center in Horseshoe Bend, Ark., at the age of 86. He was a farm worker and member of the Pentecostal Church of God...

Audrey Knighton (09/11/08)
Audrey (Hauptfuehrer) Knighton, 79, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 29, 2008, at a residence in Cherokee Village, Ark. She was the daughter of the late William Hauptfuehrer and the late Helen (Siebert) Hauptfuehrer. She is survived by: her husband, Robert Knighton; a daughter, Lynne Corrao of Joliet, Ill.; a sister, Doris Enas of Lofland, Nev.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...

Theresa M. Kosik (09/11/08)
Theresa M. Kosik, 42, of Hardy, Ark., died Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence. She was born Feb. 28, 1966, in Evreaux, France, the daughter of Robert Kosik and Dora (Iascone) Kosik. She moved to Arkansas 17 years ago from Miami, Fla. She was of the Catholic faith...

Joseph Lee Follin (09/11/08)
Joseph Lee Follin, 88, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Sept. 6, 2008, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was born July 6, 1920, in Mortons Gap, Ky., the son of Squire Heady Follin and Virgie Emmaline (Ezell) Follin. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II...

Raymond Humphreys (09/11/08)
Raymond Humphreys, 67, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Sept. 4, 2008, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born May 31, 1941, in Houston, Texas, the son of Raymond Lee Humphreys and Marion Eva Ritter Humphreys. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He moved to Arkansas in 1968 from California...

Charles Lee Jolley (09/11/08)
Charles Lee Jolley, 75, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 31, 2008, in Little Rock, Ark. He was the son of the late Lewis Jolley and the late Ella (Ashley) Jolley. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War, and worked in quality assurance for the U.S. Government...

Thelma V. Lesar (09/11/08)
Thelma V. Lesar, 93, of Anderson, Mo., formerly of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., died Sept. 3, 2008, in Anderson, Mo. Thelma was born in Scotland County, S.D. She graduated from the University of Illinois and taught high school remedial reading in New Hampton, Iowa. She retired to Horseshoe Bend, where she served on the library board...

Edward Joseph Caputo (09/11/08)
Edward Joseph Caputo, 71, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 31, 2008, at his residence in Cherokee Village. He was the son of the late Edward Caputo and the late Venita (Hollahan) Caputo. Joe was a farmer and truck driver. He was a veteran of the Korean War in the Army. When he retired to Cherokee Village he served as Lake Patrol on Lake Thunderbird...

Bernard Robinson (09/04/08)
Bernard Robinson, 85, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Aug. 11, 2008, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was retired from the Federal Aviation Administration as a air traffic controler. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is survived by: his wife, Natalie Robinson...

Leonard Barney Mazany (09/04/08)
Leonard Barney Mazany, 84, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., son of the late Barney J. and Helen (Roszkowski) Mazany, was born Aug. 22, 1924, in Chicago, Ill. He died Aug. 26, 2008, at his home. Leonard was united in marriage to Jean Lucy Bond on May 17, 1952, at Waukegan, Ill. He spent his working years as a blower engineer for a steel mill. He was a member of the United Methodist Church for 20 years and he served his country in the U. S. Marine Corps during WWII...

Anthony "Tony" Dzwierzynski (09/04/08)
Anthony "Tony" Dzwierzynski, 88, of Kenosha, Wis., died Aug. 23, 2008, at Sheridan Medical Complex. Born on Jan. 28, 1920, in Chicago, Ill., he was the son of the late Valentine and Angeline (Kaplon) Dzwierzynski. He was educated in the schools of Chicago and lived in Arkansas for 25 years before moving to Kenosha in January of 2006...

Alma Lee Moore (09/04/08)
Alma Lee Juanita Looney Moore, 79, of Hardy, Ark., died Aug. 23, 2008. She was born the daughter of Edgar and Lillie Lee (Collins) Looney on March 26, 1929, in Huntsville, Ala. She is survived by: five sons, Leman (Barbara) Moore and Kenneth (Charlotte) Moore both of Hardy, Ark., Clint (Jeanetta) Moore of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., Vernon (Sally) Moore and Steve Moore both of Goshen, Ind.; three daughters, Juanita (Don) Honey of Hardy, Linda (Gary) Gobeyn of Pangburn, and Teresa (Michael) Burnett of Bartlett, Tenn.; three step-children, Carroll Moore, Jimmie Moore and Brenda Roach; 18 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; several step-great-grandchildren; one sister, Joyce of Goshen, Ind.; two brothers, Alfred and Houston of Goshen, Ind.; along with a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Raney Dewayne Barnes (09/04/08)
Raney Dewayne Barnes, 69, of Ash Flat, Ark., died July 23, 2008, at Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House. He was born Feb. 9, 1939, in Parkin, Ark., the son of Theodore and Virginia Whitehorn Barnes. He married Jean Patterson on Nov. 25, 1983, in Rochelle, Ill...

Nellie Goodwin (09/04/08)
Nellie Savannah Weaver Burge Goodwin, 86, of Cave City, Ark., died Aug. 27, 2008, at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 28, 1921, at Sulphur Rock, Ark., the daughter of the late Logan Garfield and Jessie S. (Holmes) Weaver. She was retired from Gen Corp Automotive and a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City, Ark...

Joseph Blackwood (09/04/08)
Joseph Eldon Blackwood, 56, of Poughkeepsie, Ark., died Aug. 25, 2008, at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1951, the son of Vanas Howard and Geniva Virginia Owens Blackwood on Island 35, near Reverie, Tenn. Survivors include: his wife, Polly Blackwood of the home; two sons, Bubba Blackwood of Walnut Ridge, Ark., and Donny Blackwood of Glenwood, Ark.; five grandchildren, Dylan Blackwood of Walnut Ridge, Megan Blackwood of Glenwood, Hunter Blackwood of Glenwood, Logan Blackwood of Walnut Ridge, and McKenzie Blackwood of Glenwood; three brothers, Vanas Howard Blackwood Jr. ...

Catherine Ann Elliott (09/04/08)
Catherine Ann Elliott, 53, of Hardy, Ark., died Aug. 22, 2008, at her residence. She was born Oct. 26, 1954, the daughter of Homer Jones and Mary (Sanfillipo) Jones. She was united in marriage to Randy Elliott on April 16, 1973, in Grundy, Miss. She moved to Arkansas with her family in 1987 from Ohio. She attended the Presbyterian Church in Walnut Ridge...

Louis "Sonny" Glover (09/04/08)
Louis Clifton "Sonny" Glover died Aug. 22, 2008. He was born July 18, 1946, in the small community of Fairview, Lonoke County. He was the son of Marvin "Mugg" and Essie Flynt Glover. He was a barber for 42 years, serving his customers in Lonoke for 17 years and Highland for 25 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cherokee Village, a member of the Highland Elks Lodge, the Lonoke American Legion and the Lonoke Masonic Lodge...

Henry Truman Croft (09/04/08)
Henry Truman Croft, son of the late Ward and Alma (Ford) Croft, died at his home on Aug. 22, 2008, at the age of 80. He was born in Sidney, Ark., in 1927. He resided in Plato, Mo. He was a retired Union iron worker, working as a journeyman Rodman. He spent much of his early years farming and was a horse enthusiast and well known ferrier...

Margaret Joy Broughton (09/04/08)
Margaret Joy Broughton, 79, of Salem, Ark., daughter of the late William Harrison and Opal Gladys (Couch) Lacy, was born on May 6, 1929, in Hunter, Ark. She died Aug. 24, 2008, in Salem, Ark. Margaret was united in marriage to Joseph Edgar Broughton on Oct. 5, 1946, at Hazen, Ark. She was a homemaker. Margaret was of the Methodist faith and was a member of the VFW Post 9777 Auxiliary in Salem, Ark....