Obituaries from February 2009

Clarence "Pat" Rose (02/26/09)
Clarence "Pat" Rose, 88, of Cave City, Ark., died Feb. 21, 2009, at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 6, 1920, at Mobley, Ark., to James Parkey and Sarah Tennessee (James) Rose. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II, a retired farmer and had worked for the Sharp County Road Department. He was of the Baptist faith...

Mary L. Viers (02/26/09)
Mary L. Viers, 75, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Jan. 27, 2009, at the Baptist Revalidation Center in Little Rock, Ark. She was born March 2, 1933, to Coral (Patterson) White and Harper White. She is survived by: her husband Kenton Viers; sons Christopher Viers and Eric Viers; brothers, Jerry White and Joe White; sisters, Dana Shaeffer and Ona Siporin...

Linda Frances Wahl (02/26/09)
Linda Frances Wahl, 81, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., daughter of the late Arthur and Caroline Frances (Wolf) Borkhuis, was born on June 29, 1927, in Rochester, NY, and died Feb. 11, 2009, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. Linda was united in marriage to Robert Louis Wahl on Aug. 10, 1945, in Fairport, NY. She spent her working years as a loan officer for a bank. Linda was an active member of the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Horseshoe Bend, Ark...

Doris "Jackie" Russell (02/26/09)
Doris Jacquelyn "Jackie" Russell, 71, of Hardy, Ark., died Feb. 18, 2009, at her home. She was born July 27, 1937, at Highland, Ark., the daughter of Lester and Bernice Jesse Talley. She was a retired cook from Highland High School. She was a member of the Saddle Church of Christ...

Orphis John England (02/26/09)
Orphis John England, was born Nov. 18, 1916, at Many Islands, Ark., the son of the late John Wesley England and Ollie Taylor England. He died Feb. 17, 2009, in Salem, Ark., at the age of 92. He was united in marriage Sept. 25, 1940, at Hardy, Ark., to Beulah Anderson...

Effie L. Smith (02/26/09)
Effie L. Smith, 87, of Brookland, Ark., died Feb. 18, 2009, at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 18, 1921, at Cave City, Ark., the daughter of Clarence and Sarah Goodman Shirley. She was a homemaker and a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church located at Brookland...

Mary E. Pearce (02/26/09)
Mary E. Pearce, 83, of Cave City, Ark., died Feb. 15, 2009, at a Searcy Hospital. She was born June 17, 1925, at Royal, Ark., the daughter of John and Mary Muzik Weatherford. She had worked at Uni/First in Cave City, was a granny at the Cave City Elementary School and a member of the East Side Southern Baptist Church in Cave City...

Joseph Anthony "Joe" Kocz (02/26/09)
Joseph Anthony "Joe" Kocz, of Hardy, Ark., was born Aug. 31, 1939, in Buffalo, NY., the son of the late Stanley Kocz and Rose Ostro Kocz. He died Feb. 16, 2009, at his home at the age of 69. He was united in marriage to Mary Zarajczyk Aug. 31, 1963, in Buffalo, NY. To this union, two sons were born...

Tristin Fisher-Morrow (02/19/09)
Tristin Scott Fisher-Morrow, 21, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Feb. 4, 2009, at his residence. He was born June 9, 1987, in LaPorte, Ind., the son of David and Michelle Morrow. He moved with his family to Sharp County in 2000. He graduated from the Highland High School in 2008. Tristin attended the Highland Assembly of God Church...

Edward E. Boettger (02/19/09)
Edward E. Boettger, 68, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Feb. 9, 2009. He was born in Chicago, Ill., July 22, 1940, the son of Elsie Keefe of Cherokee Village and the late William Boettger. Ed served in the U.S. Army in the early 1960s as a radar repair specialist. ...

Matthew B. Martin (02/19/09)
Matthew B. Martin, 46, of Cave City, Ark., died Feb. 11, 2009, at the Cave City Nursing Home in Cave City, Ark. He was born Oct. 1, 1962, in Jerseyville, Ill., the son of Lawrence James Martin and Patricia Ann Davis. He is survived by: his mother, Patricia Ann Davis; one brother, Michael A. Martin of Cave City; one sister, Kathy Armstrong and husband Jeff of Poughkeepsie, Ark.; three nephews; and many other relatives and friends...

Donnie Cunningham (02/19/09)
Donnie Paul Cunningham, of Salem, Ark., son of the late John Ernest Cunningham and Sherry Aldean Ellis Cunningham, was born July 25, 1968, in Salem, Ark. He died Feb. 6, 2009, in Salem, Ark., at the age of 40. He was a construction worker for many years and was employed by Cowart Construction in Salem...

Mary W. Cahill Ford (02/19/09)
Mary W. Cahill Ford, 95, of Cave City, Ark., died Feb. 8, 2009, at Cave City, Ark. She was born Sept. 4, 1913, at Willard, Mo., the daughter of the late John and Berenice Shoemaker Cahill. She was a homemaker and attended Drury College in Springfield, Mo. She was a member of the Gideon's International, United Methodist Women, American Legion Auxiliary and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cave City...

Lola Jones Milligan (02/19/09)
Lola Jones Milligan, 86, of Sulphur Rock, Ark., formerly of Poughkeepsie, Ark., died Feb. 7, 2009, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 30, 1922, at Nelsonville, Ark., the daughter of Henry and Lillie Willett Jones. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ...

Herbert Orville Draper (02/19/09)
Herbert Orville Draper, 89, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Feb. 12, 2009, at his home. He was born in Wayne City, Ill., on Aug. 25, 1919, the son of Curtis O. and Carolyn Ruth (Powell) Draper. He was married Nov. 16, 1962, to Vernita June Fenton in Mt. Vernon, Ill. He was a retired sawmill owner/operator...

Bobby McGuire Sr. (02/19/09)
Bobby Wayne McGuire Sr., 60, of Brookland, Ark., died Feb. 5, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 1, 1948, in Dyess, Ark., the son of Everett McGuire and Clara (Blansett) McGuire. He has spent the last 15 years with his family residing in Brookland. He was of the Pentecost faith and attended the Lighthouse Pentecost Church...

Maud Hamlett (02/19/09)
Maud Maxine Montgomery Hamlett, 90, of Ada, Okla., formerly of McHue, Ark., died Feb. 7, 2009. She was born March 5, 1918, at Sandtown, Ark., the daughter of William Ellsworth and Elizabeth Tugwell Montgomery. She married Homer Hamlett on May 4, 1936. She was a retired school teacher from the Cave City School, having taught for 45 years. She was a member of the Jamestown Methodist Church...

Robert Eugene Hinders (02/19/09)
Robert Eugene Hinders, 85, of Lakeland, Tenn., formerly of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Jan. 23, 2009. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He is survived by: his wife of 60 years, Teresa (nee Swanson); daughters, Linda (Patrick) Johnson of Woodbridge, Va., Patricia (Timothy) Morris of Rowlett, Texas; Sheila (Larry) Dick of Elizabeth, Colo.; and a son, Eugene (Eileen) Hinders of Arlington, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...

Bruce Stanley Mullins (02/19/09)
Bruce Stanley Mullins, 57, of Hardy, Ark., was born March 28, 1951, in Newport, Ark., and died Feb. 12, 2009, at the Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo. He is survived by: his wife, Geraldine Hatfield Mullins of the home; six children, Brenda Lee Camp, Tywana Martin, Robert Gatewood, Javier Lopez, Vanessa Perez, Stanley Perez; four brothers, Michael Mullins, Kalvin Mullins, Doug Mullins, Randy Mullins; three sisters, Shirlene Westberry, Donna Cartwright, Colette Vandolah; 17 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.. ...

June M. Hellner (02/19/09)
June M. Hellner, 88, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Feb. 1, 2009, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. She was born Feb. 8, 1920, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of Robert Meldrum and Helen (Schindler) Meldrum. June moved to Cherokee Village with her husband, James, 23 years ago. She was a volunteer at the local hospital for over 15 years before it closed down. She was a member of the St. Michael's Catholic Church...

Vernon J.W. Humphries (02/12/09)
Vernon J.W. Humphries, 23, of Cave City, Ark., died Jan. 31, 2009, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1985, at Newport, Ark., to Vernon Howard Humphries and Carol Bradford. Survivors include: his wife, Laci Humphries and son, Hadyn Josiah Humphries both of Batesville; his father and step-mother, Vernon and Van Humphries of Batesville; his mother, Carol Bradford of Batesville; paternal grandmother, Marie Humphries of Memphis; maternal grandparents, Odie and Dwan Bradford of Ethridge, Tenn.; one brother, Adrian M. ...

Florine Huskey Harris (02/12/09)
Florine Huskey Harris, 87, of Strawberry, Ark., died Feb. 4, 2009, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born Jan. 5, 1922, at Saffell, Ark., the daughter of Henry and Dona Richmond Huskey. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mount Harmony Free Will Baptist Church at Saffell...

James Willis Bailey Jr. (02/12/09)
James Willis Bailey Jr., 74, of Mammoth Spring, Ark., died Feb. 3, 2009, in Mammoth Spring, Ark. He is the son of the late James Bailey and the late Elizabeth (Calvin) Bailey. James was retired from the Department of Defense. He is survived by: his wife, Elsie Mae (Miller) Bailey; three daughters, Mellisa Grimm and Michelle Cook both of Fort Worth, Texas, Candace DeVault of Denver, Colo.; two sons, Michael Bailey of Douglas, Kan., William Bailey of Bentonville, Ark.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...

Oliver Seat (02/12/09)
Oliver Seat, 79, of Desha, Ark., died Jan. 30, 2009, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born March 9, 1929, at Blytheville, Ark., and was raised in Nelsonville. He was the son of Samuel David and Amelia Ann swarner Seat. He was a machinist and worked for many years for Cessna, Boeing, Memorex and Aerojet. He was the owner of Strout Realty in Batesville until his retirement in 1979...

Robert Lee Norris (02/12/09)
Robert Lee Norris, 63, of Ash Flat, Ark., died Jan. 30, 2009, at a residence. Robert worked as a welder in the oil fields, and in the Army. He was also an amateur radio operator and wood carver. He was the son of the late Elmer Norris and the late Kathryn (Perry) Norris...

Lester Gotte (02/12/09)
Lester Gotte was born Sept. 18, 1928, at Iota, La., to Webb and Mabel (LeJune) Gotte. He died Feb. 6, 2009, at Enid, Okla. Lester owned and operated Gotte's Construction Company and a water company in Hardy, Ark., for 43 years. He and his wife Jackie owned and operated the Walleye Motel and the Sportsman's Tavern in Longdale, Okla...

Curtis Pingleton (02/12/09)
Curtis Pingleton, died Jan. 27, 2009, at his home in Palisade. He was 75. A private burial with military honors will be held later in the week. Curtis was born in Alton, Mo., Jan. 17, 1934, and eventually made his way to Colorado. He retired in 1992. ...

Bell Polston (02/05/09)
Bell Polston, died Jan. 23, 2009, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark., at the age of 83. She was currently residing in Cherokee Village, Ark. She was born Nov. 1, 1925, to William Jennings Herring and Mae (Gardner) Herring at Saffell, Ark...

Wesley Edward Lundry (02/05/09)
Wesley Edward Lundry, 19, of Hardy, Ark., was born Sept. 15, 1989, in Salem, Ark., and died Jan. 22, 2009, in West Helena, Ark. He is survived by: his mother, Glenda Ward of Mammoth Spring, Ark.; his father, Jonathan Lundry of Hardy; two brothers, J.C. ...

Dorothea L. Seibert (02/05/09)
Dorothea L. Seibert, 91, of Salem, Ark., daughter of the late Andrew and Gladys Elsa (Ditto) Simmons, was born on Feb. 28, 1917, in Muscatine, Iowa. She died Jan. 28, 2009, at the Southfork River Therapy and Living Center in Salem. Dorothea was united in marriage to Stephen Martin Seibert Jr., July 14, 1949, at Blue Grass, Iowa. ...