Miscellaneous Pulaski County, Arkansas Obituaries - 15
Ivanette Arey
Ivanette Gault Arey, age 82, of Benton (Haskell community) died Friday, Feb.
28, 2003.
She was a retired LPTN from the Benton Service Center and was one of the
first classes of LPTNs trained and employed by Benton Service Center in
1957. She was a member of the Mt. Harmony Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors: son Jesse Glen Arey, Weatherford, Texas; daughters, Anna Janice
Hulsizer of Florence, Ala., Dianna Arey Denton, Morrilton; sons, Shawn of
Conway, and Jerod Nashville, Tenn.; several grandchildren; two brothers,
George and J.W. Gault, and a sister Ruth Whitley, all of Saline County.
Services were Monday at the Mt. Harmony Missionary Baptist Church with
burial at Mt. Harmony Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Conway County Public Library and the Mt.
Harmony Missionary Baptist Church.
Patricia Stringfellow
Patricia Stringfellow died Feb. 23, 2003, in Plano, Texas.
Survivors are her husband, Willie Stringfellow of Plano, Texas; two sons,
Russell Tyler of Sacramento, Calif., and Juan Tyler of Little Rock; two
daughters, Kim Guy and Sharrone Cox both of Jacksonville; seven
grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Randell of Vinton, La., and Marjorie
Thompson of Los Angeles, Calif.
Services were March 3, in Vinton, La., at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses. Services entrusted to James Funeral Home, Lake Charles, La.
Eva Bailey King
Eva Bailey King, 81, of Jacksonville died March 25, 2003.
Survived by one son Chuck King of Sherwood; three grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were Thursday at Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Rose Bud by
Roller-Daniel Funeral Home.
Elsie Lowry Kumpe
Elsie "Mollie" Lowry Kumpe 77, of Little Rock died Tuesday, March 25,
2003.
She was a member of Sunset Lane Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Carl Kumpe; her daughter, Judy
Smith of Little Rock; her son, Charles "Chuck" Kumpe of Jacksonville; three
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was Friday, March 28, in the Roller-Drummond Southwest
Chapel with interment at Forest Hills Memorial Park.
Robert Louis Fisher
Robert Louis Fisher, 84, of Clarksville, publisher of the Johnson County
Graphic for 32 years, died on March 30, 2003.
He was a former managing editor of the Jacksonville Daily News. He served
as president of the Arkansas Press Association in 1955. He was honored as a
50-year recipient of the Press Association Distinguished Service Award. He
was a former mayor of Danville.
He is survived by his wife, Christene Fisher; two sons, David Fisher of
Danville, and Bobby Fisher of Plano, Texas; a sister, Betty Roe of Oklahoma,
City; a brother, Dick Fisher of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 3, at the First Baptist Church
of Clarksville with burial at the Oakland Cemetery.
Roger W. Fleeger
Roger Wayne Fleeger of Jacksonville, died March 29, 2003, at the age of 72.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Fleeger; his son, Gene Fleeger;
daughters, Karen Huxen, Kathy Smith, and Kristy Fleeger-Lawrence.
Memorials may be made in his honor to the American Lung Association, 211
Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock.
Cremation services provided by Griffin-Leggett-Rest Hills Funeral Home
North Little Rock.
Frederick Paradise
Frederick Paradise of Hazen, was born Dec. 4, 1949. He died March 26,
2003.
He is survived by two sons, Derrick Lamar Paradise and Toby Terrell
Paradise, both of Sacramento, Calif.; five brothers, Robert Herron of Little
Rock, Bryce Allen Sr. of Jacksonville, Jimmie Lee Singleton of Pine Bluff,
Frank Paradise and Johnny E. Allen, both of Little Rock; three sisters, Bearnell
Ross of Hazen, Susie Bernice Simmons of Chicago, Ill., and Clydetta Paradise
of Little Rock.
Services entrusted to Premier Funeral Home, Little Rock.
William Frizzell Sr.
William "Bud" Frizzell Sr., 74, of Malvern, died March 28, 2003.
He was a retired millwright with International Paper and a Master Mason and
a long-term member of Brotherhood of Millwrights Union and past officer. He
was a Navy veteran of World War II.
He is survived by two sons, Bubba Frizzell and Tony Frizzell, both of
Monticello; three daughters, Diane Smith of Sheridan, Wendy Ross and Mary
Carter, both of Malvern; one brother, Bennie Douglas Frizzell of Jacksonville;
16 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held Tuesday, April 1, in Tulip Cemetery with
arrangements by Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern.
Patsy Friends
Patsy Parham Friends, 53, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003.
Survivors include her husband, Glen Friends of Jacksonville; brothers, Jim
Parham of Humphrey and Ronnie Parham of Hazen.
Services were Saturday, Wilson Funeral Home, England. Interment, Pickens
Chapel, Letona.
Jerry T. Dokes Jr.
Jerry Thomas Dokes Jr., 64, of Norfolk died March 21, 2003.
He served with the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman in Vietnam and was retired
from Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Naval Station, Norfolk.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Burford Dokes; a son, Pierre Dokes of
Virginia Beach; four brothers, Calvin Dokes Sr. of Jacksonville, Frank Dokes
and Ronald Dokes of North Little Rock, and Rev. Marcus Dokes of
Springfield, Mo.; six sisters, Otha Frazier, Mary Long, Evelyn Hattison, Nancy
Stroud, and Cleaster Davis of North Little Rock, and Freddie Ready of Detroit,
Mich.
Funeral services were Wednesday at Bethany Baptist Church, Chesapeake,
Va. Burial followed at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Hale Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Robert M. Morris Jr.
Robert Michael Morris Jr., 39, of Jacksonville died Saturday, March 22, 2003.
He was a frame carpenter.
He is survived by his mother, Peggy Holladay Hallett of Las Vegas, Nev.; his
father, Robert Morris Sr.; and two sisters, Jessica Pirtle of Conway and Susan
Montmony of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
A memorial service was held March 26, at Bishop-Griffin Funeral Home of
Greenbrier.
Pernecie M. Weir
Pernecie M. Weir, age 92, of Jacksonville died Monday, March 24, 2003.
She retired from McRae Public School Cafeteria and was a member of the
First Free Will Baptist Church of Jacksonville.
She is survived by one daughter, Earlene Fuller of Jacksonville; one grandson;
one great-granddaughter; one brother, Quitman Stracener of Florida; one sister,
Rudie Rice of Little Rock.
Funeral was March 27, at 16th Section Unity Church, White County, with
interment in Weir Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 1165, Searcy,
Ark. 72145 or 16th Section Unity Church, c/o Jimmy Burnett, 3485 Hwy 267 S,
Beebe, Ark. 72012 or First Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box
294, Jacksonville, Ark. 72076.
Angeline A. Buser
Angeline A. Buser, 84, of Ward died Monday, March 24, 2003.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond Buser of the home; two sons, Jerald
Arthur Buser and Steven R. Buser; two daughters, Karen Lecker and Bonnie
Hansen; three sisters, Mary Pfiefer, Cecelia Onesti and Amelia Dexter; nine
grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were March 28 at Hope Lutheran Church in Jacksonville.
Arrangements by Cabot Funeral Home.
Martha J. Cothran
Martha Jean Cothran, 72, of Bryant died March 26, 2003.
She was a member of Agape Church of Little Rock and an active member of
the Arkansas Migrant Program. She was also a retired teacher in the Public
School System.
Survivors are a son, Mike Cothran of Bryant.
Funeral arrangements were by North Little Rock Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Agape Church, 701 Napa Valley Drive, Little
Rock, 72211.
Minnie L. Johnson
Minnie L. Johnson, 79, of Mabelvale died Monday, March 31 2003.
She was a member of Mabelvale Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons, Bobby Jones of Florida, Bill Jones of Little Rock;
two daughters, Barbara Jones of Mabelvale, Kathy Long of Tennessee; two
brothers, Billy Carver of Little Rock, Terry Carver of Judsonia; four sisters,
Evelyn Stark of North Little Rock, Joyce Watkins of Bald Knob, Glenda Hicks
and Wilma Langston both of Jacksonville; nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North
Little Rock, Ark. 72114.
A graveside service was held Wednesday at Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Arrangements by North Little Rock Funeral Home.
Eva Bailey King
Eva Bailey King, 81, of Jacksonville died March 25, 2003.
Survived by one son Chuck King of Sherwood; three grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were Thursday at Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Rose Bud by
Roller-Daniel Funeral Home.
Elsie Lowry Kumpe
Elsie "Mollie" Lowry Kumpe 77, of Little Rock died Tuesday, March 25,
2003.
She was a member of Sunset Lane Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Carl Kumpe; her daughter, Judy
Smith of Little Rock; her son, Charles "Chuck" Kumpe of Jacksonville; three
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was Friday, March 28, in the Roller-Drummond Southwest
Chapel with interment at Forest Hills Memorial Park.
Robert Louis Fisher
Robert Louis Fisher, 84, of Clarksville, publisher of the Johnson County
Graphic for 32 years, died on March 30, 2003.
He was a former managing editor of the Jacksonville Daily News. He served
as president of the Arkansas Press Association in 1955. He was honored as a
50-year recipient of the Press Association Distinguished Service Award. He
was a former mayor of Danville.
He is survived by his wife, Christene Fisher; two sons, David Fisher of
Danville, and Bobby Fisher of Plano, Texas; a sister, Betty Roe of Oklahoma,
City; a brother, Dick Fisher of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 3, at the First Baptist Church
of Clarksville with burial at the Oakland Cemetery.
Roger W. Fleeger
Roger Wayne Fleeger of Jacksonville, died March 29, 2003, at the age of 72.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Fleeger; his son, Gene Fleeger;
daughters, Karen Huxen, Kathy Smith, and Kristy Fleeger-Lawrence.
Memorials may be made in his honor to the American Lung Association, 211
Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock.
Cremation services provided by Griffin-Leggett-Rest Hills Funeral Home
North Little Rock.
Frederick Paradise
Frederick Paradise of Hazen, was born Dec. 4, 1949. He died March 26,
2003.
He is survived by two sons, Derrick Lamar Paradise and Toby Terrell
Paradise, both of Sacramento, Calif.; five brothers, Robert Herron of Little
Rock, Bryce Allen Sr. of Jacksonville, Jimmie Lee Singleton of Pine Bluff,
Frank Paradise and Johnny E. Allen, both of Little Rock; three sisters, Bearnell
Ross of Hazen, Susie Bernice Simmons of Chicago, Ill., and Clydetta Paradise
of Little Rock.
Services entrusted to Premier Funeral Home, Little Rock.
William Frizzell Sr.
William "Bud" Frizzell Sr., 74, of Malvern, died March 28, 2003.
He was a retired millwright with International Paper and a Master Mason and
a long-term member of Brotherhood of Millwrights Union and past officer. He
was a Navy veteran of World War II.
He is survived by two sons, Bubba Frizzell and Tony Frizzell, both of
Monticello; three daughters, Diane Smith of Sheridan, Wendy Ross and Mary
Carter, both of Malvern; one brother, Bennie Douglas Frizzell of Jacksonville;
16 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held Tuesday, April 1, in Tulip Cemetery with
arrangements by Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern.
Patsy Friends
Patsy Parham Friends, 53, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003.
Survivors include her husband, Glen Friends of Jacksonville; brothers, Jim
Parham of Humphrey and Ronnie Parham of Hazen.
Services were Saturday, Wilson Funeral Home, England. Interment, Pickens
Chapel, Letona.
Jerry T. Dokes Jr.
Jerry Thomas Dokes Jr., 64, of Norfolk died March 21, 2003.
He served with the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman in Vietnam and was retired
from Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Naval Station, Norfolk.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Burford Dokes; a son, Pierre Dokes of
Virginia Beach; four brothers, Calvin Dokes Sr. of Jacksonville, Frank Dokes
and Ronald Dokes of North Little Rock, and Rev. Marcus Dokes of
Springfield, Mo.; six sisters, Otha Frazier, Mary Long, Evelyn Hattison, Nancy
Stroud, and Cleaster Davis of North Little Rock, and Freddie Ready of Detroit,
Mich.
Funeral services were Wednesday at Bethany Baptist Church, Chesapeake,
Va. Burial followed at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Hale Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Wendy Bell Moragne
Wendy R. Bell Moragne, 35, of North Little Rock, died Friday, April 4, 2003.
She is survived by her husband of 16 years, Dan Moragne; two children,
Brittany and Dan Jr.; two stepdaughters, Danielle Moragne and Cameron
Bradley; her parents, Queen Ester and Tyrus Bell Sr. of Fort Smith; one sister,
Sheila Branche of Jacksonville; five brothers, Tyrus Jr. of Fort Smith, Anthony
and Derrick of North Little Rock, Michael and Keith of Fort Smith.
Services will be held Thursday, April 10, at the Perfecting New Life Full
Gospel Baptist Church, Little Rock. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens,
Lonoke. Services entrusted to Ruffin & Jarrett Funeral Home.
James Earl Myers
James Earl Myers, 75, of Jacksonville died April 4, 2003.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Beth; daughters, Janie Myers, Carlotta
Myers, Pat Jones, and Linda Thompson; sons, Don, James P., Ronald and
Randy Myers; and Roger Reeves; sister, Geneva Grigsby; 17 grandchildren ;
and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Wednesday at Huson Funeral Home Chapel, with
interment at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock.
