Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Roger Willert (02/02/03)
Roger F. Willert, 92, of Cherokee Village died Dec. 31, 2001, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. Born June 26, 1909, in Reinbeck, Iowa, he was the son of Henry Willert and Mary Fackel Willert. He married
Marie Christoe Nov. 30, 1940, in Alton, Ill. He served as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
Clayton Willman (02/02/03)
Clayton "Bud" Marwood Willman, 80, of Cherokee Village died March 4, 2002, at Ash Flat Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Born Dec. 11, 1921, he was the son of Joseph Willman and Alma Edlund Willman. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corps. He worked for over 20 years as an independent truck driver for the city and park board of Minneapolis. He was a member of the teamsters local 221 of Minneapolis. Mr. and...
Earl Wilson (02/02/03)
Earl "Butchie" Wilson, 31, of Isabella County, Mich., died Feb. 15, 2002, as a result of an oil field accident in Grand Traverse County, Mich. He was born Aug. 29, 1970, in Alma, Mich., and was employed in the oil fields for 13 years. Survivors include his father, and stepmother -- Earl Wilson II and Louise Wilson of Ash Flat, his mother, Barbara Wilson of Mount Pleasant, Mich.; his grandmother, Flora Cusick of Pleasant Hill, Mo.; his brother-in-law and sister, Sgt. ...
Wayne R. Wing (02/02/03)
Wayne R. Wing, 86, of Cherokee Village died May 30, 2002, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat. Born Sept. 2, 1915, he was the son of Harry S. and Eliza Vradenburg Wing of Pardeeville, Wis. He was employed in sales for the Oscar Mayer Co. ...
Wanda Lucille Gardner (02/02/03)
Wanda Lucille Gardner, 75, of Horseshoe Bend died Oct. 13, 2002, at Salem. Born May 25, 1927, at Blanchard, Okla., she was the daughter of James Lenuel and Nola Mae Langston Potter. She married
Kenneth R. Gardner Dec. 7, 1946, in San Francisco. She spent her working years as a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a traffic controller for Pacific Telephone Company from 1958, until her retirement in 1989. She was of the Baptist faith...
Woodrow Matheny (02/02/03)
Woodrow Wilson Matheny, 88, of Cave City died Nov. 20, 2002, at Cave City Nursing Home. Born June 17, 1914, at Cave City, he was the son of Dottie and Nora Hamilton Matheny. He was a retired service station owner and operator. He was a member of Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Cave City...
Patricia Woodmansee (02/02/03)
Patricia Torry Woodmansee, 78, of Brinkley, and formerly of Cherokee Village, died Jan. 9, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City. Born March 15, 1923, in Brinkley, she was the daughter of Robert J. and Ruth C. Webber Torry. She was a retired bookkeeper...
Madge Lois Woodyard (02/02/03)
Madge Lois Woodyard, 93, of Cave City died Nov. 22, 2001, at Woodlawn Nursing Home in Batesville. Born Feb. 14, 1908, in Cave City, she was the daughter of William Edgar and Nancy Ellen Phillips Woodyard. She attended St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City, Ill. ...
Loyd C. Wren (02/02/03)
The Rev. Loyd C. Wren, 77, of Cave City died Dec. 5, 2001, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born June 11, 1924, at Greenville, Tenn., he was the son of Lawrance and Bertie Cunningham Wren. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a farmer and a member of the Country Church of God in Cave City...
Yvonne Wright (02/02/03)
Yvonne H. Wright, 64, of Cherokee Village died April 29, 2002, at her home. Born Dec. 25, 1937, in South Bend, Ind., she was the daughter of Ada Osguthorpe Johnstone and Harry Havens. She was a medical receptionist and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints...
Wilma Rood (02/02/03)
Wilma Rood, 90, of Imboden died Dec. 17, 2002, at Randolph County Nursing Center. Born Aug. 24, 1912, in Davenport, Iowa, she the daughter of the Mary Ludwig Mumm and Adolph J. Mumm. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons -- Donald Kenneth Rood of Imboden and Michael Dean Rood of Laguna Hills, Calif.; two daughters -- Shirley Lewis of Imboden and Anna Maria Swick of Las Vegas; two sisters -- Dorothy Anuly and Anna Brown, both of Omaha, Neb.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.. ...
Walter Stewart (02/02/03)
Walter Stewart, 73, of Yellville, formerly of Hardy, died at his home Nov. 10, 2002. He married
Peggy Sue Jaco Stewart Feb. 13, 1951. Survivors include his wife; five sons -- Russell of Water Valley, Miss., Gary of Hardy, Frank and John, both of Yellville, and Aaron of Fort Worth, Texas; a daughter, Mary Frances Ray of Roe; a brother, Thomas Stewart of Lonoke; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;...
Cecil W. Taylor (02/02/03)
Cecil W. Taylor, 91, died May 23, 2002, in Jonesboro. Born May 19, 1911, he was the son of William Monroe Taylor and Addie Bell Kincaid Taylor of Wirth. He was married
Sept. 15, 1940, in Wirth to Angello Marie Angotti, who preceded him in death Oct. 22, 1971. He was united in marriage Oct. 12, 1974, in Camp to Myrtle Gephart, who preceded him in death Feb. 27, 1992. He was a farmer and was employed by Cooper Industries in Cherokee Village, working in landscaping and lawn care for many years...
William Wilkes (02/02/03)
William "Bill" Wilkes, 79, of Cave City died Sept. 16, 2002, at his home. Born March 20, 1923, at Sidney, he was the son of Jimmy and Ola Cargill Wilkes. He was a farmer, retired from ConAgra in Batesville, and worked 12 years for the Cave City Nursing Home. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, and was a member of Sidney Baptist Church...
Billy Joe Yancey (02/02/03)
Billy Joe Yancey, 68, of Violet Hill died Jan. 23, 2002. Born June 29, 1933, in Brockwell, he was the son of Eldon and Epper Dockins Yancey. He married
Carol Jean Tate April 25, 1953, in Calico Rock. During his working years, he was self-employed as a farmer and carpenter. He also served in the U.S. Army. He was a deacon at Highland First Assembly of God Church in Highland...
Eleanor Yonda (02/02/03)
Eleanor Yonda, 83, died March 9, 2002, at her home in Ash Flat. Born in Chicago, she was the daughter of Anton and Mary Temcher Kucher. She was a hospital aide and retired here from Markham, Ill. Survivors include her husband, John Yonda of the home; two sons -- Russell Yonda of Springfield, Ill., and Richard Yonda of Menomonee, Wis.; two daughters -- Nancy Autrey of Ash Flat, and Janet Oesterling of Cherry Hills, N.J.; and two grandchildren, Aaron and Andrew Yonda of Madison, Wis...
Edward Young (02/02/03)
Edward Dwane Young, 76, of Williford, died Feb. 5, 2002, at his home. Born May 14, 1925, in Williford, he was the son of Noble and Elcie Ellen Bright Young. He married
Thelma Evelyn Hallmark in 1950. She preceded him in death March 10, 1998. He was a farmer and a charter member of the Forrest Hills Baptist Church of Williford, where he was also a deacon and a trustee...
Robert Phillip Zimmerman (02/02/03)
Robert Phillip Zimmerman II, 53, of Evening Shade died Nov. 28, 2001, at Baptist Health Memorial in North Little Rock. Born Aug. 4, 1948, at Roundtop, N.Y., he was the son of Robert and Dorothy Warner Zimmerman. He was a general contractor, Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the National Rifle Association, a youth leader of the Boy Scouts of America and a member and second counselor of the Ash Flat branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
