Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Ruth Foley (06/03/03)
Ruth Foley, 63, of Little Rock and Cherokee Village, died May 31, 2003, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Holdrege, Neb., and married
Bill Foley in 1965. The couple traveled extensively during his military career. She was most recently a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had been choir director at Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village. She was also organist at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Bellevue, Neb...
Raymond Foster (06/03/03)
Raymond Leo Foster, 73, of Jonesboro died May 25, 2003, at his home. A native of Sheridan, Iowa, he had lived in the Williford community for over 30 years before moving to Jonesboro five years ago. He was retired from the steel construction business and was of the Baptist belief...
Dolphus Milligan (06/10/03)
Dolphus Leon Milligan, 69, of Devine, Texas, died June 3, 2003, at Devine. Born Nov. 30, 1933, at Grange, he was the son of Sam and Bessie Cooper Milligan. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Survivors include his wife, Diane Milligan of the home; a son, Michael Leon Milligan of Dayton, Ohio; a daughter, Nena Marie McMillan of Devine; a brother, Ellis Milligan of Little Rock; three sisters -- Nancy Carolan of Fort Smith, Lora Nell Williford of Batesville, and Gladys Townsley of Batesville; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...
Donald Montgomery (06/10/03)
Donald E. Montgomery, 57, of Avon, Ind., died June 1, 2003, at Avon. Born Oct. 26, 1945, at Indianapolis, he was the son of George W. and Lois Brewer Montgomery. He was a car salesman and a member of Oak Park Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Survivors include a daughter, Tera Little of South Pasadena, Calif.; his mother, Lois Montgomery of Avon; and a grandchild, Adrian Little of South Pasadena...
Frank Hoffman (06/10/03)
Frank Hoffman, 77, of Evening Shade died June 1, 2003, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Oct. 15, 1925, at Williford, he was the son of Elijah and Bessie Lashley Hoffman. He was a carpenter and a member of Piney Fork Church of Christ in Evening Shade...
Glenn Payne (06/10/03)
Glenn Allen Payne, 44, of Cherokee Village, formerly of Blytheville, died June 3, 2003, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System in Cherokee Village. He was born in Blytheville to Bobby Lee and Daisy McDermott Payne. He lived in Blytheville most of his life...
John Stewart (06/10/03)
John W. "Jack" Stewart, 80, of Mammoth Spring died June 1, 2003, at his home. He was born March 22, 1923, in Kings Mill (Center). He was a graduate of Ash Flat High School and served with the U.S. Army's 75th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II, receiving three bronze stars and many other awards. while serving his country. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge...
Mona Bassham (06/10/03)
Mona Louise Smith Bassham, 68, of Marshall, formerly of Moko, died June 2, 2003, at Marshall. Born Nov. 1, 1934, at Dawt, Mo., she was the daughter of Marion Lawrence and Dorothy Hambelton Smith. She was married
to James Alvin Bassham. She spent her working years as a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a nurse's assistant at West Vue Nursing Home. She was of the Baptist faith...
Mildred Nelson (06/10/03)
Mildred Nelson, 86, a resident of North Arkansas Life Care Center since 1992, died June 3, 2003, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Dec. 2, 1916, on a farm near Burlington, N.D., she was the daughter of William and Hulda Marshall. She attended a country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Burlington High School in 1934. She attended French's Business College in Minot, N.D., and worked many years for Ward County Independent, a weekly newspaper publishing company...
B.F. Butler (06/17/03)
B.F. Butler, 94, of Cave City died June 11, 2003, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born Jan. 26, 1909, at Calamine, he was the son of John Franklin and Margaret Landers Butler. He was an accountant and a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City where he served as a deacon for more than 15 years...
Jack Flynn (06/17/03)
Both ministers who spoke at Jack Flynn's funeral last week said they thought of him as their best friend. And one, Larry Yarber, said, "Everyone here probably thought of him as your best friend." Flynn was known for his kind heart, warm smile and firm handshake. "There was no greater friend to all of us than Jackie Flynn," Yarber said. "He met every hardship with a smile."...
Kelsey Clear (06/17/03)
The Rev. Kelsey Norman Clear, 72, a pastor in The Dalles, Ore., for 39 years, died May 24, 2003, at the local hospital of a sudden illness. Born Oct. 26, 1930, in Evening Shade, he was the oldest of three children born to Clifford and Leila Ann Watson Clear. He grew up in Myron and graduated from Violet Hill High School. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1953, and then returned to Arkansas...
Mildred Johnston (06/17/03)
C. Mildred Lessenden Atkinson Johnston, 100, of Topeka, Kan., died May 29, 2003, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. Born Oct. 3, 1902, at Osawatomie, Kan., she was the daughter of Laura Updegraf Lessenden and Clarence Stephen Lessenden. She graduated from Cheney High School and attended Wichita Business College. ...
Odell Crabtree (06/17/03)
Odell Crabtree, 79, of La Porte, Ind., died June 6, 2003, at La Porte. Born July 30, 1923, at Cave City, he was the son of Charles and Roxie Brewer Crabtree. He was a parts manager for Smith Chevrolet and Sauers Buick/Pontiac, and a United States Army veteran of World War II...
Otella Walling (06/17/03)
Otella Blanch Walling, 92, of Cave City died June 13, 2003, at a Batesville hospital. Born May 15, 1911, at Eaton, she was the daughter of Garland and Margaret King Davis. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters -- Pauletta Milligan of Batesville and Buna Taylor of Cave City; a son and daughter-in-law, Boyce and Margaret Walling of Grave; a sister, Beulah Stalnaker of California; two brothers -- Bill Davis of Smithville and Cecil Davis of Independence, Mo.; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and several neices and nephews.. ...
Ruth Brockman (06/17/03)
Ruth M. Brockman, 89, of Ash Flat died June 13, 2003, at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab Center. Born Jan. 22, 1914, in Arlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of Charles Busse and Louise Merihardt Busse. She was a homemaker and a dorm mother for 20 years at Iowa University and Wartburg Univer-sity, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church...
Sidney Bounds (06/17/03)
Sidney V. Bounds of Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Cherokee Village, died May 29, 2003, from complications of cancer. He was 83. Born Jan. 26, 1920, in Guion, he was the son of Silas and Ida Perry. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. After retirement from the Army, he worked as a security administrator at Honeywell in Minnesota for 15 years. He and his wife visited Arkansas and fell in love with the beauty of the Ozarks and came to stay in 1976...
