Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Ray Arnold Dykesn (08/08/06)
Ray Arnold Dykes, 57, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 3, 2006, at his home. Ray was a spray booth operator with VanLeer Container. Survivors include his wife Pamela Louise Dykes of Cherokee Village; two sons, Kenneth Ray Dykes and wife Paula Jean of Cherokee Village and Keith Ray Dykes of Thayer; a daughter, Melinda Marie Bratlein and husband, John Leonard; five brothers, Frank, Billy and Martin Dykes from Kentucky and Cleve and Sam from Illinois; four sisters Maxine Fagues and Jewel Pence from Kentucky, Dorothy Hayes from Illinois and Bobbie Peach from Alabama; and 12 grandchildren.. ...
Ralph DePriest (08/08/06)
Ralph B. DePriest, 80, of Hardy died Aug. 3, 2006, at his residence. DePriest was born on Dec. 15, 1925, in Marshall, Ark., the son of Benjamin DePriest and Ruby (Mathis) De Priest. He worked for many years for the Arkansas Forestry Commission. He moved to Sharp County in 1960 from Harrison. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge...
Ruth Cain Bess (08/08/06)
Ruth Cain Bess, 76, of Blytheville, Ark., died July 29, 2006, at her home in Blytheville. Born to Charlie and Louise Nelson Cain in Osceola, Ark., she was a lifelong resident of the area, a member of the First Baptist Church and a retired comptroller of the Randall Company...
Raymond Marshall Dickson (08/08/06)
Raymond Marshall Dickson, 27, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., died July 30, 2006, following a motorcycle accident. Survivors include his wife, Molly; two sons, Austin and Jackson of Murfeesboro; parents, Thomas and Denise Dickson of Aurora, Ill.; grandmother, Louise Dickson, and great-grandmother, Dora Webbe, both of Arkansas; his mother- and father-in-law, Don and Sue Young of Murreesboro and...
Herbert Bernard Neander (08/15/06)
Herbert Bernard Neander, 87, of Cherokee Village died July 27, 2006, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Feb. 17, 1919, the son of the late Olaf and Anna (Green) Neander. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World War II. He worked as an accountant for many years before retiring. He was a member of the American Legion, the VFW and the Lions Club and in Illinois on the library board. He was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village...
Jessie Irene West (08/15/06)
Jessie Irene (Davis) West, formerly of Williford, died Aug. 10, 2006, at her home in Kalamazoo, Mich. She was born Feb. 5, 1918, in Williford, the daughter of the late Richard and Margaret Maude (Riddle) Davis. On April 17, 1943, she was united in marriage to the late Admiral Dewey West Jr. in Arkansas...
John Marvin Bull (08/15/06)
John Marvin Bull, 55, of Seymour, Mo., died July 28, 2006, in his home. He was a retired fire protection sprinkler fitter, a member of the Hazelwood Masonic Lodge 459 AF&AM, and a deacon of the Seymour First Baptist Church. He was united in marriage to Lynne Carol Wann on June 8, 1974, in Ardmore, Okla...
James Reginald Taylor (08/15/06)
James Reginald Taylor, 61, of Cherokee Village died Aug. 2, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born May 18, 1945, at Peoria, Ill., the son of Earl Edwin Taylor and Elizabeth (Bleau) Taylor. He was a house painter and enjoyed fishing...
Thomas "Tooter" Williams (08/15/06)
Thomas W. "Tooter" Williams, 85, of Ash Flat died Aug. 4, 2006 in Melbourne. He was born June 28, 1921, in Franklin, Ark., son of the late Nancy T. (Beaver) Williams and Richard Williams. He was a retired ginner and maintenance supervisor at Gilstar Marylee Corp. ...
Anne Theurer (08/22/06)
Anne E. Theurer, 82, of Cave City died Aug. 16, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 15, 1923, at Muskegon, Mich., the daughter of Harold J. and Carolyn (Keene) Craig. She retired from Sprow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., and was of the Protestant faith...
Craig Joseph Dunbar (08/22/06)
Craig Joseph Dunbar, 41, of Hardy died Aug. 17, 2006 at his home. He was a 2nd class petty officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, serving from 1985-1990. After an honorable discharge, he owned and operated Timberwolf Tree Service in Hardy before retiring to pursue his love of music...
Dessie Wooldridge (08/22/06)
Dessie Wooldridge, age 97, of Cave City died Aug. 17, 2006, at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 18, 1909, at Emery, Ark., the daughter of the late Emery Ely and Nancy Ethel (Runsick) Rodgers. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cave City Church of Christ...
Evelyn Gann (08/22/06)
Mrs. Evelyn (Collins) Gann, 69, of Black Rock, Ark., died Aug. 11, 2006, at her residence. She is survived by her four daughters, Marsha Manson, Martha Smatko, Brenda Rae and Sandy Flemming, all of Arizona; one son, Steven Gann of Arizona; three sisters, Ruth Clements of Williford, Thelma Benson of Imboden, and Betty Nations of Davenport, Iowa; three brothers, Benny Collins of Black Rock, Wayne Collins of Williford, and Mark Collins of Myrtle, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.. ...
Helen Smith (08/22/06)
Helen R. Smith, 87, a resident of Cherokee Village from 1987 until 2003, died from the effects of a stroke on May 27, 2006, in West Warick, RI. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas G. and Shizuko Smith of Oceanside, Calif., and Jon V. and Lee Ann Smith of Narragansett, RI; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren...
Jeanette Beach (08/22/06)
Jeanette Beach, age 34, of Williford, Ark., was born April 28, 1972, in Liberty, N.Y., and died July 28, 2006. Survivors include her mother, Joan Vanginhoven of New York; her father, Brian Beach of Pennsylvania; two sisters, Lynette Mills and husband Alan of Thayer, and Billie Jo Vangihoven; one brother, Richard Vangihoven of Illinois; two children, Nolle and Billy Martin of Mammoth Sping; her fiance, David Herron of Williford; one half-brother, Brian Beach II of Pennsylvania...
Timothy "Todd" Lyons (08/22/06)
Timothy "Todd" Lyons, 27, formerly of Ash Flat, died Aug. 12, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nev., after falling off a moving van while helping friends move. Born July 27, 1979, in Gainesville, Ga., he was the son of Sam and Karen Lyons. Survivors include his mother, Karen of Flemington, Mo.; a brother, Chris of Arkansas; his maternal grandmother, Dorothy St. John of Horseshoe Bend; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends...
Barney Freeman Snyder (08/29/06)
Barney Freeman Snyder, 68, of Cave City died Aug. 22, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Nov. 16, 1937, in Poughkeepsie, Ark., the son of Henry Arien and Florence Gladys (Eaves) Snyder. He was a member of the Mount View Missionary Baptist Church of Cave City where he served may years as a deacon and Sunday School teacher and 30 years as music director. ...
