Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Thomas Beard
Thomas Larry Beard Sr., 66, of Morrilton died Jan. 20, 2002. He was a service manager at Jodi Brown Motors in Conway, and was a member of Needs Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Beard; sons, Thomas L. Beard Jr. of Wooster and David E. Beard of Austin; four grandchildren; four brothers and two sisters.
Services were Jan. 22 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home Chapel, Conway with burial in Needs Creek cemetery.
Harry Shooke
Harry Lee Shooke, 47, died Jan. 16, 2002. He worked for Asbestos Removal Company.
Surviving are his mother, Frances Hammond; two brothers, Charles Earnest Shooke Jr. of Dallas, Texas, and Jerry Hammond of Hardy; two sisters, Barbara Nowell of Cabot and Patti Harris of Oklahoma City.
Funeral service was Jan. 18 at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel.
Mildred Whitsitt
Mildred Lusby Whitsitt, 90, died Jan. 15, 2002.
She is survived by Nancy Lusby Adams and Mildred Lusby Peterson.
Funeral was Jan. 19 in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son, Pine Bluff.
Lena Red
Lena Estelle Red, formerly of Little Rock, died Jan. 13, 2002 in Nashville, TN. She was born in Lonoke Aug. 31, 1906.
She is survived by her daughter, Mary Walker of Brentwood, TN; granddaughters and great-granddaughters.
Graveside services with interment were at Pinecrest Memorial Park, with Rev. Linda Singh officiating
Virgina Walker
Virginia Gordon Walker, 81, of Pine Bluff, died Jan. 21, 2002 in Harrison.
She is survived by a daughter, Jane Reed of Harrison; three brothers, Robert Neal Gordon of Cabot, Marvin Gordon of Cabot and Otto Gordon of Blytheville; one sister, Geneva Wood of Hilltop Lake, Texas; one grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Jan. 23 at Wesley United Methodist Church. Burial was in Taylor cemetery near Princeton by Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce.
Lloyd Elder
Lloyd Lenard “Chot” Elder, 69, of Carlisle died Feb. 10, 2002.
He was born July 19, 1932 in Carlisle. He was a retired drilling contractor and an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. In his later years he worked closely with the vocational classes of the Carlisle Public Schools.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Flo; two brothers, Frank Brewer and James Elder, both of Carlisle; daughters, Patricia McCallie, Linda Waddell and husband, Kim, all of Carlisle, and Carolyn Elder of Stuttgart; a son, Bob Elder of Little Rock; five grandchildren, Steve McCallie and wife, Stephanie, Crystal Callihan and husband, Doug, Wendy McCallie, Kimberly Waddell and Brandon Waddell; and three great-grandchildren, Tim Callihan, Chasity Abshure and Christian Abshure.
A memorial service was conducted by Rev. Wade Shownes and Father Joseph Seiter, Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Carlisle.
Pallbearers were Larry Buffalo, Jerrel Davis, Danny Ebbs, Jim Jestice, Bob McCallie, Steve Martin, Mike Walker and Gary Wilson.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Lloyd Elder Vocational Scholarship Fund, First State Bank, Carlisle, Ark.
Lee McGeorge
Lee McGeorge, 52, of Cabot died Feb. 4, 2002.
She was a member of W.I.B.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Stacy Proctor of Alabama; her son, Chris McGeorge of Cabot; two grandchildren; her brother, Michael Downes of Cabot; and her sister, Lisa Downes of Jacksonville.
Graveside service was Feb. 9.
Neva Dell Sutton
Neva Dell Sutton, age 61, of Cabot, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002.
She is survived by a son, Chris Sutton and wife Camille of Collierville, Tenn.; a daughter, Vicki Crump-Childers and husband Darrell of Cabot; her mother, Emily Lybrand of Sheridan; three brothers, Ronald Lybrand of Metarie, La., Howard Lybrand of Sheridan, Jim Lybrand of Benton; a sister, Nelda Butler of Benton; and six grandchildren, Kyle Childers, Kinley, Colton and Hayley Crum and Alex and Christopher Sutton.
Graveside services were Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 at Sylvania cemetery. Arrangements by Cabot Funeral Home.
Carolyn Sue Bivens
Carolyn Sue Bivens, 51, of Beebe died Feb. 5, 2002.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Beebe.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Bivens of Beebe; sons, Mark Bivens of Beebe and Owen Bivens of North Little Rock; her mother, Betty Owens of Beebe; and her sister, Kathy Williams of Beebe.
Funeral was Feb. 8 at First Baptist Church, Beebe, with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Beebe.
Betty Ramsay
Betty Wheat Fort Ramsay, 72, of Lonoke died Feb. 8, 2002.
She was retired director of the Lonoke County Council on Aging.
Survivors include sons, Leland G. Fort and Kirk D. Fort, both of Lonoke; a daughter, Becky Baker, of Lonoke; sisters, Ann Martin of Lonoke and Cleo Gustafson of Kansas; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral was Feb. 11 at Brownsville Assembly of God Church, with burial in Sunset Memorial Garden by Boyd Funeral Home of Lonoke.
Viva Abts
Viva Fran Golden Abts of Cabot, formerly of Jacksonville and Ward, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2002. She was 88 years old.
She was a Baptist and a member of the Eastern Star. She served as Past Worthy Matron.
She is survived by two sisters, Iris Golden Blasingame and Agnes Golden Hunter.
Funeral was Feb. 11 at First Baptist Church, Ward, with burial in Stoney Point cemetery, Beebe.
Laverne O’Neal
Laverne “Jackie” O’Neal, 70, of North Little Rock, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002.
Survivors include two sons, David of Cabot and Keith of Beebe; and three granddaughters.
Graveside services were Monday at Little Rock National cemetery
