Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Maclyn Albert Price
Maclyn Albert Price, 64, died Jan. 14, 2005. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors include his son, Danny Price of Georgia; brother, Buddy Woods; sisters, Mary Nelle Whitehead, Martha, Maryann and Dorothy.
Interment was Sunday at Hamilton cemetery in Carlisle by Boyd Funeral Home of Lonoke.
Troy Burns
Troy Burns, 83, of Little Rock, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005.
He was a graduate of Ward High School. During WWII, he served the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the USS Samuel Chase from 1942 to 1945. During this time, he participated in five invasions on North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and southern France. He served as president of the USS Samuel Chase Association for several years. In 1946, after the war, he returned to Little Rock where he founded and became CEO of the Troy Burns Company. He as a member of the Magnolia Lodge #60. He became a 33rd Degree Mason and a member of the Scimitar Temple and Scottish Rite. He served on the board of directors of the Sales Executive Club and the Young Businessmen’s Association. He joined the Riverdale Country Club in 1953, and remained a member when it moved and was renamed Pleasant Valley Country Club. He was a member of the Senior Men’s Golf Association. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Crystal L. Jones Burns, a son, Troy Burns, Jr., of Little Rock, a daughter, Paula Burns Noble of Greenville, S.C., two granddaughters; brothers, Haskel Burns of El Paso, McCoy Burns of Austin, Bill Burns of Cabot; sisters, Beatrice Shock of Austin, Louise Cearly of Austin, and Marcill Moncrief of North Little Rock.
Funeral was Jan. 19, at Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth, Little Rock. Burial was at Grizzard cemetery in El Paso.
Memorials may be made to the Grizzard cemetery Association, El Paso, Ark., or to the charity of your choice.
Ruby D. Culpepper
Ruby Doris Shirkey Culpepper, 80, of Little Rock, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005.
Survivors include her daughter, Tammy Laney of Little Rock; a brother, Lee Shirkey of Lonoke; two sisters, Betty Lynn Abbott of Cabot, Dorothy Sims of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; two step granddaughters.
Graveside services by Ralph Robinson & Son were Jan. 18, in Center Grove cemetery, (Grant County).
The family requests that memorials be made to the, Christian Children’s Fund, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, Richmond, Va. 23294 USA.
Robert J. Goldsberry
Robert Joseph “Bob” Goldsberry, 80 of Jacksonville died Sunday.
In 1941, he began a 32 year career with the U.S. Army Air Force. He served in W.W. II, Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict, retiring as a senior master sergeant. He was a member of Second Baptist Church in Jacksonville.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Goldsberry of the home; two daughters, Teri Jones of Ward, Deane Pieterick of Fairfield, Calif.; son, Robert Goldsberry of Sterling, Va.; sister, Peggy Simpson of Kokomo, Ind.; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Jan. 19, at Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Chapel with entombment at Chapel Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family requests memorials be made to the Arkansas Hospice, Inc., 5600 W. 12th, Little Rock, Ark. 72204 or Second Baptist Church in Jacksonville.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home of Jacksonville.
Garland H. Taylor
Garland Herald Taylor, age 87 of Cabot, died Jan. 12, 2005.
He was ordained and pastored for the Church of the Nazarene from 1944 through 1957. He then joined the Bible Missionary Church, where he pastored until 1982.
He is survived by Ida, his wife of 64 years, four sons, Neal, Curtis, David and Joseph, two daughters, Linda Smith, Mildred Kyle, 23 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, three sisters, Vetrol Sanger, Faye McCullough and Maxine Goodwin.
Funeral services were Jan. 18, at Bible Missionary Church, Cabot, with Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home in charge.
Dana Lynn Hone
Dana Lynn Hone, 41, of Ward, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005.
She was an RN in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit at Baptist Memorial Medical Center in North Little Rock.
Survivors include her husband, Bert Hone Sr. of Ward; two stepsons, Bert Hone Jr., Joshua Hone, both of Maumelle; one stepdaughter, Sarah Daniels of Searcy; her father Harvey Murphy of Pocahontas; sister Dawn Bowman of St. Louis, Mo.
Services were Monday in Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home and burial was in the Masonic cemetery in Pocahontas.
Fred M. Freeman
Fred Monroe Freeman of Landis, died Jan. 11, 2005 at the age of 86.
His primary occupation was raising beef cattle and strawberries. He also worked at the area stave mills. In 1965, he began working for the Arkansas State Highway Department and worked there until he retired in 1981. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a former Justice of the Peace, and active member of the Searcy County Democrat Committee, and a member of the Strawberry Growers Association.
He is survived by his wife, Auga; and two daughters, Sharon Massey and Peggy Ragland of Marshall; one son, Danny Freeman of Conway; two sisters, Rose Gray, Ark.; one brother, Glen Freeman of Cabot; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Jan. 14, at the Roller-Coffman Funeral Home in Marshall with burial in the Memorial Garden cemetery in Marshall.
Jerry H. Price
Jerry H. Price, of Cabot, age 76, died Jan. 10, 2005.
No services were held. The body was cremated and will be buried in Springfield. Arrangements were made by Griffin Leggett Rest Hills.
Charles Skaggs
Charles Skaggs, 87, of Cabot, died Jan. 10, 2005.
He was a Veteran of the United States Army and a retired nurse’s aid.
He is survived by children Edna Odom and C.W. Skaggs ; two grandchildren; five great- grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren.
Cremation arrangements were by Roller-Chenal Funeral Home.
Atha G. Holland
Atha Guyneth Holland, 88, of McRae died Jan. 10, 2005.
She was a member of 16th Section Union Church.
She is survived by two sons - Allen Holland of North Little Rock and Harry Holland of McRae; one daughter - Ludie Jones of Lonoke; six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Dallas Hughes of North Little Rock; three sisters - Adavene Ward of Quitman, Melva Middleton of Peoria, Ill., and Ragene Stark of Heber Springs.
Funeral was Thursday, Jan. 13, at Westbrook Funeral Home, with burial in Weir cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, P.O. Drawer 222, Little Rock, Ark. 72203.
