Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Jean Grace Harrington
Jean Grace Harrington, age 92, of Little Rock, died 
Thursday, July 29, 2004. She was born
on October 5, 1911 in Strathroy, Canada, to the late William and Carrie Ann Inch. She retired from the United States Postal Service and was an avid gardener.
Mrs. Harrington was preceded in death by her husband, C. A. "Pal" Harrington. She is survived by 3 daughters, Juanita Alexander and husband Thomas of San Antonio, TX, Barbara Sample and husband Edward of Little Rock, and Patricia and husband Robert of Corpus Christi, TX. Mrs. Harrington is also survived by 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 2, 2004 at 10 AM at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi, TX.
James H. Hamlen, II
James H. Hamlen, II, businessman, pilot and quiet philanthropist, died at his home in Little Rock, on February 15, 2004. He was born
July 6, 1913, in Portland, Maine, the older of the two children of James C. Hamlen, Jr. and Eleanor C. Downing Hamlen. Mr. Hamlen attended Brooks School in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1937 and in the same year came to Little Rock, to participate in the family business. After serving in World War II, he took graduate studies at Yale Forestry School, then returned to Little Rock, and resided there for the rest of his life. His primary interest for much of his life was the family cooperage and hardwood lumber business, J. H. Hamlen and Son, Inc. The business was begun by his great-grandfather, James H. Hamlen, in Portland in 1846. The family brought the company to Arkansas in 1892, where it operated from East 17th Street in Little Rock. In business, Mr. Hamlen was known for conservative, straightforward dealings and a passion for maintaining up-to-date production facilities. He sold the business to Weyerhaeuser Company in 1988 but he kept a keen interest in the lumber industry and maintained the friendships he had developed during his active years in business.
Mr. Hamlen joined the U. S. Army in 1941. He trained as a flight engineer and glider pilot, was commissioned a lst Lieutenant in the 366th Field Artillery Battalion, at Guam, and participated in action at Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa. Jim developed his love of flying as early as age 13, when an aviator, unbeknownst to his parents, let him fly a single-engine plane from the beach near his home. His service in the Army Air Corps confirmed his aviation interest and he enjoyed flying, and especially gliding, until well into his 80s.
In his latter years, he began the disposition of his estate to charities, many related to his early life. His gifts were accomplished without public notice, but he made significant contributions to Harvard University, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Maine Medical Center, Brooks School, the Mayo Clinic Foundation, and numerous charitable and cultural institutions in Little Rock and Portland. He established a scholarship fund at Harvard for the benefit of students from Arkansas and Maine. Mr. Hamlen was a member of the Country Club of Little Rock, the Arkansas Forestry Association, and the Cooperage Industry Association of America.
His sister, Mary D. Hamlen, died in 2001. Mr. Hamlen will be remembered fondly by his surviving friends, colleagues and the members of his family, his cousins and their descendants.
Notification of charitable memorials should be sent to Mr. Hamlen's long-time friend, Natalie Kirby, c/o her daughter, Dale Selakovich at 7209 Rockwood Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, at 11am on Wednesday, February 18. Mr. Hamlen will be buried
in Portland, Maine. Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home.
Herbert Inlow Hamilton
Herbert Inlow Hamilton, of Little Rock, died at UAMS Hospital in Little Rock, on January 7, 2004. He had recently retired from 65 years in the insurance business having represented Business Men's Assurance Company of Kansas City, MO as sales representative and District Manager. In later years he also brokered for a number of other insurance companies.
He was born
January 1, 1915 in Waco, TX, to Herbert Virgin Hamilton and Grace Inlow Hamilton who moved to Little Rock, in 1920. He graduated from Little Rock High School, now Central High, and attended the North Texas division of Louisiana State University at Monroe, LA. He transferred to Ouachita Baptist College, now University, at Arkadelphia, AR.
In 1935 he began working for BMA and received many awards in recognition of sales, one being the coveted Blue Blazer Award, as well as trips to Canada, California and Puerto Rico. He married
Eloise Abernathy in 1936 and over the years they traveled extensively at home and abroad. During World War II he served as an enlisted man in the artillery, later serving in the infantry at Ft. Benning, GA.
He was a member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church where he served on many of the church committees and as chairman of the Board of Deacons and of the Finance Committee; taught Sunday School Classes at various age levels and was Director of an adult department for several years. Faithful in all of his responsibilities, he seldom missed his hour in the Prayer Ministry of the church. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Masonic Lodge and the Scimitar Shrine Temple. He was a charter member of the Pulaski Heights Kiwanis Club, served six years as a Board Member of Westside YMCA, served one year as one of the co-chairmen of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, a charter member of Riverdale Country Club, now Pleasant Valley Country Club and served one year as secretary of the Arkansas Life Underwriters Association.
He was pre-deceased by his parents and especially close in-laws, Louise Abernathy, mother-in-law of Fordyce, AR, and brothers-in-law, Sterling Abernathy, Jr, Centerville, OH, and William C. Abernathy, Arlington, VA.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, his daughter, Julie Anne Warmouth and her husband, W.B. Warmouth; granddaughters Julie Carolyn Wheat; Wendy Brandon and husband Benton Brandon, grandson, William B. Warmouth, Jr.; great-grandsons, Jackson H. Wheat, Carson W. Wheat and B.D. "Cross" Brandon, IV, all of Little Rock, a brother Benjamin Hamilton and wife Helen of El Cajon, CA; a sister, Noma Grace Perkins of Carson City, NV, and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as great nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 2200 Kavanaugh, Little Rock, or the Abernathy-Hamilton-McGee Scholarship Fund at Ouachita Baptist University, P. O. Box 3750, Arkadelphia, AR.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church,. The family will greet friends at 12:30 in the Church Parlor. Burial to follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home.
Patricia Ellis Grace
Patricia Ellis Grace, 71 of Little Rock, died Sunday, February 22, 2004. She was born
in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 18, 1932 to Mabel Watson Ellis and the late Thomas Garland Ellis. She graduated from Little Rock High school, attended Washington University in St. Louis, and graduated from UAMS School of Medical Technology. She then continued studying Immunology at UAMS graduate school. She was a member of the Pi Bet Phi sorority. She was the chief medical technologist at the Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic under the direction of Dr. S. William Ross. Later, she became the office manager and his assistant until her retirement in 1990. Mrs. Grace was an active member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hot Springs Village where she served on the Vestry. She was one of the early members of Good Shepard Episcopal Church in Little Rock and also a member of Christ Episcopal Church. Her volunteerism extended to numerous organizations including serving on the boards of Wildwood Center for the Performing Arts, Fine Arts Club, and the Old State House. She also chaired many committees for the Decorative Arts Forum and Symphony Guild both in Little Rock and Hot Springs Village. She was a member of the Scattered Seeds Garden Club and the PEO Sisterhood. Mrs.
Grace was preceded in death by her husband William Lee Grace and one son, William Lee Grace Jr. She is survived by one son, Theodore Garland Grace and his wife Regina. Also survived by six grandchildren Brittany Leigh, Lauren Elizabeth, Patrick Hunter, Taggart Garland, William Lee III, Thomas Clay, two step grandchildren Jacob Curry, Jordan Tressie, her Mother, Mabel Watson Ellis, one sister Carolyn and her husband Retired Major General Bill B. Lefler, sister-in-law Teddi Jeanette Grace. Nieces and nephews include Tracey and husband Jack Salter, Dr. Thomas and wife Cindy Lefler, Dr. Mark and wife Katherine Lefler, Emily, Elizabeth and Ellen Smead and eight great nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday, February 24 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with Father Jim McLean, Jr. and Cannon Scott Lee officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home. A private burial will be at Pine Crest Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Centers for Youth and Families, 6501 West 12th street, Little Rock, AR 72204 or Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 199 Barcelona Rd., Hot Springs Village, AR 71909.
Lorraine Goolsby
Lorraine Goolsby, 94, of Little Rock, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004. She was born
Sept. 1, 1909 in Sheridan, to the late John Henry and Nettie Rushing Bradley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Carl H. Goolsby; son, Edward Carl Goolsby; three sisters, Lillian Mathews, Mildred Walker and Lois Bradley; and two brothers, Herschel Bradley and Bud Bradley.
After raising her children, Mrs. Goolsby returned to school and eventually received her Master's degree. She was a first grade teacher in Pine Bluff for 19 years. She is survived by two daughters, Carol Majors and husband Weaver of Little Rock, and Rheta DeVries of Waterloo, Iowa; one grandson, Lee Majors and wife Paige of Little Rock; one granddaughter, Leanne Franzetti and husband Chris of Little Rock; and six great-grandchildren, Michael, Warren, Maria and Olivia Franzetti, Mary Carol and Meredith Majors.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2004 at Little Rock's First Baptist Church under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home with burial in Sheridan Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Grant County Museum or Little Rock's First Baptist Church.
Bill Charles Gogel
Bill Charles Gogel, age 79, of Little Rock, died October 27, 2004. He was born
in Chicago, Illinois, on September 29, 1925 to the late Charles and Julia Gogel. Mr. Gogel graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, with a B.S. in Chemistry. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII having served in Japan. Bill moved to Little Rock, in 1963, after living in New Jersey, where he worked for the Thyacol Company on the Mercury Project. He later retired from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1986. He was a member of the Maumelle Country Club, where he played golf as often as he possibly could.
Mr. Gogel is survived by his loving wife, Geraldine; his brother, Edward V. Gogel and his wife Eileen of Winter Haven, Fla; a niece, Lynn D. Lieber and her husband Robert of San Francisco, CA; and a nephew, Edward D. Gogel of San Francisco, CA.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday in the chapel of Ruebel Funeral Home with Father Brendon Murphy officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Mary Candace Alley Hart
Mary Candace Alley Hart, 83, of Little Rock, passed away Friday, September 3, 2004, at St Vincent Infirmary following a courageous battle with lymphoma cancer. She was born
on February 15, 1921, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Solomon Milton and Clara Jane Lewis Alley. Her great-grandparents, the Lewis and the Wickham families, were the first settlers of Little Rock in 1846. She graduated from Little Rock High School in 1937, attended Little Rock Junior College on a PTA scholarship and received her teaching degree in 1941 from Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas. She met her future husband, Delmar, on a blind date in 1941 when he was stationed at Camp Robinson. Their first date was a success because of their common love of baseball, which was a recurring theme throughout their lives. She taught school in Scott, Arkansas, and North Little Rock Jr High School. After her marriage to Delmar, family came first and she became a homemaker and a wonderful mother. After raising her two daughters, she sold shoes at Tot to Teen for many years, fitting shoes for scores of children in Little Rock. She was a charter member of St James Methodist Church and was an active member of the Saturday night service and the 39ers Club. She never met a stranger and she could accomplish anything with a telephone. She described her perfect day as one that is not too hot-nor too warm-a day that her grandson, Drew was pitching-and he wins!
She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Delmar Calvin Hart, who passed away three days earlier. She was also preceded in death by her two sisters, Blanche Ora Alley and Clara Mae Alley Barnard.
Survivors include her two daughters-Jane White Tullos and husband David of Little Rock, and Dr Anne Hart of Flagstaff, AZ, her much-loved grandson Drew Tullos; nephews M. Jay Barnard, Henderson NV, William S Barnard, Atlanta, GA; Lewis A Barnard, Richardson, TX, and a multitude of family and friends, both old and new.
Visitation will be held at Ruebel Funeral Home from 2-4 pm Sunday, Sept 5, 2004. Graveside services will be held at 11 am Tuesday, Sept 7, 2004 at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery, North Little Rock.
Honorary pallbearers include Anne Magro, Virginia Cogdill, Margaret Keith, Jo Wagner, Marilyn Johnson, Mariwayne Page, Mary Denny and Cyndy Lamberson.
Memorials may be made to a scholarship for her great-niece who passed away from leukemia at age 33, the Linda B Wade Memorial Scholarship, Dallas Theological Seminary, 3909 Swiss Ave, Dallas TX 75204; or St James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Dr, Little Rock AR 72212.
Imogene Pryor Knox
Imogene Pryor Knox, 92, of Little Rock, passed away on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at U.A.M.S. She was born
in Lansing, Michigan, on June 10, 1912 to the late Milo and Gertrude Maynard Pryor. She was a minister's wife, and an active member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and all of its functions.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred A. Knox; a daughter, Peggy Ann Knox; and a brother, Russell L. Pryor. Survivors include a daughter, Jean Baker of Little Rock; and a granddaughter, Missy Baker, of Conway.
Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 27, 2004 at Roselawn Memorial Park with a Memorial Service to follow at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Rev. John Fleming will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 2223 Durwood, Little Rock, 72207.
