Obituaries

Cleo Allen (02/02/04)
CLEO ALLEN, a resident of Shell Knob, Mo., was born Nov. 23, 1922, in Stone County, Mo., a son of Alex and Angeline (Meadows) Allen. He died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, in Kimberling City, Mo., at the age of 81. Cleo was a farmer. He attended the Shell Knob Church of God...

Lillian Binam (02/02/04)
LILLIAN DEE BINAM, 69, of Marble, Ark., died Jan. 26, 2004, at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born Aug. 1, 1934, at Purdy, Ark., the daughter of Walter Summer and Dora Ellen Hargis Smith. She was a homemaker and attended the High Church. ...

Lois Scott (02/02/04)
LOIS G. SCOTT, 77, of Green Forest, died at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004. She is survived by her son, Don (Fuzzy) and daughter-in-law Dixie of Berryville; one sister, Crystal, of Kirksville, Mo.; several nieces and nephews; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Cremation services were conducted by Smith Family Funeral Home of Green Forest...

Judith Lease (02/02/04)
JUDITH (JUDY) LEASE, a resident of Holiday Island, was born March 2, 1937, in Plainfield, N.J., a daughter of Charles Francis and Doris Dorothy (Holmes) Roberts. She died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, in Eureka Springs at the age of 66. Mrs. Lease was a registered nurse. She attended the St. James Episcopal Church in Eureka Springs...

Florence Mennell (02/02/04)
FLORENCE S. MENNELL, a resident of Holiday Island, was born March 12, 1918, in Cicero, Ill., a daughter of William Lowell and Florence M. (Ginter) Schuster. She died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, in her home at the age of 85. Mrs. Mennell was an office manager at a machine shop. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Eureka Springs...

Robert Henry Wenzel (02/04/04)
ROBERT HENRY WENZEL, 74, of Green Forest, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at his home in Green Forest. He was born to Erwin and Helen (Roggentine) Wenzel on July 30, 1929, in Chicago. He was a member of the Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was retired from Caterpillar...

Billy Wayne Nichols (02/04/04)
BILLY WAYNE NICHOLS, a resident of Green Forest, was born May 26, 1935, in Dawson Springs, Ken., a son of Lawrence H. and Imogene Nichols. He died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in Berryville, at the age of 68. Mr. Nichols was a co-owner of Classic Maintenance. He was of the Christian faith...

PHYLLIS-JANE ADKINS (02/09/04)
PHYLLIS-JANE ADKINS, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Feb. 22, 1941, in Willoughby, Ohio, a daughter of Hudson D. and Elaine F. (Sheldon) Adkins. She died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, in her home at the age of 62. Ms. Adkins was a gardener. She is survived by her two sons, Guy Holmes and Glenn Holmes, both of Eureka Springs; one brother, Glenn Adkins of Kernville, Calif.; his sister, Sharon Adkins of Booneville, Arkansas; several nieces and nephews; other relatives; and a host of friends...

MARJORIE "MOM" CLARK (02/09/04)
MARJORIE "MOM" CLARK, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 23, 1922, in Batavia, a daughter of Melvin and Blanche (Hill) Calkins. She died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, in Eureka Springs at the age of 81. Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith...

CHARLES "CHARLEY" HOSKINS (02/09/04)
CHARLES "CHARLEY" HOSKINS, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Eureka Springs, a son of Asie and Pina Marie (Crow) Hoskins. He died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, in Eureka Springs at the age of 79. He was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean conflict. He was of the Assembly Of God faith...

ARVILLA JOHNSON (02/09/04)
ARVILLA JOHNSON, a resident of Springfield, Mo., was born Jan. 8, 1912, in Carroll County, Ark., a daughter of Ed and Ellen (Gross) Cary. She died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, in her home at the age of 92. Mrs. Johnson was a candy maker for the Wing Candy Company in Branson...

CECIL E. MEDLEY (02/09/04)
CECIL E. MEDLEY, former superintendent of schools in Marshall, Ark., died Jan. 31, 2004, at Hillcrest Home in Harrison. He was 94. Cecil Ezra Medley was the oldest son of Polk and Minnie Medley. He was born May 9, 1909, at Cowan Barrens in Marion County, Ark. At age 20, he left Cozahome, Ark., to attend high school at Marshall. He worked as a porter at the Bratton Hotel in Marshall to finance his high school education...

TERRY "BILLY" NEAL (02/09/04)
TERRY "BILLY" NEAL, a resident of Berryville, was born March 29, 1959, in Berryville, a son of Coy and Mary Helen (Harp) Neal. He died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at the age of 44. Mr. Neal was a 1977 graduate of Berryville High School. He was general manager of Latco Construction before he became ill with Lou Gerhig Disease, which he fought a lengthy and couragous battle against until his death. He also enjoyed traveling, camping, hunting, and fishing with friends...

Don Ewert Rempel (02/11/04)
DON EWERT REMPEL, a native of Berryville, died Dec. 17, 2003, in Orange County, Calif., at the age of 70. He was very well known in Carroll County in the late 1940s and early '50s when he was a star player on the Berryville High School basketball team...

Nicholas Miller (Nick) Miller, III (02/11/04)
NICHOLAS MILLER (NICK) MILLER III, a resident of Green Forest, was born June 17, 1955, in Schenectady, N.Y., a son of George Nicholas Miller, Sr. and Rita Veronica (Maney) Miller. He died in Van Buren County, Ark. at the age of 48. Nick was an interpreter for the deaf, having earned his associate degree at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. ...

Mary Pedelty (02/11/04)
Mary Pedelty, a resident of Eureka Springs for 30 years, died at her home on Jan. 24 at the age of 88. Born Gwenllian Gill in Yorkshire, England, Mary left England in 1932 at the age of 17 when her sister, unbeknown to Mary, had submitted a photo of her to a movie studio search for the most beautiful girl in the world. ...

Jo Anne Baker (02/16/04)
JO ANNE (JODIE) BEATTY BAKER, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Oct. 3, 1933, in Springfield, Mo., a daughter of Laura Ileen Collins. She died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, in her home at the age of 70. Jodie was a tourism sales representative. She was of the Christian faith...

Christopher R. Brown (02/16/04)
CHRISTOPHER ROBERT BROWN, a resident of Oak Grove, was born Nov. 17, 1973, in Madisonville, Tex., a son of Vicky (Brown). He died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, in his home at the age of 30. Chris worked for Brashears Furniture in Berryville. On July 26, 2003, he was united in marriage with Erin (McCollough) Brown. ...

Vera Holman (02/16/04)
VERA (BUREL) HOLMAN, a resident of Bentonville, was born Aug. 25, 1915, in Buford, Ga., a daughter of Noah Milton and Callie Elizabeth (Davis) Burel. She died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, in her home at the age of 88. Mrs. Holman was a homemaker. She attended the Worldwide Church of God...

Sarah Lane (02/16/04)
SARAH LUCILLE LANE, a resident of Green Forest, was born Nov. 8, 1928, in Springdale, a daughter of Clyde Lewis and Debbie Ann (Graham) Harp. She died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, in her home at the age of 75. Until her retirement, Lucille worked at Tyson Foods for many years. After her retirement she worked in the cafeteria at Green Forest Schools. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest since 1955...

J.S. Morris (02/16/04)
J.S. MORRIS, a resident of Green Forest, was born March 10, 1927, in the Yocum community of Carroll County, a son of Seab and Mattie (Roberts) Morris. He died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, in his home at the age of 76. Mr. Morris was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as a plumber for Sawyer and McCarty in California for many years...

Frank Perkins (02/16/04)
FRANK PERKINS, a resident of Berryville, was born April 4, 1913, in Reeds Spring, Mo., a son of Hite T. and Phoebe (Mills) Perkins. He died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 90. Mr. Perkins had retired from Tyson Foods in Berryville. He enjoyed spending time at the Senior Center when he was able. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II. He was of the Pentecostal faith...

Jack Perry (02/16/04)
JACK DOBBIN PERRY, infant son of Hap and Jill Rene/ Criswell Perry of Clifty, Ark., was born and died on Feb. 7, 2004, at Willow Creek Women's Hospital in Johnson. Survivors include his parents; one brother, Caleb A. Perry; one sister, Elyse R. Perry, both of the home; and his grandparents, Lloyd and Katy Merriman of Berryville, John R. and Judy Crisswell of Green Valley, Ariz., and Violet Byars of Huntsville, Ark...

T. Nell Samac (02/16/04)
T. NELL SAMAC a resident of Eureka Springs, was born July 19, 1944 in Kennett, Mo., a daughter of William Lawrence and E. Azzelle (McGee) Lester. She died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, in her home at the age of 59. Mrs. Samac was a homemaker. On Aug. 19, 1962 she was united in marriage with William C. ...

James Lesley Ward (02/24/04)
James Leslie Ward, a resident of Green Forest, died Feb. 12, 2004, in Greenville, Ill. at the age of 43. James was a retired Explosive Ordnance Disposal agent of the United States Army and while on active duty was chosen to serve at the inauguration of former United State President Ronald Reagan. He finished his service as an E.O.D. instructor...

Delbert Ward Sr. (02/24/04)
DELBERT CHARLES WARD, SR., a resident of Green Forest, died Feb. 12, 2004, in Greenville, Ill., at the age of 38. Delbert was a truck driver, commercial sheller and sold acorns to the U.S. Forestry Service to be used for replanting of the nation's national forests...

Shannon Harp (02/24/04)
SHANNON DEL HARP, a resident of Berryville, was born Dec. 8, 1971, in Eureka Springs, a son of Jack and Mary L. (Johnson) Harp. He died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, in Springfield, Mo., at the age 32. On Sept. 19, 1998, he was united in marriage with Tracy (Worsham) Harp who survives him. ...

Johnnie Harrison (02/24/04)
JOHNNIE WARD HARRISON, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Nov. 29, 1919, in Plymouth, N.C., a son of Olaf and Cotlie (Bateman) Harrison. He died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 84. Mr. Harrison was a retired Construction Electrician First Class, having been one of the original Seabees, Naval Construction Battalion, Unit 411. He served with the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean conflict, and in Vietnam. He was of the Baptist faith...

Ruby Severs (02/24/04)
RUBY SEVERS, a resident of Berryville, was born May 25, 1916, in Dora, N. M., She died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, in Springdale at the age of 87. Before her retirement, Ruby worked at Glick Manufacturing for many years. She was a member of the Moore United Baptist Church...