Obituaries

Opal Janes (10/04/04)
OPAL JANES, a resident of Berryville, was born June 18, 1914, in Ellis County, Texas, a daughter of Clyde and Tassie Mae (Coffey) Riddels. She departed this life Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 90. Mrs. Janes was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Berryville...

Gracie Beatrice Shrum (10/05/04)
GRACIE BEATRICE SHRUM, 81, of Springdale, Ark., died Oct. 1, 2004, at Northwest Medical Center of Washington County in Springdale. She was born Sept. 9, 1923, at Lead Hill, Ark., the daughter of William Allen and Martha Delilah Glenn Couey. She was a homemaker and a member of Freedom Full Gospel Church in Springdale, and the widow of Clifford Emerson Shrum, who preceded her in death in 1976. ...

Stanley F. Patten (10/05/04)
STANLEY F. PATTEN, 75, of Harrison, died Sept. 22, 2004, at Compton, Ark. He was born Feb. 26, 1929. in Wilmont, N.H., a son of Forest Lee and Alice Clark Patten. Know as Buddy, Mr. Patten lived in the woods with bears. Cremation arrangements were by Coffman Funeral Home of Harrison...

Tiffany Ann Collins (10/05/04)
TIFFANY ANN COLLINS, a resident of Holiday Island, was born June 24, 1967, in Cristubal, Panama Canal Zone. She died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at the age of 37. Tiffany was an aesthetician. She worked at the The Pink Papaya in Fayetteville. She is survived by her father, Charley Collins and her mother, Sharon Leah Cloer...

Ines Melinda Fancher (10/05/04)
INES MELINDA FANCHER, 77, of Dinsmore, Ark., died Sept. 27, 2004, at her home. She was born June 2, 1927, at Dinsmore, the daughter of Allan Monroe and Eliza Clirisa Nunnley Allred. She was a homemaker and the widow of Stillman Bert Fancher, whom she married on March 5, 1950, and who preceded her in death on March 15, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Jess Allred, one sister, Maxine Wilson, and one granddaughter, Andrea Fancher...

Carl E. Wheeler (10/07/04)
CARL E. WHEELER, a resident of Alpena, was born Nov. 23, 1937 in Duluth, Minn., a son of Chancey and Thelma (Hayes) Wheeler. He died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, in his home at the age of 66. Mr. Wheeler was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Army during the Cuban crisis and the Vietnam conflict. He was a member of the Alpena Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge Yell #64 in Green Forest and the American Legion, where he served as historian...

Ruth Bailey (10/07/04)
Ruth Elaine Bailey, 77, of Atkins, Ark., died Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, at her home. The daughter of Otto Neal and Martha Watters Walters, she was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo. She was a 1945 graduate of Eureka Springs High School and attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. ...

Robert 'Lewis' Bennett (10/07/04)
Funeral services for Robert "Lewis" Bennett, 51, of Enid, Okla., were to be held Friday, Oct. 8, 2004 at the Ladusau-Evans Chapel in Enid with Rev. Marvin Goodpasture officiating. Burial was to be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pickens Cemetery in Green Forest, Ark., under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home...

Leonor Castillo (10/07/04)
LEONOR S. CASTILLO, a resident of Berryville, was born April 23, 1915, in Del Rio, Texas, a daughter of Jose Maria and Dolores (San Miguel) Castillo. She died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, in Berryville, at the age of 89. Mrs. Castillo was a waitress. She was of the Catholic faith...

Cliff Scates (10/07/04)
CLIFF (GOPH) SCATES, a resident of Hiwasse, Ark., was born Dec. 29, 1956, in Heber City, Utah, a son of Leo and Vivian (Housel) Scates. He died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, in Gentry, Ark., at the age of 47. Mr. Scates was a truck driver for Clupp Trucking and attended Emmanuel Baptist Church...

Mrs. Doris Vaye Allred (10/13/04)
MRS. DORIS VAYE ALLRED, 81, of Marble, Ark., died Oct. 4, 2004 at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born Dec.14, 1922 at Marble, the daughter Lester and Margaret Jack Cline. She was a homemaker and a former officer-in-charge of the Marble Post Office. She was a member of Marble United Baptist Church...

Dolores Ann Hunt (10/13/04)
DOLORES ANN HUNT, a resident of Harrison, was born Aug. 4, 1938 in Willows, Calif., a daughter of Jess Clifford Cooper I and Anita Jacquez. She died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004, in Harrison at the age of 66. Mrs. Hunt was a retired cannery worker and had served as the president of local cannery Teamsters Union. She was a member of the Olivehurst Methodist Church...

John D. Lively (10/13/04)
John D. Lively, a resident of Berryville, formerly of the Rudd community, was born Feb. 29, 1940, in Berryville, a son of William Henry and Ruby Clarice (Miller) Lively. He died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 64. Mr. Lively was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Army. He was a wood crafter and also worked as a maintenance man and an electrician. He was a charter member of the Rudd Baptist Church...

Paul Marion Pace (10/13/04)
PAUL MARION PACE, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born April 24, 1933, in Big Spring, Texas, a son of William Joseph and Dottie Lonzora (Boozer) Pace. He died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, in his home at the age of 71. Mr. Pace was an electrical engineer for Raytheon. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Berryville, where he served as a deacon, elder, and administrative assistant...

Mark Everett Watts (10/13/04)
Mark Everett Watts, 32 of Gore, Okla., died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. A graveside memorial service was held Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004 at Alpena Cemetery, with Rev. Curly Johnson and Rev. James Davis officiating. A second graveside memorial service was to be held at Lee Cemetery in Sandtown, Ark. (outside of Batesville) at 2:00 P.M. Friday Oct. 8. A family gathering after the service was to be at the home of Philip and Brenda Poff in Batesville...

Aline Jones (10/15/04)
Aline Lafay Jones, 71, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, in Bismark, Ark. She was born Sept. 3, 1933, in Mt. Ida, the daughter of the late Dave and Edna McBride Blackburn. She was preceded in death by her brother, Corky Blackburn. She attended Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church and was a loving homemaker, mother and wife...

Mary Jared (10/15/04)
MARY JARED, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Jan. 7, 1921, in Seaman, Ohio, a daughter of E.s. and Anna Mabel (Bloom) Young. She died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 83. Mrs. Jared was an office worker for McDonald Douglas in California and was a member of Presbyterian Church of Seaman, Ohio...

Belva Pittenger (10/15/04)
BELVA DEAN PITTENGER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Sept. 8, 1925, in Stromsburg, Neb., a daughter of George and Evangline (McCullouch) Elliott. She died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 79. Mrs. Pittenger was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church in Green Forest...

Allean Standlee (10/15/04)
ALLEAN STANDLEE, a resident of Berryville, was born June 10, 1922, in Golden, Mo., a daughter of Cyrus J. and Icadora (Allen) Standlee. She died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 82. She is survived by her son, James Cletus Standlee of Phoenix, Ariz. and several nieces and nephews...

Roy Schulz (10/15/04)
Funeral services for Roy F. Schulz of El Reno, Ark., were held Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at First Christian Church with Rev. Dr. Jeff Knighton, pastor of First Christian Church officiating. Burial with military honors was at the El Reno Cemetery. Services were under direction of Wilson Funeral Home...

Catherine Harsham McKay (10/19/04)
CATHERINE HARSHAM MCKAY, of Holiday Island, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, in Eureka Springs at the age of 82. She was born Dec. 29, 1921, in Carter, Ken., to Nicholas A. and Carrie Jordan Harsham. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church, Cassville, Mo. Memorials may be made to the church...

Ray Nash (10/19/04)
RAY NASH, a resident of Berryville, was born Dec. 24, 1916, in Arkadelphia, Ark., a son of W.P. and Bessie (Deaton) Nash. He died Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, in Berryville, at the age of 87. Ray graded lumber for a plywood mill in Oregon. He attended Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II...

Rendall Micheal Mann (10/19/04)
RENDALL MICHEAL MANN, a resident of Blue Eye, Mo., was born Dec. 2, 1952, in Berryville, a son of Floyd and Chella (Reynolds) Mann. He died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 51. He elected to donate his organs for transplant...

Cecil Bennett (10/26/04)
Cecil E. Bennett, 84 of Waseca, Minn., died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center in Waterville, Minn. Services were held on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at McRaith Funeral Home in Waseca, Minn. with Rev. Roger Haug officiating. Mass of Christian Burial will be held in Eureka Springs on Saturday, Oct. ...

Bruce Cain (10/26/04)
BRUCE CAIN, 95, of Kingston, Ark., died Oct. 13, 2004, at St. John's Hospital in Berryville. He was born Nov. 17, 1908, at Huntsville, Ark., the son of James Riley and Sarah Jane Brown Cain. He was a carpenter and a member of the Kingston Community Church where he served as a deacon. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Annis Vestal Armer Cain on Feb. 17, 1997. He was also preceded in death by an infant son, two brothers and three sisters...

Marvin Fort (10/26/04)
Marvin Fort, 72, of Huntsville, Ark., died Oct. 15, 2004, at Washington Regional Medical Center at Fayetteville. He was born Dec. 22, 1931, at Maora, Ill., the son of Burnard James and Alma Francis Sutton Fort. He was a contractor and a member of the First Assembly of God Church at Eureka Springs and the American Quarter Horse Association. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Burnard Fort, Cyrus Fort and Wendell Fort, and one granddaughter, Marcella Lynn Fort...

Delbert Howard (10/26/04)
Delbert Howard, 88, of Rudd, died Friday Oct.15, 2004. Mr. Howard was born on March 12, 1916, in Carroll County to the late Fred Howard and Missie Miller Howard. Mr. Howard was a retired truck driver with Eldridge Feed Mill of Green Forest. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and most of all hunting ginseng. Delbert lived in Carroll County most of his life where he graduated from the Gobbler School. He was affiliated with the Baptist Church...

Maj. Gen. Bruce Kendall (10/26/04)
Major General Bruce K Kendall, 93, of Hershey, Pa., died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004, in the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra., Pa. He was born Nov. 12, 1910, in Alabam, Ark., son of the late Lemuel and Julia (Price) Kendall. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas where he captained the Razorbacks basketball team. ...