Obituaries

H. L. Davis (02/08/05)
H.L. (JR.) DAVIS, a resident of Alpena, was born Jan. 4, 1931, in Alpena, a son of Hugh Lee and Lou Dora (Brown) Davis. He died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 74. Jr. was a school bus driver for Alpena Public Schools. He was also truck driver for many years. Jr. was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the American Legion and V.F.W...

Helen Miller (02/08/05)
HELEN CHRISTY CLAYBORN MILLER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Dec. 21, 1926 in Orrel, Ark., a daughter of Pat and Maggie Clayborn. She died Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 78. Mrs. Miller was a poultry grower for Tyson Foods and a bus driver for the Alpena Schools. She was a member of the Osage Assembly of God Church where she served as Sunday School Secretary for more than 30 years. She was an avid quilter, a loving mother, grandmother, and housewife...

Ryleigh and Carl Ray (02/08/05)
RYLEIGH JO RAY, age 2, and Carl Eugene Ray, Jr., age 1, of Eagle Rock, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at their home. Ryleigh was born July 26, 2002, and Carl was born July 26, 2003, in Monett, Mo. They are the children of Carl Eugene Ray, Sr. and Michelle Owenby. ...

Frankie Riggles (02/08/05)
Frankie Eugene Riggles of Berryville, daughter of James and Daisy (Casey) Coker was born June 23, 1925, in Viola, Mo., and died Jan. 29, 2005, in Carroll County Nursing Center at the age of 79 years. Frankie had lived in the Berryville area the past seven years, coming from Watts, Okla. Before retiring, Frankie had worked in the fruit orchards in California and at the Carnation milk plant in Mt. Vernon, Mo...

Sandra Thornton (02/08/05)
SANDRA THORNTON, a resident of Anchorage, Alaska, died Jan. 26, 2005 at Providence Alaska Medical Center. She was 61. Ms. Thornton was born July 16, 1943, in Penalosa, Kan., and graduated from high school there. She had been employed as a waitress throughout her adult life. She was a resident of Berryville from 1986 through 1990, helping take care of her aging parents who lived here then. She returned to Alaska after their deaths...

Ruth Walden (02/08/05)
RUTH MARIE WALDEN, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Eureka Springs, a daughter of Arlo and Jewel (Ash) Benedict. She died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Springdale, at the age of 82. Ruth was a cook at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs...

Eulee Lynch (02/08/05)
Eulee L. "E. L." Lynch, age 83, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Red Rose Inn of Cassville. He was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Alley Springs, Mo., the son of Elmer and Dorthea (Chilton) Lynch. On April 16, 1944, in Wichita, Kan., he was united in marriage to Dorothy Brownlee, who survives. ...

William R. Williams (02/08/05)
William Raleigh (Bill) Williams, of Viola, son of the late Sam and Evelyn Darr Williams, was born Feb. 5, 1927, in Alton, Mo. He died Feb. 1, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 27 days. He married June Whitten on June 3, 1945, at Alton, Mo...

Jimmy Perkins (02/09/05)
JIMMY PERKINS, a resident of Berryville, was born Oct. 8, 1935, in Berryville, a son of John Wesley and Ethel Rhoda (Garner) Perkins. He died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 69. Jimmy was a fork lift operator at Hunt's cannery. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest...

Ralph William McAllister (02/15/05)
RALPH WILLIAM McALLISTER, 79, of Washburn, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, in Red Rose Inn of Cassville. He was born Aug. 21, 1925, in Henry County, Mo., the son of Edward M. and Lila E. (Winton) McAllister. In 1943, he married Hazel Neel and to this union four boys were born. On June 12, 1974, he was united in marriage to Bernice Banks Hauck, who survives him...

Joseph "Joe" Rust (02/15/05)
JOSEPH "JOE" RUST, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Nov. 6, 1956, in Germany, a son of Carl and Mary Jane (Massey) Rust. He died Monday, Feb.7, 2005, in Eureka Springs at the age of 48. Mr. Rust owned and operated the Gallery Mint Museum in Eureka Springs...

Dorothy Dean Schillinger (02/15/05)
DOROTHY DEAN SCHILLINGER, a resident of Golden, Mo., was born Feb. 10, 1924, in Akron, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob M. and Laura J. (Farver) Butler. She died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 80. Mrs. Schillinger was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith...

Beatrice Sumrall (02/15/05)
Beatrice Sumrall, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept.. 6, 1911, in Potosi, Texas, a daughter of Lonnie and Belle (Etheredge) Lockley. She died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 93. Mrs. Sumrall was a member of the Church of Christ in Berryville. Before her retirement, she worked as a nurse at Ocoma Foods in Berryville...

Donna Faye Plummer Wallace (02/15/05)
DONNA FAYE PLUMMER WALLACE, a resident of Shell Knob, Mo., was born July 24, 1946, in Berryville, a daughter of Evert and Bernice (Marshall) Donaldson. She died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Shell Knob at the age of 58. Donna was the kitchen director at the Blue Eye Public Schools. She was a member of the Lohmer Full Gospel Church in Shell Knob...

Fred Peoples (02/15/05)
FRED PEOPLES, 45, of Green Forest, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, from injuries in an auto accident. Fred was born on March 4, 1959, in Arkon, Ohio, to the late Arthur Peoples and Maxine Mayfield Peoples Johnson. Fred enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his children. He was a member of the Elks Lodge and International Union of Operating Engineers #101 of Kansas City, Mo. He was united in marriage to Tracy Tanner on July 23, 1990...

Frankie Riggles (02/22/05)
Frankie Eugene Riggles of Berryville, daughter of James and Daisy (Casey) Coker was born June 23, 1925, in Viola, Mo., and died Jan. 29, 2005, in Carroll County Nursing Center at the age of 79 years. Frankie had lived in the Berryville area the past seven years, coming from Watts, Okla. Before retiring, Frankie had worked in the fruit orchards in California and at the Carnation milk plant in Mt. Vernon, Mo...