Obituaries

Janice (Helle) Mills (04/12/05)
JANICE (HELLE) MILLS a resident of Holiday Island, was born Dec. 29, 1937 in Galesburg, Ill., a daughter of Walter and Alice (Williams) Helle. She died Monday, March 28, 2005, in her home at the age of 67. Mrs. Mills was a member of the Holiday Island Community Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Alden Kindred of America. ...

Erby O. Smith (04/12/05)
ERBY O. SMITH, of Green Forest, died April 3, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 80. He was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Berryville, a son of Joseph Ernest and Walcie (Herd) Smith. He was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, and three brothers, Nathaniel, Gale and Menford Smith...

Cleo Davison (04/12/05)
CLEO DAVISON, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born April 20, 1911, in Eureka Springs a son of William and Bertha (Reed) Davison. He died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, in his home at the age of 93. Mr. Davison was a veteran having with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a 50-year-plus and lifetime member of the American Legion. He was a cattle farmer, truck driver and a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs...

Edd Grisham (04/12/05)
EDD GRISHAM, 82, of Green Forest, died April 2, 2005, at his home in Green Forest. He was a son of Jim and Gertie Smith Grisham, born July 5, 1922, in Compton, Ark. He was a life-long farmer of dairy, beef, chicken and pigs. He was a member of Osage Baptist Church...

Evelyn Rasor (04/12/05)
EVELYN RASOR, 87, a resident of Berryville, died at Eureka Springs Hospital on Monday, April 4. She was born at Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 26, 1917, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Freel. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Kenneth C. Rasor...

Rosemary Clay (04/19/05)
ROSEMARY CLAY, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born March 25, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri, a daughter of David Lee and Nora Catharina (Billingsley) Price. She died Sunday, April 10, 2005, in Eureka Springs at the age of 55. Rosemary was a homemaker. She attended the Holiday Island Baptist Church...

Chester R. Cook (04/19/05)
CHESTER R. COOK, a resident of Berryville, was born July 8, 1910, at Short Cove near Kingston, the son of John and Mary Stanley Cook. He died April 9, 2005, at his daughter and son-in-law's home at the age of 94 after a lengthy illness. He was united in marriage to Eula Newberry Cook on Aug. ...

Zerek Jetton (04/19/05)
ZEREK JETTON, 2 months, of Green Forest, died Wednesday, April 6, at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville. He was born Jan. 20, 2005, in Springdale to William and Vanessa May Jetton. He is survived by his parents; a sister, Xandra Renee Jetton, of the home; grandparents Elaine Snyder of Alpena, Wayne Jetton of Purdy, Mo., and Pansy Jetton, of Berryville; great-grandparents Betty Valin of Idaho, Carol and Ron Woodall of Alpena, Lester LaFollette of Alpena, and Eliece Clark; great-great-grandmother Dorothy Masters; aunts Amanda Jetton, Rebekah Martin, and Sara Callender; and uncles Larry Jetton, Jason May, Tristan Snyder and Derek Snyder.. ...

Lee Roy Weems, Sr. (04/19/05)
LEE ROY WEEMS, SR. a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug.12, 1921, in Eureka Springs, a son of Lee Roy, and Mary (Worley) Weems. He died Monday, April 11, 2005, in Eureka Springs at the age of 83. Mr. Weems was a dairy farmer. On Jan. 2, 1969, he was united in marriage with Delilah Gale (Hull) Weems who survives him. ...

Fay Carpenter (04/25/05)
FAY CARPENTER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Sept. 13, 1918, in Enon, Ark., a son of Claude and Luria (Jones) Carpenter. He died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 86. Mr. Carpenter was a cattle farmer. He was a member of the Blue Eye United Pentecostal Church. Fay was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II...

Gary Ray "Bear" Evans (04/25/05)
GARY RAY "BEAR" EVANS, a resident of Berryville, was born September 23, 1953, in Eureka Springs, a son of Louie Charles and Lela Dean (Ash) Evans. He died Saturday April 16, 2005, in his home at the age of 51. Mr. Evans was a masonary and construction worker. He also was employed by Carroll County Newspapers before becoming disabled. He was of the Baptist faith...

Betty Jean Spencer (04/25/05)
BETTY JEAN SPENCER, a resident of Berryville, was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Sheridan, Mont., a daughter of Kenneth and Vera (Rhodes) Smith. She died Monday, March 14, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 80. Mrs. Spencer was a dairy farmer. She is survived by six grandchildren, Erick Spencer, Michael Spencer, Michelle Spencer, Shannon Spencer, Alesia Spencer Chapman, and April Spencer Hernandez, all of Berryville; a daughter-in-law, Judie Neal, and an ex-daughter-in-law, Della Spencer...

Edith Millie Kisner (04/25/05)
Edith Millie (Smith) Kisner, who was born July 18, 1918, in Urbanette, died April 18, 2005, in Texarkana, Ark. Edith Kisner was the daughter of Carl and Clara Smith, grew up in Berryville, and graduated from Berryville High School. She was married to Howard L. Kisner on December 2, 1937, and they were the parents of two sons...

Dixie Lee Walker (04/25/05)
DIXIE LEE WALKER, 75, died Saturday, April 16, 2005, after an extended illness. She was born April 12, 1930, in Berryville, to Samuel and Mary (Gage) McKinney. She graduated from High School of the Ozarks in Hollister, Mo. in 1948. She attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas and on Feb. ...