Obituaries

Blanch (Burks) Phillips Jones (01/03/07)
BLANCH (BURKS) PHILLIPS JONES, a resident of Rogers, formerly of Berryville, was born Sept. 13, 1919, in Berryville, a daughter of Wesley and Lela (Hawkins) Burks. She died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 87. Blanch was a homemaker. She was a member of the Southside Church of Christ in Rogers...

Mary Prestin (01/03/07)
MARY PRESTIN, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept. 10, 1912, in La Porte County, Ind., a daughter of Warren and Flossie (Van Dusen) Rodgers. She died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006, at the age of 94. Mary was a seamstress and was of the Nazarene faith. She is survived by one daughter, Phyllis Cooper of Berryville; three grandchildren, Tim Cooper and wife Grace of Berryville, Penny Morris and Husband Don of Berryville, and Peggy Largen of Berryville; three great grandchildren, Melinda Largen, David Kell, and Faith Cooper, all of Berryville; and one great-great- grandchild, Ashley Largen.. ...

Mary Louise King (Johnston) Clark (01/05/07)
MARY LOUISE KING (JOHNSTON) CLARK, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept. 12, 1965, in Reading, Pa. She died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at the age of 41. Mary was a carnival game operator. She was of the Catholic faith. On Feb. 7, 1994, she was united in marriage with Alvin Jay Clark, who survives her of the home; five daughters, Barbara Clark, Robin Clark, and Lesia Johnston, all of Berryville, Danalle Oberst of Mt. ...

Gladys Berneice Griffith (01/05/07)
GLADYS BERNEICE GRIFFITH, a resident of Green Forest, was born July 8, 1923, in Berryville, a daughter of Leslie and Bertha (Betterton) Jennings. She died on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 83. Mrs. Griffith was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Green Forest...

Blanch (Burks) Phillips Jones (01/05/07)
BLANCH (BURKS) PHILLIPS JONES, a resident of Rogers, formerly of Berryville, was born Sept. 13, 1919, in Berryville, a daughter of Wesley and Lela (Hawkins) Burks. She died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 87. Blanch was a homemaker. She was a member of the Southside Church of Christ in Rogers...

Louise (Woodworth) Meek (01/05/07)
LOUISE (WOODWORTH) MEEK, a resident of Berryville, was born March 29, 1916, in Collbarn, Colo. She died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, in her home at the age of 90. Louise was a homemaker. She was a member of the Shiloh United Methodist Church in Dry Fork. She was also a member of the Eastern Star in Huntsville and the Extension Homemakers Club...

John Christopher Hennig, JR. (01/10/07)
JOHN CHRISTOPHER HENNIG, JR., a resident of Huntsville, was born Nov. 16, 1923, in Hawkeye, Iowa, a son of John Christopher Hennig, Sr. and Mabel Kay (Smith) Hennig. He died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, in his home at the age of 83. Mr. Hennig was an interior decorator. He was a member of the Eureka Springs Freewill Baptist Church and was currently attending the Lower Campground United Baptist Church. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Marine Corp. during World War II...

Ruth Ann Kunz (01/10/07)
Ruth Ann Kunz, 72 of Rogers, passed away Jan. 3, 2007, in Springdale. Mrs. Kunz was born July 28, 1934, in Aurora, Ill., the daughter of Lafayette S. Hall and Ruth Reeves Hall. She was a bookkeeper, and formerly lived in Eureka Springs. She moved to New York and returned to Rogers in 1984...

Johnnie Ruth Matney (01/10/07)
JOHNNIE RUTH MATNEY, 77, of Springfield, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at St. John s Hospital in Springfield. Ruth was born on May 23, 1929, in Berryville to Charles and Mary Ellen (Downs) Phillips. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joy Dale Youngblood and Marvin Edward Matney. She was of the Baptist faith and attended the First General Baptist Church in Springfield. She was employed by St. John s Hospital as an activities therapist at the Marian Center in Springfield...

Viola Doris Noel (01/10/07)
VIOLA DORIS NOEL, of Branson, Mo., daughter of James and Viola (Minck) Adams, was born May 1, 1926, in West Berlin, N.J., and died Jan. 3, 2007, in her home at the age of 80. Viola was united in marriage to Fred Noel on Nov. 24, 1953, and they had made their home in the area for the past two years, coming from Eureka Springs. She was of the Baptist faith...

Don Robert Shusta (01/10/07)
DON ROBERT SHUSTA, 66, of Beaver, died on Christmas night at the Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. He was born on Feb. 10, 1940, in Wahoo, Neb., to Robert Shusta and Virginia Walter Shusta. He was raised and educated in San Gabriel Valley, Calif. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 to 1960. He was a firefighter for Monterey Park, Calif. and later at Huntington Beach, Calif. He retired in 1994. He and his wife traveled throughout the country and moved to Beaver in 2005...

August E. Voyles (01/10/07)
AUGUST E. VOYLES, 84, of Green Forest, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at Circle of Life Hospice House in Springdale. He was born at Clinton, Mo., to the late William and Hattie Carlyle Voyles. On Feb. 14, 1946, he was united in marriage to Freda Root...

Lucille Ona Cook (01/12/07)
LUCILLE ONA COOK, 77 died Jan. 6, 2007, at Washington Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born March 4, 1929, in Oak Grove. She was the sixth of nine children born to Bob and Vesta Youngblood. She was united in marriage with Dale Edward Cook on May 18, 1947. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; three sisters; her husband Dale; one daughter, Beverly Ann; and one son, Danny Lee...

Brian Lee Hart (01/12/07)
BRIAN LEE HART, a resident of Green Forest, was born Oct. 27, 1985, in Cassville, Mo., a son of Dennis James and Marian Marie (Losch) Hart. He died Jan. 4, 2007, in Berryville, at the age of 21. He is survived by his parents; one brother, Derek James Losch; his grandparents, Bill and Sue Anne Corn of Cassville; two aunts, Doris Chaney of Cassville, and Trisha Oxford of Garfield; three uncles, Billy Corn of Wentworth, Donald Losch of Cassville, and Steven Corn of Cassville; several cousins and a host of friends.. ...

Blanch (Burks) Phillips Jones (01/12/07)
BLANCH (BURKS) PHILLIPS JONES, a resident of Green Forest, formerly of Rogers, was born Sept. 13, 1919, in Berryville, a daughter of Wesley and Lela (Hawkins) Burks. She died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 87. Blanch was a homemaker. She was of the Church of Christ faith...

Sharon Lynn Ewing (01/16/07)
SHARON LYNN EWING, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Dec. 13, 1950, in St. Louis, Mo., a daughter of Robert Allen and Vera (Mullinex) Easter. She died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, in Eureka Springs at the age of 56. Sharon worked in the Hotel business. She was a member of the Faith Christian Family Church in Eureka Springs. Sharon grew beautiful plants and flowers and was an avid gardener...

Sadie Simpson (01/16/07)
SADIE SIMPSON, 89, of Green Forest, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at the Carroll County Nursing and Rehab Center. Sadie was born April 17, 1917, to the late George Scarborough and Mary Fletcher Scarborough of the Zion Hill Community. She was united in marriage to Jerry J. Simpson in 1934. They settled in Green Forest, where they spent the rest of their married life until Jerry died in 2000. To this union, one daughter and two sons were born...

James L. 'Jim' Conwell (01/19/07)
JAMES L. "JIM" CONWELL, 77, retired Boeing inspector, died Jan. 15, 2007, surrounded by his family, in Wichita, Kan. Graveside services were held Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, in the Oxford (Kan,) Cemetery, under the direction of Resthaven Mortuary in Wichita...

Anita Javiera Mercedes (McGee) Fisher (01/19/07)
ANITA JAVIERA MERCEDES (McGEE) FISHER, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Nov. 14, 1918, in Ringwood Manor, N.J., a daughter of John and Gloria (Palacin) McGee. She died Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 88. Ms. Fisher worked as an advertising copyrighter and creative director. She attended St. Anne's Catholic Church in Berryville...

Melvin Lee Moody (01/19/07)
MELVIN LEE MOODY, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 24, 1939, in Bartlesville, Okla., a son of Mordica and Mary (Mardis) Moody. He died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in Berryville at the age of 67. Melvin has been an Arkansas resident since 1986. He was an auto mechanic and worked for the Carroll County Road Department...

Louise Widner (01/19/07)
LOUISE WIDNER, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 17, 1930, in Manford, Okla., a daughter of Oscar Virgle and Ruth Lillian (Frazier) Loveall. She died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, in her home at the age of 76. Louise was a clerk for the Green Forest Water Department for many years. She loved flowers and plants and had previously worked at Green Forest Flowers...

Judith Carol Carey (01/23/07)
JUDITH CAROL CAREY, 60, of Berryville, died in her home Thursday, Jan. 17, 2007. She was born Oct. 12, 1946, in Flint, Mich., daughter of Lewis Wikes Durkee and Lucile Avis Durkee. Survivors include here husband, Richard Alan Carey, of Berryville; her mother, Lucile Durkee, of Mesa, Ariz.; one daughter, Angela Morgan of Berryville; one son, Gregg Gean and his wife of Leavenworth, Kans.; one brother, David Durkee and his wife of Pomona, Kans.; one sister, Patricia Thompson and her husband of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

E. Faye Jackson (01/23/07)
E. FAYE JACKSON, born Nov. 10, 1907, in Illinois, died Jan. 11, 2007 in Berryville at the age of 99. She moved to Berryville in 1986. Proceeding her in death was her husband, Albert Jackson. She is survived by a son, Phil Jackson of Berryville; a daughter, Sharon Edwards of Apache Junction, Ariz.; one sister, Ellen Parks of Springfield, Ill.; seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren...

Bruce Ray Carpenter (01/26/07)
BRUCE RAY CARPENTER, a resident of Lampe, Mo., was born Aug. 11, 1950, in Payette, Idaho, a son of Blaine and Thelma (Perkins) Carpenter. He died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at the age of 56. Bruce was a dairy food manager. He was a member of the Tri-Lakes Moose Club No. 2369, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, a member of the Taney County Rifle Club, and the American Rifle Club...

Sylvia Allred Hagberg (01/26/07)
SYLVIA ALLRED HAGBERG, the daughter of the late John Martin and Mae Grogan Allred, was born March 23, 1920, in George, Ark. She died on Dec. 19, 2006, at St. Anthony Hospital in Denver, Colo. at the age of 86. She attended Faith Bible Chapel Church as long as her health permitted...

Sherman Mack Edward Maybee (01/26/07)
Sherman Mack Edward Maybee, of Alpena, died Jan. 22, 2007, at the age of 78, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1928 in Compton, the son of Henry David and Melvina (Sims) Maybee. His parents preceded him in death, along with a daughter, six brothers, three sisters, one grandson, one granddaughter, and a great grandson...

Raymond L. Pendergrass (01/26/07)
RAYMOND?L.?PENDERGRASS, 76, of Holiday Island, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, in?Springdale.?He was born Dec. 26, 1930, in Booneville,?Ark., the son of John Jason?Lafayette and LaRue Holland Pendergrass. He was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in?Eureka Springs and a lifetime member of The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars; graduated from Booneville High?School, and Arkansas Teachers College at Conway; received his master's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; served in Korea from 1952 to 1953 with?Arkansas National Guard 217th Medical Collecting Corps; continued to serve in the National Guard achieving the rank of major general; appointed adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard; and was a teacher of history and political science and director of student financial aide at the University of Missouri,?Rolla.. ...

Gustava Phillips (01/26/07)
Gustava Phillips was born May 16, 1915, in Osage, Ark., and died Jan. 19, 2007 in Berryville at the age of 91. She was a lifelong Christian and loved reading the Bible and attending her churches; the Little Chapel of Eureka Springs where she taught the Junior Sunday School Class many years, and Berryville First Assembly of God...

Nolan R. Robbins (01/26/07)
NOLAN R. ROBBINS, a resident of Green Forest, was born Aug. 5, 1955, in Cassville, Mo., a son of Charles Lindy and Ollie Vivian (Holman) Robbins. He died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, in Eureka Springs at the age of 51. Nolan was employed by Tyson Foods in Berryville, where he worked in the maintenance department for 13 years. He was a member of the Towering Oaks Church in Berryville. Nolan loved fishing and hunting, among other outdoor activities...

Wanda Lee "Mom" Robinson (01/26/07)
Wanda Lee "Mom" Robinson, 64, of Seligman, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at her home. She was born Nov. 14, 1942, at Jay, Okla., to Charlie Eugene Luttrell and Ruth Wanda Long Luttrell. A long-time resident of the area, she was employed by Emerson Electric of Rogers for 20 years and was owner and operator of Our Place Bar in Seligman for 20 years. ...

Carroll Ralph Erwin (01/30/07)
CARROLL RALPH ERWIN, a resident of Alpena, was born May 9, 1919, in Denver, Ark., a son of Adry Ralph and Roxie Lee (Campbell) Erwin. He died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, in Harrison at the age of 87. Carroll was a cattle farmer. He served a a deacon at the First Assembly of God Church in Alpena...

Arnold J. Humbard (01/30/07)
ARNOLD J. HUMBARD, a resident of Oak Grove, was born July 17, 1925, in Oak Grove. He was a son of Arthur Urvin and Mamie (Thurman) Humbard. He died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007 in Regency Hospital in Fayetteville from complications of COPD at the age of 81...

Nolan R. Robbins (01/30/07)
NOLAN R. ROBBINS, a resident of Green Forest, was born Aug. 5, 1955, in Cassville, Mo., a son of Charles Lindy and Ollie Vivian (Holman) Robbins. He died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, in Eureka Springs at the age of 51. Nolan was employed by Tyson Foods in Berryville, where he worked in the maintenance department for 13 years. He was a member of the Towering Oaks Church in Berryville. Nolan loved fishing and hunting, among other outdoor activities...