Obituaries

Laddie Joe Harp (09/04/07)
LADDIE JOE HARP, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Dec. 20, 1926, in Eureka Springs, a son of Albert and Zoe (Wright) Harp. He died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, at the age of 80. Mr. Harp was a musician. He was also a member of the Elks Lodge, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He attended the First Christian Church of Eureka Springs...

Berniece J. McNeal (09/14/07)
Berniece J. McNeal, 94, of Hope, formerly of Paris, Ark., died on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. She was born in Fort Smith on May 30, 1913, to Oscar Benjamin and Mary Leona Jewel Brickey. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Paris, where she taught Sunday School of 40 years. She was a Girl Scout leader for 35 years and was the recipient of the Friendship Award...

James Norris (09/14/07)
JAMES NORRIS, a resident of Green Forest, was born July 28, 1938, in Green Forest, a son of Arlis and Anna Mabel (Hamel) Norris. He died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, in Springdale, at the age of 69. Mr. Norris was a farmer, working in the cattle business...

Kenneth Van Robertson (09/14/07)
KENNETH VAN ROBERTSON, 60, was born April 4, 1947, in Eureka Springs. He died Sept. 9, 2007, in Fayetteville. He is survived by a daughter, Christina Talburt and her husband Steven of Skiatook, Okla.; a son, Kenneth Robertson, Jr. and his wife Amanda of Oologah, Okla.; his mother, Mildred Robertson, of Berryhill, Okla.; a sister, Nancy Westfall and her husband Carl, of Berryhill, Okla.; five grandchildren; and two nephews...

Wilma Darlene Smith (09/14/07)
Wilma Darlene Smith, 85, of Carthage, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at St. Luke's Nursing Home following an extended illness. Wilma was born Feb. 17, 1922, in Berryville, to Richard and Alice Williams. She married Clyde Smith, her husband of 68 years, in 1939. He survives her. She and Clyde moved to California in 1944, and in 1950 decided to move back to the Midwest. After stopping to visit family in Carthage they decided to make it home...

Judith Anne Eastwood (09/19/07)
JUDITH ANNE EASTWOOD, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 6, 1940, in Corning, N.Y., a daughter of Bernard and Dorothy (Fuller) Kocher. She died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, in Jasper, at the age of 67. She was a homemaker, and attended Bethel Baptist Church...

Eugene Aguirre, Jr. (09/21/07)
EUGENE AGUIRRE, JR., 65, of Berryville, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home. He was born July 27, 1942, at Lansing, Mich., a son of the late Eugene Aguirre, Sr. and Mary Ortiz. Eugene served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War aboard the USS Thomaston (LSD-26). He received an honorable discharge in 1965 after six years of service...

Don Kuhn (09/21/07)
DON KUHN "The Golf Cart Guy," a resident of Holiday Island, was born Oct. 30, 1923, in Pulaski, Ind., a son of Leo Michael and Rosella (Raidersdorf) Kuhn. He died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in Holiday Island, at the age of 83. Mr. Kuhn was a veteran, having served in the Navy during WWII. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, the Carpenter's Union, and HIMGA. He was of the Catholic faith...

VIRGINIA PRENTICE (09/25/07)
VIRGINIA PRENTICE, a resident of Berryville, was born Jan. 31, 1946, in Harrison, a daughter of Silva J. and Ida May (Bell) Burnett. She died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 61. Mrs. Prentice was the owner and operator of Virginia's His and Her Hair Styling since 1978. ...

Virginia Louise Braswell (09/28/07)
VIRGINIA LOUISE BRASWELL, 77, of Miami, Okla., formerly of Noel, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at her home in Miami. Mrs. Braswell was born on Dec. 11, 1929, in Oak Grove, one of five children born to the late Arthur U. and Mamie (Thurman) Humbard. On March 15, 1946, in Columbus, Kan., she was united in marriage to Jack Walton Braswell, and to this union two sons were born...

Herman Guy Young (09/28/07)
HERMAN GUY YOUNG, JR., a resident of Eureka Springs, was born July 28, 1952, in Eureka Springs, a son of Herman Guy and Marilyn (Wynn) Young. He died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, near Kingston, at the age of 55. Mr. Young was a truck driver for Tyson Foods...

Bob 'California' (09/28/07)
Murray BOB "CALIFORNIA" MURRAY, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 2, 1925, in Toledo, Ohio, a son of George Donavan and Elnora Geneva (Wilt) Murray. He died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in Green Forest, at the age of 82. Mr. Murray was a veteran, having served as a bombadeer in the United States Navy during WWII and the Korean War. He was of the Lutheran faith...

Charlotte Brandt Schwetke (09/28/07)
Charlotte Brandt Schwetke, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, while vacationing in Eagle, Colo. She was born Feb 15, 1928. She married Ed Schwetke on April 22, 2007. Ed and Charlotte enjoyed traveling, playing bridge and visiting friends and relatives across the country...