Obituaries from February 2003

Lucile Rogers Guest Owen (02/25/03)
Lucile Rogers Guest Owen, 92, of Colorado City, Texas, died Wednesday evening at Colorado City hospital. She was born on Aug. 2, 1910, in Big Spring, Texas, to Robert Lee and Roxie Latimer Rogers. She married James W. Guest on Oct. 7, 1937, in Glendale, Calif. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1949. She later married George M. Owen on June 15, 1953, in Alma, Mich., and he preceded her in death in 1985...

Shirley Lillian Kellogg (02/25/03)
Shirley Lillian Kellogg, 78, of West Point, Neb., died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point. She was born Jan. 25, 1925, at Austin, Minn., to Carlton and Lillian Cox Annable. She grew up in Des Moines and Sioux City, Iowa, where she graduated from Central High School in January of 1943. She also graduated from a business college, and she worked at Armor Packing Plant in Sioux City...

Clyde Thomas "Pete" Grogan Sr. (02/25/03)
Clyde Thomas "Pete" Grogan Sr., 77, died Jan. 19, 2003, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis, Wyo. He was born Sept. 16, 1925, near Berryville, son of Alvin and Della (Tacket) Grogan. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the USS Barns aircraft carrier in the South Pacific until 1946...

Everett L. Holman (02/25/03)
Everett L. Holman, 68, of Rogers, died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003, in Rogers. He was born Oct. 16, 1934, in Marble, son of John Doyal and Janie (Armstrong) Holman. Mr. Holman was a truck driver. He was instrumental in the teaching of Big Book Studies throughout Northwest Arkansas, having been in AA for 17 years. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Rogers...

Ernest Booth (02/25/03)
Ernest Booth, 91, of Blue Eye, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, in Springfield, Mo. He was born Oct. 30, 1911, in Bergman, Ark., son of John Elbridge and Orlena (Cantrel) Booth. Mr. Booth was a farmer. He attended the Blue Eye First Baptist Church...

Harry R. Mowbray (02/21/03)
Harry R. Mowbray, 85, of Green Forest, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Kline, Colo., son of Edgar and Laurena (Keller) Mowbray. Mr. Mowbray was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II...

Audra Ellen Pritchard (02/21/03)
Audra Ellen Pritchard, 90, of Berryville, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, in Berryville. She was born Dec. 24, 1912, in Nash, Okla. daughter of Erasmus and Ellen (Sears) Hart. Mrs. Pritchard was a homemaker. She is survived by her children, W.D. Pritchard and wife Linda Kay of Mulberry, Fla., Margaret Jones, Jean Autry of Columbia, Mo., Dale Pritchard and wife Barbara of Berryville, Jeri Newberry of Green Forest, and David Pritchard of Redfield, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.. ...

Billy "Bill" Rose (02/21/03)
Billy "Bill" Rose, 68, of Berryville, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Marshall, son of Lee Roy and Olin Castle (Alexander) Rose. Mr. Rose was a charter member of Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville, where he served as a deacon. He was retired from Carroll Electric...

Jack Warren Strouts (02/21/03)
Jack Warren Strouts, 84, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, in Eureka Springs. He was born April 15, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., son of Warren John and Ada (Long) Strouts. Mr. Strouts was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Navy during World War II. He was a teacher in Midlothian, Ill. He was also an accountant for Sinclair Oil Company, and he owned the Bit of Sweden Restaurant in Eureka Springs...

Lucile Rogers Guest Owen (02/21/03)
Lucile Rogers Guest Owen, 92, of Colorado City, Texas, died Wednesday evening at Colorado City hospital. She was born on Aug. 2, 1910, in Big Spring Texas, to Robert Lee and Roxie Latimer Rogers. She married James W. Guest on Oct. 7, 1937, in Glendale, Calif. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1949. She later married George M. Owen on June 15, 1953, in Alma, Mich., and he preceded her in death in 1985...

Robert W. McKinney (02/19/03)
Robert W. McKinney, 83, of Holiday Island, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, in Springdale. He was born Feb. 22, 1919, in Ozark, son of Verne and Bertha L. (Williams) McKinney. Mr. McKinney was a chemist. He served his country with the United States Navy during World War II. He was a Holiday Island Commissioner, a member of the Holiday Island Volunteer Fire Department, and Neighborhood Watch. He was a member of the Holiday Island Community Church, where he was a dedicated member of the choir...

Mildred Groblebe (02/19/03)
Mildred Groblebe, 80, of Licking, Mo., died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Licking Park Manor in Licking. She was born Feb. 26, 1922, in Hartshorn, Mo., daughter of Orvil Benton and Cora Mae (Wofford) Storm. Mrs. Groblebe was a homemaker. She is survived by her son, Jack Mundy and wife Nancy of Licking; three daughters, Shirley Friend, Charlene Webb and husband Jim, all of Licking, and Donna Brashear and husband Wayne of Rogers; eight grandchildren, Tommy, Randy, Judy, Harry, Tammy, Daron, John, and Amanda; several great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-law, Lillian Groblebe, Juanita Groblebe, Lois Storm, and Levita Weaver; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

Victor Roy Langston (02/19/03)
Victor Roy Langston, 67, of Jasper, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Fayetteville. He was born Oct. 19, 1935, in Joplin, Mo., to Victor Roy and Etha (Cox) Langston. Mr. Langston was a retired captain in the U.S. Army, having served in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Deer...

Robert "Bob" Dale Cypert (02/19/03)
Robert "Bob" Dale Cypert, 66, of Eureka Springs, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, in Springdale. He was born Nov. 4, 1936, in Marshall, son of Homer and Ray (Morrison) Cypert. Mr. Cypert was a retired businessman and a retired volunteer fireman of Eureka Springs. ...

Clyde Max Bennington (02/19/03)
Clyde Max Bennington, 76, of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, in Eureka Springs. He was born Jan. 14, 1927, in Bloomington, Ill., son of Clyde W. and Pauline (Burkett) Bennington. Mr. Bennington was raised in the Detroit, Mich., area, and graduated from the Ferndale, Mich., school system. ...

Bobbie Hammons (02/19/03)
Bobbie Hammons, 81, of Harrison, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003. She was born March 4, 1921, daughter of Maida E. (Askin) and Joseph R. Mitchell. Survivors include her children, Jody Davis of Missouri, Ralph "Bud" Hammons and wife Joe Marie of Harrison, and Karen Gates and husband Ken of Springdale; seven grandchildren, Tony, Brent, Bobbie Jo, Lynette, Theresa, Lisa, and Jeff; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Pat Mitchell and Mike Mitchell, both of Texas...

Noma Shipman (02/14/03)
Noma Shipman, 91, of Rogers, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, in Rogers. She was born Aug. 6, 1911, in Searcy, daughter of James L. and Redia (Branscum) Shipman. Miss Shipman was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Rogers. She is survived by many friends...

Cody Hayes (02/14/03)
Cody Hayes, 53, of Berryville, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born Dec. 4, 1949, in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Hayes was a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. He owned and operated Berryville Auto Repair in Berryville...

Stephan Horvath (02/12/03)
Stephan Horvath, 95, of Holiday Island, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, in Eureka Springs. He was born Dec. 26, 1907, in Yugoslavia, son of Franz and Eva (Racz) Horvath. Mr. Horvath was a carpenter. He is survived by his son, Frank Horvath and wife Joyce of Lake Zerick, Ill.; grandson, Stephan Horvath; granddaughter, Eva McSaddin; and three great-grandsons...

Odette Piscia (02/12/03)
Odette Piscia, 81, of Green Forest, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at her home. She was born Nov. 9, 1921, in Rockwood, Tenn., daughter of Charles Luther and Addie Marie (Troxtel) Montgomery. Mrs. Piscia was a homemaker. She attended the United Methodist Church in Green Forest...

Rev. John O. Atchley (02/12/03)
The Rev. John O. Atchley, 69, of Cassville, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo. He was born Aug. 1, 1933, in Lead Hill, Ark., son of the Rev. Joseph Frank and the Rev. Della (Lacey) Atchley. He was raised in Lead Hill, where he graduated from high school. He attended Bible College in Oklahoma...

Billy Joe Hopper (02/07/03)
Billy Joe Hopper, 65, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Aug. 29, 1937, in Boone County, son of Harvey Lee and Gertrude Wilton (Edwards) Hopper. Mr. Hopper was a health care provider. He was raised in the Assembly of God Church...

Shirley Holz (02/07/03)
Shirley Holz, 60, of Holiday Island, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, in Fayetteville. She was born April 8, 1942, in Elwood, Neb., daughter of John and Maxine (Dyer) Remmenga. Mrs. Holz was a homemaker. She attended the Holiday Island Presbyterian Church...

Billie Jean Grogan (02/07/03)
Billie Jean Grogan, 70, of Huntsville, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, in Springdale. She was born Jan. 20, 1932, in the Clifty community of Madison County, daughter of James "Buck" and Rose (Scates) Bowen. Mrs. Grogan was a homemaker and a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Eureka Springs...