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Obituaries from June 2003

Oleta Ann Widner (06/27/03)
OLETA ANN CURTIS WIDNER, of Berryville, died Wednesday, June 18, in Fayetteville at the age of 76. She was the daughter of Cortis Earl and Ethel Winnie (Jackson) Curtis, born to them on Aug. 18, 1926, at Lead Hill, Ark. The long-time resident of Carroll County was a member of the church of Christ. She was a homemaker. She married Royce "Pee Wee" Cecil Widner on May 4, 1946, in Sanger, Calif...
William Westlake (06/27/03)
WILLIAM F. WESTLAKE, 81, of Branson, died Sunday, June 15, in Branson, at the age of 81. William was born Aug. 3, 1921, the son of Andrew Westlake and Lillie Youngblood. He was a WWII veteran and was a teacher for more than 20 years. We was an avid gardener and woodworker...
Jeanette Smith (06/27/03)
JEANETTE (MILLER) SMITH, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas was born April 29, 1921 in the Rudd Community of Carroll County, Arkanas, a daughter of Willie and Vicy Ann (Roberts) Miller. She died Saturday, June 21, 2003, in her home at the age of 82...
Glen William McCullough (06/26/03)
GLEN WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, a resident of Shell Knob, Missouri was born July 12, 1925 in Stone County, Missouri a son of William Turner and Allie (Meadows) McCullough. He died Wednesday, July 18, 2003 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 77. Mr. McCullough was a veteran having served his country with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a carpenter...
Dwain L. Holman (06/26/03)
Dwain L. Holman died in his home at Two Harbors, Minn. on June 20, 2003. Born on Oct. 2, 1940 in Pasadena, Calif. to Clifford and Elsa Holman, he enjoyed his childhood in Pomona, Oxnard and later in Santa Barbara, Calif. Dwain had many employment opportunities and enjoyed new challenges. Health problems forced him to leave his own business in Eureka Springs, Ark. to move north to drier air...
Henry George Story (06/26/03)
HENRY GEORGE STORY, a resident of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born Oct. 4, 1913, in Neosho, Mo., a son of George and Augustina (Ellwanger) Story. He died Thursday, June 19, 2003, in Fayetteville, Ark. at the age of 89. Mr. Story owned and operated a trucking company. He was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a member of the Penn Memorial Baptist Church...
Opal Wright (06/26/03)
OPAL WRIGHT, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born March 27, 1911 in Seneca, Missouri a daughter of Johnny and Catherine (Crumpacker) Middleton. She died Tuesday, June 17, 2003 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 92. Mrs. Wright was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God Holiness Church in Berryville...
Montie Mae Cantwell (06/26/03)
MONTIE MAE CANTWELL, 85, of Alpena, died June 18, 2003 at the Eureka Springs Hospital. The daughter of John and Pearl (Hodges) Graves was born June 22, 1917, in Omaha. She has lived in this area all her life, was of the Baptist faith, and a member of the Quilting Club of RSVP - Alpena...
Peggy Martinson (06/26/03)
PEGGY MARTINSON, a resident of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born September 6, 1937, in Grove Lake, Minnesota, a daughter of Ralph T. and Mary Helen (Murray) Halstead. She died Monday, June 2, 2003, in her home at the age of 65. Peggy devoted her life to her family, and to the care of family, friends, and others in need. ...
Veneranda Clark (06/23/03)
VENERANDA (RENA) CLARK, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born December 29, 1929, in Rochester, New York a daughter of Tito and Candida (Spirito) Cocciante. Rena was a homemaker. She was also a sales clerk at the Glass Cabin in Eureka Springs...
Delma Johnson (06/23/03)
DELMA ANN JOHNSON, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born October 18, 1916 in Carroll County, Arkansas a daughter of Arthur and Grace (Allen) Smith. She died Friday, June 13, 2003 in her home at the age of 86. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker. She is survived by her children, Vernon and his wife, Joyce Johnson of Berryville, Shirley and her husband, Duane Clark of Berryville, Sharon Turner of Berryville, Charlotte and her husband, George Eddings of Berryville; two brothers, Clarence and his wife Oni Smith of Berryville and Amalie "Pete" and his wife Ruth Smith of Carr Lane; one sister, Clarie Moore of Purdy, Missouri; ten grandchildren, Rita Billington of Springfield, Missouri, Rick and Heidi Clark of Mt. ...
Angel Mejia (06/23/03)
ANGEL MEJIA, infant son of Cesar Augusto and Sandra Patricia (Vasquez) Mejia, residents of Green Forest, Arkansas was born September 12, 2002 in Green Forest. He died Sunday, June 15, 2003 in Harrison, Arkansas at the age of 9 months. He is survived by his parents Cesar and Sandra Mejia of the home; his paternal grandparents, Angel and Santos Mejia of Guatemala; her maternal grandparents, Ovidio and Alicia Vasquez of Guatemala; two aunts, Olivia and husband, Gilberto Lopez of Green Forest and Evelia Lopez of Green Forest and friends Nicolas and Maricela Caldron of Green Forest.. ...
Vella West (06/23/03)
VELLA CLAUDINE ROBERTS WEST, 90, of Jefferson, Oregon, died June 12, 2003. She was born in Berryville, Ark., on Oct. 26, 1912, the daughter of Samuel and Beulah (Smith) Littrell. She was united in marriage to Frank Lee Roberts in 1929. He preceded her in death in 1973. She was later married to Tom West in Berryville, and he preceded her in death in 1991. She was also preceded in death by a son, Herbert Lee Roberts, and a daughter, Dixie Lee Bradhurst...
Dale Carpenter (06/23/03)
DALE CARPENTER, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma was born January 15, 1909 in Denver, Arkansas, a son of Wyley T. and Clara (Collins) Carpenter. He died Sunday, June 15, 2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 94. Mr. Carpenter was a Member of the Assembly of God Church in Green Forest and a carpenter...
Diana Neuharth (06/23/03)
DIANA LYNN (SCROGGINS) NEUHARTH, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born August 25, 1961, in Whittier, California, a daughter of Douglas R. and Lorita J. (Phillips) Scroggins. She died Monday, June 16, 2003, in Berryville at the age of 41. Diana attended Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Arkansas. She was a dispatcher and jailer for the Carroll County Sheriffâs Office. She was a Christian and of the church of Christ faith...
M. Lorene Asbury (06/18/03)
M. LORENE ASBURY LEONARD, of Raymore, Mo., died May 23, 2003. Funeral services were held at Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church in Raytown. Mrs. Leonard was born on May 13, 1918, near Green Forest, Ark., to Fred and Iva Callen O'Neal. She had been a resident of the Kansas City area since 1939...
Hunter Lee Smith (06/18/03)
HUNTER LEE SMITH, 4 months, of Huntsville, Ark., died June 10, 2003, at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. He was born Feb. 1, 2003, at Johnson, Ark., the son of Travis Lee and Azuradee Sue Peck Smith. He was preceded in death by his paternal great-grandfather, Lawrence E. Friedman, his maternal great-grandfather, Lawrence Friedman, his maternal great-grandfather, Charles Peck, his maternal great-grandmother, Jean West, and a paternal cousin, Jason P. Haney...
Lenora Kay Snow (06/18/03)
LENORA KAY SNOW, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas was born October 3, 1914 in Green Forest, Arkansas a daughter of Hillary Kay and Georgie (Wallace) Norris. She died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 89. Mrs. Norris was a school teacher for 35 years, starting out in a one-room school house teaching first through eighth grade. She later taught first through sixth grade...
Willard Taylor (06/18/03)
WILLARD TAYLOR, a resident of Blue Eye, Missouri was born August 11, 1919, in Baxter, Missouri, a son of Charley and Lottie (Yochum) Taylor. He died Friday, June 13, 2003, in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the age of 83. Willard was a farmer for 48 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blue Eye...
Willard Sneed (06/18/03)
WILLARD SNEED, a resident of Oak Grove, Arkansas was born August 31, 1909, in Blue Eye, Missouri a daughter of Ellis and Cynthia (Youngblood) Gibson. She died on Friday, June 13, 2003, in her home at the age of 93. Mrs. Sneed was a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal Faith...
Dorothy Arnold (06/17/03)
Dorothy Dell Arnold, formerly of Eureka Springs, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 at her home in Herkimer, New York, after a brief battle with cancer. Dorothy was born November 24, 1924 in El Dorado, Texas to Fred and Edna Bruton. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, William S. Arnold, in 1983...
Imogene High (06/17/03)
IMOGENE HIGH, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born Aug. 19, 1939, in Harrison, Arkansas, a daughter of L.C. and Irene (Hopper) Davis. She died Sunday, June 8, 2003, in her home at the age of 63. Imogene was a charter member of the Victory Tabernacle in Green Forest and president of the American Legion Auxiliary Post #162 in Green Forest. ...
Betty Collins (06/17/03)
BETTY DORIS (CAIN) COLLINS, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born June 15, 1932 in Webb City, Missouri. She was the daughter of W.B. and Roxie (Miller) Cain. She diedTuesday, June 10, 2003, at the Carroll Regional Medical Center at the age of 70...
Vaner Brown (06/17/03)
VANER BROWN, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born February 1, 1921, in Green Forest, Arkansas, a daughter of Ernest Tillman and Mary Ellen (High) Brown. She died Friday, June 6, 2003, in her home at the age of 82. Vaner started working for Franz Foods, which would go on to become Tyson Foods for 45 years...
Charlie Arlin Ray (06/11/03)
CHARLIE ARLIN RAY, 55, of Cassville, Missouri, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, in St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. He was born on Easter Sunday, March 28, 1948, in Cassville, the son of George Thomas and Ida May (Utter) Ray. On August 1, 1970, in Mexico, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Barbara Crews, who survives him...
Gretta G. Hundley (06/11/03)
GRETTA G. HUNDLEY, 73, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in her home in Grove, Oklahoma. The daughter of Charles Robert and Laverne Edith (Large) Douglas, she was born in DeSoto, Kansas, on Nov. 16, 1929. Gretta married Bill L. Middleton in 1946 and he preceded her in death in 1957. She later married R.J. Hundley, who was the police chief in Prairie Village, Kansas. They retired to Grove in 1983, where she loved fishing and crocheting...
Johnny "Red" Estep (06/11/03)
JOHNNY "RED" ESTEP, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born December 18, 1965 in Berryville, Arkansas a son of John Jr. Estep II and Bobbie (Clark) Briley. He died Friday, June 6, 2003 in his home at the age of 37. Mr. Estep was a member of the Berks Church and a fork lift operator...
Richard W. Gerrard (06/11/03)
RICHARD W. GERRARD, JR., a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born October 30, 1966, in Anchorage, Alaska, a son of Richard Wesley and Karen Ann (Hill) Gerrajrd, Sr. He died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, in Green Forest at the age of 36. Mr. Gerrard was a salesman at Arkraft...
Alexis Louise House (06/09/03)
ALEXIS LOUISE HOUSE, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born August 31, 1952, in Springfield, Missouri, a daughter of Edward Howard and Billie Louise (Williams) House. She died Thursday, May 15, 2003, in Berryville, at the age of 50. Alexis was a medical secretary working in Hawaii, California, Nevada, Utah, and Berryville. ...
Peggy Martinson (06/09/03)
PEGGY MARTINSON, a resident of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born September 6, 1937, in Grove Lake, Minnesota, a daughter of Ralph T. and Mary Helen (Murray) Halstead. She died Monday, June 2, 2003, in her home at the age of 65. Peggy devoted her life to her family, and to the care of family, friends, and others in need. ...
Ernest Buckner (06/09/03)
ERNEST "BUCK" BUCKNER, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born May 17, 1913, in Bagnell, Missouri, a son of Samuel Jr. and Mitelda Rosa (Vaughn) Buckner. He died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 90. Mr. Buckner was a member of the First Christian Church in Eureka Springs and a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Army during World War II. Until his retirement, he worked for the Hind and Daugh Paper Company in Kansas City, Kansas...
Martha L. Wolf (06/04/03)
MARTHA L. WOLF, (Nee Raddatz) formerly of Des Plaines, Illinois, and Punta Gorda Isles, Florida, died Thursday, May 29, 2003 at home. She was a resident of Green Acre Lodge in Holiday Island, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She is survived by her loving son, Wayne R. ...
Clinton Garland Tharp (06/04/03)
CLINTON GARLAND THARP, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas was born August 7, 1913 in Green Forest a son of Harry Steven and Alva York (Pointer) Tharp. He died Sunday, June 1, 2003 in his home at the age of 89. Clinton was a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest, the Blue Eye Anti-Theft Association, a former Head community school board member. He was cattle farmer...
Gerald E. Spitze (06/04/03)
GERALD E. SPITZE, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born January 12, 1933, in Berryville, a son of Wesley and Gracie (McLoud) Spitze. He died Friday, May 30, 2003, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 70. Mr. Spitze formerly owned and operated Braswell Printing in Berryville. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. He was a veteran, having served our country during the Korean Conflict...
Harold A. Smith (06/02/03)
HAROLD ALAN SMITH, a resident of Green Forest, was born November 17, 1946, in McCook, Nebraska, a son of Dean Coulter and G. Dolores (Woodside) Smith. He died Tuesday, May 27, 2003 near Green Forest at the age of 56. Mr. Smith was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Navy. He was previous owner of the Salinas Auto Center in Salinas, California, a member of the Ozark Mountain Community Church near Blue Eye, Missouri, and the National Rifle Association...
Carmine Simkins (06/02/03)
CARMIE SIMKINS, a resident of Lampe, Missouri was born June 18, 1917 in Marble, Arkansas a daughter of Andrew and Lucy (Caldwell) Hollars. She died Monday, May 26, 2003 in her home at the age of 85. Mrs. Simkins was a homemaker and a member of the Holiness Church in Lampe, Missouri...
Raymond Fletcher (06/02/03)
RAYMOND FLETCHER a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born November 14, 1912 in Sommerset, Nebraska a son of Charles A. and Annie (Wilde) Fletcher. He died Friday, May 23, 2003 in Berryville at the age of 90. Mr. Fletcher was a farmer and hauled milk for Kraft Foods in Berryville for many years...
Otto K. Davis (06/02/03)
OTTO K. DAVIS, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born August 18, 1915 in Bixby, Oklahoma a son of Lee C. and Lula (Warick) Davis. He died Monday, May 26, 2003 in Berryville at the age of 87. Mr. Davis was a veteran having served his country with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Grandview Baptist Church and until his retirement he was a self-employed truck driver...
Virginia L. Birchfield (06/02/03)
VIRGINIA LEONA BIRCHFIELD, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born June 21, 1926, in Carroll County, Arkansas, a daughter of James and Lucy Ann (Capps) Quigley. She died Saturday, May 24, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 76. Mrs. Birchfield was a farmer and a homemaker. She was a member of the Eureka Springs Freewill Baptist Church...