Obituaries from January 2005

Geneva Engel (01/31/05)
GENEVA JUNE (SMITH) ENGEL, a resident of Berryville, was born May 21, 1925, in Carroll County, a daughter of Carl D. and Clara (Carter) Smith. She died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, in Springdale, Ark., at the age of 79. Geneva retired from Tyson Foods in Berryville after 23 years of service. She was a cattle farmer and a member of the Grandview Baptist Church...

Jasper George Malotte (01/27/05)
JASPER GEORGE MALOTTE, a resident of Berryville, was born April 5, 1921, in Hominy, Okla., a son of John Albert and Ruby Jane (Goble) Malotte. He died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 83. Mr. Malotte was a farmer. He was a member of Senior Citizens Center, the Anti-Theft Association, and Civilian Conservation Corps. He was of the Christian Faith...

Jack Raymond Harris (01/27/05)
JACK RAYMOND HARRIS, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born November 21, 1925, in Lancaster, California, a son of Ray Henry and Josephine Irene (Thornton) Harris. He departed this life Wednesday, January 19, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 79...

David White (01/24/05)
DAVID LOEL WHITE, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 2, 1955, in Branson, Mo., a son of L.H. "Curley" and Luella (Head) White. He died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, near Berryville at the age of 49. David was a 1973 graduate of Berryville High School. He was bridge supervisor for the Carroll County Road Department, where he worked for the past 16 years...

Charles Whiteley (01/24/05)
CHARLES EDWARD WHITELEY, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Jan. 7, 1923, in Carroll County, a son of Isaac Monroe and Nora (Pritchard) Whiteley. He died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 in Eureka Springs at the age of 82. Mr. Whiteley was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army in the China Offensive and Central Burma area during World II. He was a member of the Huntsville VFW and of the Baptist faith. He was a farmer...

Arvil Estep (01/24/05)
Arvil Estep, 83, of Harrison, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005. He was born May 28, 1921, in Fallsville, Ark., the son of John W. and Elizabeth (Villines) Estep. He spent most of his life in Berryville, moving to Harrison in April 2000. He spent three years military service in the Reserve Corps, and one year active duty during World War II in Germany, Austria and South Korea...

Homer Roofe (01/24/05)
HOMER DONALD ROOFE, a resident of Golden, Mo., was born Jan. 7, 1928, in Millfield, Ohio. He died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 77. Mr. Roofe was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Navy for more than 30 years. He was the supervisor of grounds for Long Beach State Unversity. He was a member of the Westminister Elks Lodge of Westminister, Calif. and the Elks Lodge of Eureka Springs...

Audean Ray (01/24/05)
AUDEAN RAY, 73, of Dover, Ark., died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Russellville. She was born Sept. 19, 1931, in Berryville to the late Norman Joseph Minick and Olis Williams Minick. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Ray, and two sons, Larry Ray and Jerry Ray...

Elezear Franco (01/24/05)
ELEAZAR FRANCO, a resident of Green Forest, was born Aug. 5, 1987, in Mexico, a son of Marcos and Juana Franco. He died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in Green Forest at the age of 17. Eleazar was a senior at Green Forest High School. He is survived by his father and mother, Marcos and Juana Franco; two brothers, Jose Franco of Green Forest and Marcos Franco of Mexico; four sisters, Julieta Franco of Mexico, Elizabeth Franco of Green Forest, Abigail Franco of Green Forest and Oralia Franco of Denver, Colo.; one nephew, Marcos Franco of Green Forest; several other relatives and friends.. ...

Helen Best (01/24/05)
HELEN INEZ BEST, a resident of Berryville, was born Oct. 31, 1926, in Fort Gibson, Okla., a daughter of Corby Clayton and Lena M. (Aldredge) McFarland. She died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 78. Helen was a waitress. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Berryville...

William Browning King Gladden (01/19/05)
WILLIAM BROWNING KING GLADDEN, of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, near Eureka Springs at the age of 50. King leaves his wife, Grace, daughter, Crystal and son, Will who celebrate the fact that King has reached his final destination in the arms of our loving Savior...

Sue Clark (01/19/05)
SUE CLARK, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug. 19, 1935, in Pineville, Ky., a daughter of Clara Bush. She died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, in Fayetteville, at the age of 69. Sue was the vice-president of bookkeeping at the Bank of Eureka Springs for many years...

Myrtle Marie Hill (01/18/05)
MYRTLE MARIE HILL, age 91, of Harrison, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 4, 1913, at Fame, Okla., to Paris and Anna Leigh (Matney) Rea. Her parents moved here when she was a year old and she had lived her life in Searcy, Newton and Boone counties. She was a homemaker and a member of the Capps Road Church of Christ...

Margrette Evelyn Ramsey (01/18/05)
MARGRETTE EVELYN RAMSEY, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept. 9, 1937, in Selma, Calif., a daughter of Arther Allen and Maggie Jennie (Randolph) Ahearn. She died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 67. Margrette worked as a packer in a propane torch factory...

Lucy Dee McGehee (01/18/05)
LUCY DEE McGEHEE, a resident of Green Forest, was born Feb. 28, 1948, in McCook, Neb., a daughter of Owen and Maxine (Yonkers) Nickels. She died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, in her home at the age of 56. Lucy worked at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville in the insurance department...

Sharon Kave Davidson (01/18/05)
SHARON KAVE DAVIDSON, a resident of Green Forest, was born July 13, 1946, in Berryville, a daughter of Leonard and Myra Atchison. She died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, in Springdale at the age of 58. Sharon was a devout Christian, loving mother and devoted grandmother who enjoyed gardening, sewing and reading...

Edna Belle Groblebe (01/18/05)
EDNA BELLE GROBLEBE, a resident of Harrison, Ark., was born Oct. 8, 1914, in Clifty, Ark., a daughter of Arthur and Winnie (Weatherman) Clark. She died Monday, Jan. 10, 2004, in Harrison at the age of 90. Mrs. Groblebe worked as a cook. She attended the Church of Christ...

Dorothy Mason (01/10/05)
Dorothy L. Mason, 86, died Dec. 24, 2004, at the Eureka Springs Hospital. Graveside services were Dec. 29, 2004, at the Canton Cemetery in Canton, Miss. Breeland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. A native of Holmes County, Miss., she had lived in Madison, Miss., before moving to Eureka Springs. She was a member of the Assembly of God in Berryville...

Rosalie Littrell (01/10/05)
ROSALIE LITTRELL a resident of Golden, Mo., was born Oct. 5, 1918, in Birmingham, Ala., a daughter of William and Mary (Lamb) Wyatte. She died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 86. Mrs. Littrell was a homemaker. In 1948, she was united in marriage with Rex Littrell, who survives her of the home. ...

Floyd Hale (01/10/05)
Floyd Everett Hale, 69, of Hot Springs, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 in a local hospital. Born March 12, 1935 in Berryville, Ark., to Blaine and Clara Skoals Hale, he was a retired supervisor with Farmers Home Administration, a U.S. Army Veteran and a Christian...

Raymond Guthrie (01/10/05)
Raymond "Dale" Guthrie, 68, of Green Forest, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, at his daughter's home in Springdale. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, in Kim, Colo., to the late Levi Raymond and Eva Mae Harris Guthrie. He received his education from Kim High School in Kim, Colo. He moved to Green Forest from Englewood, Colo., in December of 1975. He worked for Tyson's in Green Forest as a security guard for 22 years...

Troy Allred (01/10/05)
Troy W. Allred was born in George, Ark., Oct. 7, 1930. He died on Dec. 14 at Mee Memorial Hospital. He was 74. Mr. Allred, formerly of Carroll County, served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict from March 30, 1948 to Oct. 12, 1951. He was a Purple Heart veteran. After his discharge from the military, he worked 23 years for the City of Greenfield Police Department from patroman to chief of police. He was a U.S. Department of Army civilian employee from June 19, 1977 to March 23, 1998...