Obituaries from February 2008

Violet Marie Hayhurst (02/26/08)
VIOLET MARIE HAYHURST, a resident of Oak Grove, was born June 28, 1902, in Oak Grove, a daughter of Jacob Ira and Myrtle Ermilla (Layman) Garris. She died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 105. Mrs. Hayhurst found the Lord at 13 years of age and served her Lord for 92 years. ...

Hazel Elmina Baker (02/22/08)
HAZEL ELMINA BAKER, a resident of Berryville, was born May 22, 1919, in Stonington, Colo., a daughter of Frank S. and Bertha Elmina (Hunt) Baker. She died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in Berryville at the age of 88. Miss Baker was a retired school teacher. She taught in the Berryville and surrounding areas for 41 years. She was a member of the Parent Teacher Association and the Retired Teachers Association. Miss Baker was a member of the Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville...

Garey Dale Goss (02/22/08)
GAREY DALE GOSS, 52, of Bremen, Ga., died Feb. 13, 2008. He was born on Oct. 31, 1954, in Boone County, Ark., the son of Loretta Kaler Goss and the late Gene Goss. He was a self-employed graphics art designer. He is survived by his wife, Collene Goss, of Breman; his mother, Loretta Kaler Goss, of Arkansas; his daughter and her husband, Agnela and Sean Bair, of Bremen; his brother and his wife, Steve and Anne Goss, of Green Forest; and two grandchildren, Kalen Dale Goss and Kasen Alan Capes...

Bernita Lorene Inman (02/22/08)
BERNITA LORENE INMAN was born September 30, 1922 to Adry Ralph and Roxie Lee (Campbell) Erwin at Denver, Arkansas. She departed this life on Monday, February 18, 2008 in Harrison, AR at the age of 85. She was a homemaker and cattle woman in the Alpena area all her adult life. ...

Forrest Lenoard Roberts (02/22/08)
FORREST LENOARD ROBERTS, a resident of Blue Eye, Mo., was born Aug. 2, 1916, in Brock, Neb., a son of Thomas Henry and Viola Laural (Lister) Roberts. He died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in his home, at the age of 91. Mr. Roberts was a veteran, having served in the Army during WWII. He was also a member of the Green Forest Church of Christ. He was a tile molder in a brick yard...

Virginia Bernice Roberts (02/22/08)
VIRGINIA BERNICE ROBERTS, 82, died at Brighton Ridge Nursing Center in Eureka Springs on Wednesday, Feb. 20. She was born on Dec. 15, 1925, at Green Forest, a daughter of Dyra and Lyda (Houston) Jones. She was a member of Cedar Valley Assembly of God at Hollister, Mo. She spent most of her life in Omaha, before moving to Eureka Springs. Before her retirement, she worked for more than 30 years as an inspector at Branson Manufacturing Company...

Barbara Jean Shanks (02/22/08)
BARBARA JEAN SHANKS, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born July 28, 1926, in Eureka Springs, a daughter of Robert and Nita (Goldsmith) Hudson. She died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 81. Mrs. Shanks was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs. ...

Jason Lee Sharp (02/22/08)
JASON LEE SHARP, 24, of Berryville, died Sunday, Feb. 17, at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo. He was born on Sept. 12, 1983, in Harrison, the son of Allen and Connie Stuart Sharp. A lifelong Berryville area resident, he was a 2002 graduate of Berryville High School and a lineman installing cable and telephone lines. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Blue Eye. Jason was an avid fisherman and was devoted to floating the Kings River...

Anna Yancy Stockard (02/22/08)
ANNA YANCY STOCKARD, 85, of Berryville, died Feb. 17, 2008, at her home. She was born April 5, 1922, at Parkhill, Okla., the daughter of W.A. and Ethel Cain Slater. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harlan Stockard, on July 22, 1997; one great-granddaughter, Marissa Leeann Partain; and one sister, Jonnie Webb...

Thomas Christopher Cross (02/26/08)
THOMAS CHRISTOPHER CROSS, husband of Beverly A. Cross, died Feb. 15, 2008, in Charlotte, N.C. Private funeral services will be held in McClellanville, S.C., followed by a private burial. Tom was born July 12, 1961, in Charleston, S.C., son of Capt. Claude C. ...

Elbert Summers Foster (02/26/08)
ELBERT SUMMERS FOSTER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Sept. 27, 1928, in the Dean Community of Carroll County, a son of Clarence and Mary (Rosson) Foster. He died Feb. 20, 2008, in Fayetteville, at the age of 79. Mr. Foster was owner and operator of Foster Tire Company in Green Forest for 29 years. ...

Kay Tanksley (02/20/08)
KAY TANKSLEY, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born September 6, 1950, in Berryville, AR, a daughter of Raymond and Berniece (Williams) Biggerstaff. She departed this life Wednesday, February 13, 2008 in Berryville, at the age of 57. Mrs. Tanksley was a teacher at the Carroll County Learning Center. She was also a member of the Assembly of God Faith Church in Batavia and the Hospital Auxiliary...

Bernice Alice Webb Horn (02/20/08)
May 22, 1914 -- February 9, 2008. Bernice Alice Webb Horn, of Searcy and Eureka Springs, passed away Saturday, February 9, at her home. She was 93. Deservedly, her passing was one of ease with her family present. This February 14 will truly be Valentine's Day for her and her lifelong sweetheart, as they will be together for the first time in nearly 18 years. ...

Christopher Simmons (02/19/08)
CHRISTOPHER SIMMONS, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Feb. 22, 1935, in Derry, Ireland a son of Mary O Dougherty. He died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 72. Mr. Simmons was a veteran, having served in the Army. He was a candlemaker for the past 30 years, a member of the Lions Club, and the Civitan Club. He was of the Catholic faith...

Martha Jane Evans (02/06/08)
Martha Jane Evans, 87, of Catoosa, Okla., died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. She was born Nov. 29, 1920, in Busch, to Bill and Zona Scates. She married Lonnie Evans on March 7, 1938. She was a member of Ruddick Assembly of God Church in Garfield, and attended Catoosa 1st Assembly of God Church...

Jane Griffith (02/06/08)
JANE GRIFFITH, a resident of Holiday Island, was born July 23, 1920, in Arizona, a daughter of Phillip and Louisa (Acrigg) Lenone. Mrs. Griffith died Jan. 31, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 87. Jane was a homemaker, a seamstress, and she volunteered at the Eureka Springs Library and the Good Shepherd Humane Society. She was a member of the Episcopal Church of Eureka Springs...

Matti B. Brown (02/12/08)
MATTI B. BROWN, a resident of Berryville, was born Oct. 15, 1916, in Bostic, N.C., a daughter of Lox and Zora (Whisnant) Blankenship. She died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 91. Ms. Brown was a clerk for Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation. She was of the Presbyterian faith...

Mary Vi Vieva Gibson (02/12/08)
MARY VI VIEVA GIBSON, a resident of Berryville, was born April 4, 1925, in the Clearwater Community in Carroll County, a daughter of Riley C. and Mirtie Minnie (Griffith) Snow. She died Feb. 7, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 82. Ms. Gibson was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and a variety of other hobbies...

Lynn Marie Steely Vondemfange Walsh (02/12/08)
LYNN MARIE STEELY VONDEMFANGE WALSH, of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born May 9, 1968 in Kansas City, Mo., a daughter of Billy C. and Betty R. (VonDemFange) Steely. She died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 in Eureka Springs at the age of 39. On April 1, 2004, she was united in marriage with Edward Chip Walsh who survives her of Kansas City, Mo. ...

Ruth Wanda Blevins (02/15/08)
RUTH WANDA BLEVINS, a daughter of John Samuel and Elizabeth (Duncan) Long was born May 6, 1916, in Oak Grove. She passed away Feb. 9, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 91. On May 11, 1932, she was united in marriage with Truman Cleo Pritchett. To this union was born four children, Jewell Mae, TC, Frankie Faye, and Georgia Roberta. ...

Dorothy Jean Rivett (02/15/08)
DOROTHY JEAN RIVETT, a resident of Galena, Mo., was born July 2, 1931, in Kent, Okla., a daughter of Finnie E. and Myrtle Lee (Page) Hughes. She died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in Galena, at the age of 76. Ms. Rivett is survived by one son, Johnny Leeroy Bartlett of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Teresa Jean O'Neal of Galena; one brother, Finnie E. ...

Hallie Maynota Gillespie (02/19/08)
HALLIE MAYNOTA GILLESPIE, 81, OF Harrisonville, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at Bates County Memorial Hospital, in Butler, Mo. Funeral services were held on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at the Atkinson Chapel, Harrisonville. Burial was in the Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville...

Mary Anne Hitchcock (02/19/08)
Mary Anne Hitchcock, 83, of Cassville, Mo., formerly of Berryville, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Red Rose Inn, Cassville. She was born March 6, 1924, in Thayer, Kan., the daughter of John L. and Bertha L. (Nicholson) Naff. One March 6, 1942, in Erie, Kan., she was married to David Lester Hitchcock, who preceded her in death on Oct. 28, 1998. She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Walter Naff...

Kenneth Ivan Warren (02/04/08)
KENNETH IVAN WARREN, a resident of Berryville, was born May 6, 1950, in Hammond, Ind., a son of Charles and Mildred (Overacre) Warren. He died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 57. Mr. Warren was a veteran, having served in the Army National Guard during Vietnam and was Awarded a Silver Service Star and a Bronze Star among others...

Henry James Simkins (02/04/08)
HENRY JAMES SIMKINS of Arvada, Colo., died Dec. 22, 2007, and was laid to rest in Arvada on Dec. 27, 2007. He married Willa Mae Carpenter of Enon, Ark., on June 3, 1939. They were residents of Carroll County until WWII, farming on the Head place near Spring Creek, and on the Tom Sneed place. They had three children, Joice Darlene, Henry Leo and Tommy James...