Obituaries from July 2009

Kenneth "Thomas" Griffin (07/31/09)
Kenneth "Thomas" Griffin, a resident of Berryville, AR was born December 1, 1927, in Thomasville, GA; a son of William G. and Annie L. (Walton) Griffin. He departed this life Monday, July 27, 2009 in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 81. Tom was a teacher and member of the Great Passion Play for 24 years. He attended the Valley View Baptist Church...

Danny Joe Maxwell (07/28/09)
Danny Joe Maxwell, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born March 10, 1953 in Tracy CA, a son of Donald L. and Mary J. (Binam) Maxwell. He departed this life Friday, July 24, 2009 in Berryville, at the age of 56. Joe was a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville...

Billy Dean "Bill" Yarbrough (07/28/09)
Billy Dean "Bill" Yarbrough, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born on December 19, 1932, in Abilene, TX, son of John Virgil and Neta (Foster) Yarbrough. He went home to be with his Lord on July 18, 2009, in Berryville, AR. A few years after his graduation from Green Forest High School in 1950, Bill joined the U.S. Army and served during the Korean conflict. Bill later attended the University of Arkansas, graduating in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering...

Carl Edward Asbury (07/24/09)
Carl Edward Asbury, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born April 30, 1920 in Treece, KS, a son of George and Edna (Moulder) Asbury. He departed this life Friday, July 17, 2009 in Shell Knob, MO at the age of 89. He was a veteran who served our country in the U. S. Army during WWII...

Rebecca Ann (Dunham) Beeler Pierson (07/21/09)
Rebecca Ann (Dunham) Beeler Pierson, age 67, Holiday Island, Arkansas, died Thursday, July 16, 2009. She was born July 9, 1942 in Nixa, the daughter of Ross and Edna (Warren) Dunham. Becky was a member of Holiday Island Baptist Church and served in the choir. She authored a cookbook, Aunt Becky's Fast and Yummy Gluten-Free Wheat-free Recipes and childhood stories of the Little Farm in the Ozarks and was a member of the Eureka Springs Celiac Sprue Support Group...

Bernard Charles Gay (07/21/09)
Bernard Charles Gay, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born November 30, 1923 in Rochester, MI, a son of Frank and Gladys (Blake) Gay. He departed this life Friday, July 17, 2009 in Eureka Springs, AR, at the age of 85. Mr. Gay served in the United States Navy during World War II...

Vera E. Pierson (07/17/09)
Vera E. Pierson, age 89, of Eureka Springs, AR, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2009, in Brighton Ridge. She was born May 1, 1920, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Sander and Gunda (Erickson) Swanson. She was united in marriage to Irving Pierson in Chicago, Illinois, who preceded her in death on November 4, 2002, after 59 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her parents; one son, Kenneth Pierson and a son-in-law, Jim Graham...

Margaret Polk (07/17/09)
Margaret Polk, a resident of Holiday Island, AR and formerly of Green Forest, AR, and long time resident of Little Rock, AR, was born February 14, 1916, a daughter of John J. and Ida Neoma (Gipson) Matthews. She departed this life Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in Berryville, AR at the age of 93...

Henry H. Wall (07/17/09)
Henry H. Wall, a resident of Berryville, AR was born June 25, 1924, a son of Arvel and Bessie (Russell) Wall. He departed this life Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in Berryville, AR at the age of 85. Henry was member of the Berryville Baptist Church and was a lifetime member of the VFW. He served in the Army during WWII...

Bart McCord (07/17/09)
Bart McCord, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born July 12, 1964 in St. Petersburg, FL, a son of Frank G. and Katherine Ann (Fisher) McCord. He departed this life Wednesday, July 8, 2009 in Eureka Springs, at the age of 44. He is survived by his mother, Katherine Ann McCord of Eureka Springs, AR; one sister, Star (Dennis) Bailey of Florida; one brother, Mack McCord of CA; one niece, Deana Bailey of Florida; one nephew, David Bailey of Florida...

Betty Moore (07/17/09)
Betty Moore, 76, of Green Forest, AR, passed away July 13, 2009 in her home, with her family by her side. She was born September 18, 1932, in Boone County AR, daughter of Marion Graves and Mary Jane "Gifford" Graves. On March 3, 1948, she was united in marriage to Myerl Moore and to this union two children were born. ...

Dixie Webb Miller (07/15/09)
Dixie Webb Miller, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born March 4, 1929 in Rudd, Arkansas, a daughter of Emery Marvin and Emma May (Cassetty) Webb. She departed this life Friday, July 10, 2009 in her home in Berryville, at the age of 80. Ms. Miller was a homemaker and a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville. Dixie loved spending time with her flowers and she was known for having a "green thumb"...

Lellie Mae Wilson (07/11/09)
Lellie Mae Wilson, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born November 12, 1927 in Berryville, AR, a daughter of Lavin Isaac "Ike" and Beulah (Walker) Doss. She departed this life Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Harrison, AR, at the age of 81. She was a co-owner of Wilson's TV and was of the Baptist faith...

Jon Mark Biles (07/11/09)
Jon Mark Biles, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born April 4, 1988 in Berryville, AR, a son of John Biles and Donna Biles. He departed this life Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Berryville, AR, at the age of 21. He is survived by his parents, John Biles of Holiday Island, AR, and Donna Biles of Berryville, AR; half sister, Jasmine Biles of Hot Springs, AR; three brothers, David Biles of Berryville, AR, Kyle Biles of Washington, Joshua Biles of Berryville, AR; half brother, Jason Sulfridge of Eureka Springs, AR; step brother, Gerry Ball of Eureka Springs, AR; three aunts, five uncles, several nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends.. ...

Sherley D. Marshall (07/07/09)
Sherley D. Marshall 72, of Amarillo died Tuesday June 30, 2009 in Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel with Rev. Robert E. Field, retired Baptist minister officiating. Burial will be at Llano East Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage Street...

Jessie McClain McKinney (07/07/09)
Jessie McClain McKinney, a resident of Lindale, TX, was born January 1, 1914 in Berryville, AR, a daughter of Thomas Lemon and Rosetta (Keeland) McClain. She departed this life Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Lindale, TX at the age of 95 Ms. McKinney is survived by five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends...

Louise Elizabeth Butler (07/03/09)
Louise Elizabeth Butler, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born February 7, 1934 in St. Vincent, AR, a daughter of Martin Miller and Marie Elizabeth (Erman) Miller. She departed this life Saturday, June 27, 2009, in Tulsa, OK at the age of 75 Louise was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. She volunteered her time working for Meals on Wheels, Relay for Life (Race for the Cure), helping with school functions, and bowling in Cassville, MO...

James Dale Fultz (07/03/09)
James Dale Fultz, 65, of Green Forest, AR., passed away June 28, 2009 at Circle Of Life Hospice, Springdale. He was born June 21, 1944, at Osage, son of Jess Fultz and Nora "Wilson" Fultz. Dale was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Margaret Graves...