Obituaries from August 2009

Wanda Gean Box (08/28/09)
Wanda Gean Box, a resident of Springfield, MO, was born September 14, 1932 in Elk City, KS, a daughter of Ivan and Wilma (Strobele) Hashagen. She departed this life Monday, August 24, 2009 in Springfield, MO, at the age of 76. Ms. Box was a waitress...

Steven Dwan Treat (08/28/09)
Steven Dwan Treat, 57, of Huntsville, Arkan-sas, died August 22, 2009 at the Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. He was born October 19, 1951 at Eureka Springs, the son of Sheriff Dwan W. and Virginia Lee Begley Treat. He was a retired law enforcement officer having served 28 years with the Carroll County Sheriff's Department, Washington County Sheriff's Department and Madison County Sheriff's Department where he held the rank of Captain and later Sheriff. He was a Baptist...

Ruth M. Slaton (08/28/09)
Ruth M. Slaton, resident of Eureka Springs, passed away August 26, 2009 at the age of 72. Ruth was born on October 31, 1936, in Socorro, New Mexico to Winifred Davis Edwards and Luther B. Edwards. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robbie C. (Bob) Slaton; son David and wife Sandi Slaton; daughter Donna Slaton; daughter Deana and husband Dennis Murray; 10 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren; and many friends...

Ricky Joe Cary (08/28/09)
Ricky Joe Cary, a resident of Berry-ville, Arkansas, was born June 30, 1958 in Harrison, Arkansas, a son of Donald Joe and Mildred Maxine (Smith) Cary. He departed this life Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home in Berryville, at the age of 51. Ricky was a member of the Rock Springs Baptist Church and was an auto mechanic...

Penny Vaughn (08/28/09)
Penny Vaughn, 61, of Rogers, Arkansas (formerly of Berryville), died August 24, 2009 at her home. She was born August 13, 1948 at Huntsville, Arkansas, the daughter of Joe P. and Emma Lou Guinn Vaughn. She was a graduate of Berryville High School, a dog groomer and a member of the First Christian Church in Rogers, Arkansas...

Jon Howard Pease (08/28/09)
Jon Howard Pease, of Eureka Springs and Newton County, Arkansas, departed this life on Monday, August 24, 2009, surrounded by his wife and children. He leaves behind his wife, Twyla K. Pease; his children, Jonathan and Sheila Pease, Dawnn and Mark Repp, and David Pease; his grandchildren, Conner Repp, Katherine Repp and Matthew Repp; brother Frederick Peace of Eureka Springs, and sisters Cheryl Carlson, Karen Carvalho and Sharen Bradstater...

Jeremy Crane (08/28/09)
Jeremy Crane, a resident of Rogers, Arkansas, was born July 3, 1987 in Eureka Springs, AR, a son of William Crane and Linda McMillan. He departed this life Sunday, August 2, 2009 at his home in Rogers , at the age of 22. Mr. Crane was a service tech for Fletcher Honda...

Georgia Belle Moody (08/28/09)
Georgia Belle Moody, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born September 3, 1922 in Urbanette, AR, a daughter of Frank and Rilda (Standlee) Comer. She departed this life Monday, August 24, 2009 in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 86. She was a homemaker and a member of the Grandview Baptist Church for over 50 years...

Virgil Ray Yarbrough (08/25/09)
Virgil Ray Yarbrough, age 86, passed away August 20, 2009 in Springfield, Missouri. Ray was a resident of Green Forest from 1972- 2008. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 27 at 11 a.m. at the Smith Family Funeral Home chapel in Green Forest. A military internment will follow at Pickens Cemetery in Green Forest. An expanded obituary will be published in this newspaper next week...

Victoria Rene Cooley (08/21/09)
Victoria Rene Cooley, age 51, departed this earthly life on August 13, 2009 after a battle with cancer. She was born February 24, 1958 in Salem, Oregon. She is survived by her mother, Cora Hoffman; daughter, Sarah Cooley-Gazzell; one sister, Lucinda Cooley; and her step-father, Robert J. Sunderman of Austin, Arkansas...

Robert Earle Tirey (08/21/09)
Robert Earle Tirey, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born on January 27, 1934 near Grandview, rural Carroll County, Arkansas the son of Joseph Jackson and Elsie Leita (Champlin) Tirey. He departed this life at the age of 75 years on July 30, 2009 in Berryville, AR...

Norma Jean Smith (08/21/09)
Norma Jean Smith, of Holiday Island, was born September 18, 1938, at Mexico, MO, the daughter of Gilbert Washington and Iris Delilah (Ellis) Wright. She died August 13, 2009, at her home, at the age of 71. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis D. Smith, her parents, three brothers and tw sisters...

Edward Jones (08/21/09)
Edward Jones, a resident of Springdale, AR, formerly of Dry Fork/Liberty community, was born January 10, 1922 in Dry Fork, Arkansas, a son of Edgar and Ella (Smith) Jones. He departed this life Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in Springdale, AR at the age of 87...

Cherlyn Valerie Hill (08/21/09)
In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2 Cherlyn Valerie Hill entered her mansion, perfectly healed, on August 18, 2009, at the age of 61 years. She was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas on August 2, 1948...

O.V. (Oscar) Haise (08/18/09)
O.V. (Oscar) Haise was born January 26, 1915, in Russell, Russell County, Kansas. At the age of three, his family moved to Crowley, Colorado, where they homesteaded near the small town. By the time Oscar was eight, he was learning to break colts at a neighboring ranch. ...

Geraldine Usrey (08/18/09)
Geraldine Usrey, 67, of Berryville, Arkansas died Friday, August 14, 2009 at her home. She was born July 15, 1942 in Berryville, the daughter of Roy F. Davis and Viola "Ratliff'' Davis. On August 25, 1961 she was united in marriage to Jackie Usrey and to this union two sons were born. ...

Wayne W. White (08/14/09)
Wayne W. White, age 79, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2009 in Oak Grove, Arkansas. He spent his retirement years in Shell Knob, Missouri, but most of his life was spent in the Chicago area. Most recently, he had been a business owner/operator in the Western suburbs. Prior to that, he had retired from Motorola where he had worked as an Electrical Engineer for 30 years. Wayne served his country in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953 ...

Renita Angela Curby (08/14/09)
Renita Angela Curby, age 52, of Busch, AR, passed away August 1, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. She was born on May 15, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a founding member of the Highfill, AR Fire Department and was currently employed by Walmart DC #6001 in Rogers. She was a 1975 graduate of Rogers High School and a member of the Mountie Drill Team...

Bill Webb (08/14/09)
Bill Webb, age 66, of Green Forest, AR, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2009 at Hospice of the Hills Hospice House in Harrison. He was born in the Bobo Community on January 24, 1943, a son of Truman and Ruth (Taylor) Webb. Bill graduated from Green Forest High School in 1961 and on April 6, 1963 he married the love of his life, Connie Allen. ...

Frank E. Peplinski (08/11/09)
Frank E. Peplinski, a resident of Osage, Arkansas, was born November 15, 1933 in Flint, Michigan, a son of Frank William and Ella Anna (Menzel) Peplinski. He departed this life Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at his home in Osage, at the age of 75. Mr. Peplinski worked as a tool and die maker for General Motors. He was of the Lutheran faith...

Ruth Ann Conway (08/07/09)
Ruth Ann Conway, age 73 of Harrison, Arkansas passed away Sunday, August 2, 2009 at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. The daughter of Archie and Eula (Manley) Stratton, she was born November 25, 1935 at Zinc, Arkansas. Ruth was a loving mother and a friend to everyone she met, known as "Granny Ruth". She retired from Tyson's after 11 years and was a volunteer at Boone County Health Unit...

Robert "Bob" Joseph Zeller (08/07/09)
Robert "Bob" Joseph Zeller, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born June 9, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Otto Herman and Emma (Kamradt) Zeller. He departed this life Friday, July 31, 2009 at his home in Eureka Springs, at the age of 81...

Joe Neff Snow (08/07/09)
Joe Neff Snow, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born May 23, 1947 in Berryville, AR, a son of Neff Mason and Theodocia Inga (Overacre) Snow. He departed this life Saturday, August 1, 2009 in Berryville, AR, at the age of 62. Mr. Snow was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen's Association...

Jeremy Crane (08/07/09)
Jeremy Crane, a resident of Rogers, Arkansas, was born July 3, 1987 in Eureka Springs, AR, a son of William Crane and Linda McMillan. He departed this life Sunday, August 2, 2009 at his home in Rogers, at the age of 22. Mr. Crane was a service tech for Fletcher Honda...

Clyde Wayne Bass (08/07/09)
Clyde Wayne Bass, born October 3, 1952, with his wife and children at his side, peacefully passed away at his home, in San Antonio, TX, on July 30, 2009. Clyde was born a white among black sheep. He was a very good man with great moral and lots of love. ...

Mary Frankalene "Frankie" Miller Doss (08/04/09)
Mary Frankalene "Frankie" Miller Doss, 75, of Winslow, died Thursday, July 30, at Springdale, AR. The daughter of Jesse and Ida Mae Miller, she was born May 17, 1934 in Metalton, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Doss, parents, Jesse and Ida Mae Miller, two sisters, Opal Mote and Berneda O'Rear, and two brothers, Carl Miller and Gene Miller...

Dennis H. Soules (08/04/09)
Born August 10, 1935 in Des Moines, Iowa to Howard and Edna (Bottger) Soules. He died April 4, 2009 at Circle of Life in Springdale, AR. Dennis has lived off and on in the Green Forest area since the 80s, but moved back to stay in 2005. He was married to Evah (White) Plott in March of 1961, who preceded him in death, as well as two step-children and a step-great-grandson...