Obituaries from December 2009

Jewell Dean "Hudson" Mayes (12/31/09)
Jewell Dean "Hudson" Mayes, age 87, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2009 in Springdale, AR. She was born December 6, 1922, to George and Arminda (Landon) Hudson. She was a member of the "Red Hat" Ladies in Springdale and of the Blue Eye Sewing Club. She was also of the Baptist Faith...

Dorsey Lee (Lawrence) Jones (12/31/09)
Dorsey Lee (Lawrence) Jones, age 93, passed away on December 26, 2009 in Berryville, AR. She was born June 27, 1916 in Oases, MO to James Elwin and Luie Melvina (Youngblood) Lawrence. Dorsey was a housewife and accepted Christ at an early age. Dorsey is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Eugene and Jean Jones of Santa Ana, CA; one daughter and son-in-law, Lucille and Tommy Ray Anderson of Green Forest, AR; five grandchildren, Jerry Jones, Larry Jones and Susan Wendt, all of CA, Teresa Robinson of Rogers, AR and Tim Anderson of Green Forest, AR; nine great-grandchildren, Cherie and Josh Jones, Robert and Tayler Jones, Chance and Dallas Wendt, Treyton and Tiana Anderson and Lacey West; brother-in-law, Kenner Jones; sister-in-law, Jesse Jones; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and a host of friends.. ...

Delmer T. Donaldson (12/31/09)
Delmer T. Donaldson, age 89, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2009, at the Ozarks Methodist Manor in Marionville, Missouri. Mr. Donaldson, son of Floyd Worth and Mary Corbin Donaldson, was born on September 19, 1920 in Stone County, Missouri, on the family farm by Big Indian Creek, now a part of Table Rock Lake. ...

Dr. Bob J. Martin (12/31/09)
Dr. Bob J. Martin, age 71, of Yellville, Arkansas died on December 2, 2009 at the Marion County Nursing Home. He was born January 17, 1938 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Cleo and Delsie Martin. Dr. Martin received a BA degree from the University of Arkansas in 1962 and graduated from the University of Kansas City School of Dentistry in 1968. ...

James Edwin Bailey (12/29/09)
James Edwin Bailey, a resident of Alpena, AR, was born April 4, 1944 in Alpena, AR, a son of A.R. (Son) and Avia (Massengale) Bailey. He departed this life Monday, December 21, 2009 in Alpena at the age of 65. James was a member of the Arkansas Monument Association, Arkansas Cattleman's Association and American Quarter Horse Association. ...

William "Bill" Maynard Gray (12/26/09)
William "Bill" Maynard Gray, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born October 6, 1922 in Edna, KS, a son of Richard and Grace (Scott) Gray. He departed this life Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Berryville, AR at the age of 87. He was a veteran who served our country in the U. S. Coast Guard during WWII. He also attended the Freeman Heights Baptist Church...

Genevia Carol Miller (12/26/09)
Genevia Carol Miller, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born December 7, 1944 in Arlington, TX to Marvin and Ruby Christine (Gordineer) Hayes. She departed this life Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Imboden, AR at the age of 65 years. Mrs. Miller was of the Catholic faith...

Aileen Lydia Mary Putman (12/26/09)
Aileen Lydia Mary Putman, a resident of Holiday Island, AR, was born July 26, 1915, in Manhattan, KS, a daughter of James Leland and Lucinda Marietta (Johnson) Murphy. She departed this life Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Holiday Island, AR at the age of 94...

Joyce Reeves Bowman (12/22/09)
Joyce Reeves Bowman, aged 83, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 16, surrounded by her children. Born on August 11, 1926 in Green Forest, Arkansas to Chester V. and Belle (Bishop) Reeves, Joyce attended Green Forest Public Schools and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1948 with a degree in business and marketing. ...

Vicki Lynn Fetty (12/22/09)
Vicki Lynn Fetty, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born April 6, 1958 in Wichita, KS, a daughter of Victor James and Betty Louise (Fritz) Fetty. She departed this life Wednesday, December 16, 2009 in her home in Eureka Springs, at the age of 51...

William "Bill" Samuelson (12/22/09)
William "Bill" Samuelson, age 71, of Springdale died November 29, 2009 at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. He was born February 12, 1938 in Eureka Springs, the son of Carl and Edith Clark Samuelson. He was a member of Silent Grove Baptist Church where he was an adult Sunday school teacher and deacon for a number of years. He was a retired salesman from the food industry and had served nine years in the National Guard. He enjoyed woodworking, farming and working at his church...

Lois Marie (Kelly) Reynolds (12/22/09)
Lois Marie (Kelly) Reynolds, a resident of Berryville, AR was born December 3, 1939 in Sioux City, Iowa, a daughter of William Alexander and Dora Bell (Rifflle) Kelly. She departed this life Friday, December 11, 2009 in her home in Berryville, AR at the age of 70...

Lloyd Ray Ingram (12/22/09)
Lloyd Ray Ingram, age 66, passed away on December 6, 2009 in Berryville, AR. He was born October 12, 1943 in Henryetta, OK to Lloyd Earnest and Syble Violet (Rogers) Ingram. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a Pipeline X-Ray Technician and was of the Mormon faith...

Alma Ruth Chaney (12/22/09)
Alma Ruth Chaney, age 89, of Berryville, AR went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 with her family by her side. She was born on October 10, 1920 in Green Forest, AR to William Loss Miller and Minnie Lee "Brawley Miller". Alma was a life long resident of Carroll County...

Rebecca "Becky" Riley (12/18/09)
Rebecca "Becky" Riley, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR was born September 22, 1956 in Clinton, OK, a daughter of Bruce B. and Anna D. (Clay) Roberts. She passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at the age of 53. She is preceded in death by her natural father, Bruce B. Roberts (1970), dad, Junior D. Mooney (2007), one brother, Barry Mooney, maternal and paternal grandparents...

Alma Marie (Morris) White (12/18/09)
Alma Marie (Morris) White, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born November 21, 1917 in Oasis, MO, a daughter of Calvin Jordan and Alta Ruth (Anderson) Morris. She departed this life Monday, December 14, 2009 at in Berryville, at the age of 92. Ms. White was a member of Mt. Olivet Freewill Baptist Church in Blue Eye, MO...

Jodee Suzanne Snow (12/15/09)
Jodee Suzanne Snow, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born November 27, 1980 in Harrison, AR to J.R. and Fairye (Smith) Snow. She departed this life Sunday, December 6, 2009 in her home at the age of 29 years. JoDee was of the Baptist faith. She was a loving mother and loved singing and riding horses...

Frances McCart (12/15/09)
Frances McCart, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born March 11, 1913 in South Bend, Indiana, a daughter of Dwight May and Arrilla May (Herrold) Walton. She departed this life Friday, December 4, 2009 in Berryville at the age of 96. Ms. McCart was a Licensed Vocational Nurse and an accountant. She was a member of the Holiday Island Baptist Church...

Mary Elliot Bolt (12/11/09)
Mary Elliot Bolt, 87, of Benton, IL, a former resident of Green Forest, AR, died at 11:55 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2009 at Stonebridge Senior Living Center, Benton, IL . Mrs. Bolt was born on June 5, 1922 in Poplar Springs, MS, the daughter of Langston Whitten and Jesse Mae (Potter) Whitten. She married Wilbur Alex Bolt and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1996...

Bernitta Ellene Brown (12/11/09)
Bernitta Ellene Brown, 68, of Gateway passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Fayetteville. She was born June 17, 1941 in Seligman, MO, the daughter of Woodrow & Virginia (Roller) Skelton. Bernitta lived most of her life in Seligman and later moved to Gateway where she remained until her death. ...

Mary Elliot Bolt (12/08/09)
Mary Elliot Bolt, 87, of Benton, IL, a former resident of Green Forest, AR, died at 11:55 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2009 at Stonebridge Senior Living Center, Benton, IL. Mrs. Bolt was born on June 5, 1922 in Poplar Springs, MS, the daughter of Langston Whitten and Jesse Mae (Potter) Whitten. She married Wilbur Alex Bolt and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1996...

Carolyn Gaines (12/08/09)
Carolyn Gaines was born on February 12, 1941 in Washington, D.C., and died in Berryville, Arkansas on December 3, 2009. In between those dates, she led a life of -- well, let's call it "adventure." From the beginning she was a performer, and for much of her life she shared her tremendous singing talent with countless appreciative audiences: Radio City Music Hall, USO tours, American Light Opera Company, Hexagon (a Washington political satire tradition), cruise lines, and too many nightclubs to name. ...

Ronnie Eugene Rowland (12/01/09)
Ronnie Eugene Rowland, Sr., 62, of Alpena, AR passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 with his family by his side. He was born on April 16, 1947 in Jasper, AR to the late Jess Rowland and Don "Cones" Rowland. Ronnie was self-employed as a construction worker. He enjoyed the simple things in life like spending time with his family, horseback riding and listening to country music...