Stories from Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Ruth Jerryne Jones, 70, of Harrison, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in Harrison. She was born Jan. 2, 1932, in Osage, the only child of Thelma Ruth Sisco and Sigsbee Lee Curnutt. Mrs. Jones was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Harrison. She was a school teacher, having taught at Dean in Carroll County, and at Alpena. She was a delegate to the 1980 Democratic Convention in New York City...

Things were looking good for the Eureka Springs basketball teams last Friday at Decatur when they won the junior boys' and girls' games, and saw the senior girls take a big conference win in 1AA West to go 3-10 overall, and 1-0 in league play. The senior boys led going in to the fourth quarter, apparently headed to the fourth victory of the night, but Decatur started firing threes, and it was tied, 54-54 when regulation ran out...

The Huntsville Eagles made a rare clean sweep over the Berryville Bobcats when they won all four games last Thursday in Bobcat gym. Huntsville ran off with both junior high games, winning the junior boys' game 55-22, and the junior girls' contest 35-18...

The 46th Annual Green Forest Holiday Tournament, sponsored by the First National Bank of Green Forest, got under way Saturday with four games. The tournament usually starts on Monday and finishes on Saturday, but with Christmas looming, officials decided to start early and "wrap" things up this Friday, Dec. 20...

John C. Kaden, 96, of Dardanelle, formerly of Berryville, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at Dardanelle Hospital. He was born Oct. 27, 1906, in Hannibal, Mo., son of George P. and Anna M. Ruhl Kaden. Mr. Kaden was a cattle and crop farmer. He had worked for the Farmall Tractor Co. He had been a member of the Berryville First Christian Church since the age of 13...

Olnia William Yingst, 86, of Buhl, Idaho, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, at Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was born Sept. 27, 1916, at Truth, Ark., son of Logan A. and Flora Yingst. Mr. Yingst attended school in Kingston. ...

Luther Helms, 68, of Green Forest, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, in Green Forest. He was born March 11, 1934, in Yuba City, Calif., son of James Luther and Blanche Leota Helms. Mr. Helms was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Army. He was a mechanic...

Viola R. Davis, 85, of Berryville, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in Berryville. She was born June 23, 1917, in Eureka Springs, daughter of Amos and Beulah (Jones) Ratliff. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker. She attended the Pleasant Valley Church. On Jan. 10, 1942, she married Roy Franklin Davis. He preceded her in death, as did her parents; three brothers, Johnny Dowell, Elbert Dowell, and Alford Dowell; three sisters, Effie B. Frazer, Mary Lou Bohannon, and Rose Lee Dowell...

Margaret Elizabeth Johnson Cox, 84, of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, in Eureka Springs. She was born Dec. 1, 1917, in Lawrenceville, Ill., daughter of John Riley and Ruth Mae Potts Johnson. Mrs. Cox was a writer, teacher, scholar, mentor, manager, and devoted wife and mother. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Tyro Newspaper. She received a degree in journalism from San Bernardino Valley Junior College in 1938...

Rosemary Hurley, 81, of Alpena, died Saturday, Dec. 14, at her home. She was born April 5, 1921, in Alpena, the only child of Heber Tate and Beulah Plott Tate. When she was 9 years old, she and her parents moved into their newly built home, two houses away from where she was born. She spent the rest of her life calling that house her home. Her love of gardening shone in the large yard she maintained. She provided counsel and inspiration to many young people around Alpena...

by David McNeal Our first grandbaby arrived last week, and Alice and I were there for the big event ---- barely. Thanks to Bobby and Amy, the proud parents, we had plane tickets waiting for whenever the big event occurred. It began at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and didn't end until 4:51 p.m. that same day...