Stories from Monday, November 26, 2007

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A Joplin, Mo., woman pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree forgery Monday morning during circuit court action and was sentenced to six years in prison with two years suspended. Heather Lee Hovarter, 28, was charged in two cases with three counts of second-degree forgery, involving more than $2,600 in bad checks written on another woman's account in September to Berryville area businesses...

BILLY DEAN BUTLER, a resident of Green Forest, was born June 5, 1944, in Berryville, a son of Lowell and Dora (Clevenger) Butler. He died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, in Springdale, at the age of 63. Mr. Butler was a member of Mt. Olivet Freewill Baptist Church in Blue Eye, Mo. He was also a member of the State Line Cruzers Car Club, J.C. in Green Forest, and the VFW Post in Green Forest...

TENA B. MORRIS, 67, of Green Forest, died Monday, Nov. 19, at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. Tena was born May 20, 1940, in Elsey, Mo., to the late Ben T. Forman and Ethel Ritter Forman. Tena attended school in Eureka Springs, then moved to the Alpena area around 1955. ...

CLAUD PARKER , a resident of Huntsville, was born April 12, 1918 in Marble, a son of Ewing and Sarah (Crow) Parker. He died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Pea Ridge, at the age of 89. Mr. Parker served in the United States Army during World War II. Claud is survived by two daughters, Joyce and husband Max Miller of Washburn, Mo., and Nancy Spotts of Bella Vista; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews...