Obituaries

Mabel Irene Walden was born near Busch, Ark. on Sept.

Mary Ann McBryde of Huntsville, Ark. was born Sept. 11, 1947, in Arkadelphia, Ark. to Willis and Ollie (Green) Simpson. Mary passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Eureka Spring, Ark., at the age of 74.

John B. Butler of Eureka Springs, Ark. was born Jan. 2, 1957, in Wichita, Kan. to John Thomas and Roberta Irene (Roberts) Butler. John passed away Friday, May 6, 2022, at his home in Eureka Springs, at the age of 65.

Matthew Jay Hausman of Green Forest, Ark. was born Sept. 22, 2003, in Green Forest, Ark. to Daniel Hausman and Laura Lucille (Walker) Cisco. Matthew passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Berryville, at the age of 18.

The Matriarch of our family passed away Saturday morning, April 30, 2022, at age 90. Billie Mack (Callen) Shaffer was born July 29, 1931, in Eureka Springs, Ark. to Caron Delet Herring Callen and Fleman Mack Callen. They lived on a farm southeast of Blue Eye until 1938 when her folks built a home/store in town on the Missouri side of the state line. She started to school at Blue Eye R-V and graduated in 1950. Billie attended SMSU for a year and went to work in Springfield, until she met her lifemate in Branson on July 4, 1955. They married July 30, 1955.

Phyllis was born Feb. 15, 1941 to Charles and Ota Hobbs Stanphill in Metalton, Ark. She attended Berryville High School and married Jack Rowlett. They lived in Wichita, Kan. for a short time, but returned to Berryville where they had two children, David and Lisa. She passed away May 5, 2022 in Rogers at the age of 81.

Kathryn Carol Panas, resident of Holiday Island, Ark., was born Nov. 20, 1941, in Riverside, Calif. to A.C. “Mac” and Eileen (Dewey) McBride. Kathryn passed away Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Holiday Island at the age of 80.

Helen Closson-Smith, age 91, of Shell Knob, Mo. went peacefully with the Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2022.