[ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Page of Obituaries ] [ Read Next Page of Obituaries ] State of Arkansas Obituary and Death Notices Collection GenealogyBuff.com - Arkansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection - Madison County - 2 Posted By: GenealogyBuff.com Date: Tuesday, 4 October 2016, at 9:55 a.m. Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas PURVIS EFFORD BROWN, 75, of Huntsville died May 30 at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. He was born December 10, 1921 at Jasper, Alabama, the son of John Calm and Elona Tidwell Brown. He had been employed in the shipbuilding industry as a pipewelder and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Huntsville. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elma Ruth Riley Brown on February 21, 1994. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Wendell Kent and Sheila Brown of Little Rock; one sister, Allie Brown of Huntsville; one grandson, Aaron Brown of Little Rock, and one granddaughter, Samantha Brown of Little Rock. Funeral services were held Monday at the Colbaugh Church with the Rev. Earl Dean Morris officiating. Interment will be in the Colbaugh Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Chales Riley, Von Caraway, Darrell Phillips, Jack Benson, Greg Jordan and Paul Tabor. VIRGIE LUCILLE COUNTS, 70, of Lowell died May 27, 1997 at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. She was born February 7, 1927 at Clarksville to Willis and Nora Bell Adams Shelton. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Counts of the home; one son, Robert V. Counts of Lowell; two daughters, Janice Morris and Donna Kyles, both of Lowell; one brother, Earl Shelton of Iowa; two sisters, Lola B. Childers and Gladys B. Dutton, both of Springdale; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services were held Friday at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Springdale with the Rev. Loy Counts officiating. Burial was in Drakes Creek Cemetery. . Pallbearers were David Hiblong, Larry Young, Jerry Shelton, Danny Counts, Loy Dale Counts, and Mark Counts. SHERMAN A. CARR, 86, of Hindsville died June 22, 1997, at Springdale. He was born Dec. 26, 1910, at Newport to Charlie and Susie Wood Carr. He was a retired farmer and attended Evergreen Church of Christ. Survivors include his widow, Clema Carr of the home; one son, Jimmy Carr of Springdale; one daughter, Mary Ann Shaft of Hindsville; one sister, Pauline Bell of Newport; four grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at Joyce Cemetery with Elisha Cloer officiating. Pallbearers were Junior Powell, George Dobbs, Paul Bridges, Jack Roles, Dwight McCoy, and Tom Childers. JAMES KELLY CORNETT, MD., 63, died at home on May 10, 1997. He was born at St. Paul, Ark., on April 28, 1934, to the late Kelly and Bertie Brashears Cornett. He was educated in the Fayetteville public schools, attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Tex., and was a graduate of Tulane School of Medicine. He practiced family medicine, specializing in obesity and diabetes, in Little Rock from 1960 to 1992. He was a past member of the American Medical Association, the Arkansas Medical Association, and the Pulaski County Medical Society. He was an active volunteer for the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. He served as a president of both Arkansas affiliate boards. Dr. Cornett received numerous awards from the Arkansas Heart Affiliate for 28 years of dedicated service, including Volunteer of the Year, a research grant in his name, and the naming of the annual Worthern-Cornett Gold Heart award. His many interests included tennis, antiques, and the decorative arts. He served a term as president of the Arkansas Opera Board. He enjoyed lecturing and sharing his knowledge of Carl Faberge and Russian objects of art. He served his church as a deacon and an elder. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Margaret Bennett Cornett; two daughters, Lesa Cornett and Elaine Stitten; three sons, Kyle M. Cornett, Michael K. Cornett and J. Kevin Cornett; two sisters, Retha Vanderslice of Jefferson City, Mo., and Salona Wachs of Aberdeen, SD. A graveside service was held at Brashears cemetery at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14. A memorial services was held at 2nd Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. Arrangements were by Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth in Little Rock. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. John Schultz, Dr. John Stotts, Dr. John Stuckey, Beal Kidd, Ralph Brodie Jimmy Sachs and Dr. Wade Smith Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, VNA Hospice Association, or 2nd Presbyterian Church. PEARL EVELYN BOWEN, 97, of HC 30, Box 214, Kingston died June 22, 1997, at Meadowview Lodge Nursing Home in Huntsville. She was born June 2, 1900, at Dinsmore, Ark., the daughter of Walter Ervin and Dora Bell Gibbons Eoff. She was a homemaker and a United Baptist. She was the widow of John William Bowen, who preceded her in death on Sept. 20, 1981. She was also preceded in death by one son, Clyde Denver Bowen and by one daughter, Mrs. Cletus Inez Robinson. Survivors include Ernest Bowen of Springdale, Jim Bowen of King City, Calif., and Clifford Bowen of Kingston; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Bradshaw of Springdale; two brothers, Hillard Eoff of Sunnyside, Wash., and Jimmy Eoff of Apache Junction, Ariz.; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with the Rev. Cecil Garrison and the Rev. Berton Perry officiating. Interment was in the Kingston cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home. Pallbearers were grandsons. JAMES VERNON INGLE, 59, of Ione, Wash., died April 15, 1997, at his home of cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1937, at Red Star, the son of James Dewey and Golda Blanche Embry Ingle. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. Following his retirement, he worked in the shipyards in Bremerton for seven years. He married Meryle Jean Winney Vanderschaef on Nov. 27, 1976, in Bremerton, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his widow, Meryle; one son, David Ingle of Perhastin, Wash.; two daughters, Dawn Collins of Texas and Cathy Ingle of California; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Edward Dean Ingle of Van Buren and John Orbin Ingle of Lumber City, Ga.; and four sisters, Beatrice Mathew of Lumber City, Ga., Darmolene (Jean) Houston of Walker, La., Dorles Pettigrew of Lincoln, and Linda Walker of Van Buren. Private family services were conducted and remains were scattered on one of his favorite hunting spots, a mountain at Libberty, Wash. Cremation was at Moon Crematory, Sandpoint Idaho, under the direction of Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash. A memorial monument will be placed in the Woodlawn Memorial Park cemetery at Fort Smith at the head of his father's grave. 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