Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Raedyn Garrity
Raedyn Garrity, 3 months old, of Ward died Sept. 6, 2007.
Graveside services were Sept. 10 at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens by Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.
Delpha David
Delpha May David, 90, of Austin died Sept. 6, 2007.
She was born May 13, 1917, at Wattensaw to Willie Harvey and Allie Virtie Ellis Jones.
She was retired from Franklin Electric and was a Methodist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Luther; three brothers, Dewitte, Bill and Elmer Jones; and one great-granddaughter, Jennifer David.
She is survived by two sons, Bobby David of Judsonia and James Earl David of Austin; two daughters, June David and Sue and husband Donald Cates, both of Austin; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Evelyn Busby of Ward.
Funeral services were Sept. 10 at Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe with burial in Butlerville cemetery.
Icie Blakemore
Icie Blakemore, 96, of Beebe died Sept. 9, 2007.
She was born June 7, 1911, at Mt. Vernon to Boliver and Balzoria Burton Hogue.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were Sept. 11 at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens.
Funeral arrangements were by Westbrook Funeral Home of Beebe.
Bernice Caruthers
Bernice Conder Caruthers, 98, of Romance died August 31, 2007 at Woodhills Healthcare in Jacksonville.
She was born to Milburn and Elzada Davis Belew at Romance.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husbands, Bailey Conder and Clayton Caruthers.
She is survived by her brother, Glenn Belew; children, Mary Anne and husband Marvin Holeman, Carl Bailey and wife Norweita Conder, Delbert Conder, Bobby and wife Sue Conder and Johnny and wife Linda Conder; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two steps-sons, Bruce and James Caruthers; and one step-daughter, Mary Myers.
Services were Sept. 2 at Romance Church of Christ with burial at Romance cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were by Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home of Searcy.
Paul Hancock
Paul Lynn Hancock, 64, of Jacksonville went to be with the Lord Dec. 21, 2006.
He was born April 1, 1942 in Little Rock to the late Burrell H. and Mary E. Ahern Hancock.
Paul was a member of St. Jude’s Catholic Church.
Survivors include his sister, Madelynn Phillips of Jacksonville; an aunt, Dorothy Hager of San Antonio, Texas; as well as two nephews and one niece.
Graveside funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 at Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Jacksonville with Father Les Farley officiating.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home.
Julia Yates
Julia Ann 'Judy' Yates, 69, of Little Rock died Dec. 27, 2006.
She was born January 13, 1937, in Beebe to Eugene and Mary Priest Rice.
She was a Thirtyniner Choir member and active church member.
Her main interests were her sons, friends and neighbors on Westwood Lane where she had lived since 1962.
Judy was a loving wife, caring mother, devoted daughter and loyal friend.
She was a 1954 graduate of Searcy High School and attended Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway.
She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-eight years, Robert P. Yates, Sr. and her parents.
She is survived by two sons, Robert P. Yates, Jr. and Terry Yates, both of Little Rock; three sisters-in-law, Kathryn Yates of Ocala, Fla., Dorothy Williams of Little Rock and Mary Weeks, of North Little Rock; five nieces and two nephews.
Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30, at South Highland Baptist Church, 10200 W. 36th in Little Rock, with burial in Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander.
Arrangements are by Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.
Leo Reppentine, Jr.
Leo Charles Reppentine, Jr., 78, of Jacksonville died Dec. 26, 2006.
He was born June 2, 1928 in Tonawanda, N.Y., to the late Leon Charles and Ondean Selover Reppentine, Sr.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, a bomber-navigator technician and an instructor for B-58s.
He was also a volunteer for Rebsamen Auxiliary, El Zariba Shrine Temple in Phoenix, Ariz., a 32 degree Mason and a member of Scottish Rite.
Survivors include his wife, Janice Reppentine of the home; stepdaughter, Melissa Williamson and her husband Gary of North Little Rock; half-sisters, Mary Jane Stafanski and Diane Banks both of New York; granddaughters, Jennifer and her husband Pete Kushmick of North Carolina and Amy Connell of Benton; and great-granddaughter, Abigail Kushmick.
Donations may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 5800 W. 12th St., Little Rock, or First United Methodist Church, 220 W. Main, Jacksonville.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30, at First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville.
Funeral arrangements are under direction of Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home.
Newt Williamson
Newt Williamson, 84, of Jacksonville passed away Dec. 27, 2006.
He retired from Colonial Bakery after 32 years as a maintenance engineer.
After retirement he loved raising cattle and gardening.
He was a member of Bayou Meto Baptist Church, Bakery and Confectionary Union and a veteran of the Second World War, having served in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Patsy Kennedy Williamson; a son, Gary and wife Cindi Williamson of Sherwood; three daughters, Rita and husband Wayne Gruber of North Little Rock, Marion Tudor of Arlington, Texas, and Peggy and husband Tony Moody of Clio, Mich.; seven grandchildren, Christy, Regan, Stephanie, David, Will, Codi and Erin; and two great-grandchildren, Bailey and Brielle.
He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home, 601 W. Capital, Little Rock, Ark. 72201.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at Bayou Meto Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sumner cemetery. Funeral arrangements by North Little Rock Funeral Home.
Donna Nicolini
Donna Katharine Nicolini, 63, of Jacksonville died Dec. 27, 2006 at Rebsamen Hospital. She was born December 21, 1943 in Perth Amboy, N.J., to the late Alfred and Sophie Sapon Fiorentini.
Donna was a retired LPN and worked for Rebsamen Hospital for 15 years.
Survivors include her husband of 43 years, Joseph Nicolini, Sr. of Jacksonville; daughters Denise Weeks and Diane Smith, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; sons Joseph Nicolini, Jr. and James Nicolini both of Jacksonville; grandchildren Danielle, Kimberly, Brock, Brett, Nicholas, Nathan, Christen and Noah; brothers Richard Fiorentini of Monroe, N.J., and Kenneth Fiorentini of Freehold, N.J.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Jacksonville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.
Funeral arrangements are under direction of Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home.
John Buckler
John Francis Buckler, 58, of Cabot died Dec. 28, 2006 in North Little Rock.
He was born on March 3, 1948 to the late John and Genevieve Robinson Buckler in Norristown, Pa.
John is survived by three children, Amy Denece Pitner and her husband Charles of Whitehouse, Texas; John Clinton Buckler of Cabot and Drew Francis Buckler of Austin, Texas.
He is also survived by a sister, Barbara J. Ruser and her husband John of Collegeville, Pa.; two brothers, Art Brooke and his wife JoAnn of Ward and Michael Phillip Buckler of Ft. Pierce, Fla.; and seven grandchildren, Mary, Kelly, Jacob, and Nicole Pitner, Jocelyn, Constance, and Claire Buckler.
Pearl Sanders
Pearl Sanders, 89, died Sept. 12, 2007.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Sanders.
Survivors include her children, Virginia Edwards of Lonoke, Addie Hubbard and Eddie Sanders of Alabama and Charlene Madden of California; sister, Louise Barnhart of Cato; many grandchildren, great- and great-great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at Boyd Funeral Home in Lonoke.
