Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
MR. CHARLES LYNN (BUD) DAVIS
MR. CHARLES LYNN (BUD) DAVIS OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, PASSED
AWAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002, AT THE WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL
CENTER IN SEARCY, ARKANSAS. BORN IN HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, ON
JULY 29, 1941, MR. DAVIS WAS 61 YEARS OF AGE.
A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF HEBER SPRINGS, MR. DAVIS WAS A FARMER AND
CATTLEMAN. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND WAS
A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN QUARTER
HORSE ASSOCIATION. HE ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING. MR. DAVIS WAS
A CHRISTIAN. HE WAS preceded in death BY HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER,
LOUISE AND PAUL KNAPP, AND BY ONE SISTER, CATHY KNAPP.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
THREE SONS: RODNEY DAVIS AND RUSS DAVIS, BOTH OF WYNNE, AR
AND RANDY DAVIS OF OKLAHOMA
ONE BROTHER: CODY DAVIS OF INDIANA
ONE SISTER: (CUBB) FERN BADDERS OF INDIANA
THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: EDITH DAVIS
AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN: ERIC, DILLON, EMILY, KATE, SARAH, AND
DESTINY.
MR. DAVIS IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HIS MANY
FRIENDS.
RUBY MAE PARISH
RUBY MAE PARISH, BORN JANUARY 5, 1924 IN HALEYVILLE, AL. passed away SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2004 AT HEBER SPRINGS, AR. SHE WAS 80 YEARS OF AGE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LACHIE AND MARYETTA (ADAM) EDWARDS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF VICTORY MISSIONARY CHURCH, A RETIRED GROCERY STORE OWNER, HAVING OWNED PARISH MARKET HERE IN HEBER SPRINGS, AND ENJOYED HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 55 YEARS, BUREL PARISH OF HEBER SPRINGS, TWO SONS, DAVID PARISH AND HIS WIFE CARLA, AND RANDY PARISH, ALL OF ALL OF HEBER SPRINGS, A BROTHER MILLARD (PETE), EDWARDS OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, A SISTER, BETTY YOHN OF OCALLA, FLORIDA, A SISTER IN LAW, MARIE AND UTAH GOODMAN OF MORRILTON, ARKANSAS , FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, PAMELA, JEFFERY, STEVEN, AND PATRICK, NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES, AND MANY FRIENDS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. PARISH ARE TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2004 AT 2:00 PM IN THE OLMSTEAD CHAPEL WITH REV JOE ELMS AND REV. EARNEST EVANS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN CLEBURNE COUNTY MEMORIAL GARDENS. PALLBEARERS ARE DANNY PARISH, LARRY PARISH, BOBBY PARISH, HOWARD GOODMAN, MIKE GOODMAN AND JIMMY GOODMAN.
VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY JANUARY 18, 2004 AND MONDAY JANUARY 19, 2004 AT OLMSTEAD FUNERAL HOME, INC..
MR. HAROLD (JR.) PETERSON
MR. HAROLD (JR.) PETERSON OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, PASSED
AWAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2002, AT THE BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL
CENTER IN HEBER SPRINGS. BORN IN GARY, INDIANA, ON MAY 24, 1934,
MR. PETERSON WAS 68 YEARS OF AGE. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE
JACK AND SALLY (PRINCE) PETERSON.
MR. PETERSON WAS A RESIDENT OF ARKANSAS MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE
WAS EMPLOYED BY MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL IN SEARCY FOR 35 YEARS,
RETIRING IN 1996 AS SUPERVISOR OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
HE SERVED TWO YEARS (1956-1958) IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A
SPECIALIST 4TH CLASS. MR. PETERSON WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE
WAS preceded in death BY HIS PARENTS AND TWELVE BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
HIS WIFE OF 46 YEARS: WILMA JEAN PEARCE PETERSON OF HEBER SPRINGS
TWO DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW: DEBBIE AND ROBERT DUNAWAY OF
HEBER SPRINGS
AND LISA AND BILL STOVALL OF QUITMAN
TWO GRANDSONS: TYLER AND HAYDEN STOVALL
ONE GRANDDAUGHTER: SUMMER DUNAWAY
AND ONE STEP GRANDSON: SCOTT DUNAWAY
SIX BROTHERS: JIM, LARRY, HARVEY, BUTCH, ROY, AND JOE PETERSON
AND TWO SISTERS: IRENE POWELL AND JANE VARDMAN.
MR. PETERSON IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HIS MANY
FRIENDS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. PETERSON WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, AT 10:30 A.M.
IN THE OLMSTEAD CHAPEL WITH FREDDIE STOVALL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE HENDERSON cemetery.
MRS. MARY LOUISE CARVER
MRS. MARY LOUISE CARVER OF PANGBURN, ARKANSAS, passed away
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2002, AT THE WHITE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
IN SEARCY, ARKANSAS. BORN AT GAINESBORO, TENNESSEE, ON FEBRUARY 26, 1920, MRS. CARVER WAS 82 YEARS OF AGE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE
LATE JIM AND MARY JANE (GIBSON) LAWSON.
MRS. CARVER HAD LIVED IN ARKANSAS SINCE 1951. SHE WAS A MOTHER AND
HOMEMAKER, AND HER RELIGIOUS BELIEF WAS CHURCH OF CHRIST.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
THREE SONS: ALVIN CARVER AND JAMES CARVER, BOTH OF PANGBURN, AR
AND CECIL CARVER OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
THREE DAUGHTERS: EDNA HAYES OF WILBURN, AR
AND MARTHA NORTON AND BETTIE CARVER, BOTH OF DRASCO, AR
TWO SISTERS: MAI AND PAULINE
AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT,
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
MRS. CARVER IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HER MANY
FRIENDS.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, NOV. 19, AT THE OLMSTEAD FUNERAL
HOME FROM 6:00-9:00 P.M. GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INTERMENT WILL BE
HELD WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, AT 2:00 P.M., AT THE HENDERSON cemetery
WITH REV. SAMUEL WILDMON OFFICIATING.
MR. WILBURN A. FORBUS
MR. WILBURN A. FORBUS OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, passed away
AT HIS HOME ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2002. BORN IN ROSE BUD,
ARKANSAS, ON MARCH 20, 1925, MR. FORBUS WAS 77 YEARS OF AGE.
HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ELMER AND FLORA (JOHNSON) FORBUS.
MR. FORBUS HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF HEBER SPRINGS FOR 21 YEARS.
HE WAS A RETIRED BUILDER AND A 32 DEGREE MASON. HIS RELIGIOUS
BELIEF WAS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
ONE SON: BILLY FORBUS OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA
ONE BROTHER: DON FORBUS OF ORANGEVILLE, CALIFORNIA
HIS FRIEND: WILLIE D. WARE OF HEBER SPRINGS, AR
FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
MR. FORBUS IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HIS MANY
FRIENDS.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MR. FORBUS WILL BE HELD MONDAY, NOV. 18, AT 11:00 A.M.
IN THE OLMSTEAD CHAPEL WITH ELDER JAMES ISAACS OFFICIATING. MEMORIALS MAY BE
MADE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY OR THE HOPEWELL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
MR. ROLAND FRED ANDERSON
MR. ROLAND FRED ANDERSON OF CLINTON, ARKANSAS, passed away
AT HIS HOME ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2002. BORN IN CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS, ON FEBURARY 20, 1925, MR. ANDERSON WAS 77 YEARS OF AGE.
A FORMER RESIDENT OF HEBRON, INDIANA, HE HAD LIVED IN CLINTON
SINCE 1982. MR. ANDERSON WAS A RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER AND A
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, HAVING SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLINTON CHURCH OF CHRIST.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
HIS WIFE: NORMA JEAN (CULLUM) ANDERSON OF CLINTON, AR
SIX SONS: TERRY ANDERSON, RONNIE ANDERSON, ROBERT
ANDERSON, AND DANIEL ANDERSON OF HEBRON, INDIANA
TIM ANDERSON OF NORTH JUDSON, INDIANA
AND MICHAEL ANDERSON OF CROWN POINT, INDIANA
THREE DAUGHTERS: LINDA PLIJMMER OF CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA
RENEE CATON OF VALPARISO, INDIANA
AND BARBARA ELSON OF KOUTS, INDIANA
TWO STEPSONS: LONNIE WARD OF PINE BLUFF, AR
AND ADAM WARD OF CLINTON, AR
TWO STEPDAUGHTERS: CONNIE WARD OF CLINTON, AR
AND ANITA WARD OF DENNARD, AR
TWO BROTHERS: BART KING OF MEXICO
AND BUTCH OF LANSING, ILLINOIS
ONE SISTER: MONA MARDIO OF LANSING, ILLINOIS
33 GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
MR. ANDERSON IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
MRS. PANSY MAE LUCERO
MRS. PANSY MAE LUCERO OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, PASSED
AWAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2002, AT THE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. BORN IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, ON
MAY 4, 1934, MRS. LUCERO WAS 68 YEARS OF AGE. SHE WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE STEVE AND LAVADA (SCHREINER) FOWBLE.
A FORMER RESIDENT OF FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, MRS. LUCERO HAD
BEEN A RESIDENT OF HEBER SPRINGS SINCE 1996. SHE WAS THE OWNER
OF A DAY CARE CENTER AND WAS ONE OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
HER HUSBAND: RICHARD LUCERO OF HEBER SPRINGS, AR
TWO DAUGHTERS: AMANDA LUCERO OF FREMONT, CALIFORNIA
AND JENNIFER SOLIS OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
ONE SISTER: VIOLET HAYNES OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN: RICHARD SOLIS AND DANIEL SOLIS.
MRS. LUCERO IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HER
MANY FRIENDS.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR NIRS. LUCERO WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, NOV. 16, AT 2:30 P.M.
AT THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES KINGDOM HALL. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE KINGDOM
HALL. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY OLMSTEAD FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MRS. KRISTENA LYNN ADAMS
MRS. KRISTENA LYNN ADAMS OF HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, PASSED
AWAY AT HER HOME ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002. BORN IN HEBER
SPRINGS ON MAY 2, 1960, KRISTENA WAS 42 YEARS OF AGE.
A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF HEBER SPRINGS, SHE WAS A MOTHER AND
HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF SOUTH CROSS ROADS CHURCH.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
HER DAUGHTERS: JO MASSEY AND HUSBAND, JONATHAN,
OF HEBER SPRINGS, AR
AND BRANDY HILE AND HUSBAND, ERIC, OF HOPEWELL, AR
HER FATHER: JAMES HEIGLE OF IDA, AR
HER MOTHER AND STEPFATHER: MAE DEAN AN]) DUANE TROTTER
OF HEBER SPRINGS, AR
ONE BROTHER: KEITH HEIGLE OF IDA, AR
ONE HALF BROTHER: JEREMY HEIGLE OF HEBER SPRINGS, AR
HER GRANDSON: ERIC HILE, II OF HOPEWELL, AR
AND TWO NEPHEWS: KEN-TAY HEIGLE AND DANIEL HEIGLE, BOTH OF
IDA, AR
KRISTENA IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES AND HER MANY FRIENDS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR KRISTENA WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, NOV. 12, AT 10:00 A.M. AT
THE SOUTH CROSS ROADS CHURCH WITH REV. KENNETH ROLLAND OFFICIATING. INTERMENT
WILL FOLLOW IN THE SOUTH CROSS ROADS cemetery. PALLBEARERS WILL BE REAGAN SHEARER,
BOBBY WOODALL, JUSTIN JOHNSON, PAT PIKE, MICHAEL CAMERON, AND LEONARD ROBERSON.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE FLOYD PIERCE, KEN-TAY HEIGLE, AND DANIEL HEIGLE.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY OLMSTEAD FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Mrs. Eupha Lee Turney
Mrs. Eupha Lee Turney, age 67, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Born at Puddin Ridge, Arkansas, on May 30, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Barton and Margarite (Noah) Parrott. Mrs. Turney was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting and crocheting. For most of her life, she had been a resident of Cleburne County and Marion, Indiana. A student of the Bible, she was a devout Christian and a member of the Brownsville Baptist Church. Her husband Herman Earl Turney preceded in death on February 21, 2000. Survivors include one son, Kenny Turney of Indianapolis, Indiana; one daughter, Sherry Quinn and her husband, Mike, of Indianapolis, Indiana; two brothers, Carthel Parrott of Hopewell and Jimmy Parrott of Heber Springs; three sisters, Irma Dean Verser of Greers Ferry, Diana Jordan of Sherwood, and Vida Dailey of Heber Springs; five grandchildren, Kelly Danner, Kyle Mitchell, Kathryn Turney, Michael Quinn, and Heidi Robbins, and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Turney is also survived by other relatives and her many friends.
Visitation will be held Thursday, March 10, from 5:00-7:00 P.M. at Olmstead Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 11, at 10:00 A.M. in the Olmstead Chapel with Rev. J. C. Verser officiating. Interment will follow in the Heber Springs cemetery. Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home, Inc.
James Willis Gay
James Willis Gay, age 80, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2005, at Beverly HealthCare in Heber Springs. Born April 21, 1924, in Gurdon, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Allen Mose and Luella (Robertson) Gay. Mr. Gay was a retired general mechanic for International Paper Company in Pine Bluff, and he was a member of its Retirement Club. He lived in Pine Bluff before moving to Heber Springs on July 1, 2004. Mr. Gay loved to fish and also enjoyed traveling. His religious belief was Baptist. Mr. Gay is survived by his wife of sixty years, Ruby Jewell (McFadden) Gay of Heber Springs; one son, Dwayne Gay, Sr. of Damascus; one daughter, Brenda Jean Womack of Drasco; one sister, Ruth Black of Texarkana; eight grandchildren, Dwayne Gay, Jr., Greg Gay, Rhonda Dailey, Brian Gay, Jimmy Womack, Jr., DeAnna Hartzell, Clint Womack, and Christy Foster; and fifteen great-grandchildren. Mr. Gay is also survived by other relatives and his many friends.
Visitation will begin at noon on Friday, Jan. 21, at Olmstead Funeral Home, Inc. in Heber Springs. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 22, at 10:00 A.M. in the Olmstead Chapel in Heber Springs with Rev. Mickael Love officiating. Graveside services and interment will follow at 3:00 P.M. in the Bethesda cemetery in Camden. Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home, Inc., 601 W. Main, Heber Springs, AR 72543.
Mr. Richard Lewis “Beaver T” Johnston
Mr. Richard Lewis “Beaver T” Johnston of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Heber Springs. Born October 8, 1946, in Heber Springs, Beaver was 56 years of age. He was the son of Mildred Maxine (Lewis) Johnston and the late James Raymond Johnston. Beaver was a descendant of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who led in the Civil War. Beaver served his country, his church, and his community. In 1972, he received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy. He served as a veteran’s service officer, probation officer, and deputy sheriff of Cleburne County. He held many church callings including youth minister, Sunday School teacher, worship team member, and assistant in jail and prison ministry. A lifetime resident of Heber Springs, Beaver served on the School Board, City Council, Optimist Club, and F.O.P. He owned the local skating rink, “Beaver T’s Skateland”, and he coached soccer, baseball, basketball, and football teams. Beaver was talented musician and writer. From a young age, he played drums and sang in bands, including the “T-birds” and “Retreads”. He played for church bands, toured, and recorded “Save the Last Dance”, (Flat-tail Records). Beaver was an accomplished author, publishing the children’s book “A Beaver’s Tale” in 1980. Beaver “never met a stranger”. He enjoyed meeting people and had many friends of all ages and walks of life. He was kind, compassionate, and always willing to help. Beaver was a loving father and grandfather. He was always “there” to listen and advise. He taught his children to love the Lord and serve others. He would spend hours talking and playing with the children. He was a father, a friend, a hero. He once wrote “I figure when I get as old as I’ll ever be, I’ll be as young as I want to be.” Beaver was preceded in death by his father, James Raymond Johnston, and by one brother, Jim Johnston. He is survived by: two sons, Josh Johnston and his wife, Jennifer, of Hopewell, AR and Will Johnston of Hopewell, AR two daughters, April Kapu and her husband, Paul, of Nashville, TN and Summer Johnston of Austin, Texas his mother, Mildred Maxine Johnston of Heber Springs, AR one sister, Jamie Warren and her husband, James, of Little Rock, AR, and their children, James and David, and five grandchildren, Paul, Nicole, John, Gabriel, and Jacob. Beaver is also survived by other relatives and his many friends.
Visitation will be held Saturday, August 2, from 5:00-7:00 P.M. at Olmstead Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 3, at 2:00 P.M. in the Olmstead Chapel with Rev. Kay Mansell officiating. Interment will follow in the Henderson cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Johnson, Sam Querry, Kent Latch, and Danny Byrd.
Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home, Inc., 601 W. Main, Heber Springs, AR 72543.
