Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Sloan H. Wells (05/09/06)
Sloan H. Wells, 79, of Cave City died April 30, 2006. He was born March 25, 1927, in Nelsonville, Ark., the son of the late Roe Wells and Lela Hutchison Wells. He was postmaster in Cave City for 23 years. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II...
Betty Sue Cate Hall (05/16/06)
Betty Sue Cate Hall, 76, of Cherokee Village died May 11, 2006, at her residence. She was a former resident of West Memphis, Ark. Hall was born in Forrest City, Ark., on May 3, 1930, the daughter of Ottie and Ethel Mahan Cate. She was a homemaker who loved to arrange flowers and was the former Chairman of the Crittenden Republican Party for many years. She was a member of the Timely Club, Hardy Garden Club and Hardy United Methodist Church...
Carl J. Brand IV (05/16/06)
Carl J. Brand IV, 45, of Evening Shade died May 10, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born Sept. 19, 1960, at Newport, Ark., the son of Carl J. Brand III and Barbara Pay-singer Brand. He was a truck driver for Willis Shaw Express, a veteran of the United States Air Force, life member of the National Rifle Association, life member of the North American Hunting Club and a member of the Church of Christ...
Dixie Louise Quillin (05/16/06)
Dixie Louise Quillin, 90, died May 10, 2006. Quillin spent most of her adult life residing in Memphis, Tenn., where she retired from the Kellogg Co. She spent her early retirement years in Cherokee Village. She attended a weekly Bible study at Pleasant Hills Retirement Center in Little Rock, her home for the last 10 years of her life...
Damon Theo Jones (05/16/06)
Damon Theo Jones, 80, of Cherokee Village died May 11, 2006, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was born Sept. 10, 1925, at Melbourne the son of Sim and Francis Elizabeth Jackson Jones. He was retired from Con Agra Foods in Batesville and a member of the Pioneer Free Will Baptist Church at Ash Flat...
Donald Webster Ellzey Sr. (05/16/06)
Donald Webster Ellzey Sr., son of the late Thomas R. Ellzey and Annie Mae Grayson Ellzey, was born Oct. 23, 1950, in Jones County, Miss. He died May 2, 2006, in Mountain Home at the age of 55. He served in the United Sates Army during the Vietnam War. Ellzey was a commercial truck driver...
Larry E. Matheny (05/16/06)
Larry E. Matheny, 57, of Batesville, died May 8, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 1949, at Levy, Ark., to Allison B. and Merle O. Griffin Matheny. He was a member of the Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church located near Cave City. Survivors include his wife, Donna Matheny of the home; one son, Jeremy Matheny of Cave City; one daughter, Christy Hopper of Greenbrier; two step-sons, Jonathan Little of Walnut Ridge and Christopher Little of Batesville; three brothers, Curtis Matheny of Cave City, Michael Matheny of Marysville, Calif., and Richard Matheny of Batesville; three sisters Patricia Whitaker and Carolyn Wammack both of Batesville, and Tammy Rogers of Fort Worth, Texas; 10 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...
Ralph A. Blizard (05/16/06)
Ralph A. Blizard, 99, of Cherokee Village died May 8, 2006, at his residence. He was born June 4, 1906 in Moline, Kan., the son of the late Ed and Orpha Bell (Magee) Blizard. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving his country during World War II...
Richard Ernst Waibel (05/16/06)
Richard Ernst Waibel 88, of Cherokee Village died May 2, 2006, in Batesville. He was a pressman for Cooply Press in San Diego and a tool and die maker. He is survived by his wife, Laura Mae Waibel; a daughter, Diane Wilderson of Bonita, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Jessica and Robert Morrison of Clovis, Calif...
Wilda Maxine Ficus (05/16/06)
Wilda Maxine Fiscus, 83, of Williford died May 10, 2006, in Horseshoe Bend. Fiscus was a registered nurse with Baptist Memorial Hospital. She is survived by son Don Fiscus of Ozark Acres; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John D. and Bessie Crabtree Maynard...
Garon L. Crafton (05/23/06)
Garon L. Crafton, 84, of Cave City died May 15, 2006, at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 17, 1921, at Strawberry to Elvie and Effie Sneed Crafton. He was a superintendent for a railroad construction company, a United States Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European and Pacific areas...
Lawrence Wallace "Wally" Goodin (05/23/06)
Lawrence Wallace "Wally" Goodin Sr., 80, of Hardy died May 13, 2006, in Memphis, Tenn. He was a certified welder. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Goodin of Hardy; son, Lawrence Goodin III of Hardy; daughter, Brenda Sue Kerr of Hardy; brother, James Allen Goodin of Hardy; son, Lawrence Goodin Jr. of Trumann; and daughter, Lana Mae McCrory of Mammoth Spring...
Mildred J. Ewertowski (05/23/06)
Mildred J. (Korinek) Ewertowski, 90, of Evening Shade died May 18, 2006, at her residence in Evening Shade. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Korinek and the late Anna (David) Korinek. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one daughter, Nancy Ewertowski Surles of Evening Shade; one son, Thomas Ewertowski of Huntley, Ill...
Rutha O. (Thomas) Wess (05/23/06)
Rutha O. (Thomas) Wess, 85, of Ash Flat died May 18, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was the daughter of the late Franklin Thomas and the late Delila (Goings) Thomas. She is survived by her daughter, Nina Bass of New Albany, Ind.; a stepdaughter, Elwanda Raper of Hot Springs, Ark.; a son, Leonard Wess of Williford; stepsons, Tommy Wess of Shelby, N.C., and Wayne Wess of Cherokee Village...
Claud K. Estes (05/30/06)
Claud K. Estes, 84, of Armona, Calif., died May 6, 2006. He was born on Aug. 4, 1921, son of the late Harve and Lou Estes in Ash Flat. He was the youngest of nine children. He served in the U.S. Army-Air Corps during World War II. He was a school teacher at Armona Union Elementary School, retiring after 27 years...
Msg. John Sasfai Jr. (05/30/06)
Msg. John Sasfai Jr., (Ret. USA), 77, of Cherokee Village, died May 22, 2006 in Crossville, Tenn. He was born June 12, 1928, in Throop, Pa. After graduation from Honesdale High School in Honesdal, Pa., he worked for the Dairyman's League. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1948 and served until 1968 with duty in Korea during the Korean War, Germany, Fort Meyer and the Pentagon. ...
Allen "Al" Dobberke (06/06/06)
Allen "Al" Dobberke, 85, died May 30, 2006, at the Stratford Nursing and Rehab Center in Stratford, Iowa. Dobberke was born Sept. 1, 1920. His childhood was spent on his parents' farm in Oshkosh, Wis. He graduated from Oshkosh High School in 1937...
