Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Rosa Lee Tatum
Rosa Lee Tatum, 81, of North Little Rock died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002.
She is survived by her brother, Clarence Morris of North Little Rock; sister, Annette Vail of Model, Colo.; sons, Alvin Tatum of Lonoke, Bob Tatum of Little Rock, Bill Tatum of North Little Rock; one daughter, Sandra Evans of El Dorado; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Services were Sept. 13 at New Life Pentecostal Church at Scott.
Alice Bates Davis
Alice Bates Davis, 98, of Lonoke died Wednesday.
Funeral services were Saturday at the Church of the Nazarene in West Helena.
Survivors are a daughter, two sons, six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park under the direction of Roller-Citizens of West Helena.
Sharon Kay Cotton
Sharon Kay Cotton, age 36, of Cabot, owner of Grand Central Styling, passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002.
She was born Nov. 19, 1965, at Vandenburg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., to Shirley Marshall Delcher of Cabot, and the late Ted Delcher.
Other survivors include a sister, Sonia Sexton; one very, very special friend, Doug Eder; one niece, Erika Sexton and two nephews, Aaron Henry and Bradley Gorbet all of Cabot.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002, at Cabot Funeral Chapel. Interment at Mt. Carmel cemetery, Cabot, Ark. Arrangements by Cabot Funeral Home.
Otis Dean Pruitt
Otis Dean Pruitt, age 79, of Cabot, passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002.
Born Dec. 14, 1922, in Greenville, S.C., to the late Blane and Lola Tims Pruitt.
preceded in death by first wife Gladys Rozell Pruitt, son, Otis Dean Pruitt Jr., two sisters, and four brothers.
Survivors include his wife of 11 years, Ruby A. Pruitt of the home, three sons: William, Michael, and James Pruitt all of Cabot; two daughters: Sandra Mahoney of Jacksonville, and Margie A. Goforth of Cabot; brother, Robert Pruitt of Inmon, S.C.; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; seven stepchildren, 17 step-grandchildren and 13 step-great-grand-children.
Services were Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, at First Trinity Free Pentecostal Church with the Rev. R.E. Reeves officiating. Interment at Mt. Carmel cemetery, Cabot, Arkansas. Arrangements by Cabot Funeral Home.
Frances Ezell
Frances Ezell, 68, of Corning died Sunday.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Ezell, Bernie, Mo., Wayne Ezell of Cabot; and one daughter, Sandy Anders of Corning; and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Ermert Funeral Home Chapel in Corning. Interment was in the Corning cemetery.
Donna Hughen Hill
Donna Hughen Hill, former mayor of Holly Grove, died Sept. 15. She was 89 years old.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Hill; son-in-law, Jerry Goings; and great-grandson, Kevin Hudson.
Survivors are daughter, Julia Hudson and husband, Bob Pickens, Sue Goings of Helena; and son, Holbert Hill and wife, Sue, of Cabot; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
She was a Methodist, a member of DAR, a Rotarian, a member of the Holly Grove Women’s Club, UMW and a former City Councilman.
Services will be held at the Holly Grove cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband of 43 years.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Holly Grove Methodist Church or Macedonia cemetery Fund, in care of Bank of Holly Grove.
Forrest Edward Wise
Forrest Edward Wise, 84, of Newport, died Sunday.
He was a salesman for Swift and Company until joining the United States Navy to serve during World War II. He served in both the Pacific and the North Atlantic Theatres. Afterward, he owned one of the first frozen food plants in Eastern Ark. In 1953, he became the general manager of the Varazini Furniture Company in Newport. He was a lifelong member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church where he served on the vestry in several capacities. As a member of the Rotary Club, he was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow. He also served on the city council and on the board of First National Bank, now Union Planters Bank. Active in the state Chamber of Commerce, he served on the board and various committees.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Martha (Newsom) Wise, one daughter, Susan Wise Simmons of Germantown, Tenn.; one grandson; two sisters, Mary Wise Watson of Mesa, Ariz., and Martha Jane Wise of Cabot.
Graveside services were Tuesday at Walnut Grove cemetery with arrangements by Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home.
Mary Lee Campbell
Mary Lee Campbell, 61, of El Paso died Sept. 15, 2002.
Survivors are her children, Royce Eugene Campbell of Corona, Calif., Anthony Wayne Campbell, Sharon Kay Campbell and Ronald Gene Campbell, all of El Paso; three grandchildren; her mother, Annie Marie Taylor of Beebe; siblings, Pauline Bass of Beebe, Chester Tozer of McRae, Lester Tozer of Garner, James Tozer of Cabot, Everett Tozer of Austin and Linda Walker of Beebe.
Funeral was Sept. 18 at Westbrook Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Antioch cemetery, Beebe.
Thomas J. Doran
Thomas J. Doran, 73, of Barling, formerly of Cabot, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002.
He was an army veteranof the Korean Conflict, an automobile mechanic and a licensed electrician.
Graveside service was Sept. 16 at U.S. National cemetery, Fort Smith, by Rowell-Parish Mortuary, Fort Smith.
Survivors are three sisters, Gaggie Rice and Mary Turner, both of Fort Smith, and Rose Carns of St. Charles, Ill.; brothers, Paul Doran of Bartlesville, Okla., Gaylon Doran of Hutchinson, Kan., and Kirgus Doran of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Huston A. Alford
Huston Andrew Alford, 66, of McRae died Sept. 13, 2002.
He was a retired Arkansas Highway Department employee, a Baptist and a veteran of the Army.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Alford of McRae; a daughter, D’Andrea Jo Alford of McRae; a stepson, DaWayne Tipton of McRae; brothers, Junior O. Alford, Harold Alford and Marvin Alford, all of McRae; sisters, Barbara Reed of Austin, Linda Failoni of Green River, Wyo., and Betty Bundy of Cabot; and a grandson.
Funeral was Sept. 16 at Westbrook Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Lebanon cemetery, McRae.
