Obituaries

Bobby J. Amis

Bobby J. Amis

Feb 23, 2007

Bobby Joe Amis, 55, of Searcy, died February 23, 2007. He was born August 26, 1951 in Merced, California, the son of Glynn Amis and Lois (Amis) Ketner. He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy Seabee Battalion. He was a very hard and dedicated worker and a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death...

Winford Fearl Fulton

Winford Fearl Fulton

Feb 21, 2007

Winford Fearl Fulton, age 75, of 209 Kennedy Rd. died Tuesday, February 21, 2007 at his home. He was born in Quitman, Arkansas and was a son of the late Albert Fee and Dotcie Presley Fulton. Mr. Fulton was a former employee with I.H. Services in Greenville, a member of Community Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Hickory Tavern and was...

James Elmer Smith

James Elmer Smith

Feb 18, 2007

James Elmer Smith, 63 of Garner, died February 18, 2007. He was born June 18, 1943 in Gainesville, Texas, the son of the late Elmer and Francis Estelle (Spurlock) Smith. He was a member of the McRae Church of Christ.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Lorene "Polly" Smith of Garner, AR; two sons, Ricky Lynn Smith...

William Franklin Chapman

William Franklin Chapman

Feb 16, 2007

William Franklin Chapman, 62, of Austin, died February 16, 2007. He was born August 9, 1944, in Searcy, Arkansas, to Robert Vernon and Rhena Marvella Sullivan Chapman. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother Robert Vernon Chapman Jr. He was a 1962 graduate of Searcy High School. He served 21 years in the United States Army;...

Leonard Allen McClasky

Leonard Allen McClasky

Feb 15, 2007

Mr. Leonard Allen McClaskey, age 77, entered into rest February 15, 2007 in Searcy, Arkansas. He was born May 4, 1929 to the late Edgar Allen and Deva Mae (Cooksey) McClaskey. He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Amber L. Allen; and one grandson, Wayne B. Cook. He was a member of New Morrow Baptist Church.

He...

Ernest Leo Galloway

Ernest Leo Galloway

Feb 14, 2007

Ernest Leo Galloway, 74 of Searcy, died February 14, 2007. He was born December 18, 1932 in Mt. Home, Arkansas, the son of the late Lawrence and Ida Pearl (Coots) Galloway. He was a member of Mt. Zion Church. He was a Vietnam veteran and a member of the D.A.V. and the American Legion.

He is survived by his wife...

Nora Lee Cathron Reves

Nora Lee Cathron Reves

Feb 14, 2007

Nora Lee Cathron Reves, 92 of Searcy, died February 14, 2007. She was born July 3, 1914, the daughter of Samuel David and Bertha (Jones) Snelson. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wallace Reves; her daughter, Virginia Menhinick and her son Arthur David Rogers.

She is survived by her son, Charles Eugene Rogers and his wife,...

Jacqueline Lee Stringfellow

Jacqueline Lee Stringfellow

Feb 8, 2007

Jacqueline Lee Stringfellow, 77 of Searcy, died February 8, 2007. She was born December 28, 1929 in Tom Bean, Texas to R.A. and Letha (Murry) Burks. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Lloyd Montgomery. She was of the Episcopal faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her step-father; and her sister, Mary Louise Stephens.

She is...

Ollie Eugene Pool

Ollie Eugene Pool

Feb 5, 2007

Ollie Eugene Pool, 92 of Higginson, died February 5, 2007. He was born April 29, 1914 in Antioch, Arkansas, the son of Quint and Anna Pool. He was a member of the Higginson First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Jimmy Pool.

He is survived by his wife, Ruby Pool and his son,...

Burney Eli Bawcom

Burney Eli Bawcom

Feb 1, 2007

Burney Eli Bawcom, 93 of Gunter, Texas, formerly of Searcy, died February 1, 2007 in Frisco, Texas. He was born May 21, 1913 in Line, Arkansas, the son of James Wesley and Carrie Copeland Bawcom. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Louanna McNeil Bawcom; his second wife, Geneva Parrish Bawcom; three brothers, Carroll, Barney and...

Willa Mae Guidry

Willa Mae Guidry

Feb 1, 2007

Willa Mae Guidry, age 74, died February 1, 2007. She was born May 18, 1932, in Gueydan, Louisiana, the daughter of Otis and Tilda Touchet Guidry. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic Faith; and recognized as one of the pillars of "Who Dat's Restaurant" in Bald Knob. Mrs. Guidry was known as "Ma" to everyone who knew her....

Teresa Gale Lewellen

Teresa Gale Lewellen

Jan 31, 2007

Teresa Gale Lewellen, 45, of Bald Knob, AR died Tuesday, January 31, 2007 after a battle with breast cancer. She is preceded in death by her father, Robert Lee Haley.

Survivors include her husband, Johnny Lewellen of Bald Knob; one son, Cameron Evans of Kentucky; brother, Dale Haley of Tenn.; sister, Brenda Bennette of Kentucky; mother, Hilda Haley of Kentucky;...

Charles Mitchell Baker

Charles Mitchell Baker

Jan 30, 2007

Charles Mitchell Baker, 51, of Kensett, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007. He was born July 13, 1955 in Riverside, California, to the late Charles M. and Annalene Barnett Baker. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Lonnie Baker.

He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Tressie Baker of...

Lura Ethel Jackson Bailey

Lura Ethel Jackson Bailey

Jan 29, 2007

Lura Ethel Jackson Bailey, 92 of Griffithville, AR passed away January 29, 2007 at White County Medical Center in Searcy. She was born November 10, 1914 in Bogan Chapel, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Dempsey Jackson and Hattie Gee (Lewis) Jackson; her husband, Russel "Duke" Bailey; three brothers, Lewis, Bill and Russ Jackson; and a...

Joseph C. Lemmons

Joseph C. Lemmons

Jan 27, 2007

Joe C. Lemmons succumbed to his battle with cancer on January 27, 2007 in Searcy, Arkansas at the age of 85. He was born on November 29, 1921 in Paragould, Arkansas, the son of Ivan and Eva Greenway Lemmons. He served as a Marine Sgt. in WW II in the Pacific Islands and Washington D.C. from 1942-46. He received a...

Wilma Stewart Barnett

Wilma Stewart Barnett

Jan 23, 2007

Wilma Stewart Barnett, 86 of Letona, died January 23, 2007. She was born January 24, 1920 in Holly Springs, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Lewis and Maude (Walls) Smith. She was a member of the Letona Church of Christ.

She is survived by two sons, Jimmy Stewart and his wife, Wanda of Letona and Ralph Stewart and his...

Sheila Ann Green Roberson

Sheila Ann Green Roberson

Jan 22, 2007

Sheila Ann Green Roberson, age 53, died January 22, 2007, at the White County Medical Center.

She was born November 21, 1953, the daughter of the late Rheuben and Margie Elouse McAnelly Green, and a member of First United Methodist Church in Judsonia.

She is survived by a daughter, Kelly Roberson Donndelinger and husband Bill of Midwest City, Oklahoma;...

Otis Charles Tucker

Otis Charles Tucker

Jan 20, 2007

Otis Charles Tucker, 71 of McRae, died January 20, 2007. He was born May 1, 1935 in Greenbrier, Arkansas, the son of Austin Clyde and Margie (Green) Tucker. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Kenneth Tucker. He was a member of McRae Pentecostal Church of God and a member of Ducks Unlimited.

He is survived...

Violet Anna Ure

Violet Anna Ure

Jan 20, 2007

Violet Ure, 92 of Judsonia, went to be with the Lord on January 20, 2007. She was born October 23, 1914 in Grant County, Indiana, the daughter of Pearly and Cecil (Lynch) Moreland. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James T. Ure; her son, Roland Spear; two brothers, Vernon and Sherwood; one sister, Katherine; and her...

Doris Sturdivant Colebank

Doris Sturdivant Colebank

Jan 17, 2007

Doris Sturdivant Colebank, 84 of Kensett, died January 17, 2007. She was born March 20, 1922 in Decatur, Alabama, the daughter of Emmett Luke and Maude (May) Sturdivant. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jess Colebank; her son, Malcolm Colebank; two brothers, Malcolm and Charles Sturdivant; and three sisters, Ella Mae Turner, Irma Baker and Dorothy...

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