Clifford Ford
Aug 7, 2016
Clifford passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the age of 79. The son of C. C. and Eunice (Parker) Ford was born October 16, 1936 at Denver, Colorado. He was a 47 year resident of the Harrison area, moving here from Evergreen, Colorado. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and attended Faith Life...
Sandra "Sandy" Saxon
Aug 1, 2016
Sandy Saxon, 59, of Harrison passed away on August 1, 2016 after a long battle with cancer, comforted by her children and her beloved companion dog at Hospice of the Hills in Harrison. Sandy was born on August 22, 1956 and was a lifelong area resident. She graduated from Valley Springs High School in 1974 and went on to obtain...
Bennie Gene Stills, Sr.
Jul 30, 2016
Bennie Gene Stills, Sr., age 84 of St. Joe, Arkansas passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Highland Court Nursing & Rehab in Marshall, Arkansas. The son of Elisha Andrew and Nellie Alberta (Mays) Stills was born at Duff, Arkansas on August 10, 1931. A lifelong resident of the Duff Community near St. Joe, Bennie was a veteran of the...
Lila Ottena Keener
Jul 27, 2016
Lila Ottena (Rumford) Keener, 86, died July 27, 2016, at Hillcrest Home, Harrison, Arkansas. She was born July 5, 1930, west of Big Bow, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Everett and Cassie Odell (Moore) Rumford. The family moved to Hanston, Kansas, in 1936 and to Dodge City, Kansas, in 1941. She attended country schools and graduated from high school and...
Eunice Lee Collins
Jul 26, 2016
Eunice Lee Collins, age 72 of Jasper, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at her home. The daughter of George and Mary (Campbell) Martin was born on September 24, 1943 at Harrison, Arkansas. She was of the Pentecostal faith and a member of the Log Hall Community Church. Eunice was a lifetime resident of Newton County. She was...
Lenna Mary Ogden
Jul 23, 2016
Lenna Mary (Harrison) Ogden, age 91 of Nail, Arkansas passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Newton County Nursing Home in Jasper. The daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth (Delavan) Harrison was born on April 4, 1925 in Onawa, Iowa. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jasper Assembly of God Church. She was preceded in death by...
George Webster Brown
Jul 23, 2016
George W. Brown passed away July 23, 2016. He was born in Ipswich MA, December 5, 1924, son of James W. Brown and Nora (O'Callaghan) Brown. He lived on the Proctor Estate in Ipswich MA with his parents and siblings before graduating from Ipswich High School in 1943. Shortly after graduation he joined the Army Air Corps and became an...
Rafaela "Ela" Rico Canoy
Jul 19, 2016
Rafaela "Ela" Rico Canoy, age 50 of Green Forest, Arkansas went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday July 19, 2016. The daughter of Cornelio Rico and Victoria Langcaun was born on October 24, 1965 in Albay, Philippines. Ela was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Bimbot Rico; a sister, Teresita Ibsalin and a brother, Leonardo Rico....
Buelah Jo Rogers Harrington
Jul 15, 2016
Buelah Jo Rogers Harrington, of Lead Hill, Arkansas joined Heaven's choir on Friday, July 15, 2016 at the age of 80. The daughter of Roy and Allie (Journagan) Akins was born March 20, 1936 at Harrison, Arkansas. Jo was a lifelong resident of Lead Hill and was of Baptist faith. She worked for many years at White Rogers and was...
Nelda Rushing
Jul 11, 2016
Nelda Christine Rushing, age 55 of Harrison, Arkansas passed away Monday, July 11, 2016 in Harrison. The daughter of Leodus "Blackie" and Ruth Christine (Gossett) Rickett was born on December 24, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Nelda was a florist for twenty-five years and never lost her love for flowers. She was a lifelong craft-a-holic and always had at...
Myra B. Williams
Jul 8, 2016
Myra Belle Williams, age 79 of Fayetteville, Arkansas passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville on Friday, July 8, 2016. The daughter of George A. and Sylvia (Pack) Reeves was born May 14, 1937 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father's military career took the family to several locations before they eventually settled...
John D Youngblood
Jul 8, 2016
John D. "Johnny" Youngblood, 71 of Marble Falls, Arkansas passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at home. The son of John Riley and Mattie Agnes (Farmer)Youngblood was born April 14, 1945 at Parthenon, Arkansas. He was a lifelong resident of this area and worked for over 30 years in lawn and cemetery care. John took a great deal of pride...
Mary Higdon
Jul 4, 2016
Mary Ellen Higdon, age 67 of Harrison, Arkansas passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter of Statuel and Nannie (Anderson) Harris was born on May 8, 1949 in Dallas, Texas. Mary was a member of First Assembly of God in Harrison. She loved to cook and enjoyed reading. She was preceded in death by her...
Nancy Atkinson
Jul 2, 2016
Nancy Atkinson, age 69 of Jasper, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016 at her home. The daughter of William and Lavone (Collins) Hall was born on July 7, 1946 in Clovis New Mexico. She moved to Houston, Texas in 1967, where she worked in the oil & petrochemical industry 25 years. In 1990, she and her husband retired to Jasper,...
Kenneth Rollinson
Jul 2, 2016
Kenneth Rollinson, age 73 of Western Grove, Arkansas passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Creekside Nursing and Rehabilitation in Yellville, Arkansas. The son of John Bradford and Ora (Vaughn) Rollinson was born August 25, 1942 at Oak Grove, Louisiana. Kenneth worked was a heavy equipment operator and had lived in this area for 27 years coming from Tallulah, Louisiana....
Jared Dallas Middleton
Jul 1, 2016
Jared Dallas Middleton, 45, of Russellville, Arkansas passed away Friday, July 1, 2016 at home. The son of the late Gary Dallas Middleton and Brenda (Bolin) Evans was born March 10, 1971 at Harrison, Arkansas. Jared was a lifelong resident of Newton and Pope Counties and was of Assembly of God Faith. He worked at Bibler Brother's Lumber Company (West...
Hoyt Lee Sams
Jun 30, 2016
Hoyt Lee Sams, age 62 of Limestone, Arkansas passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Fayetteville, Arkansas. The son of Darrell Vernon and Ruby May (Stone) Sams was born on June 2, 1954 at Limestone, Arkansas. Hoyt had worked in Federal Law Enforcement for 25 years and he had worked for the US Forest Service. He was owner/operator of D&H...
Katherine Brasel
Jun 29, 2016
Mary Katherine Brasel, age 77 of Jasper, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Florida. The daughter of Randolph and Imogene (Young) Hill was born December 25, 1938 in Harrison, Arkansas. She was a lifelong resident of Jasper and attended Jasper Christian Church. Katherine graduated from Arkansas State Teacher's College in 1960 (now UCA) and...
Katherine Lee Hayford
Jun 27, 2016
Katherine Lee Hayford, age 67 of Harrison, Arkansas passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at her home. The daughter of Anderson Benjamin and Earle Lucille (Smith) Alexander was born on January 23, 1949 in Rippen, Wisconsin. Katherine was a teacher and had moved to the Newton County/Boone County area fifteen years ago from Jacksonville, Arkansas. She enjoyed going to the...
Valerie Wallen Walker
Jun 25, 2016
Valerie Wallen Walker, age 79 of Bergman, Arkansas passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Missouri. The daughter of James Otis and Addie Mae (Robey) Hayes was born in Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri March 31, 1937. She was preceded in death by her parents, her 1st husband, William Earl "Billy" Wallen, her daughter, Ginger Sullivent,...