Goldie Ragian Megee
Apr 23, 2008
Goldie Ragian Megee, age 87 of Harrison, AR, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at her home. The daughter of Baxter and Minnie R. (Morris) Jenkins, was born November 8, 1920 in Alpena, AR. She had been a lifelong resident of this area, where she attended Hopewell Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Her parents preceded her in death, along...
Dolen E. Breedlove
Apr 18, 2008
Dolen E. Breedlove, age 74 of Harrison, AR passed away Friday, April 18, 2008, at his home. The son of Lee and Virgie Breedlove, was born September 7, 1933 at Deer, AR. Dolen was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He had been raised in this area, then moved to California and Kansas for 30 years. Before returning here he...
Jay I. Sasser
Apr 12, 2008
Jay I. Sasser, age 82 of Fayetteville, AR, formerly of Harrison, AR, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Circle of Life Hospice House in Springdale, AR. The son of Arthur and Geneva (Pyle) Sasser, was born March 3, 1926 at Bruno, AR. Jay served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a retired Inspector for the Arkansas...
Lawrence Oakley Cox
Apr 10, 2008
Lawrence Oakley Cox, age 81 of Diamond City, AR passed away Thursday, April 10, 2008 at Hospice of the Hills Hospice House in Harrison, AR. Lawrence, better known to friends and loved ones as "Larry" was born April 16, 1926 in Centreville, AL. He trained to become a certified aircraft mechanic early in life and became an avid flyer and...
Tressie N. Martin
Apr 8, 2008
Tressie N. Martin, age 83 of Hasty, AR passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Golden Living Hilltop Nursing Center in Harrison, AR. The daughter of Charlie and Gertrude (Hall) McCutchen, was born May 29, 1924 at Snowball, AR. She was a lifelong resident of Newton County and was a member of Mt. Judea Church of Christ. She was also...
Benjamin Franklin Bennett
Apr 6, 2008
Benjamin Franklin Bennett, of Harrison, AR passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Hospice of the Hills Hospice House in Harrison. The son of Ben and Goldie (Gillisipi) Bennett was born in Nebraska City, NE. He was a U.S. Army veteran during the Korean War. He moved to this area in 1985 from Nebraska and was a member of Shiloh...
Ralph B. Lofton
Apr 6, 2008
Ralph B. Lofton, age 68, of Harrison, AR passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008 at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, in Harrison. The son of K.P. and Lydia (McLaughlin) Lofton, was born December 9, 1939 in Gilbert, LA. He had lived in this area since 1966, moving from Louisiana. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the...
Walter Brasel
Apr 5, 2008
Walter Brasel, ae 92 of Jasper, AR departed this life Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Newton County Nursing Home, in Jasper. He was born November 22, 1915 at Parthenon, AR, the son of Richard S. and Arizona (Casey) Brasel. He was a lifelong resident of Newton County. He married Pearl (Self) Harrison on November 2, 1941, and they owned and...
Maggie L. Callison
Apr 2, 2008
Maggie L. Callison, age 101 of Harrison, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Golden Living Harrison Nursing Center. The daughter of John and Betsy (Shatwell) Smith, was born Oct. 11, 1906 at Muldrow, Arkansas. She moved here from California in 2006 and was a homemaker. She also enjoyed fishing and going to swap meets or auctions when she was...
Frank W. Hatcher
Mar 31, 2008
Frank W. Hatcher, age 95 of St. Joe, AR passed away Monday, March 31, 2008 at Twin Lakes Nursing Center at Flippin, AR. The son of Frank and Alice Mae (Purkey) Hatcher, was born January 20, 1913 in Tacoma, WA. He was a carpenter, a farmer, an avid fisherman, and also a member of American Legion in St. Joe. Mr....
James L. Miller
Mar 30, 2008
James L. Miller, age 65 of Harrison, AR passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, MO. The son of James C. and Ruby Lee (Watkins) Miller, was born November 8, 1942 in Memphis, TN. He had served in the U.S. Army and had lived in the Harrison area since 1972, moving from San Antonio,...
Lester D. Hale
Mar 29, 2008
Lester D. Hale, age 83 of Harrison, passed away Sat. March 29, 2008 at the Hospice House in Harrison. He was born Dec. 11, 1924 in Des Arc, AR to the late George and Annie (Anderson) Hale. Lester was a supervisor for General Motors Corporation and was a logger. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death...
Ethel M. Terral
Mar 29, 2008
Ethel M. Terral, age 80 of St. Joe, AR, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2008 at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, AR. The son of Leo and Margaret (Markle) Jerred, was born September 10, 1927 in Wayne County, MI. She was a member of First Baptist Church in St. Joe. She was a waitress for over 55 years...
Alta Opal Irwin
Mar 27, 2008
Alta Opal Irwin, age 95 of Mt. Judea, AR, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Harrison, AR. The daughter of Absalom and Ada (Herrod) Smith, was born April 13, 1912 in Cherokee County, Texas. She moved to Newton County over 50 years ago from Dumas, TX and was a homemaker. She attended Mt. Judea Church of Christ. Her husband...
Floyd Wayne West
Mar 26, 2008
Floyd Wayne West, age 68 of Diamond City, AR, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at his home. The son of Homer and Mattie (Parker) West, was born March 7, 1940 at Moultan, AL. He had been a laborer with Local 477 in Springfield, IL and he enjoyed re-building old cars. His parents preceded him in...
Dewey Junior Busby
Mar 25, 2008
Dewey Junior Busby, age 72 of Harrison, originally of Texas, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in Harrison. The son of Dewey and Lula Busby, was born July 30, 1935 in Idabel, Oklahoma. He had worked as a night watchman for a Cotton Gin Company and he loved going to church and fishing. His parents preceded him in death along...
Judith Ann Richter
Mar 19, 2008
Judith Ann Richter, age 63 of Harrison, AR passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. The daughter of Harry E. and Marion Margaret (Brady) Baker, was born December 20, 1944 in Elmhurst, IL. She moved from Illinois to this area in 1992. Her mother preceded her in death, along with a sister, Mary...
Alyce E. Sutton
Mar 14, 2008
Alyce E. Sutton, age 79 of Harrison, AR passed away Friday, March 14, 2008 at Hospice of the Hills Hospice House, in Harrison. The daughter of the late Percy and Carol (Thomas) McCatharn, was born September 14, 1928 in Lebanon, New Jersey. Alyce was the wife of Kenneth C. Sutton. Cremation arrangements are being handled by Coffman Funeral Home in...
Naomi Sarah Vaughn
Mar 13, 2008
Naomi Sarah Vaughn, age 84, of Wayton, AR, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Jasper. She was born January 7, 1924, at Wayton, the daughter of Sanford and Mae (Snow) Henderson. She was a homemaker, a Baptist, and had lived most of her life in Newton County, except for about twenty years, living in California. She was preceded in...
Lela L. Reynolds
Mar 12, 2008
Lela Lucille (Davis) Reynolds, age 69 of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at her sister's home in Jasper. She was born July 3, 1938 in Jasper, a daughter of Otis McKinnley and Charlotte Alberta (Boomer) Davis. She was married to Thomas Searle Reynolds on November 8, 1958 in Wichita and retired from Boeing Aircraft, where she worked...