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...
Andrew Christian Burks
Mar 9, 2008
Andrew Christian Burks, age 42, of Omaha, AR passed away Sunday, March 9, 2008 at his home. The son of Ellis L. and Charlene M. (Cramer) Burks, was born November 29, 1965 in Kansas City, MO. He moved to this area nine years ago from Springfield, MO. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Omaha and was a...
Joan M. Wade
Mar 8, 2008
Joan M. Wade, age 72 of Harrison, AR passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Golden Living Harrison Nursing Center. She was born July 19, 1935 in North Dakota. She was a farmer and homemaker. Her parents Marjorie and Herbert Rehurek, preceded her in death, along with her husband, Raymond Wade; a sister, Ramona Downs; and a step-son, Jimmy Wade....
Dorothy A. Buss
Mar 8, 2008
Dorothy Ann Buss, age 89 of Jasepr, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Highland Health Care Center in Bella Vista, AR. She was born August 12, 1918 in Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of James Rolla and Ethel Elizza (Sanders) Cain. She was a composer, arranger, song writer and author. She played the violin, professionally, with the Chicago Women's Symphony...
Edna Loreta Madsen
Mar 7, 2008
Edna L. Madsen, age 77 of Harrison, passed away Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Golden Living Hilltop Nursing Center. The daughter of Edgar and Edna L. (Enyart) Little, was born March 22, 1930 at Strong City, Oklahoma. She was a health care giver and had lived here most of her life. She attended the Church of the First Born....
Etta Marie Hull
Mar 6, 2008
Etta Marie Hull, age 85, of Harrison, AR, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008 at her home. The daughter of M.M. and Grace Marie (Webb) Orr, was born October 17, 1922 in Wichita, KS. She was a furniture upholsterer. Her parents preceded her in death, along with her husband, Omer Hull; and a granddaughter, Shirley Reed. Survivors are her step-mother,...
Stanley John Janca
Mar 6, 2008
Stanley John Janca, age 91, of Lead Hill, AR, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Hospice House in Mountain Home, AR. The son of John and Marie (Sthah) Janca, was born May 7, 1916 in Cicero, IL. He was a jewelry store merchant and had served in the U.S. Army. He had lived at Lead Hill since 1972...
Lonnie O. Russell
Mar 5, 2008
Lonnie O. Russell, age 79, of Bergman, AR, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at his home. The son of Everett Pearl and Zoy Bertha (McCord) Russell, was born September 19, 1928 in Stuart, OK. He retired from the City of Harrison Water Department, after 19 years and then worked for North Arkansas Regional Medical Center for 9 years. He...