Zepherine Zumwalt, 89, of Indianola, Iowa, formerly of Clarksville,
died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
She was a native of Bartlesville, Okla., graduate of Oklahoma A&M
in Stillwater, Okla., former teacher in the public school system and also
at the colligate level having retired in 1974 while living in Fayette,
Iowa. She was the widow of Neil Zumwalt and a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Indianola, Iowa.
Survivors include two sons, Gary Zumwalt of Blue Springs, Mo., and Ron
Zumwalt of Indianola, Iowa; one brother, Dr. Ivan Hull of Borger, Texas;
six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the First United Methodist
Church in Indianola, Iowa, under the direction of Overton Funeral Home.
Graveside services and burial were at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the
Fairlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Cushing, Okla.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Indianola, Iowa, or the Heifer Project.
Albert Lawrence Leeds, 82, died Feb. 7, 2003, at St. John Medical Center
in Tulsa, Okla.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late John and Bell Leeds,
1939 graduate of Clarksville High School, attended business school in Dallas,
Texas, served as page in the Arkansas legislature in Little Rock, member
of St. Paul's Methodist Church for 50 years where he was recording secretary
for several years and Sunday school class pianist, 50-year member of Franklin
Lodge No. 9 in Clarksville, and retired in 1991 from Eve, Inc., as office
manager. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Tony, Ira and George;
and two sisters, Iva Bounds and Margie Crowley.
Survivors include his widow, Enid Leeds; one great-nephew, Stephen Bounds
of St. Louis, Mo.; one great-great-niece, Tara Walker of Antlers, Okla.;
one great-great-nephew, Todd Bounds of Sherman, Texas; two great-great-great-nieces,
Kayla Walker and Adrianna Bounds; one great-great-great-nephew, Hunter
Lawrence Bounds; and several cousins.
A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Feb. 22 at St. Paul's Methodist Church.
Billy Howard Crabtree, 72, of Ozark died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in a
Fort Smith hospital.
A native of Coal Hill, he was a son of the late Horten Howard and Georgia
Holt Crabtree, retired master sergeant in the Air Force and attended the
Ozark First Assembly of God Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Reed Crabtree; one brother,
George Crabtree; and one sister, Patricia Faye Crabtree.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Rita Perry of Van Buren, Regina McElhaney of Ozark and Rowena Anderson
of Clearwater, Fla.; two sisters, Hortense Peterson of Fresno, Calif.,
and Francis Ellis of Tulsa, Okla.; six brothers, Robert, Lloyd, Ray, Charles,
Ronnie, Jerry Don, and Darrell Crabtree, all of Porterville, Calif.; and
six grandchildren.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Jim McElhaney, Oliver McElhaney and James Perry officiating.
Burial was at Highland Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were James Perry, Nathan McElhaney, Lloyd Rausher,
Randy Bowman, Dan Anderson, Lonnie Perry, Jimmy Pledger, and Paul Turner.
Honorary pallbearers were Tom Edgin, Bill Hudspeth, Jim Ruston, Dane Jaggers, and Bud Pinkston.
Billy Mack Noble, 69, of Charleston, father of Holly Ann Kuykendall
of Clarksville, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, in Fort Smith.
He was a native of Crossett, son of the late Mack Noble, retired plant
superintendent at Correll, Inc., in Charleston, Baptist and former Phi
Lambda Chi.
Survivors include his widow, Dorothy Pierson Noble; two other daughters,
Donna Katheryn McDonald of Charleston and Mary Jane Christenberry of Barling;
two sons, William Howard Noble of Charleston and Matthew Edward Noble of
Maumelle; mother, Helen Jenkins Noble of Crossett; one sister, Patsy Jenkins
of Jacksonville; two brothers, Charles Noble of Crossett and Ronnie Noble
of Tillar; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Smith Mortuary Chapel
in Charleston followed by another service at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13,
at the Beulah Land Assembly of God Church in Crossett. Burial will be at
the Crossroads Cemetery in Crossett.
Active pallbearers will be Doug Barnard, Larry Sanders, Steve Brown,
Kenny Price, Hanh Van Nguyen, and Gail Bunn.
Honorary pallbearers will be grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Emma Anna Jane Larue King, 95, of Ozark, formerly of Clarksville, died
Saturday, March 8, 2003, at Mercy Hospital/Turner Memorial in Ozark.
She was a daughter of the late Jesse Peter and Lori Ethyl Sindle Larue,
widow of John Lloyd King, affiliated with the Mt. Olive Methodist Church,
United Pentecostal and Clarksville Christian Churches. She was preceded
in death by two sons, Edgar Ellis and Floyd Eugene King; two sisters, May
Pemberton and Erma Harrington; and one brother, Ira Cecil Larue.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Juanita M. and Lonnie
D. Hunsucker of Ozark and Carolyn and Lee Moore of Broken Arrow, Okla.;
five sons and six daughters-in-law, John E. and Sharon King of Clarksville,
Jesse H. and Nancy King of Inkster, Mich., Billy R. and Ann King and Kenneth
E. and Imogene King, all of Ozone, Lawrence and Linda King of Tulsa, Okla.;
and Mrs. Floyd E. King of London; one sister, Jessie Mueller of Washington;
29 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren
and great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Roller-Cox Chapel
with Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Robert Hall, Claud Dell Hall, Bobby L. Hall,
Shawn King, Timmy King, and Danny Doak.
Honorary pallbearers will be Gene Faulkner, Lonnie D. Hunsucker, Donald Hunsucker, and Troy Byrd.
Harry James Wise, 86, of Frankfort, Ky., father of Robert C. Wise of
Clarksville, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at his home.
He was a son of the late Graham H. and Mary Lizzie Moreland Wise, a
native of Franklin County, retired employee of the state department of
economic security, a Kentucky Colonel, former 40-year member of Peaks Mill
Christian Church and a member of Capital City Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by wives, Josie Taylor Wise and Minnie League
Wise; one daughter, Anna Mae Wise Martin; one brother, Robert Wise; and
two sisters, Anna Duvall Olds and Lillian Wise Cloyd.
Other survivors include one brother, Duard Chester Wise of Muncie, Ind.;
one sister, Maggie Wise Dielks Buntin of Muncie, Ind.; six grandchildren,
Robert Graham Wise of Statesville, N. C., David Neal Wise of Melbourne,
Australia, Rebecca Martin Gill, Lois Martin Roberts, and Stephen Lowell
Martin, all of Frankfort, Ky., and Robin Wise Lewallen of Mount Home, Idaho;
eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, at Harrod Brothers Memorial Chapel
with Dr. Steve Pattison and Rev. Jon Sutphin officiating. Entombment was
in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers were Steven Kingsolver Jr., Daryle Woolums, Eric
Woolums, Thomas McCain III, Danny Wiley and Johnny Broughton.
Honorary pallbearers were Shepherds and Rising Sun Sunday School classes of Capital City Christian Church.
ev. Lance William King, 64, of Clarksville died Friday, March 7, 2003,
from injuries sustained in a tractor accident near Hunt.
He was born in the Vesta Community, son of the late Thomas William and
Imogene Craft King, graduate of Fort Smith High School, Army veteran of
the Korean War, pastor at Liberty Hill Community Church, formerly pastored
churches at Coal Hill, Hartman, Spadra, Lamar, Mt. Olive, Vilonia, Mt.
Carmel and Trinity United Methodist Church in North Little Rock, and was
a former chaplain at UAMS in Little Rock.
Survivors include his widow, Peggy Stricklin King; two daugh-
ters, Patricia Jones of Sherman, Texas, and Jennifer Crooks of Ozark; four
sons, Rickey King of Conway, Alan Stricklin of Memphis, Tenn., Darrel Stricklin
of Coal Hill, and Randy Stricklin of Hartman; one brother, Tommy King of
Clarksville; and nine grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Hardwicke
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bobby Bell and Rev. Judge Cocker officiating.
Burial was in Liberty Hill Cemetery at Hunt.
Memorials may be made to the Liberty Hill Community Church, % Ruth Timmerman, 280 CR 3081, Clarksville, AR 72830.
Robert Eugene McDougal, 68, of Clarksville died Sunday, March 9, 2003,
at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a farmer and son of the late Wesley and Lilly McDougal.
He is survived by one daughter, Kay Smith of Mill Springs, Mo.; and
two sons, Garry McDougal of San Francisco, Calif., and Ben McDougal of
El Paso, Texas.
The body was cremated.
Local arrangements were under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Varnel McKinney Dwyer, 78, died Monday, March 3, 2003, in Marion, Kan.
She was a native of Lamar, daughter of the late Herbert and Emma Killough,
and widow of Vernon Lamar Dwyer.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Andrew and Joan
McKinney, Jerry and R. Kevin McKinney, and Roger McKinney, all of Wichita,
Kan.; one daughter, Patsy Sandlin of Wichita, Kan.; three sisters and two
brothers-in-law, Freida and Jim Cole, Laura Faye and Norman Davis, and
Gladys Nation of Clarksville; six grandchildren, Tammy McKinney, Johnny
Murphy, Thomas McKinney, Michelle Scheer, Jennifer Duffie, and Crystal
Stephenson; eight great-grandchildren, Olivia Patterson, Rebecca Patterson,
Hailey Patterson, Kyle Scheer, Kyra Scheer, Kori Scheer, Austin Carriker,
and Braydon Stephenson; and one stepgrandchild, Kara Porter.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Smith Mortuary in Derby,
Kan.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 347 S. Laura, Wichita, KS 67201.
Virginia (Blossom) Mahan, 86, of Alma died Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at
Alma Health and Rehabilitation.
A native of the Spadra Community, she was a daughter of the late Granvel
and Ada Powell Wilson Hardgrave, 1935 graduate of Coal Hill High School,
a volunteer at Sparks Regional Medical Center for several years, member
of the Church of Christ, former Sunday school teacher for many years and
also did many hours of church work with her minister husband, Johnny Mahan.
Other than her husband she is survived by one daughter, Layne Downs
of Fort Smith; two sons, Buddy Mahan of Muskogee, Okla., and Butch Mahan
of Alma; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Alma Church of Christ
with David Banks and Dale Brown officiating.
Burial was in the Hess Cemetery at Coal Hill under the direction of
Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Jay Coleman, Benny Brown, Mike Colman, Bob Douglas, Darrell Goodpastur, and David Goodpastur.