Don Robert Hurst Sr., 71, of Coal Hill died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at
his home.
A native of Coal Hill, he was a son of the late John (Hobby) and Ollie
Flake Hurst, graduate of Coal Hill High School and Capitol City Business
College in Little Rock and served in the Air Force from 1950 to 1971 before
retiring as a senior master sergeant.
He was a former Singer Company employee, director of Self-Help Housing
for Johnson County, served on the ARVAC and Forrester-Davis Development
Center boards, former member of the Coal Hill City Council where he was
instrumental in building the Coal Hill Child Development Center and city
hall. He was a member and elder of Ferguson Memorial Presbyterian Church
in Coal Hill, member of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 62,
and a lifetime member of the Coal Hill VFW Post No. 8532 which he helped
organize. He was preceded in death by one brother, John Flake Hurst.
Survivors include his widow, Gayle Smith Hurst; three sons and two daughters-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Robert (Charlotte) Hurst Jr. of Coal Hill, John Michael
Hurst of Jonesboro, and Mr. and Mrs. James (Chip) Hurst of Alma; four grandchildren,
Amber Hurst of Coal Hill, John Michael Hurst II of Jonesboro, Mrs. Jeff
(Becky) Hawbiltzel of Fayetteville, and Jamie Hurst of Alma; and one great-granddaughter,
Sarah Hurst of Coal Hill.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Ferguson Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Coal Hill with Burley King and Bob King officiating.
Burial will be in the Coal Hill Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke
Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers will be Dee Yates, Paul Walker, Ben Yates, Dean Hammons,
Wesley Kendrick, and Greg Donaldson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Percy Wall, Junior Bartlett, Bill Meeler,
Micky Smith, Robert Bartlett Sr., and Joe B. Hurst.
Memorials may be made to the Ferguson Memorial Presbyterian Church, P. O. Box 96, Coal Hill, AR 72832.
Evelyn Nesbit Johnson, 88, of Cache, Okla., died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002,
in a Lawton (Oklahoma) Care Center.
She was a native of Montana, daughter of the late Fred and Maude Hardgrave
Kloss, member of the Church of Christ in Cache, Okla., was a former employee
of Kress, Anthony's, TG&Y and Gibson's, and was preceded in death by
one brother; and one sister.
Survivors are her husband, Charles J. Johnson Jr.; three sons and two
daughters-in-law, Travis and Marilyn Johnson of Tucson, Ariz., Charles
Johnson of Cache, Okla., and Johnny and Judy Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas;
two daughters, Donna Durkee of Moore, Okla., and Anita Smith of Cache,
Okla.; one brother and spouse, Maxie and Joan Kloss of Tulsa, Okla.; 12
grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the First Baptist Church
in Cache, Okla., with Rev. Truman Ferguson and Rev. Robert McPheters officiating.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Lawton, Okla., under the
direction of Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home of Lone Wolf, Okla.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Lawton Ritter
Gray Funeral Home in Lawton, Okla.
Memorials may be made to Lawton Hospice or Tipton's Children Home.
Jaunita O. King, 91, of Clarksville died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at
her home.
She was a native of the Woodland Community, daughter of the late Oliver
Langley and Viola Ford Hudson, widow of Abe B. King, and member of the
Harmony
Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Rita and Jan Carrington
of Denton, Texas, and Pansy and Ken Nelson of Clarksville; one sister,
Winnie Dickerson of Clarksville; three brothers, Alton Hudson of Fort Smith
and Cecil Hudson and Reece Hudson, both of Clarksville; four grandchildren,
Lisa Adamson of Charlotte, N. C., Denise Lovelace of Kingwood, Texas, Angie
Hewat of Wilkesboro, N. C., and Josh Nelson of Clarksville; and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the Harmony Presbyterian Church
with Rev. Steve Wingo officiating.
Burial was in Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were Robert Hudson, Jimmy R. Hudson, Jimmy Dickerson, Abe
Laster Jr., David Laster, Gerald Laster, and Austen Lovelace.
Memorials may be made to the Harmony Presbyterian Church, 905 CR 3281, Clarksville, AR 72830.
Louise Hicks Nelson, 90, of Pittsburgh, Pa., formerly of Chicago, Ill.,
died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Country Meadows Nursing Home in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
She was a former resident of Clarksville, widow of Harold G. Nelson,
member of the Clarksville First United Methodist Church and Love Circle,
sister of the late Mildred E. Schoepp of Clarksville, active member of
the Ludwig Extension Homemakers Club, Johnson County Garden Club, Republican
Party, and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judie and Frank Ferguson
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; two granddaughters and spouses, Dawneen and Bill Suriano
of Chicago, Ill., and Melissa and John Halligan of River Vale, N. J.; one
grandson and spouse, Keith and Stacey Ferguson of Las Vegas, Nev.; ten
great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, L. W. (Bud) Schoepp of Clarksville;
one sister-in-law, Martha Jane Lake of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and one niece
and spouse, Joanne and Ron Minnick of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the First United Methodist
Church in Clarksville with burial to follow in Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements
are under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Hardwicke Funeral
Home.
Thomas William Lowe, 82, of Coal Hill died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at
an Ozark nursing home.
He was a native of Coal Hill, son of the late Newt and Rebecca Wright
Lowe, and a retired employee of Louisiana Pacific Box Factory in Red Bluff,
Calif.
Survivors include four sisters, Edith Eveld of Altus, and Helen Rinke,
Faye Rinke, and Elizabeth Moore, all of Coal Hill; and several nieces and
nephews.
Graveside services and burial were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Coal Hill Cemetery with Rev. Vaughn Marsden officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark.