Cleta H. Evans, 90, of Coal Hill died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at
Mercy Hospital/Turner Memorial in Ozark.
She was a native of the Center Point Community, daughter of the late
Erastus and Mary Kelly Bartlett, widow of Jasper Evans, retired employee
of Kim's, and was preceded in death by one daughter, Wanda Hamilton.
She is survived by one daughter, Delia Sisk of Coal Hill; three brothers,
Doug Bartlett and Russell Bartlett, both of Fort Smith, and Junior Bartlett
of Coal Hill; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services and burial were at 2 p.m. Friday, March 14, at the Hess Cemetery with Rev. Gerald Morris officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Claudia (Nikki) Parton, 17, of Hartman died Saturday, March 15, 2003,
at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith.
She was a native of Fort Smith, senior at Westside High School and member
of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors are her parents, Mike and Wanda (Roland) Parton of Hartman;
paternal grandparents, J. W. and Mary Sears of Clarksville; maternal grandmother,
Velda Roland of Ozark; one sister, Angela Bowman of Ozark; and one brother,
Jesse Parton of the home.
Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20,
at the Hixon Cemetery with Rev. Mike Birdsong officiating. Arrangements
are under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Shaffer Funeral Home.
Dorothy Lois Clark Dower, 93, of Lamar, formerly of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Clarksville Convalescent Home.
She was a native of Jackson, Mich., former resident of Washington, D.
C., where she became a registered nurse, and widow of Roland Milton Dower.
She is survived by two daughters, R. Maureen Dower and Barbara L. Theile;
and nine grandchildren.
Her cremains are being sent to Santa Rosa, Calif., where a memorial service will be held.
Frank Arthur Taylor, 65, of Lamar died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his
home.
He was a native of Mosinee, Wis., son of the late Clifford Taylor, retired
farmer, stone cutter, and mechanic, former resident of Elkader, Iowa, quilt
and wood crafts maker, and was preceded in death by foster parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman (Jul) Moe; two sisters, Jane and Jean; and two brothers,
Bob and Fred.
Survivors include his widow, Marge Taylor; two daughters, Jul Stiebig
and Lynn Delano, both of Mosinee, Wis.; three stepdaughters, Melane Clark
of Mosinee, Wis., Laura White of Dubuque, Iowa, and Debbie McBurney of
Lamar; one son, Dale Taylor of Mosinee, Wis.; five stepsons, Ronald Brosowsky
of Schofield, Wis., Allan Brosowsky of England, Steve Lutz of Elkader,
Iowa, Tom Shea of Winthrop, Iowa, and Mike Shea of Burlington, Iowa; mother,
Eva Taylor Bossard of Bruce, Wis.; three sisters, Gladys Suckaw of North
Saint Paul, Minn., Pat Lauritern of Prairie Farm, Wis., and Debra Simanowshi
of Port Townsend, Wash.; one foster sister, Norma Plenty of Turtle Lake,
Wis.; six brothers, Larry of Bruce, Wis., Roger of Exland, Wis., Richard
of Bremerton, Wash., Bill of Olmeted Falls, Ohio, Terry of South Minneapolis,
Minn., and Dave of Garber, Iowa; one foster brother, Richard Moe of Rice
Lake, Wis.; six grandchildren; 19 stepgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and nephews.
The body was cremated and the cremains will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 25, in Mosinee, Wis.
Jimmy Ray Smith, 74, brother of Roy Lee Smith and Jerry Elms, both of
Hartman, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, in Tulsa, Okla.
He was preceded in death by his father, Otto Smith; mother and stepfather,
Bertha Warren Smith Elms and Bill Elms; one sister, Goldie Brown; and one
brother, Billy Smith.
He was a native of Allen, Okla., former resident of Bakersfield, Calif.,
Dos Palos, Calif., and Kerman, Calif. While in Dos Palos and Kerman, Calif.,
he attended school and played football before graduating in 1948. He attended
Fresno State College, served in the U. S. Army as a sergeant in the medics
in the Korean War, and was an employee for the State of California Department
of Transportation for 24 years prior to retiring in 1990.
Other survivors include his widow, Wanda Alene Sangster Smith; two sons
and one daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Linda Smith of Merced, Calif., and Vohn
Smith of McKinney, Texas; three grandchildren, Chris George, Nicholas and
Stephen Sora, all of Merced, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews including
Floyd Sangster of Porum, Okla.
Funeral was at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in McKinney, Texas, with burial at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Texas.
John Walter Workman, 81, of Alix, father of Betty Self of Clarksville,
died Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at his home.
He was a retired truck driver for Cargill, Army veteran of World War
II, native of Alix, and son of the late George and GeorgeAnn Holt Workman.
Survivors include his widow, Goldie Hallum Workman; one other daughter,
Judy Permann of Altus; one son, Billy Hefley of Van Buren; one sister,
Audie Scott of Alix; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark.
Lerene Tillman, 57, of Clarksville died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at
her home.
She was a homemaker and Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father,
Edwin Everingham and a grandchild, Derek Lee Freeman.
Survivors include her husband, Allen Lee Tillman; one daughter and son-in-law,
Stacy Le Ellen and Paul Goodin of Clarksville; one son and daughter-in-law,
Todd Allen and Jennifer Tillman of Clarksville; her mother, Christine Everingham
of Clarksville; one grandchild, Sarah Freeman of Clarksville; two step-grandchildren,
Grant Goodin and John Goodin, both of Clarksville; and two brothers, Leroy
Everingham of Georgia and David Everingham of California.
Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at Roller-Cox Chapel with
Rev. Vernon Bass officiating. Private burial will be at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Opal Maxine Scherff, 77, of Russellville died Monday, March 17, 2003, at
her home.
She was a former resident of Johnson County, native of Luna, Mo., daughter
of the late John and Tennessee Burnetta Lewis Smith, Catholic, graduate
of Imperial (Nebraska) High School, and attended the University of Nebraska.
Survivors include her husband, Hubert Calvin Scherff; two daughters,
Marsha Winters of The Colony, Texas, and Jill Keller of Russellville; six
sons, Randy Scherff of Fayetteville, Robert Scherff of Russellville, Chris
Scherff, Michael Scherff and Jeffrey Scherff, all of Fort Smith, and Greg
Scherff of Pine Bluff; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The body was cremated.
Local arrangements were under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Patricia Ann Brents, 42, of Hector died Thursday, March 13, 2003, at
Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.
She was a native of Shreveport, La., daughter of the late James Arnold
Brents, and a member of Cabin Creek Baptist Church at Lamar.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Savell; one son, Mathew William Stamper
of Hector; one stepson, Micheal Thomas Savell of Lamar; three daughters,
Stephanine Dee Thomas and Wendy Michelle Tanton, both of Quinland, Texas,
and Christina Stamper of Hector; one stepdaughter, Tierra Rene Savell of
Lamar; mother, Patsy Dee Brents of Atkins; three brothers, Barry J. Brents
of Phoenix, Ariz., Bobby J. Brents of Georgia, and Johnny D. Brents of
Mississippi; one sister, Brenda Jean Largent of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four
grandchildren, Grant Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Ashton Tanton, and Madison Tanton.
The family will conduct a memorial service at a later date.
The body was cremated under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
Graveside services and burial for Rogert Eugene Sharum, 70, of Cartersville,
Ga., who died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Cartersville, Ga., were at
2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Annie's Chapel Cemetery with Rev. James
Shinn officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Roller-Cox
Funeral Home.
He was a retired supervisor for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Baptist,
and was preceded in death by his parents; one sister; and three brothers.
Survivors include his widow, Peggy June Sabine Sharum; two daughters, Sherry Estes of Adairsville, Ga., and Donna Gillion of Texarkana, Texas; one son, Roy Sharum of Cartersville, Ga.; one step-son, Coleman Wigger of Adairsville, Ga.; six grandchildren, Ian Sharum of Cartersville, Ga., Gary Mitchell Jr., Michael Mitchell, Travis Estes, and Loretta Estes, all of Adairsville, Ga., and Brandy Gillion of Texarkana, Texas; and three great-grandchildren, Gage Estes, Aiden Estes, and Matthew Mitchell, all of Adairsville, Ga.
Shirley Ellen Platt, 66, of Clarksville died Monday, March 10, 2003,
at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
She was born on Little Mulberry Creek at the Old Rufe Reed Place in
Johnson County, AR in 1937. She moved to Washington State where she raised
her children and retired back in this area in 1992.
She was a daughter of the late Virgil and Lois Davis Karr and was preceded
in death by one brother, Joel D. Karr; and one sister, Jo Ann Karr.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathryn Lehman of Clarksville; three
sons, Bill Platt of Auburn, Wash., Chuck Platt of Forest Grove, Ore., and
Donald Platt of Pacific, Wash.; two sisters, Faye Young of Clarksville
and Kathleen Johnson of Pettigrew; and one grandchild, Melinda Sue Platt
of Auburn, Wash.
Funeral was at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Roller-Cox Chapel with Paul Bates and Keith Avaritt officiating. Private burial was at Oark Cemetery.