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Lowell Elmer Lenz

Lowell Elmer Lenz

Apr 18, 2013

Lowell Elmer Lenz was born in Beltromi, Minnesota on December 25, 1918, son of John Elmer and Maybelle (Reep) Lenz. He departed this life on Friday, April 19, 2013, while in the company of family members at Crown Point Health and Rehabilition Center, Horsehoe Bend, Arkansas, at the age of 94 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Lowell was united...

Joseph Ira Whisenand

Joseph Ira Whisenand

Apr 16, 2013

Joseph “Joe” Ira Whisenand was born Dec. 7, 1941 (yes, Pearl Harbor Day) in South El Monte, CA, and left this earth on April 16, 2013 in Heart, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Orval and Amanda Whisenand. He leaves behind his high school sweetheart and wife of 52 years, Valerie (Hansen) Whisenand and two grown children,...

Earnest Ray Cantrell

Earnest Ray Cantrell

Apr 7, 2013

Earnest Ray Cantrell, 61, of Salem, Arkansas, was born in Lone Rock, Arkansas, son of Clyde Horton and Spicy Marie (Freeman) Cantrell. He departed this life on April 7, 2013, in Salem, Arkansas. Earnest worked as a truck driver. He leaves to mourn his passing: two sons, Dallas Hip and fiance Jennifer Walley of Heber Spring, Arkansas, and Randall Cantrell...

Norbert L. "Woody" Wudarcki

Norbert L. "Woody" Wudarcki

Apr 7, 2013

Norbert L. "Woody" Wudarcki was born in Pontiac, Michigan on July 16, 1926, son of Lawrence and Mary (Walerych) Wudarcki. He departed this life on April 7, 2013, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 86 years, 8 months, and 22 days. He was united in marriage on January 15, 1965, to Norma Lee (Brokaw) Wudarcki...

Harold Dewayne Shoemate

Harold Dewayne Shoemate

Apr 7, 2013

Harold Dewayne Shoemate was born in Elizabeth, Arkansas, on October 30, 1937, son of William Rufus and Eulah Margaret (Owens) Shoemate. He departed this life on April 7, 2013, at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 75 years, 5 months , and 8 days. Harold was self employed as a heat & air installer and hunting...

Ronald Junior Blanton

Ronald Junior Blanton

Apr 1, 2013

Ronald Junior Blanton of Glencoe, Arkansas, was born on February 16, 1940, in Kingston, Illinois, the son of James William and Dollie Evangeline (Lee) Blanton. He depared this life on April 1, 2013, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 73 years, 1 month, and 16 days. Ronald was united in mariage to Rita Rae Oldfield...

Ezma Louisa James

Ezma Louisa James

Mar 31, 2013

Ezma Louisa (Baker) Hammond James was born in Deweytown, Arkansas, on February 14, 1926, the daughter of A.D. "Drew" and Josie May (Wray) Baker. She departed this life on March 31, 2013, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 87 years, 1 month, and 17 days. Ezma was united in marraige on October 21, 1946, to...

Cecil Devon Murray

Cecil Devon Murray

Mar 30, 2013

Cecil Devon Murray was born in Batesville, Arkansas, on August 25, 1953, the son of Herbert Cecil and Ima Inez (Webb) Murray. He departed this life on March 30, 2013, at his home in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 59 years, 7 months, and 5 days. He was employed as a bail bondsman for Triple R Bail for many...

Justin Lee Hutson

Justin Lee Hutson

Mar 27, 2013

Justin Lee Hutson, 27, of Salem, Arkansas, was born on April 10, 1985, in Salem, Arkansas, son of Ray and Ginger Hutson. He departed this life on March 27, 2013, in Salem, Arkansas. Justin was united in marriage to Sarah Lorinda Lawyer on January 18, 2005, at Salem, Arkansas. He worked in construction installing dry wall. Justin was a member...

Phyllis Ann Walters

Phyllis Ann Walters

Mar 25, 2013

Phyllis Ann Walters was born in Decatur, Illinois, on April 2, 1933, daughter of Joseph Berton and Evelyn (Harrison) Stuckey. She departed this life on March 25, 2013, at her home in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 23 days. She was united in marriage to Byron "Barney" Walters on April 15, 1951, at...

Patricia Frances Burk

Patricia Frances Burk

Mar 21, 2013

Patricia Frances Burk was born in Hiawatha, Kansas, on May 5, 1924, the daughter of Elbert and Ethel (Ford) McCracken and departed this life March 21, 2013, at the Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 16 days. She was united in marriage to Herbert Jennings Burk on...

Larry Duane Wages

Larry Duane Wages

Mar 18, 2013

Larry Duane Wages was born in Collierville, Tennessee on March 29, 1945, the son of Luther C. and Callie Louise (Williams) Wages. He departed this life at Fulton County Hospital, Salem, Arkansas, March 18, 2013, at the age of 67 years, 11 months and 18 days. Larry was united in marriage to Linda Carol (Eoff) Wages on June 4, 1990,...

Lillian Monteith Gillespie

Lillian Monteith Gillespie

Mar 18, 2013

Lillian Monteith (Patterson) Gillespie was born in Merchantville, New Jersey on March 20, 1930, and departed this life March 18, 2013, at her home in Glencoe, Arkansas, at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 28 days. She was united in marriage to Cecil M. Gillespie on March 30, 1963, in Georgia. Lillian was a homemaker. She is survived...

Cecil Harlin Collins

Cecil Harlin Collins

Mar 15, 2013

Cecil Harlin Collins was born in Harrisburg, Arkansas on March 8, 1938, the son of Richard Elisha and Claudie May (Baker) Collins. He departed this life on March 15, 2013 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 75 years and 7 days. Cecil spent his working years in Water Maintenance for the State of Washington...

Lee Roy Edward Mickle

Lee Roy Edward Mickle

Mar 4, 2013

Lee Roy Edward Mickle was born in Des Moines, Iowa on March 3, 1932, the son of Earl William and Mildred Alberta (Ridgeaway) Mickle. He departed this life on March 4, 2013, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 81 years and one day. He was united in marriage to Lula (Lou) Bell Cunningham on October...

Kathleen "Tildy" Howell

Kathleen "Tildy" Howell

Mar 3, 2013

Kathleen (Tildy) Howell, 67, of Bexar, Arkansas, was born on September 27, 1945, in Viola, Arkansas, daughter of Snowy Everette and Lillie Ethel (Dale) Dodd. She departed this life on March 3, 2013, at her home. Kathleen was united in marriage to James Franklin Howell in 1962, at Calico Rock, Arkansas. She worked as a machine operator for Tri County...

Janice Ruth Cantrell

Janice Ruth Cantrell

Mar 3, 2013

Janice Ruth Cantrell was born in Glencoe, Arkansas on March 8, 1926, the daughter of George Samuel and Bertha Belle (Wells) Coggin. She departed this life on March 3, 2013, at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in LaFontaine, Indiana at the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 23 days. She was united in marriage to Gene Nineveh Cantrell on November...

Darvis Neal Kinder

Darvis Neal Kinder

Mar 1, 2013

Darvis Neal Kinder, 84, of Salem, Arkansas, was born in Coweta, Oklahoma, on July 10, 1928, son of Thomas Roscoe and Leona Grace (Ball) Kinder. He departed this life March 1, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was united in marriage on February 18, 1983, to Merda Achterberg in Salem, Arkansas. Neal was a farmer and office manager...

Craig Patrick Smith

Craig Patrick Smith

Feb 23, 2013

Craig Patrick Smith, age 41, died Saturday afternoon, February 23, 2013, in Crownpoint Health & Rehab Center, Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas. He was born in Inglewood California, April 9, 1971, to Larry Lloyd Smith and Mary Colleen (Meaney) Smith. Craig grew up in southern California before moving to Colorado, Nebraska and later Springfield, Missouri. He was transferred to the Crownpoint Health...

Nancy Kaye Fleece

Nancy Kaye Fleece

Feb 19, 2013

Nancy Kaye Fleece was born June 15, 1931, in Dayton, Kentucky, the daughter of Harrison Marton and Ann Elizabeth (Pester) Kendall. She departed this life February 19, 2013, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 81 years, 8 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage at Lake Zurich, Illinois to Harlan Stanley Fleece on...

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