Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
James Elvis Fisher
Feb 23, 2014
James Elvis Fisher age 55 of Smithville died Sunday February 23, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born November 20, 1958 at Tyronza, Arkansas to Hershel Carthel and Ruby Aileen Smith Fisher. He was a trailer mechanic for SNL Trucking in Batesville and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers,...
Daurice Norton
Feb 18, 2014
Daurice Norton age 85 of Drasco died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at her home. She was born March 11, 1928 at Superior, Nebraska to Earl Newton and Alice Louise Thompson Barker. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. She had taught school in a one room school house in Nebraska, sang with a quartet in Bible college and...
Joe J. Hix
Feb 17, 2014
Joe J. Hix age 82 of Batesville died Monday, February 17, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born July 3, 1931 at Batesville, Arkansas to Winford and Minnie Cossey Hix. He was a retired Master Plumber and owner of Joe Hix Plumbing. He was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of the Liberty...
Monte Joe Bramblett
Feb 17, 2014
Monte Joe Bramblett age 52 of Sulphur Rock died Monday February 17, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born March 31, 1961 at Batesville, Arkansas to Joe Edward and Julia Estelle Ford Bramblett. He was self-employed and a member of the Sulphur Rock Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Edward Bramblett. Survivors include his...
Elsie Freeman Hutchison Shannon
Feb 15, 2014
Elsie Freeman Hutchison Shannon age 96 of Batesville died Saturday February 15, 2014 at her home. She was born March 31, 1917 at Jessup, Arkansas to James Wesley and Sarah Bell Wells Freeman. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, sewing, and cooking. In 2008 she was named Senior Ms. Independence County and was also Woodlawn Nursing Home Queen. She...
Tony O'Neil Hutchins
Feb 15, 2014
Tony O’Neil Hutchins age 68 of Cave City died Saturday February 15, 2014 at his home. He was born July 31, 1945 at Eaton, Arkansas to Hulen and Hazel Hutchins. He had worked for Razorback Steel in Newport and GDX Automotive in Batesville. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He served as District Commander of the...
Paul Reeves
Feb 14, 2014
Paul Reeves age 76 of Cave City died Friday February 14, 2014 at his home. He was born July 25, 1937 at North Little Rock, Arkansas to Burette and Marie Rhodes Reeves. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran and also retired from the Arkansas Army National Guard. He was a member of the Soul’s Harbor Pentecostal Church in Cave...
Earl R. Lee
Feb 14, 2014
Earl R. Lee age 84 of Strawberry died Friday February 14, 2014 at his home. He was born October 24, 1929 at Delaplaine, Arkansas to Ray and Lizzie Varner Lee. He was retired from White Rodgers in Batesville. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Curia Masonic Lodge in Cave City. He...
Tonie Gail Coles Norris
Feb 14, 2014
Tonie Gail Coles Norris age 55 of Cave City died Friday, February 14, 2014 at her home. She was born July 25, 1958 at Batesville, Arkansas to Alton and Estella Coles. She was a retired truck driver and had worked several years at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was also a volunteer at Help and Hope in Batesville....
William Lucy
Feb 13, 2014
William Lucy age 68 of Salado died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born January 11, 1946 at Batesville, Arkansas to Henry Robert and Rose Irene Branscum Lucy. He was retired from ConAgra Foods in Batesville and was a member of the Maple Springs Missionary Baptist Church located at Maple Springs. He was preceded in death...
Samuel Travis Anderson
Feb 13, 2014
Samuel Travis Anderson age 35 of Batesville died Thursday, February 13, 2014. He was born January 24, 1979 at Searcy, Arkansas to Leroy and Diann James Anderson. He was a river boat worker for Florida Marine and enjoyed woodworking and the outdoors. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Cornelius and Becky...
Scotty Lynn Downs
Feb 11, 2014
Scotty Lynn Downs age 55 of Cave City died Tuesday February 11, 2014 at Judsonia, Arkansas. He was born March 9, 1958 at Batesville, Arkansas to William J. and Betty Ruth (Dew) Downs. He worked at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Searcy and attended Cave Creek Church of God. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Eddie Wayne...
Joe L. Sherrill
Feb 10, 2014
Joe L. Sherrill age 88 of Heber Springs died Monday, February 10, 2014 at a Heber Springs hospital. He was born October 30, 1925 at Cave City, Arkansas to Allie and Josephine Jones Sherrill. He was a journeyman lineman for 42 years having worked for L.E. Myers and Union Electric. He was a member of IBEW Local 309 in Collinsville,...
Virginia Odell "Jenny" Qualls
Feb 9, 2014
Virginia Odell “Jenny” Qualls age 88 of Mammoth Spring died Sunday February 9, 2014 at a Salem hospital. She was born August 8, 1925 at Sardis, Mississippi to James Hardy and Beulah M. Johnson Bradley. She was married to Jewell Qualls on November 11, 1961. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Mammoth Spring....
Loyce Chalker
Feb 7, 2014
Loyce Chalker of Batesville died Friday, February 7, 2014 at Woodlawn Heights Nursing Home in Batesville. She was born at Sidney, Arkansas to Vertie Mullins. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her husband Jewell Chalker and her mother, Vertie Mullins. Survivors include two sons, Jim Chalker and...
Freda B. Spangler
Feb 6, 2014
Freda Spangler age 90 of Little Rock passed away on Thursday February 6, 2014. She was born February 22, 1923 in Sharp County, Arkansas to Sam and Susie (Nichols) Bishop. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill Spangler a veteran of WWII; two sisters, Effie Thurman and Verlie Hinchman. Survivors include one sister, Wanda Ring of...
Sylvia Ann Altom Shelton
Feb 5, 2014
Sylvia Ann Altom Shelton age 93 of Tulsa, Oklahoma (formerly of the Hutchinson Mountain Community died Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born May 22, 1920 at Bald Knob, Arkansas to Levi and Effie Mae (Sheffer) Turner. She was a homemaker and retired from Banquet Foods in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; two...
Oras D. Miller
Feb 3, 2014
Oras D. Miller age 93 of Cave City died Monday, February 3, 2014 at a Little Rock hospital. He was born July 8, 1920 at Sidney, Arkansas to E.L. and Eula Mae (Chaudoin) Miller. He was a retired Postmaster at Sidney with 24 years of service and a farmer. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of WWII having...
Merleen Gunn
Jan 31, 2014
Merleen Gunn age 74 of Batesville died Friday, January 31, 2014 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born September 18, 1939 at Pumpkin Bend, Arkansas to Rufus Luke and Raney May Wiggins Browning. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; David Gunn; one brother, Marshall Browning and...
Helen Crafton
Jan 29, 2014
Helen Crafton age 88 of Batesville died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born January 24, 1926 in Independence County to Felix and Stella Dale Tate. She was a homemaker and a member of the Southside United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Morris Crafton; two brothers, T.J. Tate...
