Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Judie England Baker
Jun 28, 2013
Judie England Baker age 44 of Cave City died Friday June 28, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. She was born June 28, 1969 at Batesville, Arkansas to Junior Wayne and Janet Lamons England. She had worked at GDX in Batesville for several years and was a member of the Allen Chapel Free Will Baptist Church at Southside. She was preceded...
Michael Dale Pagan
Jun 28, 2013
Michael Dale Pagan age 41 of Poughkeepsie died June 28, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. He was born April 17, 1972 at Jonesboro, Arkansas to Jimmy and Mary Pagan. He was preceded in death by one infant son Toby Allen Pagan and two grandmothers, Naomi Pagan and Allene Higdon. Survivors include his parents, Jimmy and Mary Pagan of Poughkeepsie; two...
Doris M. Johnson
Jun 27, 2013
Doris Johnson age 89 of Batesville died Thursday June 27, 2013 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born November 26, 1923 at Batesville, Arkansas to Walter and Roxie Brokaw Kersey. She had worked for Sterlings and Barnett Brothers Department Store both in Batesville. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Batesville. She was preceded in death...
Loretta Reed
Jun 27, 2013
Loretta Reed age 69 of Cave City died Thursday June 27, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. She was born October 23, 1943 at Fort Rucker, Alabama to Eugene Warren and Dorothy Lea Gaines Whitaker. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Donald Wayne Reed and one sister, Billie...
Joe S. Minter
Jun 26, 2013
Joe Scott Minter age 80 of Cave City, Arkansas died Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at Cave City. He was born October 6, 1932 at Lodge, Missouri to Henry Clay Minter and Sara Elizabeth Hill Minter. He was a Veteran of the Korean War, a member of the 1ST Calvary 82ND Field Artillery, and a survivor of numerous battles including; Old...
Vera Elaine Minter
Jun 22, 2013
Vera Elaine Minter age 84 of Cave City, Arkansas died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Cave City. She was born October 27, 1928 at Patterson, Missouri to Eli Hunter and Lillian Redford Hunter. She was a homemaker and a member of the Eastside Southern Baptist Church at Cave City. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her...

Christopher Farris
Jun 21, 2013
Christopher Farris age 27 of Cave City died Friday June 21, 2013 at Cave City. He was born December 20, 1985 at Aurora, Illinois to Charles Daniel Farris Sr. and Debra Ann Pace Farris. He was a mechanic and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed his children and family, hunting, fishing, rodeos and sports. He was preceded in death...
Delois Burge
Jun 20, 2013
Delois Burge age 62 of Cave City died Thursday June 20, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born February 17, 1951 at Batesville, Arkansas to Truman E. and Eunice O. Brashers Burge. She was a retired special education teacher with 40 years of service. She spent the majority of her teaching career with the Batesville...
Mary Jane Ford
Jun 18, 2013
Mary Jane Ford age 97 of Batesville died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born March 28, 1916 at Cave City, Arkansas to Theodore Corinth Ford Sr. and Minnie Sarah Jane Harrell Ford. She was a public school teacher having taught many years in Carlyle, Illinois. She retired from teaching after 42...
Allie Juanita Hoggard
Jun 16, 2013
Juanita Hoggard age 84 of Cave City died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born September 22, 1928 at Shelbyville, Arkansas to James Albert and Josie Clem Wilson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Union Missionary Baptist Church at Smithville. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Shelby...
James Handley
Jun 13, 2013
James Handley age 72 of Cherokee Village died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born May 3, 1941 at Haleyville, Alabama to Ernest Clifford and Mary Louise Nichols Handley. He was a Church of Christ minister for over 40 years having preached in congregations in Alabama, Indiana, Colorado and Arkansas. He was...
Mary Jane Brightwell
Jun 4, 2013
Mary Jane Brightwell age 80 of Jamestown passed away ,Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at her home. She was born, April 29, 1933 at Cave City, Arkansas to Roy Elvin and Belvie Victoria Milligan Girtman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jamestown Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, A.D. Brightwell; three...
Helen Pierce Mason
Jun 3, 2013
Helen Pierce Mason of Batesville died Monday, June 3, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born in Bethesda, Arkansas to Luther Andrew and Ella Wallace Burrow. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jubilee Family Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Fred Pierce; one brother,...
Amber Dawn Kimmer
Jun 2, 2013
Amber Dawn Kimmer age 35 of North Little Rock died Sunday June 2,2013 at a North Little Rock hospital. She was born September 26, 1977 at Searcy, Arkansas. She was the daughter of David W. Kimmer. She attended the Mayflower Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Sam Wesley Kimmer. Survivors include her father, David W....
Ethel Ann "Dooly" Yeager
Jun 1, 2013
Ethel Ann “Dooly” Yeager age 93 of Batesville died Saturday, June 1, 2013, at the Woodlawn Nursing Home in Batesville. She was born June 29, 1919, at Bellville, Arkansas, to Dr. J.A. and Roxy Sugg Dooly. She was a graduate of Bellville High School and St. Mary’s Nursing School in Russellville. She had worked at Dr. Gray’s Hospital in Batesville...
Ronald Glenn Stahly
May 30, 2013
Ronald Glenn Stahly age 67 of Cave City died Thursday May 30, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born August 3, 1945 at Newport, Arkansas to Floyd Earl and Jean Campbell Stahly. He was a welder and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother,...
John W. Kirkley
May 21, 2013
John W. Kirkley age 89 of Evening Shade (formerly of Reno, Nevada) died Tuesday May 21, 2013 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born July 3, 1923 at Reno, Nevada to John Morgan and Lola Bell Goff Kirkley. He was a retired police officer for the City of Reno, Nevada, following in his father’s footsteps who was the...
A.J. Wolford
May 20, 2013
A.J. Wolford age 78 of Batesville died Monday May 20, 2013 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born August 31, 1934 at Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas to Luther and Cora Needham Wolford. He was retired from AT&T in Little Rock and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School where he...
Scott Donald Westendorf
May 18, 2013
Scott “Hoss” Westendorf age 34 of Batesville died Saturday May 18, 2013 at his home. He was born May 7, 1979 at Effingham, Illinois to Donald and Karen Bourgeois Westendorf. He was a correctional officer at the McPherson Unit in Newport. He was a member of the White River Chapter of the Law Dogs in Batesville having served as president....
Lorell Ford
May 15, 2013
Lorell Ford age 89 of Batesville died Wednesday May 15, 2013 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born May 23, 1923 at Cave City, Arkansas to Luther Wesley and Alice Pearl Jones Provence. She was retired from White Rodgers in Batesville and also worked several years at International Shoe Factory in Batesville. She was a member of Eastern Star...