Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Darcel Griffin
Sep 4, 2012
Darcel Griffin age 80 of Sidney died Tuesday September 4, 2012 at his home. He was born August 26, 1932 at Sidney, Arkansas to Mitt and Ruth Griffin. He was a farmer and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church. He enjoyed St. Louis Cardinals baseball, fishing, hunting, gardening, raising watermelons and peddling produce. He was preceded in death by...
Merle Rutledge Seuberth
Aug 31, 2012
Merle Rutledge Seuberth age 86 of Batesville, Arkansas, passed peacefully with her family beside her bed on August 31,2012 at 5:30 a.m. She was born July 26, 1926 at Huff, Arkansas, the eighth child of Obed and Rachael Rutledge. She was preceded in death by her six siblings, Les, Gene, George, Ann, Mack, and Bertha; and twin brother, Bill. Merle...
Robert "Bob" Lashley
Aug 31, 2012
Robert “Bob” Lashley age 82 of Evening Shade died Friday August 31, 2012 at his home. He was born October 1, 1930 at Sitka, Arkansas to Robert Lee and Julia Hoffman Lashley. He was a retired Sgt. Major from the United States Marine Corp having served in Korea and Vietnam. After retiring from the military, he served as a deputy...
Mike Kendall
Aug 31, 2012
Mike Kendall age 64 of Batesville died Friday August 31, 2012 at his home. He was born January 16, 1948 at Batesville, Arkansas to W.S. “Dub” and Willene Carpenter Kendall. He worked in banking and securities for 26 years having established Kendall Financial Consultants in 1988 and established Citizens Financial Services at Citizens Bank in 1995. He was a member...
Dorothy Pauline LeBlanc
Aug 26, 2012
Dorothy Pauline Reser LeBlanc age 88 of Cave City died Sunday August 26, 2012 at Gassville, Arkansas. She was born July 30, 1924 at Madison, Illinois to Howard V. and Cammie Higginbottom Reser. She had been a real estate agent in Horseshoe Bend and was of the Church of Christ faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard...
Jodie Palmer
Aug 23, 2012
Jodie Palmer age 88 of Batesville died Thursday August 23, 2012 at Batesville. He was born August 9, 1924 at Pfeiffer, Arkansas to Ernest and Betty Cummings Palmer. He grew up in Arkansas, was drafted by the Army in 1944 and served 2 years 2 months and 11 days. He then married his wife Dorothy Palmer and moved to Virginia....
Madeline Veronica Sherrill
Aug 22, 2012
Madeline Sherrill age 91 of Batesville died Wednesday August 22, 2012 at her home. She was born July 1, 1921 at Caseyville, Illinois to Joseph and Cecelia Weldenbener Todd. She was retired from Sunbeam Corporation and was a member of the St Mary’s Catholic Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Earl Conway Sherrill;...
Patricia Ann Pearce
Aug 17, 2012
Patricia Johnson Pearce age 57 of Bald Knob died Friday August 17, 2012 at a Searcy hospital. She was born October 24, 1954 at Batesville, Arkansas to Hubert Jewell and Elsie Lucille Robbins Johnson. She was retired from White Rodgers in Batesville and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Doyle Herbert...
Montez Rogers
Aug 14, 2012
Montez Rogers age 71 of Ash Flat died Tuesday August 14, 2012 at a Ash Flat nursing home. She was born June 2, 1941 at Ash Flat, Arkansas to Alfred and Mattie Mae Layne Rogers. She had worked as a cook at the Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and the Highland School. She was a member of Corinth Methodist...
Lenelle Matheny
Aug 12, 2012
Lenelle Matheny age 92 of Berkeley, Missouri (formerly of Cave City) died Sunday August 12, 2012 at her home. She was born February 7, 1919 at Sidney, Arkansas to Joe and Nellie White Edgar. She was a homemaker, and helped her husband at Matheny’s Service Station in Cave City for over 30 years. She was a member of the Eastside...
Donald Gene McClain
Aug 9, 2012
Donald Gene McClain, age 66 of Little Rock, formerly of Batesville died Thursday, August 9, 2012 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born March 13, 1946 at Charlotte, Arkansas. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served from June 11, 1964 until November 20, 1967, when he was honorably discharged. He was a Christian. He enjoyed listening...
Lora Nell Williford
Aug 8, 2012
Lora Williford age 82 of Batesville died Wednesday August 8, 2012 at her home. She was born December 13, 1929 at Grange, Arkansas to Samuel J. and Bessie Elizabeth Cooper Milligan. She was a retired collector having worked in Wichita, Kansas for many years. She was a member of Eastern Star and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in...
Tommy Lynn Winningham
Aug 7, 2012
Tommy Lynn Winningham, age 51 of Batesville died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at a Searcy hospital. He was born December 23, 1960 at Batesville, Arkansas to J. D. and Wanda Lee Pankey Winningham. He had worked as a carpenter, enjoyed spending time with his family and going camping. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife,...
Edward Stephens
Aug 5, 2012
Edward Stephens, age 71 of Pleasant Plains died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at his home. He was born November 5, 1940 at Pleasant Plains, Arkansas to Coy Thomas and Vina Evelene Martin Stephens. He worked as a truck driver for many years having driven for Arkansas Poultry in Batesville and Freshour Construction Co. Incorporated, Arkansas. He enjoyed camping, taking drives...
Olean Bruce
Aug 2, 2012
Olean Bruce, age 84 of Batesville died Thursday, August 2, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. She was born June 16, 1928 at Cedar Grove, Arkansas to Monroe “Roe” and Mattie James. She taught private piano lessons for forty plus years and was a longtime member of the West Baptist Church where she played the piano for about forty years. She...
Debbie Presser
Aug 2, 2012
Debbie Presser age 60 of Sandtown died Thursday August 2, 2012 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born June 11, 1952 at Marion, Indiana to James and Dorothy Bollhoefer Schmitt. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her father, James Schmitt and her stepfather, Forest Dale Chance. Survivors...
Danny Michael Hix
Aug 1, 2012
Danny Michael Hix, age 65 of Searcy formerly of Batesville died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at his home. He was born April 6, 1947 at Batesville, Arkansas to Willard and Winnie E. Kimbrough Hix. He had owned and operated a drywall business in Vero Beach, Florida until he relocated to Batesville. He enjoyed his family, the outdoors and his pets....
Velma Rae Martin Prince
Jul 27, 2012
Velma Rae Martin Prince, age 80 of Batesville died Friday, July 27, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. She was born July 12, 1932 at Rosie, Arkansas to Robert Baber and Emma Ballard Martin. She retired from ConAgra Frozen Foods in Batesville. After retirement she did in home child care for many years where she dearly loved and cared for the...
Wanda Lee Edwards
Jul 27, 2012
Wanda Lee Edwards age 89 of Batesville died Friday July 27, 2012 at her home. She was born November 29, 1922 in Oklahoma to John Henry and Lydia Jane Scoggin Rogers. She was a homemaker, retired from Marshall Dry Goods in Batesville and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Tommy D. Edwards;...
Lora Lee Bailey
Jul 25, 2012
Lora Bailey age 44 of Evening Shade died Wednesday July 25, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. She was born December 29, 1967 at Meridian, Mississippi to Kerry Wayne Carlson Sr. and Mary Loretta Carlson. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Evening Shade. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her...
