Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Alma Lassiter
Dec 31, 2012
Alma Lassiter age 104 of Cave City died Monday December 31, 2012 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born November 6, 1908 at Cave City, Arkansas to Moss and Georgeann Cathey Montgomery. She was a homemaker and had worked at the Cave City School cafeteria for several years. She was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church...
James Walter Johnson
Dec 30, 2012
James Walter Johnson age 71 of Evening Shade died Sunday December 30, 2012 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born April 22, 1941 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to Clem Walter and Robbie Mae Reed Johnson. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Pete Johnson and...
Lloyd G. "Woody" Woods Jr.
Dec 28, 2012
Lloyd G. “Woody” Woods Jr. age 54 of Batesville died Friday December 28, 2012 at his home. He was born September 18, 1958 at Leachville, Arkansas to Lloyd G. Woods Sr. and Helen Maxine Arnold Woods. He was a computer networking technician and a cabinet and furniture builder. He was a member of the Church of God. He was preceded...
Katherine Santos
Dec 24, 2012
Kathy Santos age 55 of Cave City died Monday December 24, 2012 at her home. She was born April 3, 1957 at San Jose, California to Warren and Mary Persinger Curtis. She was a nursing home dietary technician. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband Ray Santos. Survivors include one son, Gregory Bissett of Cave City;...
Dr. Ralph G. McBryde
Dec 23, 2012
Dr. Ralph G. McBryde age 94 of Cave City died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at his home. He was born April 2, 1918 at Star City, Arkansas to Robbie and Minnie Owen McBryde. He was a retired chiropractor, having practiced in Pine Bluff. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII having served in the European theater. During his...
Adgede Drake Gay
Dec 11, 2012
Adgede Drake Gay age 78 of Batesville died Tuesday December 11, 2012 at her home. She was born January 13, 1934 at Locust Grove, Arkansas to William Guy and Leslie Leota Curtis Drake. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Terry Gay; one daughter, Cheryl Ann Gay; one...
Mary E. Mize
Dec 11, 2012
Mary Curtis Mize age 95 formerly of Smithville/ Jesup, Arkansas died Tuesday December 11, 2012 at Heavenly Care Residential Home in Pleasant Hill, California. She was born November 11, 1917 at Emery, Arkansas to Calvin Curtis and Gracie Binkley Curtis. She was a homemaker and a member of the Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Concord, California. She was preceded in...
Billy Ray Shreve
Dec 9, 2012
Billy Ray Shreve age 70 of Melbourne died Sunday December 9, 2012 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born December 16, 1941 at Emery, Arkansas to Aldie John and Orethal Marie Fleming Shreve. He was a U. S. Navy veteran, a mechanic, rancher and jack-of- all trades. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter,...
Winfred D. "Wink" Sturch
Dec 7, 2012
Winfred D. “Wink” Sturch age 93 of Batesville died Friday December 7, 2012 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born January 25, 1919 at Salado, Arkansas to Hubert and Nora Evans Sturch. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, retired from International Shoe Factory in Batesville, having worked in maintenance and as a carpenter. He...
Zelma Marlin Crumley
Dec 5, 2012
Zelma Marlin Crumley age 89 of Cave City died Wednesday December 5, 2012 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born November 10, 1923 at Maxville, Arkansas to Jesse and Ollie Mae Willis Marlin. She was a homemaker and had attended First Free Will Baptist Church in Cave City. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,...
Linda Sue Neeley
Dec 3, 2012
Linda Sue Neeley age 68 of Batesville died Monday December 3, 2012 at her home. She was born March 2, 1944 at Frederick, Oklahoma to Harlon and Cleo Smith Woodall. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Elmer Woodall and...
Betty L. White
Dec 2, 2012
Betty L. Harris White age 83 of Batesville died Sunday December 2, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. She was born December 2, 1929 at Batesville, Arkansas to Everett and Oma Rodgers Brokaw. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cave Creek Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents; a husband, John Harris; three sons,...
Donald Leon McSpadden
Dec 1, 2012
Don McSpadden Donald Leon “Don” McSpadden age 72 of Cave City died Saturday December 1, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 18, 1940 to Thomas Earl and Georgia “Rowlett” McSpadden in Bethesda, Arkansas. He was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City. He served in the National Guard for ten years. He was...
Ruth J. Cloward
Nov 28, 2012
Ruth Cloward age 80 of Pleasant Plains died Wednesday November 28, 2012 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born September 5, 1932 at Brinkley, Arkansas to Buster and Lucille Howard. She was retired and of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by he parents; her husband, Glen Cloward; two sons, Harvey Ball and Leroy Cloward and two...
Roy S. Thurman Jr.
Nov 27, 2012
Roy S. Thurman Jr. age 71 of Drasco died Tuesday November 27, 2012 at his home. He was born April 2, 1941 at Romoland, California to Roy S. Thurman Sr. and Minnie Mae Chipman Thurman. He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Roy S. Thurman III. Survivors include his...
David O. Kunkel
Nov 25, 2012
David O. Kunkel age 80 of Evening Shade died Sunday November 25, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born August 29, 1932 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to Hubert and Hazel Marie Graddy Kunkel. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict and a member of the Piney Fork Church of Christ at Evening Shade....
Randy J. Lambert
Nov 21, 2012
Randy J. Lambert age 56 of the Hutchinson Mountain Community died Wednesday November 21, 2012 at Memphis, TN. He was born March 14, 1956 at Batesville, Arkansas to Dean and Frances Lambert. He was a U. S. Army veteran, a retired stone mason and a jack of all trades. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Wiley and Naomi...
Jane Humphreys
Nov 19, 2012
Jane Humphreys age 87 of Evening Shade died Monday November 19, 2012 at her home. She was born February 27, 1925 at Tucson, Arizona to Joseph Warren and Helen Marie Lemont Rowen. She was a retired registered nurse and a Christian. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Humphreys and one brother, Jay Rowen. Survivors include...
Colleen Marie Kephart
Nov 18, 2012
Colleen Marie Kephart, age 72, of Batesville, AR, left her earthly body on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the local hospital. She was born at Huff, AR, on February 11, 1940, to Thearon Ray and Grace Marie Moore. She was a graduate of Pleasant Plains High school, and attended Arkansas College in Batesville. She had served as an executive secretary,...
Michael A. Hamilton
Nov 18, 2012
Michael A. “Mike” Hamilton age 60 of Sidney died Sunday November 18, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born February 18, 1952 at Batesville, Arkansas to Milton Auston and Elzada Sipe Hamilton. He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church in Sidney. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother...
