Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Juanita Modine Melton
Jul 17, 2023
Juanita Modine Melton, 78, of Saffell, Arkansas passed away on Monday, July 17, 2023 at her home. She was born August 14, 1944 in Albany, California to George Benjamin Sanders and Rachel Perrin. She was a homemaker and a member of the Rose Bud Assembly of God Church. She enjoyed sewing, painting, playing the piano and accordion, crocheting and babysitting...
Lisa Weldon
Jul 14, 2023
Lisa Weldon, age 60, of Concord passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 in Little Rock. She was born April 24, 1963 in Plainwell, Michigan to Jerry Coombs and Beverly (Montague) Weaver. She was a member of the Sulphur Rock Baptist Church. She enjoyed four wheeler riding, music, hanging out with the girls, walking trails, reality TV, taking vacations, trips...
William "Rodell" Bower
Jul 13, 2023
William “Rodell” Bower departed this world on Thursday, July 13, 2023. He was born February 18, 1936 in Walnut, Arkansas to John and Janie Bower. In 1955, he migrated north to Constantine, Michigan where he remained until his retirement in 2005 from United Travel Trailers. On August 4, 1972, he married the love of his life, Judy Schooley in Elkhart,...
Carmelita June Manke
Jul 10, 2023
Carmelita June Manke, 68, of Batesville passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Batesville. She was born December 2, 1954 in Peoria, Illinois to Carlton James Lusk and Millcent June Barnes. She was a retired manager in the oil and jewelry industry and was of the Baptist faith.She enjoyed gardening, playing the piano, going to garage sales, laying in...
George Edward Cruthis
Jul 8, 2023
George Edward Cruthis, age 84, of Cave City, Arkansas, died, on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at his home. He was born Wednesday, February 15, 1939, to Lloyd and Ottilie Cruthis in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas.
George found enjoyment in the great outdoors. An avid hunter and fisherman, he spent countless hours updating his land to support his hobbies. He cherished these...
Lanell Faye Crock
Jul 7, 2023
Lanell Faye Crock, age 86, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at the St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born August 31, 1936, in Strawberry, Arkansas to Roy Milligan and Lillie Green. She was a waitress for many years, owned, and operated the Modern Café in Cave City for ten years. Lannie enjoyed...
Terry Lynn Landers
Jul 6, 2023
Terry Lynn (Huff) Landers, 77, of Batesville passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born July 6, 1946 in Batesville, Arkansas to R.L. Huff and Dorothy (McMahan) Huff. She was in retail for many years. Terry enjoyed gardening and all little children (especially her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews). She was also known...
Amanda Jeane Arnold
Jul 6, 2023
Amanda Jeane Arnold, 51, of Evening Shade, Arkansas passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born July 14, 1971, in Searcy, Arkansas to Autry and Sandra Arnold. She was an RN for 13 years and was of the Baptist faith. Amanda enjoyed being with her family and friends, she loved being a mom and Nanny to...
Lucretia Joyce Hancock
Jul 5, 2023
Lucretia Joyce Hancock, age 87, of Evening Shade, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at the Mountain Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born December 21, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri to John Dennis Reynolds and Marie Johnson Reynolds. She was a homemaker/business woman and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church. She enjoyed...
James "Gary" Gleaves
Jul 4, 2023
James “Gary” Gleaves, 62, of Pleasant Plains went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Gary was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Roberta Louise Moore and James Arthur Gleaves on August 25, 1960. Gary attended Foothills Vo-Tech in Searcy and worked many years at ConAgra Foods in...
Margaret Jean Waldrup
Jul 4, 2023
Margaret Jean Waldrup, 83, of Hamburg, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born on April 23, 1940 in El Dorado, Arkansas to Virgil and Cornelia Parker. She was a Registered Nurse and a member of the First Baptist Church in Hamburg, Arkansas. Margaret enjoyed caring for her family and patients. Margaret and Allen...
Pauletta (Howard) Anderson
Jun 28, 2023
Pauletta (Howard) Anderson, 87, of Strawberry, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born October 18, 1935 in Lynn, Arkansas to Paul and Mabel (Nichols) Howard. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lynn United Methodist Church. Pauletta enjoyed word puzzles, dogs and children.
She is preceded in death by...
Paul Wayne Seay
Jun 23, 2023
Paul Wayne Seay, 91, of Guion passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023 at his home. He was born February 11, 1932 in Calico Rock to Gulley and Stella (Wayland) Seay. He worked for Silica Products/Unimin Corp. in Guion for 55 years and was a member of the Pineville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He also served in the United States Army...
George William Guerber Jr.
Jun 22, 2023
George William Guerber Jr., 60, of Cave City passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Batesville. He was born November 12, 1962 in Batesville to George Guerber Sr. and Luburtia (Brown) Guerber. He was a machine operator at Riverside Graphics and Batesville Printing and of the Baptist faith. George enjoyed gaming, collecting comic books, drawing, painting and everything football. He...
Clara Lillian Phelps
Jun 22, 2023
Clara Lillian Phelps, 89, of Batesville, Arkansas passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Batesville at Woodlawn Heights Nursing Home. She was born May 24, 1934 in Batesville to John and Thelma Huff. She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed traveling, crafts and holidays.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 23...
Sylvia Katherine Lovell
Jun 21, 2023
Sylvia Katherine Russell Lovell, 81, of Newark, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at her home. She was born August 16, 1941 in Kennett, Missouri to Wilbur Russell and Alice Ozell Gray. She was a retired secretary for the Batesville School District and a charter member of the Newark Southern Baptist Church. She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, playing solitaire,...
Alberta Mae Watkins
Jun 21, 2023
Alberta Mae Watkins, 72, of Batesville passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Little Rock. She was born August 30, 1950 in Batesville to Theodore “Slim” Wells and Hattie Lee Herrin. She was retired from White Rogers where she worked for 33 years and most recently retired from Batesville School District for at least 13 years. She was of...
Steve Gahring
Jun 20, 2023
Steve Gahring departed this life on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at his home in Ash Flat, Arkansas at the age of 62. He was born January 19, 1961 in Iowa City, Iowa. Steve has been a hard worker all his life. He worked at a sale barn working with animals. He went from state to state selling furniture. He worked...
David Worley Collier
Jun 19, 2023
David Worley Collier, 75, of Batesville, Arkansas passed away on Monday, June 19, 2023. He was born on April 2, 1948 in San Angelo, Texas to Cornelia Worley Collier and Glenn Dale Collier Sr. David attended Highland High School in Highland, Arkansas and graduated with the class of 1966.
David served in the U.S. Air Force; he was stationed in...
Jay Wesley Yeager III
Jun 19, 2023
Jay Wesley Yeager III of Batesville, Arkansas passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, June 19, 2023. Jay was born December 28, 1942 to Jay Wesley “Dub” Yeager Jr. and Ethel Ann “Dooly” Yeager. Jay was a tool and dye maker and loved working for Ark Tool for over 40 years.
Jay was preceded in death by his father,...
