Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Annie Grace Hoover
Feb 17, 2016
Annie Grace Hoover, 75 of Batesville died Wednesday, February 17, 2016. She was retired from WRMC and was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Batesville. Preceded in death by her parents, Jack P. and Maxine Sullivan and granddaughter, Cheyenne Hoover. Survivors include sons, Tim Hoover and Randy Hoover both of Batesville; brothers, Clifton Sullivan of Alabama...
Allen Joseph Govro
Feb 12, 2016
Allen Joseph Govro age 80 of Batesville died Friday, February 12, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born March 25, 1935 at St. Genevieve, Missouri to Louise Allen and Elsie Mae Holliday Govro. He was a retired truck driver and maintenance worker. He was a Jehovah’s Witness. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Govro;...
George William Gray
Feb 10, 2016
George William Gray age 82 of Strawberry died Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at his home. He was born October 21, 1933 at Lauratown, Arkansas to Orville and Lena McGinnis Gray. He was retired from Banquet Foods in Batesville and was a member of the Cave City Church of God. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother,...
Mary Lenora “Lee” Lewis
Feb 7, 2016
Mary Lenora “Lee” Lewis age 85 passed away at home with her daughter and her beloved dog Sweetpea at her side in Cave City, Arkansas on Sunday, February 7, 2016. She was born along the Mississippi River in Tomato, Arkansas on Thursday, August 7, 1930. She was one of eight children born to James and Onnie Lois Wigginton. She attended...
Bryan Andrew Moore
Feb 7, 2016
Bryan Andrew Moore, 28 of Batesville died Sunday, February 7, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born May 10, 1987 at Little Rock, Arkansas to Shawn Tugwell Moore and Larry Kragh Moore. He attended West Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his maternal great grandparents, Gilbert Frazier and Beatrice Shipp Hughes Tugwell and William Ofield and Roberta...
Florence Bullington
Feb 4, 2016
Florence Bullington age 98 of Charlotte died Thursday, February 4, 2016 in Jonesboro. She was born December 20, 1917 at Cave City, Arkansas to Otha and Leona King Rawlings. She was a housewife for many years and worked at Sterling's and Wal-Mart. She enjoyed doing crafts and quilting. She was a member of Center Grove Baptist Church at Charlotte. She...
Chris Justus
Jan 29, 2016
Chris Justus, 55 of Batesville died Friday, January 29, 2016 at his home. He was born November 19, 1960 at Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bobby Lee and Margaret Tholl Justus. He worked several years for the Batesville Water Department. He was preceded in death by his father, Bobby Lee Justus and one son, Corey Lee Justus. Survivors include his wife Eva...
Ricky Branscum
Jan 25, 2016
Ricky “Dawg” Branscum age 63 of Newark died Monday, January 25, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 22, 1952 at Batesville, Arkansas, the son of Thurlow Dean “Boe” Branscum and Pauline Bower. He worked several years for Townsend in Batesville and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Thurlow Dean “Boe”...
Betty Jo Ward
Jan 20, 2016
Betty Jo (Martin) Ward age 90 of Batesville passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Batesville. She was born October 5, 1925 at Oxford, Arkansas to Oler and Effie Caldwell Martin. She loved singing and playing bass guitar and played in a Country and Western band for several years. Survivors include one daughter, Regina Marlin and husband Larry of Tampa,...
Rosie "Christine" Huff
Jan 16, 2016
Rosie “Christine” Huff age 81 of Batesville died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at a Searcy hospital. She was born November 12, 1934 at Locust Grove, Arkansas to Tom and Ida Lee (McClurg) Bennett. She was a homemaker and of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bearl W. Huff and a sister, Pauline Hill....
Marvin R. Cossey
Jan 12, 2016
Marvin R. Cossey age 77 of Salem (formerly of Evening Shade) died Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born February 19, 1938 at Cave City, Arkansas to Forrest Grover and Ruby (Brown) Cossey. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and he retired from United States Postal Service in 1996. He was...
Michael Clyde Pollard
Jan 11, 2016
Michael Clyde Pollard age 59 of Cave City died Monday, January 11, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born June 17, 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ruben and Lillian Frazier Pollard. He grew up in the Bartlesville and Dewey, Oklahoma area and worked at what was once called Reda-Pump. He was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and served in...
Viola Ernestine Lack Freeze
Jan 9, 2016
Viola Ernestine Lack Freeze age 86 of Batesville died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. She was born May 17, 1929 at Vicksburg, Mississippi to James Harvey and Lena Pearl Nave Wright. She was a homemaker; a member of the Mountain View Folklore Society and a member of the Mountain View General Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Mabel Parsley
Jan 6, 2016
Mabel Parsley age 88 of Cave City died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. She was born November 6, 1927 at Poughkeepsie, Arkansas to John Marion and Olar Norris Parsley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Poughkeepsie Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Willard Parsley, Howard Parsley and...
Charlene Sullivan Cathey
Jan 6, 2016
Charlene Sullivan Cathey age 92, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in Bentonville. She was born at Grange in Sharp County, Arkansas on April 16, 1923 to the late Murphy and Jewel (Mobley) Sullivan. She was the wife of the late George Cathey whom she married on December 24, 1949. Charlene was preceded in death by her husband, parents;...
Olivia "Libby" Otwell
Jan 3, 2016
Olivia “Libby” Otwell age 16 of Cave City died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home. She was born February 11, 1999 at Little Rock, Arkansas to David Lawrence Otwell and Leah Danyell Carrigan Otwell. She had attended Cave City High school and was currently attending The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Science and the Arts in Hot Springs. She was...
Keith Taylor
Jan 3, 2016
Keith Taylor, 62, of Williford, Arkansas, died January 3, 2016, at White River Medical Center at Batesville, Arkansas. He was born January 13, 1953, at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He had worked as a machine operator, and he loved the outdoors. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, H.C. and Blanche Petty Taylor, and a sister, Joyce Sharp. Survivors include his...
John Michael Scranton Sr.
Dec 31, 2015
John Michael Scranton Sr. age 30 of Cave City died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born December 6, 1985 at Des Peres, Missouri, the son of Timothy Allen Scranton and Dianne Medows Scranton Pallardy. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals and UFC fan. He was employed by Third Street Farm Supply in Batesville before...
Edward Clark Lindsey Jr.
Dec 30, 2015
Edward Clark Lindsey Jr., known as “Sonny” by his siblings, age 93 of Batesville died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure five months earlier. He was born on January 20, 1922 at Corry, Pennsylvania to Edward Clark Lindsey Sr. and Beatrice Mary (Nelson) Lindsey, the eldest of 11 children,...
Helen Bess Drake
Dec 27, 2015
Bess Drake age 87 of Concord died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at her home. She was born February 25, 1928 at Marcella, Arkansas to Ross Lee King and Gertrude Patterson King. She was retired from Land O’ Frost in Searcy and was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Floral. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
