Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Dorothy Lee (Fike) Beckum
Jan 23, 2015
Dorothy Lee (Fike) Beckum age 71 of Rosie died Friday, January 23, 2015 at her home. She was born December 19, 1943 at Rosie, Arkansas to Paul Abner and Willie Amy (Hayes) Fike. She was retired from the Cedar Ridge School District and was a member of the Magness Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with her...
Clara E. Stevens
Jan 22, 2015
Clara E. Stevens age 97 of Edgemont ( formerly of Batesville) died Thursday, January 22, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born July 26, 1917 at Lunenburg, Arkansas to John Franklin and Mary (Brooks) Reeves. She worked several years for the Batesville Public Schools and was member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Batesville. She was preceded...
Billie Sunday Saffell
Jan 21, 2015
Billie Sunday Saffell age 88 of Saffell died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in Batesville. He was born July 8, 1926 in Saffell, Arkansas. He was the son of Hollie and Hattie Saffell. Billie was a farmer, sawmill operator, and bulldozer operator. He loved hunting, fishing, and trapping. His real passion was finding arrowheads. He was a United States Army Veteran...
Harmony Mischelle Culbreath
Jan 20, 2015
Harmony Mischelle Culbreath age 38 of O’Fallon, Missouri (formerly of Sulphur Rock) died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her home. She was born September 25, 1976 at Sulphur Rock, Arkansas to Jack Culbreath and Bernice Daphene Smith. She was a professional singer in Missouri. She was a member of the Catholic Church in O’Fallon, Missouri. She enjoyed singing, basketball, kickboxing...
Virginia Mae Nicholson
Jan 19, 2015
Virginia Mae Nicholson age 82 of Concord died Monday, January 19, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born October 5, 1932 at San Antonio, Texas to Arthur and Veda Burdick. She was a homemaker and retired from ConAgra Foods in Batesville. She was a member of the Floral Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; two...
Campbell Wilkerson
Jan 19, 2015
Campbell Wilkerson age 93 of Cave City died Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born January 20, 1921 at Calamine, Arkansas to Edgar and Esther (Milligan) Wilkerson. He retired as parts manager for Hollis Motor Company in McGeehee, Arkansas, was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a Mason. He was a...
Leonora Irene Baker
Jan 14, 2015
Leonora Irene Baker age 93 of Cherokee Village died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at an Ash Flat nursing home. She was born August 2, 1921 at St. Joseph, Illinois to George Owen and Clara Jane (McCullam) Penrod. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ward Street Church of Christ in Hardy. She was a volunteer for the Cherokee...
Brenda Ann (Howington) Keefer
Jan 13, 2015
Brenda Ann (Howington) Keefer age 69 of Poughkeepsie died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Cave City. She was born September 9, 1945 at Detroit, Michigan to Emory and Martha (Lee) Howington. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters, Sheri Lynn Wharram and Tonda Lee Hetrick. Survivors include...
Treva L. (Haigwood) Hall
Jan 13, 2015
Treva L. (Haigwood) Hall age 75 of Batesville died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born April 27, 1939 at Batesville, Arkansas to Claude and Bess (Bray) Haigwood. She was a retired cook having worked at several restaurants in the Batesville area and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
Yvonne Marie Michel Tritsch Meskimen
Jan 12, 2015
Yvonne Marie Michel Tritsch Meskimen age 83 of Cave City died Monday, January 12, 2015 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born November 19, 1931 at Shenandoah, Iowa to Harry Edwin and Nora Hazel Griffin Michel. She was a homemaker; a member of Lydia’s Circle; a member of The NATS and a member of the Independence County Master Gardeners....
Blanche Johnson Hollandsworth
Jan 8, 2015
Blanche Johnson Hollandsworth age 105 of Sidney died Thursday January 8, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born January 2, 1910 at Cave City, Arkansas to Washington and Louise Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church. She was a member of the Extension Homemakers Club at Sidney. She was preceded in death by...
Arlene Bradley
Jan 8, 2015
Arlene Bradley age 90 of Cord died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born June 22, 1924 at Dowdy, Arkansas to James and Zeffie (Sullivan ) Lance. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Ridge Methodist Church at Cord. She served as secretary/treasurer of the Union Cemetery Board for 44 years. She was...
Janet K. Hagman
Jan 6, 2015
Janet K. Hagman age 67 of Cave City died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born November 27, 1947 at Hillsboro, Illinois to Caleb Otis and Nina Mae (Brown) Bost. She worked 15 years at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her mother;...
Wilma Cartwright Whiteaker
Jan 6, 2015
Wilma Cartwright Whiteaker age 100 of Batesville departed this life on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Batesville. She was born February 11, 1914 in Optimus, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Hulbert Cartwright and Ada Talbert Cartwright. She worked 27 years in the kitchen at Woodlawn Nursing Home (now Woodlawn Heights) in Batesville where she became the dietician and supervisor....
Betty Baxter Kimmer
Jan 5, 2015
Betty ( Baxter) Kimmer age 88 of North Little Rock died Monday, January 5, 2015 at a North Little Rock hospital. She was born September 22, 1926 at Pine Hill, Arkansas to Floyd Edward and Lola Agnes (Winkle) Baxter. She was retired from Wal-Mart in North Little Rock and was a hairdresser. She was a member of the Mayflower Church...
Martha Marie Abderholden
Jan 2, 2015
Martha Marie Abderholden age 55 of Evening Shade died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Batesville. She was born June 20, 1959 at Kennett, Missouri to Lee and Neomia (Archer) Rush. She worked for several years at White Rodgers in Batesville; was an LPN and was a member of the Evening Shade Volunteer Fire Department. She was of the Baptist faith....
Thurlow Dean "Boe" Branscum
Jan 1, 2015
Thurlow Dean “Boe” Branscum age 85 of Batesville died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at a Searcy hospital. He was born July 10, 1929 in Rosie, Arkansas to Elbert and Nettie Pearl (Green) Branscum. He enjoyed the simple country life, the great outdoors and tinkering on anything with a motor. He enjoyed spending time with his family and loved a home...
Harold C. Brezler
Dec 31, 2014
Harold C. “Pat” Brezler age 80 of Cave City died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his home. He was born July 15, 1934 at McConnellsburg, Pa. to Harry Edward and Anna Catherine (Doyle) Brezler. He was a farmer and enjoyed going to the lake. He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Navy and also retired from the Arkansas Highway...
Marianne Ash
Dec 31, 2014
Marianne Ash age 83 of Desha died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born November 27, 1931 at Hochstdat, Germany to Wilhelm and Margareta (Stein) Mankel. She was retired from ConAgra Foods in Batesville and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Desha. She was preceded in death by her parents and her...
Deloris Irene Davis
Dec 30, 2014
Deloris Irene Davis age 87 of Batesville died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. She was born September 24, 1927 at Beloit, Ohio to Daniel and Bertha (Sellers) Kraft. She was a homemaker and a member of the North Heights Church of Christ in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband O.K. Davis and...
