Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Neal Ryan
May 14, 2024
Melvin O’Neal “Neal” Ryan, a longtime resident of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born December 30, 1934 and raised in Keyser, West Virginia. He passed away May 14, 2024. Neal enjoyed his life with family and friends, both near and far. He attended the Spring River Presbyterian Church for many years. Together with his wife, Alice, he enjoyed fishing, traveling, and...
Catherine Dittrich
May 11, 2024
Catherine J. Dittrich, 74, of rural Evening Shade, Arkansas passed away at her home Saturday, May 11, 2024. She was born January 24, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph E. and Marie Ruth Bender Dittrich. Catherine enjoyed painting, art, and singing.Survivors include her husband, Shawn C. Dittrich; a son-in-law, Shawn Minchey; a daughter-in-law, Kendra Minchey; and four grandchildren. She was...
Betty Cruse
May 6, 2024
Betty Jean Cruse was born in Sitka, Arkansas to Franklin P. and Cora Lois (Gipson) Gann on Christmas day in 1946. She departed this life in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House on May 6, 2024 at the age of 77 years.Betty was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church of Sitka for many years. She...
Kaleb Burton
Apr 26, 2024
Kaleb Hughes Burton was born April 19, 2000 in Batesville, Arkansas and passed away April 26, 2024 in Cabot. He was a lover of the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and water sports with family and friends. He had a special bond with his Paw-Paw Ray Burton, who called him “Cottontop” from an early age. He was “K-dub” to his...
Tressie Farris
Apr 22, 2024
Tressie Faye Farris, 85, of Violet Hill, Arkansas passed away Monday, April 22, 2024 at her home. She was born October 1, 1938 in Camp, Arkansas to Thomas Owen and Mahalia Hamilton Tadlock. Tressie was a caregiver as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She became an excellent quiltmaker and was employed at The Quilt Palace in Glencoe. She also enjoyed knitting,...
Kenneth Lange
Apr 12, 2024
Kenneth Herbert Lange, 70, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away Friday, April 12, 2024 at his home from cancer. He was born August 24, 1953 in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Gordon and Gloria Stager Lange. Kenny worked at Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a mechanical engineer for several years in his early adult life. He always enjoyed a good ride on one...
Frank Russenberger
Apr 11, 2024
Charles Franklin "Butch" Russenberger was born January 8, 1949 in Little Rock, Arkansas and grew up in southwest Little Rock just down the road from the girl with whom he would share his entire life. He met Linda Dreher on the school bus when they were in elementary school, and they grew to be friends in the Fuller High School...
Junior Lenex
Apr 8, 2024
Junior Herbert Lenex, 85, of Glencoe, Arkansas passed away April 8, 2024 at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center. He was born February 28, 1939 in Pulaski, Tennessee to Clarence and Aline Mullins Lenex. Junior served his country in the Army and became a farmer in the cattle industry. He thoroughly enjoyed fishing.Survivors include his wife, Barbara; one son, Jerry...
Thomas Goforth
Mar 21, 2024
Thomas Wayne Goforth (known as Tommy), 45, of Evening Shade, Arkansas passed away March 21, 2024 at St. Vincent's hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born May 27, 1978 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Tommy became an automobile mechanic and enjoyed his hobby of fishing.He is survived by his mother, Vanesia Gray Higginbotham, and two sisters: Sabrina Lowder and his...
Roberta Watson
Mar 7, 2024
Roberta Ann Watson, 78, of Highland, Arkansas passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born March 27, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri to Roy B. and Louise Qualls Washam. Roberta was a homemaker and also involved in the automotive industry with her husband, Ted Watson, who preceded her in death. She was...
Buddy E. Smith
Mar 4, 2024
Buddy Estal Smith, 80, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away March 4, 2024 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born May 12, 1943 in Caraway, Arkansas to James Edward and Geneva Ferguson Smith. Buddy was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and had worked as a police officer. He loved his family and thoroughly enjoyed...
Paula (Sharp) Romine
Feb 20, 2024
Paula Louise (Sharp) Romine, 73, of Ash Flat, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born July 11, 1950 near Ash Flat to Guy and Opal (Horton) Sharp. Paula graduated from Highland High School in 1968, earned a Bachelor's degree in education, and taught kindergarten at Cherokee Elementary School. She...
Nancy Farrow
Feb 11, 2024
Nancy Jane Farrow, 79, of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born August 21, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Edwin and Martha Strong Worley. Nancy had worked as an office clerk. She had been a member of Spring River Baptist Church north of Hardy, Arkansas for...
Mary Lou Cochran
Feb 10, 2024
Mary Lou Cochran, 76, of rural Hardy, Arkansas passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024 at her home. She was born January 31, 1948 in Hardy and was of the Christian faith. She enjoyed gospel, country, and polka music as well as coloring by numbers and adult coloring books. She had worked in the healthcare profession as a CNA.
Mary Lou was...
Paulette Taylor
Feb 5, 2024
Paulette Taylor, 67, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away February 5, 2024 at White River Health in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born April 25, 1956 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Samuel Bell and Ruth Neal Hilburn Fuller, both who predeceased her. Paulette attended the Ash Flat church of Christ and enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren. She had worked in the medical field...
Donald Collins
Jan 26, 2024
Donald David Collins, 83, of Ash Flat, Arkansas was born March 12, 1940 in Monette, Arkansas to Wesley Aaron and Deleta M. England Collins. He passed away January 26, 2024 in a Jonesboro, Arkansas hospital. Donald had worked as a truck driver in deliveries. He was a Jehovah's Witness and enjoyed gardening and beekeeping.
He was preceded in death by his...
Jewell Whited
Jan 24, 2024
Jewell Dean Cagle Whited passed away January 24, 2024, at the age of 78. She was born in Bradford, Arkansas, on March 18, 1945. Jewell attended Ash Flat High School as part of the Eagle Class of 1963 where she met her beloved husband, Billy, and stayed devoted to him even after his death in 1996. Billy affectionately referred to...
Stewart Lambert
Jan 14, 2024
Stewart Kent Lambert passed away on January 14, 2024 in Cherokee Village, Arkansas at the age of 69 years. He was born in Malvern, Arkansas on April 26, 1954 to Robert Eugene and Vera Jean Foster Lambert, both who preceded him in death.
After graduating from high school and law school, Stewart became a trial attorney, served as deputy...
Ted Watson
Dec 31, 2023
Teddy Dean Watson, 82, of Highland, Arkansas passed away December 31, 2023 at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born September 21, 1941 in Ash Flat to Albert Eugene and Lola Pearl Osborne Watson. Ted was of the Christian faith and worked in the automotive industry after serving in the U.S. Army.
He was...
Ken Bowden
Dec 17, 2023
Kenneth Bowden of Massachusetts and Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas died peacefully on December 17, 2023 surrounded by people who loved him at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas.
He was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on December 14, 1947, the oldest son oGilbert and Margaret Bowden. He graduated from Agawam High School in 1965. At 17 he enlisted in the...
