Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Belva Petit
October 1, 2019
Belva Rose Petit, 89, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, passed away at her home Tuesday, October 1, 2019. She was born August 22, 1930 in Melbourne, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Martha (Yapp) Thornton; her husband, Marland Petit; four sisters: Bernice, Barbara, Edith, and Jane; three brothers: Paul, Benjamin, and Claude (Archie); and two grandsons....
Raymond Watson
September 24, 2019
Raymond William Watson Sr., 77, of Independence, Missouri, died in a vehicle accident near Williford, Arkansas. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. He had worked as an analyst in the U.S. Department of Defense and loved to travel. He especially visited lighthouses and state parks. He was preceded...
Pearline Davidson
September 24, 2019
Pearline Davidson, 78, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away September 24, 2019. She was born March 27, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Rita (Johnson) Curtis, and her husband, Billy Joe Davidson. Pearline was of the Baptist faith and adored her large family for whom she loved cooking big meals. Her hobbies, when...
Pat Foster
September 19, 2019
ASH FLAT - Charles Patrick Foster, 77, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, was born in Brinkley, Arkansas. He passed away at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Pat was of the Catholic faith and had worked as a passionate florist who owned shops in Brinkley and Memphis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernie and Ruth (Burrow) Foster, and...
William Blann
September 15, 2019
William Henry Blann, 70, of Williford, Arkansas, was born November 10, 1948, in Tempe, Arizona, to John B. and Henrietta (Puchta) Blann. William passed away September 15, 2019, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Henry was a born-again Christian of the Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had most recently worked as a golf course groundskeeper. Henry was...
Lou Avery
September 14, 2019
Lula May Avery, 91, of Violet Hill (Lacrosse), Arkansas, was born February 3, 1928, in Fort Covington, New York. She passed away September 14, 2019, at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center. Lou worked as a secretary in a steel factory and had served in the U.S. Army. She was a member of the Ladies Fleet Reserve #251 and enjoyed...
Patricia Law
September 10, 2019
Patricia Law, 79, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away September 10, 2019, at her home. She was born July 10, 1940, in Junction City, Kansas, to Louis and Mary LaVern Buckles. Patricia was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. She had worked as a nurse and loved her family and her animals. She was preceded in...
Ralph Parsley Sr.
September 9, 2019
Ralph Owen Parsley Sr. of Poughkeepsie, Arkansas, passed away in Batesville, Arkansas, at the age of 96. He was born in Poughkeepsie to John Marion and Olar (Norris) Parsley. He was drafted into the U.S. Army for World War II as a field medic and saw intense action in the Ardennes Forest in severe winter, also known as Battle of...
Calvin Hale Jr.
September 7, 2019
Calvin Eugene Hale Jr., 64, was born March 3, 1955, in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to Calvin Eugene and Martha Margaret Jane (Allred) Hale. He passed away September 7, 2019, in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. Calvin lived and worked in many states across the USA, playing bass guitar in multiple bands, including Cadillac Wheels which did backup for Red Sovine. Later, Calvin formed...
Donna Ray Summitt
August 28, 2019
Donna Ray Wade-Summitt, 77, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was born July 19, 1942, in Ash Flat, Arkansas, and went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 28, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Lee and Winifred E. McMillan Wade; her husband of 26 years, William Summitt; her son, Willis E. Eversoll; and...
Cindy Lowe
August 27, 2019
Cindy Maxine Lowe, 55, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away August 27, 2019. She was born November 16, 1963, in Wynne, Arkansas, to William and Bonnie Haynes Hill, who preceded her in death. Cindy worked as an EMT in the healthcare industry. Her hobbies included sewing and quilting. Survivors are her husband, Charles Lowe; daughter, Bonnie Allisa Lorene Lowe; sons, Timothy...
Lorraine Morris
August 18, 2019
Lorraine Carol Morris, 72, of Hardy, Arkansas, was born December 3, 1946, in Persia, New York, to Carl Nelson and Dolly Justy (Hafner) Fuller. She passed away August 18, 2019, in Ash Flat, Arkansas, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She had worked as an assembler in a plastics factory and is survived by her husband, Lytle Paul Alderman, of...
Glenn Krouse
August 16, 2019
Glenn A. Krouse, 91, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to George and Ruth Krouse. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Nancy Ann; and brothers, Charles and George. Glenn was a member of Hardy United Methodist Church and a veteran of World War II serving in the Navy in the Philippines. Survivors include...
Paula Merlene Grimes
August 15, 2019
Paula Merlene (Harmon) Grimes, 68, of Carrollton, Georgia, formerly of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away August 15, 2019. She was born March 20, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas. Services include visitation of family and friends Monday, August 19, 6 to 8 p.m. in the chapel of Tri-County Funeral Home at Highland and funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Liberty Hill Church with...
Larry Ratliff
August 14, 2019
Everett "Larry" Ratliff of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away August 14, 2019, at the age of 76. Larry was preceded in death by his wife Dorthy Ratliff; son, Larry Dean Ratliff; and his parents, Everett R. and Evelyn (Young) Ratliff. Survivors include his son, Brian Ratliff of Hardy; daughter, Angela Ratliff of Ash Flat; sister, Jolene (Pete) Rogers of Florida; brothers,...
Virgie Wiles
August 10, 2019
Virgie Wiles was born July 27, 1940, in Whitesburg, Kentucky. She passed from this life August 10, 2019, in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. She was an excellent cook; homemade sausage gravy and biscuits was one of her specialties. Virgie loved playing video games - Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis - and spending time with her great-grandchildren making special memories with each...
Frank Paul
August 10, 2019
Frank Elmer Paul was born April 26, 1933, in Corning, California, and passed from this life at his home in Cherokee Village on August 10, 2019. He moved here in 2004 after helping to build the Alaskan pipeline. Frank also worked as a logger and loved this community and strived to make it a better place in any way possible....
Billy D. Orman
August 5, 2019
Billy Dan Orman, 73, of Williford, Arkansas, died August 5, 2019, as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born June 8, 1946, in Shaw, Mississippi, to L. B. and Addie (Weeks) Orman, who preceded him in death. Bill was a hard working self-employed business man who loved to travel. Survivors include his wife,...
Eleanor Ruth Smith
August 5, 2019
Eleanor Ruth Smith, 86, of Williford, Arkansas, was born July 10, 1933, in Memphis and passed away August 5, 2019, in a Jonesboro hospital. She was a member of the Assembly of God and enjoyed gardening, dancing, picking blackberries, and going to yard sales. She had worked as a book binder. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence ...
Frank Leonhard
July 26, 2019
Frank Leonhard, 74, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born February 8, 1945, in Queens, New York. He died July 26, 2019. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and had worked as an importer/exporter of coffee beans and then for several years at Walmart. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Jeannette Rutkowska Leonhard. Survivors...
