Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Tommy N. Taylor
April 30, 2016
Tommy N. Taylor, 67, of Highland, Arkansas, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born March 23, 1949, at Ravenden, Arkansas, to Leonard and Wilma "Modell" Pickett Taylor. Tom was a truck driver, loving husband, father, grandfather and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents and one infant...
Lamon Bearden
April 19, 2016
Lamon Barton Bearden, 77, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Born March 26, 1939, in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas, he was the son of Jess and Vela (Runsick)Bearden. A resident for many years of Kokomo, Indiana, he worked for Cuneo Press and was a retiree of Penn Dixie Steel. After study at Ivy Tech in Kokomo, he became a...
Alva Ray Evans
April 17, 2016
Alva Ray Evans, 85, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born June 3, 1930, at Ash Flat, Arkansas. Ray retired after working two years for Hardy Telephone Company and 28 years for CenturyTel. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Saddle. He was preceded in...
Ronald Mask
April 14, 2016
Ronald Lee Mask, 63, of Hardy, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord Thursday, April 14, at his home surrounded by his children. Mr. Mask was a 1970 graduate of West Memphis High School, a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death...
Jeremy Nehring
April 11, 2016
Jeremy Wayne Nehring, 37, of Highland, Arkansas, died Monday, April 11, 2016, at Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born June 23, 1978, at Memphis, Tennessee, and had become a boat pilot. He was preceded in death by his mother, Teresa Sutton Skinner. Survivors include his wife, Savannah Nehring of the home; children, Kobe Nehring and Xander Nehring, both of Williford,...
Thomas Leahy
April 10, 2016
SM Sgt. Thomas G. Leahy, retired U.S. Air Force, 74, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Batesville, Arkansas. He was born August 25, 1941, at Buffalo, New York. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Ellen Marie Reid Leahy, and a sister, Jean Marie Edwards. Survivors include his wife, Judy Powers Leahy;...
Robin Henderson
April 9, 2016
Robin S. Henderson, 52, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Batesville, Arkansas. She was born September 13, 1963, at West Memphis, Arkansas, to Command Sergeant Major Larry Martin and Karen Kenney Martin. Robin was a painter, housewife, and mother. She was preceded in death by her mother, Karen Martin; two sisters, Sonia Lowder and Chris...
Beauford Estes
April 6, 2016
Beauford Estes, 83, of Hardy, Arkansas, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his home. He was born January 27, 1933, at Williford, Arkansas, and had worked as a mechanic. Mr. Estes was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Ruth Street Estes, and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline "Jackie" Estes, of the home; children, Duane (Stacy) Estes...
Charles "Cotton" Webb
April 4, 2016
Charles A. Webb, 72, of Hardy, Arkansas, formerly of Blytheville, was released from his earthly chains and moved beyond them a free and healthy man to be with the Lord on April 4, 2016. Born in Etowah, Arkansas, on May 2, 1943, to Wylie Joe and Beatrice Brothers Webb, he was given the childhood nickname of Cotton because of his...
David St. John
April 1, 2016
David St. John, 66, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away at his home Friday, April 1, 2016. He was born April 26, 1949, at Carthage, Missouri, to Henry and June Keller St. John. David worked with industrial ammonia refrigeration. He is survived by his wife, Patricia St. John. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are with Tri-County Funeral Home...
Anna Slayton
March 31, 2016
Anna Slayton, 73, of Hardy, Arkansas, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born September 18, 1942, at Monette, Arkansas. Anna was a real estate broker and closing agent and a member of Ward Street Church of Christ in Hardy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Sarah Williams...
Carol Martin
March 28, 2016
Carol Lee Martin, 72, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Highland, Arkansas. She was born December 9, 1943, at Violet Hill, Arkansas. Carol was a housewife and a member of Violet Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Edith White, and three brothers, H.D., Cleo, and Travis White. Survivors include...
Billie Jo Horn
March 24, 2016
Billie Jo Horn, 43, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, died March 24, 2016, in Cave City, Arkansas. She was born May 22, 1972, in South Bend, Indiana, to Roger Edward and Margaret Wade (Caroll) Horn. She was a manager at Horn's Ranch and a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her mother and two infant...
Orland Grissom
March 23, 2016
Orland Edward Grissom, 78, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at his home. He was born November 25, 1937, at Ash Flat. He worked as a carpenter and was a Mason and member of First Baptist Church in Hardy. Orland was preceded in death by his parents, John and Retta Herron Grissom; a brother, Willard Grissom; and...
Bob Orr
March 16, 2016
Robert "Bob" Taylor Orr, 89, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born April 4, 1926, at Ash Flat to Gus and Ellen Orr. Bob graduated from Ash Flat High School and later worked during World War II with the Army transport service. He became a butcher and...
Ricky Wells
February 27, 2016
Ricky Lee Wells, 59, of Highland, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016, at his home. He was born November 6, 1956, at Dayton, Ohio. He was a roofer and a member of Ash Flat Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his father, Herschel Wells, and a sister, Donna Cox. Survivors include his mother, Eudena Horton of...
Judy Carr
February 26, 2016
Judy Lynn Carr, 72, of Hardy, Arkansas, died Friday, February 26, 2016, at Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born October 16, 1943, at Los Angeles, California. She was a loving wife, a wonderful mother, and a member of Liberty Hill Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Edward Kane II and Joy Kane and one brother. Survivors include...
Ellen Klostermann
February 24, 2016
Ellen Louise (Stewart) Klostermann, 95, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Ash Flat, Arkansas. She was born June 4, 1920, to Robert Gibbon and Jessie Pearl Whitaker Thompson at Baldwin, Mississippi. She was of the Church of Christ faith and enjoyed tying fly jigs for trout fishermen. She was preceded...
Clifford Rathbun
February 20, 2016
Clifford Duwayne Rathbun, 81, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born March 13, 1934, to Clifford and Ruth Rathbun in Fayette, Iowa. He spent most of his life in Lake Orion, Michigan, where he attended the Lake Orion Church of Christ. He was greatly loved by...
Donna Crawford
February 19, 2016
Donna Martin Crawford, 66, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, passed away Friday, February 19, 2016, at Searcy, Arkansas. She was born March 13, 1949, at Ash Flat. She was a teacher for 33 years and a member of Ash Flat First Baptist Church. Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Oval and Irene Mabry Rogers; her first husband, Charles L....
