Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
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....
Robert Bettis
February 16, 2016
Robert L. Bettis Jr., 89, of Highland, Arkansas, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born December 11, 1926, at Williford, Arkansas. Mr. Bettis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a teacher for 30 years, and a farmer. He was a member of the Ash Flat Church of Christ. He was...
William Hitchcock
February 9, 2016
William Arnold Hitchcock, 80, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away February 9, 2016, at the Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born July 16, 1935, to Herbert and Natalie Swartout Hitchcock in Saratoga, New York. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked in quality control for Owens Corning for 15 years. He especially enjoyed...
Clara Jo Carter
February 8, 2016
Clara Jo Viner Carter, 82, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Monday, February 8, 2016, at Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born January 11, 1934, at Hardy and graduated from Hardy High School in 1951. She worked as a legal secretary and abstracter for her father and other attorneys including Carmack Sullivan and Loyd Harper in Hardy.
She was also a meticulous...
Fredia Norman
February 3, 2016
Fredia E. Norman, 81, of Williford, Arkansas, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born at Cherry Valley, Arkansas. Mrs. Norman was preceded in death by her parents, Foster Earl and Elma Norman Douglas; two husbands, James E. House and Jim Norman; a son, James A. House; a step-daughter, Kathleen Norman; and...
Vivian Ring
January 28, 2016
Vivian Mae (Wiles) Ring, 89, departed this life on Jan. 28, 2016, to go home to her beloved Jesus. She was born on May 22, 1926, to Monroe and Bertie Schales and is survived by children Donward (Velda) Wiles and Jerry (Maerene) Wiles, four grandsons, three great-grandsons and several nephews and nieces. She was a member of Spring River Baptist...
Hilburn Henry
January 27, 2016
Hilburn Ray Henry, 64, of Hardy, Arkansas, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at White River Medical Center at Batesville, Arkansas. He was born July 26, 1951, at Marked Tree, Arkansas. He was a truck driver and worked with the railroad at Kansas City, Kansas. He was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1971, and...
Anna Rock
January 26, 2016
Anna Marie Rock, 54, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed from this earth Tuesday, January 26, 2016. She was born October 6, 1961, at Kansas City, Missouri. Anna married Jerry Rock on July 25, 1988, in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. To this union five children were born: Valeta, Timothy, Ashley, Jerri, and Malachi. Anna and Jerry moved to Cherokee Village, Arkansas,...
Dorothy L. Sparks
January 26, 2016
Dorothy Louise Moth Sparks, 86, of Pecatonica, Illinois, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at Ash Flat, Arkansas. A loving and dedicated mother, she was born May 25, 1929, in Seward, Illinois, to Bert and Gladys Nolan Moth. She loved being with her family and friends, reading books, working in the yard, planting flowers, and traveling--short trips and long. Dorothy lived...
