Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Kenneth Heath
December 13, 2015
Kenneth Luhring Heath, 63, of Evening Shade, Arkansas, was born June 7, 1952, in Batesville, Arkansas. He died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at his home. He had worked as a truck driver and was a member of the Evening Shade Masonic Lodge #744 and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents,...
Neal Horton
November 27, 2015
Curtis Neal Horton, 86, of Hardy, Arkansas, was born April 4, 1929, at Hardy. He died November 27, 2015, at Jonesboro, Arkansas. He had worked as a well-known, well-liked, and accomplished fence builder and logger. As a young man, Neal enjoyed playing baseball and loved listening to the St. Louis Cardinals as well as playing cards and dominoes. He was...
Joseph Zink
November 20, 2015
Joseph T. "Coach" Zink, 75, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, was born February 10, 1940, to Wilbur A. and Mary E. Zink in Memphis. He passed away at his home north of Hardy, Arkansas, Friday, November 20, 2015. He had worked as an insurance claims adjuster, recreational coach, and sports referee for many years. Joe was a member of Spring River...
William Hamilton
November 18, 2015
William W. Hamilton, 80, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born October 18, 1935, at Selma, Iowa, to Lewis W. and Bernice Kunzman Hamilton. He died November 18, 2015, at the White River Medical Complex Emergency Room in Cherokee Village. He had worked as a math teacher for 40 years and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ottawa,...
Elizabeth Nelson
November 12, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Nelson, 79, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born July 2, 1936, to Benjamin and Helen Roberta Hamilton Willoughby in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She passed away November 12, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She had worked as a home health care nurse's aide and was a member of the Hardy United Methodist Church. She was...
William Sims
October 28, 2015
William Stephen Sims Jr., 83, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, a former resident of Harvard, Illinois, was born March 21, 1932 at Oak Park, Illinois. He died October 28, 2015 at his home in the presence of his four daughters. He was a sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps and a veteran of the Korean War, a graduate of Northern...
Nancy Krouse
October 26, 2015
Nancy Ann Krouse, 86, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born May 26, 1929, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. She died October 26, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Krouse had worked as a bookkeeper and homemaker and was a member of the Hardy United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pearl Floyd and Sarah Agnes Pearce London, and a...
Virginia Haagenson
October 25, 2015
Virginia "Susie" Haagenson, 58, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, was born June 22, 1957, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Curtis and Margie Alexander Tucker. She died October 25, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was a homemaker, loving wife, and mother. Susie was of the Christian faith and had been a director of the Ash Flat Senior Citizen...
Arlene Schultz
October 21, 2015
Arlene Schultz, 92, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born May 17, 1923, in New Jersey. She died October 21, 2015, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. She served as a 2nd Lt. Army Air Force nurse from March 1945 to May 1946 and was a member of the Cherokee Village American Legion Post 346 and a...
Christi Mills
October 17, 2015
Christina Gayle Mills, 55, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015, at UAMS in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born July 4, 1960 in Salem, Arkansas, and had worked as an elementary teacher in the Highland School District for 33 years. She was a loving wife and best friend to her husband Rick. Christi was a member...
Francis Jackson
October 14, 2015
Francis "Doc" Jackson, 74, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Wirth, Arkansas. He was born December 7, 1940, at Concord, Missouri, and had worked as an electrician. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was a deacon of Christian Tabernacle. Francis was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Lottie Wilson...
Bob Stroud
October 10, 2015
Bob "Stretch" Stroud, 74, of Hardy, Arkansas, died Saturday, October 10, 2015, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born February 24, 1941, in Tonasket, Washington. Bob retired from Century Telephone after working for 32 years. He was married to his wife Mary, who considered him to be her "best boyfriend" for 52 years. He was a...
Raymond Parks
October 10, 2015
Arthur Raymond Parks, 80, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015, at Ash Flat Healthcare Center. He was born April 15, 1935, in Osceola, Arkansas. His main occupation was farming. Mr. Parks was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Beulah Westbrook Parks; his wife Ollie Mae; and his son Darnell. Survivors include his sons, Wayne...
Virginia Skowlund
September 27, 2015
Virginia Louise Skowlund, 91, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. She was born July 27, 1924, in Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Skowlund had worked as a secretary and a housewife. She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Attie Horrell
September 25, 2015
Attie Louise Horrell, 97, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, died Friday, September 25, 2015, at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 9, 1918, at Ash Flat to Luther and Elsie (Ma) Ellis Paden. She worked in the Arkansas State University Bookstore for several years and retired from the Veterans Affairs office at Arkansas State University. She was...
Avery Underwood
September 22, 2015
Avery Joseph Underwood, 28, of Ash Flat, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at White County Medical Center in Searcy. He was born June 1, 1987, in Batesville. Avery was a member of the Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department and Crossroads Baptist Church of Ash Flat. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, George and Olive Underwood and maternal...
Sandra Blanchard
September 20, 2015
Sandra Blanchard, 80, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015, at her home in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. She was born on February 19, 1935, at Shawnee, Oklahoma. Mrs. Blanchard was preceded in death by her parents, Haskel and Carrie Jessup Gordon; and one sister. Survivors include her husband, Richard of the home; step-sons, David, Mark, and Greg Blanchard; sister, Jeanne Azeltine...
Ernest Hartwell Ashford Jr.
September 19, 2015
Ernest (Ernie) Ashford Jr., was born in Keene, New Hampshire, on July 31, 1938. He passed away peacefully September 19, 2015, at his home in Cherokee Village, Arkansas, after a brave, nine-year battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest H. Ashford and his mother, Sylvia Sawyer Ashford. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Beard Ashford of...
Arthur Gann
September 17, 2015
Arthur Lee Gann, 76, of Ravenden, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, at Memphis Methodist University Hospital. He was born to Thomas Wesley and Pearl Gipson Gann on March 5, 1939, at Sitka, Arkansas. Arthur had worked as a truck driver and was a member of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Ricky Jack...
Daniel Thomas
September 14, 2015
Daniel O. Thomas, 71, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born August 26, 1944, in Downey, California, and had worked as a sheet metal mechanic. Daniel was preceded in death by his parents, Therian O. and Lillian Leyland Thomas, and a step-brother, Billy Robertson....
