Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Rae Lynn Gossell
July 19, 2015
Rae Lynn Gossell, 73, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born September 18, 1941, in Rockford, Illinois. She passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015, at her home. Rae had worked as a waitress and was of the Lutheran faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Madelyne Swartz Pohl. Survivors include her special friend, Leslie R. Schwebke of...
Howard Morgan
July 17, 2015
Howard Wayne Morgan, 72, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born October 27, 1942, in Hardy. Howard was a heavy equipment operator for more than forty years and retired in 2002. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and...
David Smith
July 15, 2015
David Smith, 54, of Ozark Acres, was born January 10, 1961, in Memphis, Tennessee. He passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at White River Medical Complex ER in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. David was an entrepreneur and of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Clyde Smith; son, Cody Ross; and nephew, Michael Lentz. Survivors include his...
Lyne Wayne
July 9, 2015
Lyne Marie Riffle Wayne, 65, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was born December 27, 1949, to Walter James and Else Marie Stone Riffle in Harrisburg, Missouri. She passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. Lyne was a teacher and of the non-denominational faith. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors...
Allie McBride
July 8, 2015
Allie McBride, 91, of Ash Flat, was born November 30, 1923, to James Polk and Bertha Leona Watkins Lowery in Sitka, Ark. She passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Allie was an active resident of EagleCrest Nursing and Rehab Center where she had lived since November 28, 2005, and had served as Chair...
Bettye Cruse
July 4, 2015
Bettye Darlene Cruse, 75, of Cherokee Village, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born October 26, 1939, in Jonesboro to Paul and Opal Duncan Cruse, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two brothers. Bettye worked as an operator/office manager before retiring from Century Telephone Company. Survivors...
Vic Ellis
June 29, 2015
Vicky "Vic" J. Ellis, 65, of Hardy, Arkansas, formerly of Ravenden, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born October 18, 1949, in Jonesboro to Ray and Bessie Williamson Ellis, who preceded him in death. Vic worked as an auto body rebuilder for many years. He was a Mason and of the...
Ollie Parks
June 21, 2015
Ollie Mae Parks, 77, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Ash Flat Healthcare Center. She was born March 27, 1938, in Monroe, Ark., to Charlie and Johnnie Hickman Bundren. She was a housewife, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Mrs. Parks was preceded in death by her parents, her son Darnell, one sister, and three...
Linda Jean Billingsley
June 17, 2015
Linda Jean Billingsley, 53, of Ravenden, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at her home. She was born May 23, 1962, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Robert and Wilma Frederick Kensinger. She worked as a nurse for Dr. Tim Young and was a loving wife and mother. Survivors include her husband, Elmer Billingsley; sons, Brian and Cody of the...
Dennis Clinton
June 15, 2015
Dennis Gregory Clinton, 60, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, formerly of Chicago, Illinois, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015. He was born November 30, 1954, in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Bennie and Lois Lusignan Clinton. He was a truck driver and business owner. Mr. Clinton was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Loren Walgreen. Survivors include his son, David...
Marie Hitchcock
June 15, 2015
Marie M. Hitchcock, 75, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born June 1, 1940, in Stuart, Oklahoma, to Fred and Nettie Rackley Romine. She was a homemaker and had worked in Quality Control for Owens Corning for fifteen years. She was preceded in death by her...
Dorothy Wege
June 11, 2015
Dorothy L. Jacobi Wege, 101, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, died Thursday, June 11, 2015, at EagleCrest Nursing Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 2, 1914, she worked at a physician's office prior to getting married on September 28, 1935. She and her husband moved to Cherokee Village in 1973 from St. Charles, Missouri. Dorothy...
Paul Gibbs
June 7, 2015
Paul Edward Gibbs, 77, of Hardy, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, at the Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born March 11, 1938, in Karnack, Texas, to William Calvin and Dola Pauline McHam Gibbs. Paul was a truck driver and a member of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Robbie Poulsen
May 23, 2015
Robbie Duncan Poulsen, 93, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born January 29, 1922, in Sprague, Alabama, to Charlie B. and Mary Skinner Williams. She had served her country in the U.S. Navy in World War II and was a bookkeeper for many years. Mrs. Poulsen was a member of...
Lemuel Martin
May 22, 2015
Lemuel Boyd Martin was born October 19, 1926, in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. He was the son of Lester James and Rebecca Florence Smith Martin. He was called home to his Lord on May 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by his mother, Rebecca Florence Smith-Martin; his father, Lester James Martin; his step-mother, Edna Smith Martin; his step-brother, Bill Leroy...
Leroy Mennen
May 16, 2015
Leroy Louis Mennen, 81, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born February 21, 1934, in Linn Township, Illinois, to Louis and Alma (Gerjets) Mennen. Mr. Mennen was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a retired farmer and campground owner. He had attended...
Eugene Hamlin
May 6, 2015
Eugene G. Hamlin, 84, of Williford, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born May 9, 1930, in Davenport, Iowa, to Frank O. and Lottie M. (King) Hamlin. He was a machinist for many years and a member of First Baptist Church of Cherokee Village. He was preceded in death...
Betty Volner
May 1, 2015
Betty Jo Volner, 83, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Friday, May 1, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born October 18, 1931, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Estel L. and Elizabeth (Walker) Birdsong. She was a school teacher and principal for many years and a member of First Baptist Church in Hardy. She was...
Marion Jane Lau
April 28, 2015
Marion Jane Lau, 96, of Hot Springs, AR, was enfolded into the loving arms of her savior on April 28, 2015. She was born Dec. 8, 1918, in Chicago, IL, to Hal Phillip Gibson and Ellen Smith Gibson. She graduated from Thornton High School, Harvey, IL, in 1937. On October 7, 1939, Marion married the love of her life, Laverne...
Onorio Gherardini
April 26, 2015
Onorio Gherardini, 94 years and 10 months, of Cherokee Village, AR, formerly of Centralia, IL, passed away at 8:38 a.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Cherokee Village. Onorio was born June 22, 1920, in Wamac, IL , son of Emilio and Erminia (Grotti) Gherardini. Onorio married Suzanne (Sundermeyer) Cruzen on November 24, 1967, at First Christian Church in Centralia....
