Highland, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Highland, Sharp & Fulton Counties in AR
Junior Lenex
April 8, 2024
Junior Herbert Lenex, 85, of Glencoe, Arkansas passed away April 8, 2024 at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center. He was born February 28, 1939 in Pulaski, Tennessee to Clarence and Aline Mullins Lenex. Junior served his country in the Army and became a farmer in the cattle industry. He thoroughly enjoyed fishing.Survivors include his wife, Barbara; one son, Jerry...
Thomas Goforth
March 21, 2024
Thomas Wayne Goforth (known as Tommy), 45, of Evening Shade, Arkansas passed away March 21, 2024 at St. Vincent's hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born May 27, 1978 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Tommy became an automobile mechanic and enjoyed his hobby of fishing.He is survived by his mother, Vanesia Gray Higginbotham, and two sisters: Sabrina Lowder and his...
Roberta Watson
March 7, 2024
Roberta Ann Watson, 78, of Highland, Arkansas passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born March 27, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri to Roy B. and Louise Qualls Washam. Roberta was a homemaker and also involved in the automotive industry with her husband, Ted Watson, who preceded her in death. She was...
Buddy E. Smith
March 4, 2024
Buddy Estal Smith, 80, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away March 4, 2024 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born May 12, 1943 in Caraway, Arkansas to James Edward and Geneva Ferguson Smith. Buddy was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and had worked as a police officer. He loved his family and thoroughly enjoyed...
Paula (Sharp) Romine
February 20, 2024
Paula Louise (Sharp) Romine, 73, of Ash Flat, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born July 11, 1950 near Ash Flat to Guy and Opal (Horton) Sharp. Paula graduated from Highland High School in 1968, earned a Bachelor's degree in education, and taught kindergarten at Cherokee Elementary School. She...
Nancy Farrow
February 11, 2024
Nancy Jane Farrow, 79, of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born August 21, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Edwin and Martha Strong Worley. Nancy had worked as an office clerk. She had been a member of Spring River Baptist Church north of Hardy, Arkansas for...
Mary Lou Cochran
February 10, 2024
Mary Lou Cochran, 76, of rural Hardy, Arkansas passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024 at her home. She was born January 31, 1948 in Hardy and was of the Christian faith. She enjoyed gospel, country, and polka music as well as coloring by numbers and adult coloring books. She had worked in the healthcare profession as a CNA.
Mary Lou was...
Paulette Taylor
February 5, 2024
Paulette Taylor, 67, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away February 5, 2024 at White River Health in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born April 25, 1956 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Samuel Bell and Ruth Neal Hilburn Fuller, both who predeceased her. Paulette attended the Ash Flat church of Christ and enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren. She had worked in the medical field...
Donald Collins
January 26, 2024
Donald David Collins, 83, of Ash Flat, Arkansas was born March 12, 1940 in Monette, Arkansas to Wesley Aaron and Deleta M. England Collins. He passed away January 26, 2024 in a Jonesboro, Arkansas hospital. Donald had worked as a truck driver in deliveries. He was a Jehovah's Witness and enjoyed gardening and beekeeping.
He was preceded in death by his...
Jewell Whited
January 24, 2024
Jewell Dean Cagle Whited passed away January 24, 2024, at the age of 78. She was born in Bradford, Arkansas, on March 18, 1945. Jewell attended Ash Flat High School as part of the Eagle Class of 1963 where she met her beloved husband, Billy, and stayed devoted to him even after his death in 1996. Billy affectionately referred to...
Stewart Lambert
January 14, 2024
Stewart Kent Lambert passed away on January 14, 2024 in Cherokee Village, Arkansas at the age of 69 years. He was born in Malvern, Arkansas on April 26, 1954 to Robert Eugene and Vera Jean Foster Lambert, both who preceded him in death.
After graduating from high school and law school, Stewart became a trial attorney, served as deputy...
Ted Watson
December 31, 2023
Teddy Dean Watson, 82, of Highland, Arkansas passed away December 31, 2023 at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born September 21, 1941 in Ash Flat to Albert Eugene and Lola Pearl Osborne Watson. Ted was of the Christian faith and worked in the automotive industry after serving in the U.S. Army.
He was...
Ken Bowden
December 17, 2023
Kenneth Bowden of Massachusetts and Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas died peacefully on December 17, 2023 surrounded by people who loved him at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas.
He was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on December 14, 1947, the oldest son oGilbert and Margaret Bowden. He graduated from Agawam High School in 1965. At 17 he enlisted in the...
Christine Ewers
December 13, 2023
Christine Isabelle Ewers, 74, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away December 13, 2023 in a Batesville, Arkansas hospital. She was born January 25, 1949 in Sparta, Wisconsin and was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Henry and Genevieve J. Lopnow Hoeft; two brothers, Robert and David Hoeft; and two sisters, Carolyn Hadfield and Janet Rick.
Christine was a member...
Billy Ball Sr.
December 12, 2023
Billy Wayne Ball Sr., 86, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away December 12, 2023 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born August 10, 1937 in El Dorado, Arkansas. Billy became an avid hunter and fisherman and loved sports, especially football and basketball. He was quite active in the American Legion in Blytheville, Arkansas after serving his...
Danny Murphy
December 8, 2023
Danny Gene Murphy, 74, of Center, Arkansas in Sharp County passed away December 8 in a Jonesboro hospital. He was born August 11, 1949 and was a 1967 graduate of Highland High School where he subsequently worked in maintenance retiring as custodial supervisor after 45 years of service to the school district. Danny will long be remembered for his knowledge...
Vicki Lee Sadler
December 6, 2023
Vicki Lee Sadler was born the daughter of George W. and Jane (Boyer) Pierson on April 10, 1952 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She departed this life in Batesville, Arkansas on December 6, 2023 at the age of 71 years.
Vicki loved to embroider, was an avid animal lover, especially of cats. She was united in marriage on April 23, 1982 to...
Charles Wilson
December 2, 2023
Charles Edward Wilson of Hardy, Arkansas passed away on December 2, 2023. Charles was born September 15, 1938 in Hardy. After graduation from Hardy High School in 1956, he attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1960. He attended ROTC at the University and joined the U.S. Air Force...
Phyllis Thompson
November 20, 2023
Phyllis Joan Thompson, 93, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas passed away November 20, 2023 in Ash Flat, Arkansas. She was born August 9, 1930 in Iowa and became a registered nurse in healthcare. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vivian and Margery Bennett, and her husband, Vern Thompson.
Phyllis loved visiting and playing games with the members of her...
Johnny Ivey
November 18, 2023
Johnny Dale Ivey, 49, of north Sharp County, Arkansas passed away at his home Saturday, November 18, 2023. He was born September 28, 1974 in Pocahontas. Johnny was preceded in death by his grandparents, Bill & Laverne Davenport and Walter Ivey Jr.
Although he worked at many jobs including being a licensed auctioneer, he was currently general manager of Ivey's...
