Obituaries
Marcella D Upton
Feb 23, 2024
Marcella Dean Upton, 95, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away Friday, February 23, 2024, at the Siloam Springs Health and Rehab Center.
Marcella was born on August 12, 1928, in Siloam Springs. She was the daughter of Charles Everet Mason and Gladys J. Litfiy Mason. She married William Thomas “Tom” Upton on September 23, 1945, in Nogales, Mexico.
Marcella was known for...
Randy Woodward
Feb 22, 2024
Randall “Randy” Woodward, 69, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at the Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Randy was born July 28, 1954 in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Howard Woodward and Camilia Woodward. He worked for Franklin Electric; and in his spare time, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, and being a part of the Black Powder Rendezvous Club. He cherished...
Melvin Byers
Feb 17, 2024
Melvin Royce Byers, 91, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.
Melvin was born September 9, 1932 in Big Spring, Texas to JT Byers and Martha Crews-Byers. He joined the United States Navy after high school and served honorably as a frogman on Underwater Demolition Team 1 in the Korean...
Donald M Hammons
Feb 16, 2024
Donald M Hammons, age 68, of Springdale, AR, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2024.
Don was born September 25, 1955 in Siloam Springs, AR the son of the late Lester Hammons and Arlene Kay Holland Hammons.
In 1978 Don married Angela Dablemont. They had one son, Joshua.
Don was retired from Kawneer of Springdale.
Don was a member of the Freedom Fellowship Church, loved being...
Peggy Ruth Carswell
Feb 14, 2024
Peggy Ruth Carswell, 89, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away at her home on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
Peggy was born on May 12, 1934, in Abingdon, Virginia. She was the daughter of Crawford Munsey Burgess and Zelma “Tommy” Henley Burgess. She married Ezra Carswell on September 21, 1951, in Greenville, Tennessee, who preceded her in death. Peggy was a bookkeeper...
Shirley Jean Simmons
Feb 7, 2024
Shirley Jean Simmons, age 81, of Springdale, AR, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. She was born in Fairfax, MO to the late True Gene Tindle and Muriel (Wilson) Lau.
Shirley had an Associate degree in accounting and spent many years caring for children in her home. Aside from spending time with her family, she enjoyed teaching literacy to adults.
Shirley...
Robbi H McGarrah
Feb 6, 2024
Robbi H McGarrah, 58, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.
Robbi was born on September 7, 1965, in Siloam Springs. He was the son of Harlow Junior McGarrah and Lois Oleta Setser McGarrah. He married Paula Jean Crozier on September 6, 1985, in Springdale, Arkansas. Robbi worked for McKee Foods in...
Arthur Salomon
Feb 4, 2024
Arthur Timbubulan Salomon, 67, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas.
Per Arthur’s final wishes, cremation will take place with no services.
The arrangements were entrusted to Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Thelma Blair
Feb 4, 2024
Thelma Blair, 80, of Gravette, Arkansas passed away peacefully Sunday, February 4, 2024 at her home.
Thelma was born May 27, 1943 in Holly, Colorado to Charles Ratledge and Beatrice Hoover-Ratledge. On June 15, 1962 in Dallas, Texas, she married the love of her life-Donald Blair. They shared 57 loving, memorable years together until his passing in 2019. She had a...
Terry Grow
Jan 29, 2024
Terry Eugene Grow, 65, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Monday, January 29, 2024 at the Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Terry was born October 13, 1958 in St. Louis, Illinois to Dan Gene Grow and Barbara Akers. He was a very talented drummer and loved to ride his motorcycle in his spare time. He cherished his family...
Edward Andrew Straubing Jr
Jan 28, 2024
Edward Andrew Straubing Jr. of Siloam Springs Arkansas passed away on January 28, 2024 at the Siloam Springs Nursing & Rehab.
Ed was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 30, 1944 to Edward Sr. and Gladys (Young) Straubing. The family moved by train from Chicago to Corsicana, Texas in 1947 where he was always a Texan at heart regardless of his...
Wanda Faye Arnold
Jan 23, 2024
Wanda Faye Arnold, 76, of Colcord, Oklahoma passed away peacefully on January 23, 2024 at Circle of Life Hospice Care in Springdale, Arkansas.
Wanda was born May 31, 1947 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to parents William Bill and Christine Mitchell. She married Delbert Arnold on March 10, 1965 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. They shared an amazing 51 years of married life together...
Judy Lee Howser
Jan 22, 2024
Judy Lee Howser, age 68, of Bentonville, AR, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born on January 14, 1956, in Fremont, Ohio, the daughter of the late Elmer Elkins and Ila Jean Marie (Rohm) Elkins.
On January 24, 1993, Judy married the love of her life, Michael Ray Howser SR and preceded her...
Deborah Jean Tubbs
Jan 22, 2024
Deborah Jean Tubbs, 73, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away peacefully Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas.
Deborah was born July 29, 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona to William Tom Upton and Marcella Dean Mason-Upton. Her ornery personality and sense of humor kept everyone laughing. She was always the caretaker, attending to the needs of all...
Gretchen E Watt
Jan 21, 2024
Gretchen Elizabeth Carnes Watt was surrounded by her family as she passed peacefully on January 21, 2024. She tirelessly fought metastatic colon cancer for over four years. She was known to many by her generous spirit, her steadfast loyalty, and her deep love for her friends and family. She had the ability to light up a room and capture those...
Barbara Akers
Jan 16, 2024
Barbara Ann Akers, 83, of Colcord, Oklahoma passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. She was born October 5, 1940 in El Dorado, Kansas.
Per Barbara's wishes, cremation will take place with no services planned. We invite you to share memories on the online guestbook below.
Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs, Arkansas is entrusted...
James William Kooistra
Jan 16, 2024
James William Kooistra, 76, of Gentry, AR passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in Fayetteville, AR. He was born on August 1, 1947, in Hammond, Indiana, the son of the late William Kooistra JR and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Kooistra.
On August 15, 1970, Jim married Janis Jayne Jackson and she survives. Jim graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,...
Rev. Elvon Wolf
Jan 9, 2024
On January 9th God opened heaven’s door and Elvon Wolf proudly stepped through. There he met his Jesus, Lois, Derwin and other family members.
Noah Elvon Wolf was born in Springdale, AR, on February 22, 1934 to Theodore “Buck” Wolf and Millie (Sizemore) Wolf.
Elvon grew up in hard times. Growing up the family worked at share cropping, picked cotton,...
Garnetia Aldean Graham
Jan 4, 2024
Garnetia Aldean Graham, age 93, of Springdale, AR, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024. Garnetia was born on December 29, 1930, in Lowell, AR the daughter of the late Ezra Garnett Brooks and Augusta (Rapert) Brooks.
On March 27, 1948, in Lowell, AR, Garnetia married Guy Daniel Graham and he preceded her in death on June 4, 2003. Garnetia worked as a greeter...
Donna Kay Noll
Jan 4, 2024
Donna Kay Noll, 82, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024, at the Quail Ridge Living Center.
Donna was born on September 23, 1941, in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Emory Hyso and Mary Elizabeth Barnes Hyso. She married John Noll on December 8, 1960, at the Gentry Church of Christ in Gentry,...
