Obituaries
Alan Lee
Feb 19, 2018
Alan Lee, 64 of Watts, Oklahoma passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Earlene Walker Hospice Home in Springdale, AR.
Alan was born on June 25, 1953 in Espanola, New Mexico, a son of Roy Wilford Lee and Reva Jean Chandler Lee. He worked for many years at Franklin Electric and was currently working as an EVS Lead Attendant...
Veda Park Sappington
Feb 16, 2018
Veda Park Sappington, of West Siloam Springs, OK, passed away at the age of 81 on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Sequoyah Manor in Sallisaw, OK.
Veda was born in a cabin near Fiddler’s Bend on Flint Creek in Flint, OK on January 27, 1937. She was the daughter of Thomas Kirkland and Virgie Mason Park. She was an excellent...
Debora L Holt
Feb 8, 2018
Debora Lynn Holt, 61, of Siloam Springs, AR passed away Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 at the Earlene Howard Hospice Home in Springdale.
Debora was born on Sept. 24, 1956 in Fayetteville, AR, a daughter of Leslie Guy Christie and Ruby Woods Christie. She worked for many years at the Callahan’s Steak House in Siloam Springs. She was known as a...
Nadine Gatewood
Feb 7, 2018
Ruby Nadine Gatewood, 78, of Colcord, OK passed away Wednesday, Feb 7, 2018 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville.
Nadine was born on November 8, 1939 in Swift City, Missouri, a daughter of Alonzo Dea Arnold and Ruby E. Choate Arnold. She married the late Leroy Gatewood, on Aug 17, 1955 in Jay, OK, who preceded her in...
Emma Loisetta Littrell
Feb 5, 2018
Emma Loisetta Littrell, 80, of Bentonville, Arkansas passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Emma was born on March 13, 1937, a daughter of the late James Lynch and Eliza (Rice) Lynch. She was a member of the Trinity Apostolic Faith Church in Cave Springs, Arkansas and a devoted mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death...
Jennifer "Jenni" Lynne Peterson
Feb 5, 2018
Jennifer “Jenni” Lynne Peterson, 36, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018.
Jenni was born on February 21, 1981 in Eugene, Oregon to Michael and Joy Peterson. She attended Siloam Springs High School and John Brown University. She was a Preschool Teacher at the Friendship Pediatric Services in Siloam Springs where she loved teaching and caring...
Lisa Dawn Phifer
Feb 4, 2018
Lisa Dawn Phifer, 51, of Watts, Oklahoma passed away on February 4, 2018 at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.
Lisa was born on June 18, 1966 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to John Ray and Alpha Phifer. She was a devoted elementary school teacher, she enjoyed outdoors, she was an animal lover, and she loved to cheer on the OU Sooners.
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Kenneth R. Martin
Jan 29, 2018
Kenneth R. Martin, 79, a 55 year resident of Kansas, OK, passed away on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at the Quail Ridge Living Center.
Kenneth was born on July 12, 1938 in Westville, OK, a son of George Robert Martin and Mable Carpenter Martin. He was a chicken farmer, cattleman, had worked for Delaware County and drove trucks for several local...
Watie Darius Foreman
Jan 29, 2018
Watie Darius Foreman, 77, of Kansas, Oklahoma passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Watie was born on July 19, 1940 to Hubert and Elsie Foreman in Claremore, Oklahoma. He served honorably in the United States Navy. Later on, he found his true passion of being a truck driver. He enjoyed driving...
Rufus B. Lewis
Jan 22, 2018
Rufus Brittie Lewis of Murrieta,CA passed away Monday,January 22, 2018.
He was born in Nail,Arkansas on April 20,1928, son of the late George (Wash)
and Addie (Wages) Lewis. He loved his church and the people were very special
to him. He served in many different capacities throughout his life. He enjoyed
making people laugh with his simple jokes. Game playing...
Connie Goeringer
Jan 21, 2018
CONNIE GOERINGER, 93, departed this life to join his heavenly family on Sunday, January 21, 2018 after a short illness in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Connie was born outside of Bessie, Oklahoma on July 30, 1924 on the family farm. He is preceded in death by both parents and eight older siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Jean...
Keith Rodell Smith
Jan 18, 2018
Keith Rodell Smith
Born: August 15, 1958 in Shelbyville, IL
Keith was a fun-loving, caring and devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. He had a robust sense of adventure and a varied life path pursuing different vocations and experiences throughout his life. He worked as a truck driver, mechanic shop owner, electrician, and in maintenance. He was strongly beloved by...
William Austin Taylor, Sr.
Jan 14, 2018
William Austin Taylor, Sr. (Dub) of Springdale, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at his residence. Dub was born on January 30, 1933, a son of the late Bill and Valley (Thompson) Taylor, in their home in Erbie, Arkansas on the Buffalo River. He enjoyed his grandchildren and great grandchildren and especially loved hearing stories of their orneriness....
Coleta Barnes
Jan 9, 2018
Coleta Barnes, 81, passed away Tuesday morning, January 9, 2018 at The Maples Living Center in Springdale, Arkansas.
Coleta was born on August 1, 1936 in Colcord, Oklahoma to Riley and Willa Bayless. She enjoyed watching NASCAR racing, learning information about her genealogy, growing tomato plants, drinking black and thick coffee, baking her famous cathead biscuits, snacking on crackers and...
Artie Frances Spears
Dec 28, 2017
Artie Frances Spears, 96, of Springdale, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at the Circle of Life Hospice Home in Springdale, Arkansas.
Artie was born April 2, 1921 in Red Star, Arkansas to Jack and Nettie Bohannon. She married Arthur Spears on April 3, 1938 and shared a beautiful life with him. Artie enjoyed being a homemaker for...
Avis "Skeet" Hand
Dec 27, 2017
Avis “Skeet” Hand, 89, of Springdale, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at her residence.
Skeet was born on June 9, 1928 in Lacona, Iowa, a daughter of Alfred E. Butler and Avis L. Butler. She graduated from Fort Madison, Iowa high school in 1945 and attended Drake University for two years before marriage. She married Richard L....
Darrell Joseph Fisher
Dec 16, 2017
Darrell Joseph Fisher, 83, of Springdale, Arkansas passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017. He was born on December 15, 1934 in Manhattan, Kansas, a son of the late Elmer Fisher and Mildred (O’Neal) Fisher. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and worked as a mechanic for Tyson for many years, he also loved animals.
Darrell...
Carolyn Sue Newton
Dec 14, 2017
Carolyn Sue Newton, 79, of Gentry, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.
Carolyn was born on October 4, 1938 in De Bastrop Township, Arkansas, a daughter of Andrew Compton and Lucille Whittington-Compton. She married Harold Newton in Miami, Oklahoma on August 19, 1977. Carolyn enjoyed babysitting her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, being artistic...
Anna Nicole Gadison
Dec 13, 2017
On December 13, 2017, Anna Nicole Gadison (fondly referred to as “Anna Banana”), another one of God’s angels, was called home to be with the Lord! She resided with her family in Springdale, Arkansas with her mother, Helena L. Wilson-Gadison, and brother, Jonathan A. Gadison. She was born January 13, 1998 in Columbus, Ohio to Tony and Helena Gadison. Anna...
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