Pulaski County

MAC JOHN CARDER SR., died Friday morning July 28, 2017 in his Little Rock home with his wife of 67 years by his side. He was born on Oct. 31, 1923 in Prattsville, Ark., to Uriah Jackson Carder and Bertha Zenobia Keedy Carder.

In 1942 he joined the United States Navy at the age of 17 years to serve his country in World War II with his two older brothers. He served in the battle to reclaim Attu, also known as the “Forgotten Battle.” On his discharge in 1945 he returned to the Prattsville family farm. Mr. Carder then ran for Grant County Tax Assessor. He proceeded to “politic” all over Grant County in a 1930 Model “A” with no brakes. He had to put the car in reverse to make a stop. He went to all-day gatherings over the entire county, politicking, eating, even gave a speech for an absent opponent one time and did about everything but singing for a vote. He lost the election by 31 votes to a barber 20 years his elder. A very important occurrence came from his first unsuccessful political race; he met the love of his life, Helen Crouse of Sheridan, Ark. As he was campaigning for a vote from her father, he gave her a pat on the head. She was 21 years old and he was 27 years old when they married on Feb. 17, 1950. Just in time for her first vote.

The Grant County political career continued. He was elected to Grant County Assessor in 1950 and 1952, Grant County Treasurer in 1954 and 1956 and Grant County Clerk in 1958 and 1960. In 1962 he lost the County Clerk election. By this point in his life he had established a family of four, one daughter, Joan Elizabeth and a son Mac John Carder Jr.

In 1963 he moved his family to Fordyce, Dallas County, Ark. He worked as Arkla Gas Company Manager until May 1973. In 1973 he formed the Mid-Ark Construction Company. This was an unsuccessful venture that ended in 1975. In 1975 he became an investigator for the Alcoholic Beverage Control. In 1979, then Governor Bill Clinton appointed him to Administrator of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He was again reappointed to this position by then Governor Frank White; he served in this position until 1981 and resigned to take the position as Executive Director of the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Arkansas, where he served until 2007. He was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church in Little Rock.

He was a dedicated and loving husband, father and grandfather. He was an enthusiastic fan of horse-racing.. He was an avid deer hunter and was “Captain” of the Carder Hunting Club in Cleveland County. He enjoyed his life to the fullest and took great pleasure in his grandsons. He provided sage wisdom and encouraged them to fulfill their dreams and hold no boundaries in life.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and his brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife Helen Crouse Carder, his daughter Joan, his son Mac (Brandy), his grandsons John and Jackson, numerous nieces and nephews, dear friends and extended family.

Visitation will be held Tuesday evening August 1, 2017 at the Roller Chenal Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. A memorial in celebration of life will be held at the Roller Chenal Funeral Home on Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017 at 2 p.m.

Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the Heifer Project International, Heifer USA, Grass Roots Farmers Cooperative (GRFC) and New South Produce Cooperative.

Online guestbook at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.

–––––❖––––– PATRICK WILLIAM O’MALLEY SR. died Saturday, July 29, 2017 after a short illness. Pat was born March 1, 1931 in Springfield, Mo., to Bernard W. “Brog” O’Malley and Freda Wilson O’Malley. He moved to Little Rock in 1941, where he attended East Side Junior High and graduated from Catholic High School in 1949. He attended Ole Miss for two years, before transferring to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and graduated in 1953.

After graduation, Pat went to work at General Motors Acceptance Corporation, where he remained employed for the next 41 years, with another 10 years at Nuvell Financial Services after a brief retirement. In 1956, he married Mona Emmerling O’Malley, beginning a partnership of best friends that would last 54 years until her death in 2011. In the ensuing years their marriage produced four children, 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, with a second due in October.

Pat was beloved by many friends and co-workers over the years, but his family was the centerpiece of his life, and he was first and foremost a loved and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He had a life-long passion for cars, as well as the men and women of Arkansas who sold and financed them. He was also afflicted with that particular form of masochism known to Arkansans, Razorback fandom. In later life he became adept at maintaining a high degree of optimism regarding their prospects in spite of all evidence to the contrary.

Pat was preceded in death by his wife Mona; parents, Freda and Brog; brother, Bernard Wilson “Barney” O’Malley, and sister, Patricia “Patsy” O’Malley. He is survived by four children: Mary O’Malley Borg (Rody); Kathleen O’Malley Bunder (Peter); Patrick William O’Malley Jr. (Carolyn), and Michael Bernard O’Malley (Leslie); 10 grandchildren: Rebecca, Kellie, and Christina Borg, Molly Bunder, Emily Bunder Gilhooly (Matt), Patrick William III and Elizabeth O’Malley, and Helen, Katie, and Wilson O’Malley; and one great-grandchild, Kadin Borg.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Little Rock, with inurnment to follow at at 12:30 p.m. at the columbarium of Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church in Little Rock. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Catholic High School Foundation. To sign the online guestbook, go to www. griffinleggetthealeyroth.com.