Obituaries

Pulaski County

ELIZABETH ANN BOBBITT, 57, originally of Dermott, Ark., passed away in her home in Roland, Ark., on Saturday, July 29, 2017. She was born on January 30, 1960, to the late Geneva Griffin Bobbitt and Clayton Bobbitt, and had one brother, Alvin Dean, who also preceded her in death.

Elizabeth was smart and funny and was rarely seen without a smile. She worked for the Pulaski County Special School District for the last 24 years, most recently in a position that fit her perfectly — as the manager of the IT Department’s Help Desk — where she was gracious, patient and helpful to the dozens of employees who called daily with computer and other related questions. Her work area, as was her home, was adorned year-round with a Halloween wreath and other decorations for her favorite holiday.

Elizabeth, who graduated high school from Bellaire Academy in Dermott, Ark., obtained Bachelor’s Degrees in Biology/ English and Computer Science/ Business Administration from the University of Arkansas at Monticello that led to a successful career. In addition to PCSSD, she worked for NCR Corp. as a systems engineer and for the State of Arkansas Department of Human Services and UAMS as a systems analyst.

Elizabeth was an outstanding baker, and often treated friends and family with dozens of amazing treats after a busy weekend in her kitchen. She adored her two bulldogs — Tucker and Jada, who were her beloved, constant companions. Her love of animals included horses — especially her own two, Sonny and Toy.

Elizabeth had a flair for style and fashion, especially shoes.

Her collection of hundreds included those with fluffy pompoms and tall heels that would topple any other woman.

A memorial service will be held Friday, August 4, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home, 13801 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, Ark. 72211.

–––––❖––––– LUCY ANN ENLOE, 27, of North Little Rock, passed away, July 30, 2017. She was born, August 30, 1989 in Little Rock, Ark. She was the beloved daughter to Charles E. (Eddie) and Barbara Ann Resimont Enloe.

She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Zeta Resimont and grandfather, Bill Resimont. She is survived by her parents; sister, Angela Enloe; brother, Kyle Enloe; grandmother, Hazel Sheets; aunts and uncles; Bill, Debbie, and Bert Resimont, Diana Atkinson, Brenda Warford, Elbert Enloe and Rose Easter along with a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Others that are left to cherish her memory are Lucy’s twisted sisters, Abby, Robin, Baylee and Natalie; the love of her life, Zac Varnell; her beloved dogs, Max and Ruby; and countless friends and acquaintances.

In addition to inspiring everyone she met, Lucy’s legacy of love lives on because she was able to be an organ, tissue and eye donor. She donated eight organs to save the lives of five different people, and she will heal countless more through tissue and eye donation. Lucy made it her goal in life to improve the lives of others, and even now she continues to show her compassion to others. To honor her spirit of generosity and compassion, please consider registering yourself to be a donor and save lives as Lucy did by visiting www.donatelifearkansas.org.

A memorial service will be held, 10 a.m., Saturday, August 5, 2017 at The Church at Rock Creek, 11500 West 36th Street, Little Rock, Ark. 72211. Memorials can be made to Lucy’s Go Fund Me page: https://www. gofundme.com/celebration-services-of-lucy-enloe. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.

–––––❖––––– ALBERT JEFFERSON “AJ” HANSON JR. passed away on August 2, 2017, following a sudden illness. AJ was born to Albert, Sr. and Lola Phillips Hanson on October 11, 1930, in Little Rock, Ark. He graduated in 1948 from NLRHS and remained an active participant with the high school alumni. Later, as an Army Serviceman, AJ proudly and honorably served his country during the Korean Conflict.

Upon discharge from the military, AJ began a career in the automotive industry with Fisher Auto Body in Michigan. However, the pull of the railroad brought him and his family back to Arkansas where he began a long career, first with the Missouri Pacific, then, in 1971, with The Alaska Railroad. While with the Missouri Pacific, AJ served as an assistant chairman and local chairman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge #304. AJ retired from The Alaska Railroad in 1977. While employed with the State of Alaska as an arbitration and labor relations administrator, he was a key member of the transition team transferring the federally owned railroad to the new state-owned system. Later, as the personnel officer for the Department of Environmental Conservation, he was responsible for coordinating efforts with Exxon to facilitate the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He retired from the State of Alaska in 1990.

In 1989, AJ was appointed as a senior arbitrator by the Council of Better Business Bureau’s National Consumer Arbitration Program, and he participated in numerous cases and decisions. Since returning to NLR, AJ continued his public service, and volunteered at the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center, and has helped many other veterans.

He was a member of Big Rock Masonic Lodge #633 of NLR, and both a charter member and founding member of the Al Aska Shrine Temple and the Polar Court 182 ROJ in Anchorage, Alaska. He was awarded the Knights Commander of the Court Honor Award by the Alaska Scottish Rite, and went on to receive the Inspectors General Honorary 33rd Degree by the Valley of Little Rock Consistory.

During his earlier years, AJ was an expert marksman with the Arkansas High Power Rifle Team, the Central Arkansas Gun Club and the Arkansas Rifle and Pistol Association. He was a lifetime member of organizations such as the DAV, NRA, American Legion and Elks. He was an avid reader of history and spy novels.

AJ was preceded in death by his third wife, Joan Crawford Whisenhunt-Hanson; second wife, Pat Pegrim (Hanson); first wife, Lois Carter (Hanson); daughter, Leslie Hanson Simpson (Steve); sister, Dorothy Wood Jackson (Carl); half-brother, Thomas Wood. He is survived by sons, Steve (Deanna), Colorado; David, Tennessee; daughter, Patty, Nevada; step-daughter, Karen Yarmack (Hanson) Furbush, Wash.; half-brother, Jess Wood (Bette), Little Rock; sister, Betty (BJ) Hoover, NLR; stepsons, John Whisenhunt (Anna),

Michigan, Mark Whisenhunt, Texas, and James Whisenhunt, Texas. AJ had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 8 at the First United Methodist Church in North Little Rock, followed by a service at 11:30 a.m. conducted by Reverend Steve Simpson. Interment will follow at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock.

As a young trainman on the Missouri Pacific, AJ would signal to his family that he was home by blowing the train whistle as he passed through Levy. If you’re quiet, you can once again hear the whistle blowing.

He’s home. In lieu of flowers, AJ has requested that donations be made to Rite Care, The Scottish Rite Foundation, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, or the First United Methodist Church.

Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., (501) 224-2200. AJ’s online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– Dr. TISH HENSLEE, a teacher educator who was a pioneer champion of kindergartens and universal early-childhood education, died August 1, 2017. Dr. Henslee, a professor of education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, took her students-future teachers to the state capital to lobby for kindergartens when the state amended the constitution to let public schools operate them and when the legislature finally appropriated the first funds for kindergartens in 1973 under Governor Dale Bumpers.

Her research in early-childhood learning and her passion for the cause led her down new paths to raise the skills and achievements of preschoolers, especially the disadvantaged whose home lives left them poorly equipped to learn in school. In 1986, she and her husband, lawyer, William E. Henslee, began a five thousand watt commercial radio station, K-PAL, the only station in America with programming directed all together at children. She was the program director. K-PAL and another station they started in Orlando, Fla., that she hoped would become the prototype for a national network of children’s educational stations won numerous national awards, four of them in 1987, including the George Foster Peabody Award for overall programming and the Crystal Award for community service from the National Association for Broadcasting, Parents’ Choice a review of children’s media and Act Award celebrating an achievement in children’s TV & radio.

She retired in 2003 as professor emeritus of Education at UALR after training teachers for 36 years. Katherine Letitia Smith (“Tish”) was born December 20, 1934 in Prescott, the daughter of the late, James Walter Smith and Nina Brunson Smith and stepmother, Martha Brunson. The family moved to Chicago two months later when her father’s employer transferred him there, but after five years they returned to the town of Okay (Howard County), where her father ran a general store and being an engineer designed and built dry kilns in this Country and Mexico. Her mother died the next year. The family moved from Okay and it’s three-room school to Hope when she was in the eighth grade so she could go

to a bigger high school.

She attended Wilson College for Women at Chambersburg, Pa., for a year and Perdue University at West Lafayette, Ind., for a year and then dropped out of school, got married, had a child and was divorced. She returned to Arkansas and received a degree in 1961 from Henderson State Teachers College (now Henderson State University) at Arkadelphia. She taught first grade for a year in the town of Bradley (Lafayette County) and moved to Fayetteville, where she taught elementary school and worked on her masters degree in education at the University of Arkansas. She received a masters degree and a doctorate in education at the university.

She joined the education faculty at UALR in 1966, but soon quit and went to work in the new War on Poverty, where she worked briefly with adults instead of children. She joined the new Head Start program, one tangent of the War on Poverty, working with Cherokee Indians and low-income children in Mississippi and Louisiana. She worked randomly as a research associate at the Stanford University Research Institute at Menlo Park, Calif., director of research projects for better schools in Philadelphia and program-development specialist for the South Central Regional Educational Laboratory at Little Rock. She rejoined the faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1971.

Over the next 36 years, she pioneered many programs at UALR and in the state. She was the founder and director of the University Children’s Center, director of the Title XX Child Care Training Program and served by appointment of Governors David Pryor and Bill Clinton to state boards on gifted and talented education and early childhood education.

Dr. Henslee headed a task force in 1997 that reformed the state’s teacher-licensing program. When the state Board of Education adopted the changes, Henslee explained that ” we’re looking at what teachers know and can do,” not merely whether they passed four years of college.

In 1966, she was elected president of the 356-member UALR Assembly, the faculty legislative body. She was the first woman to head the assembly.

In September 1988 she was profiled by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette as their Sunday High Profile person. It could be said that her love of flowers and gardening were only matched by her love of camping in this state and many parts of our Country plus a special six weeks in a VW camper (the Brown Betty) in Canada.

Her forays into radio, which were comingled with her teaching, arose from having been reared in rural community. Radio was all they had and as a child she consumed the programming. As an educator she realized that radio made children better and inquisitive listeners, which made them better learners in the classroom. The K-PAL programming included three story periods a day, poetry, tongue twisters, food talk and music, all directed by Henslee. Children telephoned in to talk to the stations’ stars.

A Florida magazine that profiled the diminutive educator and her work at the Orlando children’s station in 1988 began this way: “There is a faint aura of elfin magic about Tish Henslee. Oversize maroon glasses (with bifocal lens) don’t disguise eyes that sparkle with the mischief of a sprite passing herself off as an adult.”

At 55, she looks like someone the typical eight year old would take to in an instant. Her world is populated by people named Sam ‘n’ Eggs, Sunshine Suzy and Jungle John, her mind is filled with dragons, trolls and songs about melting ice cream and elephants. A kid would be right at home, which is the idea.

“Henslee lives in a kid’s world, of her own creation. She’s much of the imagination behind the Imagination Station, a radio network devoted strictly to kids under 12, headquartered in a former optometrist’s office in Orlando.”

She is survived by her husband, William E. Henslee of Little Rock; a son, David Kelly Jones of Sheridan and his wife, Sharon; grandsons, James Alton Jones and Christopher Andrew Jones; cousins, Judie Boerger and her husband, Lynn of Virginia Beach, Va., and cousin, Ned Smith of Philipsburg, Pa.; sisterin-law, Carolyn McGeorge Henslee; nieces, Lou Henslee Bell and her husband (Roy), Julia Henslee Garcia (Randy), Susan Henslee McGowan (Bob), Donna Henslee and Donna Thomas. She is predeceased by her brother-in-law, Joel Treadwell Henslee, and an aunt, Ruth Brunson.

A gathering, remembering and toasting will be Monday, August 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 W. Markham St, Little Rock, Ark. 72205. Memorials may be made to Food For Kids Program at Arkansas Food Bank, 4301 W. 65th St. Little Rock, Ark. 72209. Arrangements under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home. www. ruebelfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– JOHN W. KING, 77, of North Little Rock, passed away August 1, 2017. He was born June 29, 1940, in Ashport, Tennessee, to Ashley & Ruth King. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Anna V. King. John retired from TWA after 29 years. He was a volunteer with Missions: AR Church in a Day, Kosovo, Germany, Matamoros, Romania, and AR Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief since 1991.

He is also survived by four children, John King, Alyce Petty, Mike King, and Judi Cornell; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four step-daughters, Diana Hulsey, Gloria Slatten, Belinda Capozzi, and Anna “Terri” Fernandez; six step-grandchildren; one step great-grandchild; two brothers; one sister; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and a multitude of other family and friends.

Memorial service will be held at Grace Baptist Church, 408 Walkers Corner Rd., Scott, Ark. 72142, on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. An online guestbook is available at www. griffinleggettresthills.com.

–––––❖––––– STEVEN LAVON “GUPP” McPHERSON, 43, of North Little Rock, passed Thursday, July 27, 2017. He leaves to cherish his memory: mother, Shirley McPherson; two daughters, Kimberly McPherson and Jasmine McPherson; one brother, Antwain Dednam; four grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. at Hardy Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends today from 7:15-8:15 p.m. at the funeral home. Personal and Professional services entrusted to Hardy Funeral Home, 5300 West 12th Street, Little Rock (501) 372-4129. To sign the online guestbook please visit www. hardyfuneralhomeinc.com. “We Care, When Caring Counts.”

–––––❖––––– NEDDIE JEAN NICHOLS, 64, of Little Rock, Arkansas, transitioned on August 2, 2017. She was preceded in death by mother, Queen Ganaway; father, Ned Ganaway. Neddie worked for the Little Rock School District Transportation for 32 years. She was also an Union Representative for the Little Rock Education Association and was involved in this Association for over 25 years.

She leaves memories with: husband, Quinon “Bo” Nichols Jr.; children, Anthony Nichols, Richard Nichols II and Yolanda Summons; siblings, Charles Simmons, Floyd Richardson and Wanda Ellis, Alice Floyd, Theretha Jackson, Michael Williams and Bettie Dansberry; grandchildren, Eric and Erica Nichols; and a host of nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.

Family Hour: Friday, 6-7 p.m. at Robinson Mortuary Little Rock. Service: Saturday, 11 a.m. at Antioch FGBC, 3824 Antioch Blvd., LR. Elder Johnny Smith, officiating; Anthony Nichols, Eulogist. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary, 1201 Dr. MLK Jr. Drive, Little Rock. (501) 371-0111. “A Service You Can Trust.”

–––––❖––––– GEORGIA ANN McCOY SELLS, 80, died August 2, 2017, at Parkway Village Health Center in Little Rock, with family by her side. She was the daughter of Isaac (Ike) McCoy and Wanda Willhoite, born in 1936 in Pauls Valley, Okla. At the age of ten when her father returned from WWII, her family moved to the San Francisco Bay area in Richmond, Calif., where she lived for the next ten years making lifelong friends she enjoyed visiting and traveling with the rest of her days.

She met and married her love Robert (Bob) Sells following a six-month whirlwind courtship in 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas. They enjoyed a lifelong covenant of love, celebrating 60 years of marriage in June. They moved to Little Rock in 1961 and would make Arkansas their forever home, where they raised their two children, Stacy and Mike.

As a young mother, Georgia threw her energies into every aspect of Stacy and Mike’s lives. From Classroom Mom and Scout Leader to PTA President and chief baseball enthusiast, she was present and involved with every part of her children’s lives. She was also very active with the Democratic Party of Arkansas, twice serving as a delegate to the state convention.

As her children grew older, she returned to her previous profession as an executive secretary, supporting high-level executives with the United Methodist Conference, the Arkansas State Senate and the Arkansas Department of Education.

In 1976, she transferred her passion for working hard and doing things the right way to the real estate profession where her personable nature and desire to help others resulted in immediate and long-lasting success. She began her real estate career at McKay and Company and retired from the profession while with the Janet Jones Company. Her designations, affiliations and awards included: Life Member Million Dollar Club, 20 years as her company’s top producer, 19-year recipient of the Sales and Marketing Excellence Award (SMEA), Executive Broker, Certified Residential Realtor (CRS/ Top 5% in the country) and was voted “Best Realtor” by Arkansas Times readers in 1996.

Georgia had an unwavering faith in God. A lifelong Methodist, Georgia joined Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church when she and Bob moved to Little Rock. She was very involved with her church and assisted with countless special events and fundraisers. A devoted member of the Dietz Dialogue class, Georgia also served on the Board of Stewards, Staff Parish Relations Committee, as a United Methodist Youth Counselor, Sunday School Teacher with the young children’s program, Christ Care Leader, Energizer Choir, a volunteer with the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and selected as a Lay Leader with the United Methodist Conference. Georgia was an instrumental force and spent a year providing leadership to establish the Children’s Learning Center – providing a high-quality preschool and after-school program for children.

But her favorite roles in life were as a devoted wife, mother, sister, and friend. It was her role as “Nanny” to her and Bob’s four granddaughters that brought special love and joy to her life. She spent years providing their granddaughters with unyielding love and support, celebrating every achievement and performance, planning summer and spring break trips, hosting friends for pool parties and legendary Easter egg hunts, driving carpools in the “Nan Van” and so much more. As her granddaughters describe it, she was the backbone of a long lineage of strong Sells women.

Georgia was an excellent cook (winning a nation chicken cooking contest in the 1960’s) and enjoyed preparing meals for family and friends. She loved hosting festive holidays, family get-togethers and dinner parties – any chance to spend time with those she loved. It was her family and friends that brought her the most joy in life. Georgia is predeceased by her parents and her beloved husband Bob. She is survived by her children, Stacy (Tim Gauger) and Mike (Bari); her four granddaughters: Emily Sweeney (David), Allyson Pittman Gattin (Ryan), Olivia Abernathy (Jon), and Anna-Lee Pittman; great-grandchildren, Avery and Annie Abernathy and Owen Sweeney; her sisters Alice McCoy and Kay Flynn; her great-aunt, Ruth McCoy Crews,

a special cousin, Paula Crews Callaway (Jim); a host of nieces and nephews and many special family and friends.

The family would like to thank the special caretakers from Parkway Village and Baptist Health Hospice who took care of both Bob and Georgia in their final year.

Friends and family are invited to a celebration of life service Monday, August 7, at 2 p.m. at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church with a reception to follow. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome. com.

Memorial contributions can be made to the St. Luke Learning Center for Children, c/o PHUMC, 4823 Woodlawn Drive, Little Rock, Ark. 72205; or to the Robert K. Sells Scholarship in Journalism Fund, c/o Missouri School of Journalism, 103 Neff Hall, Columbia, Mo. 65211.

–––––❖––––– JIM R. TRAMMELL, 81, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, received his address change notification on August 2, 2017. He was born on May 26, 1936, in Oak Grove, Arkansas, to the late Levi and Azilee Trammell. He was an usher and greeter at First Pentecostal Church, loved by all and will be remembered for his handshakes and hugs. Jim was a self-educated jack of all trades. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, who loved the outdoors. He was happiest when he was surrounded by his friends and family.

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Yvonna Trammell; children, Sandra Mills (Harold), Karen Gibson (David), Ronnie Dollar (Tommie Lynn), Kristi Harris (Frank), Kathi Howard (Tim), Jay Dollar (Faith), Kelli Trammell, Terry Dollar (Amber), Kerri Heagwood (Levoyed), Melissa Dettlinger (Mark); numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; siblings, Donald Trammell (Janetta), Larry Trammell (Linda), Clinton Trammell (Sharon); hunting buddies, Dewey Conclin and Mike Holmes; and numerous extended family. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Gaylia Bahr Trammell; siblings, J.D. Trammell (Geneva), Carl Trammell (Helen), Betty Chitman (Louis), Alma Martin (Charles), Callie Louise Trammell, Ulis Trammell, Guy Trammell, Charles Trammell (Maxine), Wanda Woody, and Glenn Trammell.

Memorials may be made to First Pentecostal Church. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2017, at SmithNorth Little Rock Funeral Home, 1921 Main Street. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the First Pentecostal Church, 1401 Calvary Rd., North Little Rock. Pastors Joel and Nathan Holmes will be officiating. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. at Big Springs Cemetery. Online obituary at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.

–––––❖––––– KATHERINE MEDLOCK WYATT, 40, of Little Rock, passed Wednesday, July 26, 2017. She leaves to cherish her memory: husband, James Wyatt; parents, Elder David and Evangelist Bertha Medlock; children, Joshua Wyatt and Matthew Wyatt; siblings, Alvin Farmer, Shawn Medlock, Anthony Medlock, Denise Long (Jeff), Nita Medlock, Karen Medlock, Willete (Pam) Owens; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. at Hardy Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends today from 6-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Personal and Professional services entrusted to Hardy Funeral Home, 5300 West 12th Street, Little Rock (501) 372-4129. To sign the online guestbook please visit www. hardyfuneralhomeinc.com. “We Care, When Caring Counts.”

Arkansas

BRADFORD — Carolyn Sue Stewart, 66, passed away August 2, 2017, at her home in Bradford. Visitation will be Friday, August 4 from 6-9 p.m. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m., both at Powell Funeral Home Chapel, with interment to follow at Prince Cemetery. Arrangements by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob – Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.

–––––❖––––– CLINTON — Dean Hall, 77, of Clinton passed away Aug. 2, 2017, after a long and courageous battle against cancer. Dean was born Feb. 28, 1940, at Scotland (Van Buren County) to Filmore and Jewell Dean Hall.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Frances (Pat) Hall, son Ed Hall, daughter Deana Hall Williams, grandchildren, Amanda Hall, Dustin Hall, Kayla Hofherr-Wiley, Charlie Hofherr-Jones, Lauren Hofherr-Atkinson, and Brook Williams-Crow, and a number of wonderful great-grandchildren and brothers, Pete Hall and Lee Hall, sister, Carolyn Waddle, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Doyle and Doyne Hall, and sisters, Reba Mullins, Bobbie Reed, Wilda (Dot) Chance and Mada Mullins.

He was a graduate of Scotland High and received the school’s Alumni of the Year Award in 2016. After four years in the U. S. Army, including service in Korea, Dean worked 25 years in Europe, Asia, South America, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico as a crane operator with Brown and Root Marine of Houston, Texas, and had a perfect operator record under often difficult conditions. He then served 12 years as a crane operator for Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway. He and Pat also operated Dean Hall’s Grocery store in Scotland, Ark., for 11 years. Dean enjoyed his work and quail hunting, he really loved being a husband, father, grandfather and friend.

A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4th, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church in Scotland by Pastor Sheila Gardner. Interment will be at Foster Cemetery at Scotland for immediate family members. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to A Natural State Funeral Service, Jacksonville, Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church, 1496 Scotland Formosa Rd., Scotland, Ark. 72141. Online guestbook is available at www.anaturalstatefuneralservice.com.

–––––❖––––– CONWAY — Adrian L. Huff, 79, died August 2, 2017, in Conway. Visitation on August 4, from 6-8 p.m. at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway. Funeral on August 5 at 10:30 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Conway. Online guestbook and full obituary available at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/conway.

–––––❖––––– De QUEEN — Lottie Bishop Overton, age 100, a resident of De Queen, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017, in De Queen. Graveside will be Saturday, August 5, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Park under the direction of the Beasley Wood Funeral Home of Mena.

–––––❖––––– DeWITT — Willene Watts Henderson, 94, died July 25, 2017. She was born January 23, 1923, near DeWitt to Hallie and Hattie Henderson. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church and retired as a bookkeeper for Blue Seal Petroleum.

Willene was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe Watts; three brothers, Doyle, Hersel, and Billy Henderson; and two sisters, Gladys Kennedy and Geneva Kittler. She is survived by her son, Jerry Stephens and his wife Lillian; sister-in-law, Sue Henderson Coit; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 5 at Eastside Baptist Church with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens by Essex Funeral Home.

–––––❖––––– HOPE — Funeral for Bill Martin, 85, Saturday, August 5, 2017, 2 p.m., Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry T. Crane and Bro. Charles Jones officiating. Burial, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Hope. Visitation, Friday, August 4, 2017, 6 to 8 p.m., Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home. Arrangements, Brazzel/Oakcrest The Funeral Home, Eddie Brazzel, Director. Complete obituary: www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com.

–––––❖––––– HUFF — Millie Canard, 84, of Huff died Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Funeral services will be Friday, August 4, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the Swaim’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church located at Huff. Burial will follow in the Kyler Cemetery located at Southside with arrangements by Qualls Batesville Funeral Service of Batesville.

–––––❖––––– MALVERN — Leon Malone, 87, of Malvern, passed August 2, 2017. Visitation August 5, 2017, 6-8 p.m. at Regency Funeral Home. Funeral Service August 6, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Regency Funeral Home. Burial at Ouachita Cemetery. Arrangements by Regency Funeral Home. You may sign the guest book regencyfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– MONTICELLO — Zelda Ruth Lassiter Cooper, 92, of Monticello, died Tuesday. Graveside services are 4 p.m. Sunday at Memoryland Memorial Park Cemetery in Greenville, Texas. Memorials may be sent to: Hospice Home Care, 990 Hwy. 425, Monticello, Ark. 71655. Arrangements by Roselawn Funeral Service and Crematory in Pine Bluff. Online guestbook at www. griffinfuneralservice.net.

–––––❖––––– MONTICELLO — Maggie Delphia Luper, age 94, of Monticello, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Belle View Rehab and Nursing Facility in Monticello. Graveside service will be Saturday, August 5 at 10:30 a.m. at Oakland Cemetery with Randy Luper officiating. Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home. Online guestbook www. stephensondearman.com.

–––––❖––––– MORO — Irene Marie Rutledge Herron, 87, of Moro, Arkansas passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017. She was born Sunday, December 8, 1929 to Arthur Rutledge and Juanda McBride Rutledge in Boles, Arkansas.

She is survived by one son, David Herron (Cindy), of Marianna, Arkansas; one daughter, Pansy Burns, of Moro, Arkansas; 14 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, four sisters, Dorothy Theime, Joann Bryan, Mary Vincent, Arveta Schlieve, three brothers, Doug Rutledge, Ronald Rutledge, and Larry Rutledge. Irene was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jesse D. Herron, two sons, Orbin Herron, Jerry Herron, one daughter, Wanda Burton, two sisters, Lorene Mitchell, Linda Thigpen, and four brothers, Edward Rutledge, Bill Rutledge, Ken Rutledge, and Earl Rutledge.

She was famous for her fried pies and candies. Memorials can be made to Wall Chapel Church, 4851 Hwy. 121 North, Moro, Arkansas, 72368.

Visitation will be held Friday, August 4, 2017 from 6-8 p.m. at Wall Chapel Church in Moro, Arkansas. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Family and friends may view and sign online guestbook www.rollerfuneral homes.com/ Marianna.

–––––❖––––– MOUNTAIN HOME — Barry Douglas Shafer, 65, of Mountain Home passed away July 21, 2017. A memorial service will be 11 a.m., August 5, 2017 at The Church at Mountain Home, 684 Green Valley Drive. The arrangements are under the direction of Conner Family Funeral Home & Cremation Center. www.connerfamilyfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– PINE BLUFF — Sandra Dees Breshears, a longtime resident of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, August 1, 2017 in Little Rock after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was 82.

Sandra was born June 1, 1935, in Pocahontas, the third of six children born to Ben Woodall Dees and Marcia Collier Dees. She grew up in Little Rock and graduated from Little Rock (Central) High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader. She attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She also earned a Master’s in Education from Oklahoma State University.

Sandra was beloved by multiple generations of family and friends. She made her home in Pine Bluff after marrying Dr. David Eldon Breshears on September 8, 1956. Dr. Breshears, a veterinarian who maintained a private practice in Pine Bluff for nearly 50 years, died in 2009.

Sandra was a past president of the Junior League of Pine Bluff and served twice as president of Chapter AU of PEO. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pine Bluff, where she served as a Deacon, Sunday School teacher, and President of the Women of the Church.

She taught school in the Pine Bluff area for several years and, after raising her children, returned to the workplace. She worked at Pickwick Bookstore for 20 years. Most recently, she worked as the finance manager at Neighbor to Neighbor for 11 years until illness forced her to retire in 2016.

With her late husband, Sandra was active in the ownership of thoroughbred race horses, including stakes winners Dr.’s Enjoy Dollars and Bold Kabota. She loved spending time fishing at the Breshears Farm in Wabbaseka and was an avid reader.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her first-born son, David Eldon Breshears Jr. She is survived by two sons, Hunter Dees Breshears (Virginia) of Bentonville and Stanley Broek Breshears (Erika) of Rogers; four sisters, Nodya Lambert of Little Rock, Fredonia Witherspoon (Gayland) of Conway, Mozella Flucht (Elmer) of Maumelle, and Jane Lovett Holt (Jack) of Little Rock; and a brother, David Dees (Sherri) of Crystal Lake, Ill. Survivors also include twelve grandchildren: Drake Breshears and Ashton Breshears, both of Rogers, Ark, Victoria Breshears of El Paso, Texas, Elizabeth Breshears Schlosser (Drew) of Stillwater, Okla., Houston David Breshears of Denver, Colo., Benjamin Breshears, William Breshears, and Juliana Breshears, all of Ames, Iowa, Mary Raines Scriber of Fulton, Mo.; Taylor Scriber of Appleton, Wis.; Hastings Scriber and Patricia Scriber of Bentonville, Ark. Other survivors include cousins Melinda Frew of Houston, Texas, and John Frew of Wright City, Missouri, both formerly of Pine Bluff; and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a sincere thank you for the love and support of dear friends, Ann Benton Pugh, Susan Grygiel and Taylor Phillips. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, August 12, at the First Presbyterian Church of Pine Bluff with the Rev. Susan Matthews Arnold officiating. The family will receive visitors in McColgan Hall following the service. Burial will be private by Ralph Robinson & Son.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, 717 West 32nd Pine Bluff, Ark. 71603, Neighbor to Neighbor, 1419 S. Pine Bluff, Ark. 71603 or the Jefferson County Humane Society, P.O. Box 2233, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71613. Online register: www.ralphrobinsonandson.com.

–––––❖––––– PINE BLUFF — Mrs. Earma Lee Mooney, 90, of Pine Bluff passed Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, August 5, 2017 at St. James UMC by Rev. Brother Brent Mooney. Interment will be in Antioch Cemetery in Sherrill, Ark. by Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff, Ark. www.brownfuneralhomeandmortuary.com.

–––––❖––––– PINE BLUFF — Mrs. Clover L. Winston, 91, of Pine Bluff, Ark. passed Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, August 5, 2017, at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church, by Rev. Derick Easter. Interment will be in St. Hurricane Cemetery by Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.

–––––❖––––– PRESCOTT — Funeral for Claudie White, 99, 2 p.m., Saturday, August 5, 2017, Mount Moriah Church, Rosston with Rev. Jerry G. Westmoreland and Bro. Joe Brown officiating. Burial, Mount Moriah Cemetery. Visitation, Friday, August 4, 2017 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Brazzel/Cornish The Funeral Home. Arrangements, Brazzel/Cornish The Funeral Home. Complete obituary: www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com.

–––––❖––––– RUSSELLVILLE — Donna Crocker, 80, of Russellville, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Russellville. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, August 7, 2017, at Humphrey Chapel. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville by Humphrey Funeral Service.

–––––❖––––– WARREN — Bertia Mae Lassiter, age 78, of Warren, Ark., died Wednesday, August 2, at her home. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Friday, August 4, at Oakland Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home. Visitation: 1 p.m. until service time Friday, August 4, at Frazer’s. Online guest register www.frazerfuneralhome.com.

Out-of-state

MEDELLIN, Colombia — Daniel Barton Pritchett, (72), died July 22, 2017, after a brief illness in Medellin, Colombia, South America, where he lived.

He is survived by his wife, Maria, a step daughter, Paola, of Aventura, Fla.; a sister, Jane Collins (Rob) of Maben, Miss.; four nephews: Hugh Kinley of Tulsa, Okla.; Raymond Pritchett III (Beth) of Delmar, N.Y.; Johnathan Pritchett (Misty) of Evansville, Ind.; and Gary Pritchett (Whitney) of Paragould, Ark.; four great-nieces and five great-nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, Raymond and Martha Barton Pritchett (Lepanto, Ark.), a brother, Raymond Pritchett Jr. (Maumelle), and a nephew, John Barton Kinley (Beebe, Ark.).

Dan grew up in Lepanto, Ark.,

joined the Methodist Church, attended Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tenn., for two years, graduated from Lepanto High School in 1962, attended Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., for two years, graduated from U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, joined the Marine Reserve after college, worked in investments in California, and retired to Colombia where he met his wife, Maria. Dan will be greatly missed by his family and many friends, all of whom he loved dearly.

The will be no visitation. Graveside service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Potter Memorial Cemetery in Lepanto, Arkansas. Everyone will meet at the cemetery. Murphy Funeral Home in Lepanto in charge of arrangements.

–––––❖––––– OKLAHOMA CITY — Lois Marie Jones, 93, died July 31, 2017. She was born Oct. 26, 1923, in Neodesha, Kan., to Jesse and Dola Moore. Her favorite hobbies as a child were reading and riding her horse. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved cooking for the family, playing golf and dancing with her lifetime mate, Don.

She is survived by her son, Garry Jones, and his wife, Sue; daughter, Donna Rinehart-Keever, and her husband, Larry Keever; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, August 7, at New Hope United Methodist Church (11600 N. Council Road) with Corbett Funeral Services assisting. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Donald L. and Lois Jones Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Education Fund held at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, 1000 N. Broadway Ave., Oklahoma City, Okla. 73102.

–––––❖––––– DENTON, Texas — Ronnie G. Mullins (53) of Denton, Texas went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, after a lengthy illness. He was born December 30, 1963, in Conway, Arkansas, to Linda Stone Sparrow and the late Wilburn Eugene Mullins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Wilburn Mullins, and his sister, Teresa Worley. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Nancy Lyons Mullins of Denton, Texas; a son, Justin (Thalita) Mullins

of Dallas, Texas; mother, Linda (Ken) Sparrow of Conway, Arkansas; sisters, Barbara (Bruce) Keathley of Conway, Arkansas, Charlotte (Stan) Stewart of Guy, Arkansas, Michelle (Charlie) Miller of Douglasville, Georgia, and Mary (Brian) Berry of Hope, Arkansas; brother, Kenneth Tiger Sparrow Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee; brother-in-law, Larry Worley of Lewisville, Texas; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Ronnie was a blessing to his wife, son, parents, siblings, and extended family and will be greatly missed. He had a contagious laugh, was full of life, and love to tell a great story. As a young man, Ronnie and Nancy moved to Dallas where he started and ran his own electric company, Mullins Electric, for close to 25 years until his illness no longer allowed him to work. He was well respected and sought after by many clients in the area.

He was a member of Rosemeade Baptist Church in Carrollton, Texas. He and his wife Nancy were Sunday School teachers for first graders and Ronnie sang in the choir. Ronnie also coached his son Justin’s soccer and baseball teams. Ronnie will be recognized for his service as a member of the United States Army.

Family visitation will be Saturday, August 5, 2017, from 12 to 1 p.m. at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway, Arkansas. The funeral service will follow immediately in the chapel of the funeral home at 1 p.m. Burial immediately after services at Crestlawn Memorial Park, under the direction of the funeral home. Online guest book: www.rollerfuneralhomes. com/conway.