Out-of-state

SAN FRANCISCO — Rebecca (“Becky”) Lynn Forsyth Vinson of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Little

Rock and Hot Springs, Ark. passed gracefully in her sleep Wednesday, October 18, 2017.

She was born in Ward, Ark. on September

16, 1948. She was a loving mother to daughter Ashley Vinson Crawford (Scott), San Francisco, Calif., whom she shared with former spouse Gary Vinson of Batesville, Ark. , and “Granmumur” to Brooklyn Crawford, Calif. and Ethan Crawford, Utah. She was pre-deceased by her mother Freda Miller (Bill) and father Harold Forsyth (Juanita). Becky is survived by her sisters, Deborah Carroll (Martien) of Hot Springs, Ark. , and Melanie Miller of Little Rock, Ark.

Becky graduated from Little Rock Central High School in 1966 and continued her education at the University of Central Arkansas, where she received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English, and later a second Masters in Counseling at Henderson State University. She devoted her life to helping others. She was a teacher, a therapist, a school and community counselor, and a writer, among her many professions. She worked many years in therapy and counseling around Arkansas in private practice, the Arkansas school systems, and Community Counseling Services in Hot Springs.

Becky had two loves in her life — her daughter and the water. She spent many hours laughing, talking, and traveling with Ashley, and sitting on her deck on Lake Hamilton reading, writing, and enjoying the quiet. Becky had lessons for us all, but perhaps the best is one she wrote in a book for Ashley: “count the precious moments; soak up every drop of life, the painful and the pure; challenge your fears; find a way to your passion; and live in it like a bubble that floats on the breeze, so that when it bursts you will not mind because you’ve had your turn and it was grand!” We love her all the miles.

The family would like to thank all the doctors that helped during her diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia, a disease now affecting over 1.3 million people in the United States alone, as well as the staff and friends at The Plaza in Arkadelphia, and the professional staff, doctors and nurses and friends at Laguna Honda Rehabilitation Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., all of whom have been our angels over the last several years.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Brain Support Network, P.O. Box 7264, Menlo Park, Calif. 94026, brainsupportnetwork.org.

Visitation will be at the Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe, Ark. , from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, October 27, and the graveside funeral service will be at the Gum Springs Cemetery in Searcy, Ark. on Saturday, October 28 at 10 a.m. Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home. www.SmithFamilyCares. com.

–––––❖––––– ALBANY, Ga. — Mary Reed Wilson, 56, died October 20, at home. She leaves her husband, Claude T. Wilson of Albany, Georgia; a son, Casey T. Wilson of Albany, Georgia; ten sisters, Johnnie Reed, Dr. Beatrice Reed and Elvon Reed of Little Rock, Forrestine Witherspoon (Eddie) of Columbia,

South Carolina, Dorothy Edwards and Tommie Reed of Memphis, Tennessee, Faye

Reed of Helena, Arkansas, Janice Duvall (Michael) of Dallas, Texas, Rachel Reed of Bloomfield, Michigan and Gennora Willis (Chauncey) of Sacramento, California; two brothers, Dr. Hazell Reed of Pine Bluff and Rev. Elroy Reed of Chicago, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Anthony Funeral Home South Chapel, West Memphis; Services will be held on Saturday, October 28, 11 a.m. in Old St. Paul M.B. Church, West Memphis. Services Entrusted to Anthony Funeral Home, 135 S. 16th Street, West Memphis.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Taurus Lamont Grantham, 40, of St. Paul, Minn. passed away on October 18, 2017. Taurus was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas is survived by his mother, Sylvia Ward, father, Andrew Grantham, siblings, Laveda Leon, Theresa Williams, Willie Smith, Shawn Smith, Patrick Floyd, Jasmine Pree, Germany Pree, Brandon Pree, his son, Taurus Grantham Jr. and daughter, Cheyenne Grantham. Taurus is preceded in death by his grandparents, Jerelene and Theodore Ward. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on October 30, 2017 at Estes Funeral Home in Minneapolis, Minn. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Estes Funeral Home, 2210 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. 55411.

–––––❖––––– BLUFFTON, S.C. — Dr. Richard Dixon Worley passed away quietly in his sleep on

Sunday, October

22, 2017. He was

90 years old and had an extraordinary life. He was born on

Xmas Eve in

1926 and was the youngest of three brothers.

His mother Alice, father Harry and brothers, Bob, Harry Jr. have all passed away.

During WWII, he joined the Navy at 17½ years old and was thrown directly into the war theater, stationed around Okinawa. His ship shot down 4 Kamikazes before getting hit and Richard was thrown into the water twice. It was a very traumatic experience for a young boy.

After the war he married Joan Grier and they had two children, a girl, Sara and a boy, Richard Jr. Richard Senior was very driven to contribute and pushed himself to obtain excellence in everything he did. He got a masters in math in Chicago and a PHD in Nuclear Physics in Berkeley, where he became Dr. Richard Worley. He worked and studied under some very renowned developers of the Nuclear Bomb. He worked out of Lawrence Radiation Lab in California and would travel extensively to the Nevada Flats. He conducted Experimental research work that was placed around the Atom Bomb before planned underground explosions. There was an instance in which he had to actually hold up the bomb while an experiment was being set up!

He did this for years until a budget cut, when he moved to Amarillo, Texas, to work at Pantax in the development and manufacture of weapons. There wasn’t much he could share with his family because of the restricted nature of his work. However he did mention that one of his experiments was to devise a process to quickly incinerate radioactive waste underground.

He later went on to teach at the University of Tennessee for several years. He then retired and moved to Sun City, S.C., where his wife Joan died. It was then that he wrote his memoirs in a book called “The Heros of the Cold War”. Oh, he was so very proud of his book and began researching WW2 and the ships he was on. He became very involved in the running and restoration of St. Luke’s Church and it was here that he met his sec-

ond wife, Marlene. She passed away several years later from Alzheimer’s.

Richard always loved the ladies and soon became enamored with Carolyn, his next door neighbor. The two of them had a very comfortable friendship for several years until he was diagnosed with Dementia. Everything was still fine until he had an operation in June. That was his undoing. At 90, he just couldn’t recuperate and passed away four months later at NHC.

He was a busy man all his life, always chuckling/laughing and enjoyed his own jokes more than anyone else! He did have a wonderful sense of humor and an easy nature and wanted so much to contribute to the world. We can take comfort that he was blessed with such a wonderful, rewarding life. Not many people have the privilege of living so long and happy. He is survived by his daughter and son and two grandsons, Jeremy and Charlie, and three great-grandchildren, Julia, Evan and Aaron.

A graveside funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 29, 2017, at the columbarium of St. Luke’s Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 3080 Okatie Highway, Bluffton, S.C. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to St. Luke’s Missionary Hospice. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family.

–––––❖––––– KILGORE, Texas — Charlotte Yvonne (Bailey) Murry, 83, of Kilgore, Texas, formerly of Magnolia, Ark., passed away October 20,

2017. Visitation will be October

27th at Lewis

Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Services will be held at Willisville United Methodist Church, October 28th at 10 a.m. Burial at Mt. Olive Cemetery.