Obituaries

BELLA VISTA — Ronald

Fletcher Hamilton of Bella Vista, Ark. went to be with the Lord on Oct. 23, 2018. He was born in Bastrop, La., on Nov. 14, 1946, to Fletcher Mayo Hamilton and Helen Camden Hamilton.

He was raised on a rice farm in Lonoke County, Ark., and later Bastrop, La., moving to Houston, Texas, his senior year in high school. He attended Lee College, University of Houston and University of Arkansas plus earned a real estate license and broker’s license.

His working career included many professions and he was extremely proficient with computers. From 1980 to 1983, he was CEO of Turmeric Ltd. in Great Yarmouth, U.K., where 100 employees manufactured oil derricks and 200 employees were sent out to service the oil drilling platforms in the North Sea. He made one trip behind the Iron Curtin, to Bulgaria. The last 19 years he was self-employed and traveled extensively. Ron served in the Texas Army National Guard and Air Force Reserve. He was a private pilot and a sailor.

Ron was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Deborah Heaton.

He is survived by his wife, Reta Hamilton, Bella Vista; sons, Randall (Patsy) Keef, Austin, Texas, Richard (Sherry) Keef, Midway, Texas; goddaughter, Madeleine Horn and her special parents, Richard and Miriam Lietz, Dublin, Calif.; grandchildren, David (Lauren) Keef, The Woodlands, Texas, Catherine Cartwright, Boulder, Colo., Allen Paul Keef, Boulder, Colo.; great-granddaughters, Victoria Cartwright and Emily Keef; sister-in-law, Sharon Eulert, Topeka, Kan., and many nieces and nephews in Texas and Kansas.

Graveside service will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Cemetery, Wabaunsee County, Kan. No flowers please.

Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, 322 Main Street, McFarland, Kan., 66501.

Arrangements by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory, Bella Vista, Ark.

Online condolences may be made at www.funeralmation. com.

BELLA VISTA — Wanda

V. Holzwarth, 95, of Bella Vista, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. followed by a funeral at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista.

Arrangements are with Heritage Funeral Home, obituary and online guest book at www.heritageofnwa.com.

HARRISON — Deborah

Blackmon, age 65, of Harrison, died Oct. 23, 2018. Graveside service is 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, at Alpena Cemetery; visitation is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at Roller-Christeson

Funeral Home. Husband Harold and children Robert Widner, Darrica Haney, Shana Williams, Floyd Blackmon and Debra Wykoff, survive her. Online Guestbook: roller funeralhomes.com/harrison.

ROGERS — Anna Bell

Dickey, 75, of Rogers, Ark., passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at Circle of Life Legacy Village in Bentonville, Ark. She was born in Lowell, Ark., on May 24, 1943, to Samuel Peter Gabbard and Jewell Della Spirgen Gabbard.

She graduated from Rogers High School in 1961 and proudly served in the Air Force.

She is preceded in death by her parents and two siblings. Anna is survived by her husband of 52 years, Michael Dickey; three children, Donna Sullivan (John), Kay Farar (Marvin), Joe Dickey (JoAnn); nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild and three siblings, Rosa Lee Ford, Betty L. Crabtree, Sherman Gabbard.

A mass of Christian burial will be at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers with Msgr. David LeSieur officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time. Burial will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Ark., with military honors provided.

Arrangements have been entrusted to StockdaleMoody Funeral Services in Rogers.

Words of comfort or memories may be shared at stockdale-moodyfs.com.

SPRINGDALE —

Barbara Ann McIntosh, 87, of Springdale, died Oct. 17, 2018, at Walnut Grove Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Huntsville Ark., Barbara was the daughter of Clifford C. “Pete” Miller and Margaret Ellen Morris Miller.

She graduated from Huntsville High School in 1948, then attended Arkansas Tech in Russellville, where she met her husband, Ellis Landers McIntosh of Batesville. They married in Conway on July 31, 1949.

She graduated from Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Ariz.; in 1968, and taught in public schools in Winslow, Ariz., and Russellville.

Barbara was preceded in death by husband Ellis L. McIntosh, April 21, 1996. She was a lifelong Presbyterian. She loved collecting antiques, genealogy, traveling and shopping.

Barbara is survived by three children, Katherine Ann Miller (Karl) of Wichita, Kan.; Elizabeth Ellen Burnham (George) of Delaware, Ark.; and Ellis Landers McIntosh Jr. “Lanny” (Becki) of Tulsa, Okla.; two granddaughters, Margaret Elizabeth Tucker of Atkins, Ark.; and Megan Ellis McIntosh (Guillermo Younger) of Miami, Fla.; one great-grandson, Miles McIntosh Younger of Miami, Fla.

A graveside service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Huntsville Cemetery. Services are entrusted to Brashears Funeral Home and Crematory of Huntsville.

WESLEY — Jimmy

Don Kilpatrick of Wesley journeyed to his Heavenly home on Oct. 21, 2018, after a courageous four year battle with cancer. He was born in Springdale, Ark., on Sept. 21, 1954, to Walter and Irene Kilpatrick.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Debbie and five siblings.

He is survived by his loving wife, soulmate and best friend of 43 years, Sharon of the home; two sons, Roy and wife Tonya of Elkins and Darrell and wife Lacie of Elkins, niece, Kristi (who was like another daughter) and husband John of Goshen; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He was a retired farmer who was most at home on the back of a horse and was a long time member of the Northwest Arkansas Cavalcade riding club. He loved the outdoors, especially deer hunting in the fall of the year with his sons. He had an inventor’s mind as he could build anything he put his mind to. Most important, he was a beloved husband who cherished his wife, father and papa who adored his children and grandchildren and will be greatly missed by many.

Online condolences www. WestfieldChapel.com.