Obituaries 2014: January through June

This list contains all the names and basic information for obituaries published in each issue of The Times of Northeast Benton County, from January through June. The date shown is the issue date in which the obituary was published, not the date of death.

Jan. 1

Freda May Warner Freeman, 79, of Lowell, died Dec. 21, 2013, in Springdale. She was born July 13, 1934, in Harrison, Ark., to Charles and Veteria Creekmoore Warner.

Theodore Frederick Rodinsky, 81, died on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. He was born on July 13, 1932, in Detroit, Mich., to Frederick and Josephine (Kirshner) Rodinsky.

Jan. 8

Hailey Lynn Bise, 5 months, of Rogers, died Thursday, Jan. 2, at her home. She was born July 23, 2013, in Bentonville to Glen Michael Bise and Nichole Lynn Gilliland.

Laura Helen Dorey, 93, of Rogers, died Dec. 27, 2013, at Circle of Life, Bentonville, after a nearly two-year stay at Jamestown Nursing and Rehab Center in Rogers. She was born in Avoca, Ark., on Oct. 28, 1920, to Albert Scudder and Nellie Jane (Davis) Scudder.

Kenneth C. Hoyt, 94, of Rogers died Jan. 2, 2014, at his home. He was born in Salem, Ohio, on April 19, 1919, to Frank and Vesta Hoyt.

Patrick Raymond Kelley, 69, of Bentonville, formerly of Pea Ridge, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at Bradford House of Bentonville. He was born March 27, 1944, to Elmo and Dorothy Kelley.

Jan. 15

Raymond Joseph Lovatt, 69, of Anderson, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Dec. 10, 1944, in Providence, R.I., to Raymond and Lucille (Barber) Lovatt.

Virginia Lee Madrid, 78, of Golden, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at her home. She was born July 7, 1935, at Green Forest, Ark., to Bill W. Albritton and Mary Alice Tipton Albritton.

Dwayne Arthur Palmer, 78, of Pineville, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Anderson, Mo. He was born Sept. 11, 1935, at Jefferson, Neb., to Fred Palmer and Irene M. Lemar Palmer.

Jan. 22

Kevin Neil Artinger, 54, of Pea Ridge, died Jan. 19, 2014. He was born Oct. 27, 1959, in Joplin, Mo., to Ray and Rayma Sweet Artinger.

Jan. 29

Martha “Louise”Whaley Bell, 80, of Pea Ridge, formally of Sulphur Rock, died Saturday, Jan. 25, at Concordia Nursing and Rehab Center in Bella Vista. She was born Oct. 9, 1933, in Batesville, Ark., to Middleton B. Whaley and Virgie Owens Whaley.

Francis L. Chappell, 79, died Jan. 24, 2014, in Springdale. She was born on June 1, 1934, to Samuel and Nettie (Patterson) Begley in St. Joe, Ark.

Dorothy A. “Ford” Crandall, 96, of Newton, Kan., died Jan. 20, 2014. She was a former resident of Pea Ridge.

Herman Alonzo Dye, 81, of Garfield, died Jan. 26, 2014, in Fayetteville. He was born May 24, 1932, in Garfield.

James Morrissey died Jan. 21, 2014. He was born Jan. 14, 1934.

Dwane A. Phillips, 61, died Jan. 24, 2014, at his home in Rogers. He was born on Nov. 15, 1952, in Bentonville, Ark., to Charles D. and Elsie M. (Coonfield) Phillips.

Hazel Maudine Snellings, 88, of Springdale, Ark., died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Springdale. She was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Sherman, Texas, to Robert Newton Lamb and Maudine Ellen (Gee) Lamb.

Connie Jo Snoderly, 60, of Garfield, died Jan. 22, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born to Luie and Martha Mills Robinson on Feb. 16, 1953.

Nadine Townzen, 90, of Rogers, died Jan. 26, 2014, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville. She was born Nov. 26, 1923, in the Spring Creek community, to Alvin Glen and Letitia Downum Vanscoy.

Feb. 5

Jerry Paul Davidson, 58, of Pea Ridge, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, surrounded by his loving family at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 18, 1955, and was raised in Greenville, Miss.

Herman Alonzo Dye, 81, of Garfield, died Jan. 26, 2014. He was born to Shadrach “Shade” and Jewell Dye, May 24, 1932, in Garfield.

Jackie Dean Knox, 76, of Fayetteville died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Fayetteville. He was born March 10, 1937, in LaRue, Ark. to the Rev. Horace M. Knox and Mary Belle Pittillo Knox.

George H. Mills, 87, died at his home in Rogers Jan. 28, 2014. He was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Garfield, Ark.

Lawrence LeRoy Reed, 79, of Rogers, Ark., died Jan. 29, 2014, at Circle of Life in Springdale, Ark. He was born Sept. 10, 1934, in Wyandotte, Okla., to William Alpha reed and Edna May Stuck.

John M. Summey, 78, of Rogers died Jan. 28, 2014, in Rogers. He was born May 22, 1935, in Seligman, Mo. to Tom and May Fielding Summey.

Feb. 12

Glen Dale Slate, 76, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Feb. 3, 2014, at home. He was born March 30, 1937, in Lindsey, Okla., to Flora Akridge Slate and Earnest W. Slate.

Feb. 19

Emegene “Gene” Arthurs, 87, of Bentonville, Ark., died Feb. 13, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Elm Springs, Ark., to Lonzo and Esther Campbell Phillips.

John Brasher Sr., 93, of Pea Ridge, died Monday, Feb. 17, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Fort Smith to Thomas Frank Brasher and Ollie May Winters Brasher.

John Robert Maloney, 80, of Pierce, Idaho, died at Kindred Care in Lewiston, Idaho, from cardiac arrhythmia on Jan. 10, 2014. He was born Feb. 25, 1933, to Lafte and Elizabeth Maloney on their farm on White River in Pine Log, Ark.

Thomas Jerry Putman, 80, of Little Flock, died Friday, Feb. 14, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Dec. 4, 1933, in Bentonville to Albert Putman and Lela Hileman Putman of Pea Ridge.

Feb. 26

Beverly Judith DeWitt, 70, of Garfield, died Feb. 19, 2014, at Ashley Health and Rehab in Rogers. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., on May 7, 1943, to Vernon Henry and Lena Ernestine (Davidson) Wiliker.

Laura E. Morgan, 88, died Feb. 15, 2014, in Rogers. She was born on Nov. 25, 1925, in Mount Judea, Ark., to William M. and Verna Mae (Jones) Criner.

Richard Charles Swinger, 61, of Garfield, died Feb. 16, 2014, after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born July 31, 1952, in Winfield, Kan., to Charles Leroy Swinger and Alyce Pearl Dorris Swinger.

March 5

Dallas Ray Collie, 59, of Bentonville, Ark., died March 1, 2014. He was born July 15, 1954, in Cato, Ark., to JB Collie and Elsie Mae Stivers Collie.

Margaret Elizabeth Henderson, 88, died Feb. 24, 2014, in her home in Kinta, Okla., while her family sat by her side and Charlie her little dog laid at her feet. She was born May 12, 1925, in Joplin, Mo., to Robert and Virginia Yoast.

Kenneth Lee Patterson, 80, of Pea Ridge, died Monday, Feb. 24, at his home. He was born April 21, 1933, in Pea Ridge, to Clark Patterson and Vila Gardener Patterson.

Jerry Wayne Roland Sr., 61, of Pea Ridge died Thursday, Feb. 27. He was born Sept. 4, 1952, in El Dorado, Kan., to Melton William and Wanda Lee Guyll Roland.

James M. Smith, 69, of Pea Ridge, died Friday, Feb. 28, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. He was born Nov. 12, 1944, in Pea Ridge, to John Melvin Smith and Bernice Mae Criner Smith.

Dennis Edward Swinney, 64, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Rupert, Idaho. He was born Sept. 17, 1949, in Amarillo, Texas, to William E Swinney and Ermarie Reneau Swinney.

Tommie Joe Wheeler, 86, of Garfield, Ark., died Feb. 21, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Berryville, Ark. He was born Sept. 17, 1927, at Thorney, Ark., to Lee and Cleo McFee Wheeler.

March 12

Constance “Connie”Yvonne Tanner Deason, 91, of Evansville, Ind., formally of North Little Rock, died Wednesday, March 5, in Evansville. She was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Cherry Valley, Ark., to Henry Estes Tanner Sr. and Dott Jones Tanner.

George Hnatko, 92, of Pea Ridge, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at Northwest Medical Center, Bentonville. He was born Sept. 18, 1921, in Monessen, Pa.

Ruth Hudson, 70, of Blackwell, Okla., died Monday, March 3, at her home. She was born Nov. 5, 1943, in Calaveras County, Calif., to Oscar Drew Hudson and Flora Ellen Garnett Hudson.

Ronald E. Lackey, 73, of Rogers, died March 7, 2014, in Rogers. He was born Dec. 2, 1940, in Emporia, Kan., to Albert Earl and Doii E. Morris Lackey.

Elva “Jean” Landauer, 75, of Garfield, Ark., died Friday, March 7, 2014, in her home after a long illness. She was born on July 23, 1938, in Nekoosa, Wis., to Francis and Elva Olive Giese.

March 19

Randall Laine Boydston, 58, Pineville, Mo., and formerly of Little Flock, Ark., died March 12, 2014, after a battle with cancer. He was born on July 19, 1955, in Rogers, Ark., to J.C. Boydston and Virginia Allen Boydston Hutton.

Mark Eugene Stallbories, 64, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. He was born on July 5, 1949, in Tulsa, Okla., to Robert Henry Stallbories and Frances Mae Morton Stallbories.

Marvin Toy Tipton, 73, of Pea Ridge, died Saturday, March 15, in Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born Jan. 5, 1941, in Dennison, Texas, to Toy Tipton and Mildred Christine Murphy Tipton.

March 26

Larry Dean Chamness, 60, of Garfield died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Jan. 16, 1954, at Marion, Ill., to Floyd Everett Chamness and Geneva Lucille Wolaver.

Deborah Ann Gordoski, 73, of Rogers died March 20, 2014, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. She was born April 4, 1940, in Laconia, N.H., to Richard P. Foster and Doris Vittum.

Brenda Ann Guess, 65, of Decatur, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Decatur. She was born Dec. 30, 1948, in Gravette to Charles and Lillie Wilmoth Harrington.

Kenneth Lyle “Ken” Miller, 69, of Rogers, Ark., died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born July 3, 1944, in Bentonville, Ark., to David Ritchie Miller Sr. and Vernie Runkles Miller.

Charlie Monroe Smith, 62, of Rogers died Monday, March 17, 2014. He was born March 19, 1951, in Haleyville, Ala., to Oscar Smith and Martha Kelley Smith.

James Dale Winters, 65, of Pea Ridge, died Monday, March 24, 2014, at Autumn Place in Pea Ridge. He was born Dec. 6, 1948, in Fayetteville to Darrel and Welda Jean Sohl Winters.

April 2

William Charles Hartman Jr., 54, of Springdale died March 27, 2014.

Lorene Clark Rollins, 88, of Springdale, died March 27, 2014, in Springdale. She was born May 27, 1925, to James and Josephine (Popejoy) Clark.

April 9

Peggy June Hust, 85, of Pea Ridge died March 25, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. She was born March 16, 1929, in Oplin, Texas, to Walter Gidion Fincher and Gorgia Tinnie Harris Fincher.

Olivia Martha Miser, 92, of Pea Ridge died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born July 31, 1921, in Pea Ridge to Lee Greene and Eula Williams Greene.

Ralph Howard Murphy, 92, of Rogers, Ark., loving and cherished father, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Innisfree Nursing Center in Rogers. He was born Oct. 21, 1921, in Rogers, Ark., to T. O. C. and Pearl Deason Murphy.

April 16

Virginia May Banks, 88, of Washburn, Mo. died Saturday, April 12, at her home. She was born Sept. 8, 1925, in Pea Ridge to Arthur Ray Arnold and Viola Gillian Arnold.

Shelia Elaine Johnson, 54, of Garfield, died April 9, 2014, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. She was born in Coolidge, Ariz., on Nov. 5, 1959, to Jimmy and Louise (McKee) Johnson.

Laurence Albert Jester, 78, of Washburn, Mo., died Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo. He was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Bentonville, Ark., to Charles Albert and Adeamae (McNelly) Jester.

April 23

Michael “Moose” Davis, 64, of Fayetteville, died Thursday, April 10, at Willard Walker Hospice in Fayetteville. He was born March 22, 1950, in Sheffield, Ala., to Lee Davis and Kathryn Jones Davis.

Lucas N. Moore, 30, of Washburn, Mo., died after a courageous battle with Leukemia, on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born Aug. 15, 1983, in Joplin, Mo.

Jared Levi Parks, 25, died on April 12, 2014. He was born Jan. 26, 1989, in Little Rock at U.A.M.S.

Fannie Matlock Patterson, 77, of Garfield, died April 18, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. She was born on July 5, 1936, in Shepherdsville, Ind., to Charles Kenneth and Bertha Leona (Pritchard) Michaels.

Eula Mae Russell, 79, of El Dorado, died Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. She was born Jan. 19, 1935, to Jeff and Faye Henry Gorman in Hermitage.

Wilma Clara Stone, 87, of Pea Ridge, died Saturday, April 19, at Bradford House Nursing Center in Bentonville. She was born June 12, 1926, at Brawley, Calif., to Ruel Jason Young and Verda Clara Beall Young.

Helen Hoyer Turek, 80, of Manawa, Wis., died Saturday, April 12, 2014. She was born Feb. 7, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minn., to John P. Hoyer and Sylvina ( Wahl) Hoyer, both deceased.

April 30

Imogene Lasater, 86, of O’Fallon, Ill., formerly of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Monday, April 21, 2014, at Belleview Memorial Hospital in Belleview, Ill. She was born Oct. 19, 1927, in Huntsville, Ark., to Claud Cooper and Doris Skelton Cooper.

Thomas Ray Jones, 74, died April 13, 2014. He was born April 19, 1939, in Tulsa, Okla., to Charles Ray Jones and Sarah Leslie (Greene) Jones.

May 7

Dorothy Louise Bledsoe, 92, of Garfield, died Thursday, May 1, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born May 29, 1921, at San Antonio, Texas, to Vincent Joseph Noll and Josephine VanPelt Noll.

Steven Hoytt Bounds, 55, of Rogers, died May 3, 2014. He was born June 23, 1958, in Kennett, Mo., to Houston Hoytt Bounds and Bonnie Dearing Bounds.

Israel Lee Trahan, 61, of Seligman, Mo., died Saturday, May 3, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1952, in Lake Charles, La.

Jimmy Ray Woods, 79, of Pea Ridge, died Friday, May 2, at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1934, at Pea Ridge, to Raymond Woods and Ruth Edna Stroud Woods.

May 14

James Stanley Black Jr., 68, of Springdale passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville. He was born Jan. 26, 1946, in Peru, Ind., to James Stanley Black Sr. and Dorothy L. Mogle Black.

George E. Frost, 92, of Bentonville, died May 4, 2014, in a local hospital.

Mary Elizabeth Guyll, 73, of Rogers, died May 7, 2014, in Bentonville. She was born Dec. 13, 1940, in Denison, Texas, to Roy and Hazel Hood Cobble.

Annette Taylor Hendrix, 73, of Rogers, died Monday, May 12, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was born March 16, 1941, at Dunklin County, Mo., to Morgan Clint Fisher and Lennie Cloud Fisher.

Emma Ruth Nickel, 80, of Bentonville died Thursday, May 8, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Caverna, Mo., to Norman Alexander Keene and Mary Emaline Leach Keene.

Ted Ray Sisco, 97, of Garfield, Ark., died May 8, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers, Ark. He was born April 26, 1917, in Ponder, Mo., to Albert Willis Sisco and Artelia Permilia Ann Gibson Sisco.

Russell Glenn Tolbert, 78, of Rogers, died Wednesday, May 7, at Highlands of Rogers Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 25, 1936, in Boise City, Okla., to Samuel Thomas Tolbert and Mary Elizabeth Trembly Tolbert.

May 21

Robert Lee Kroll, 62, died May 15, 2014, in Garfield. He was born in Marion Springs, Mich., on Feb. 20, 1952, to Dale Kroll Sr. and Lola Mae (Parrish) Smith.

Richard T. Marshall, 76, of Garfield, died Wednesday, May 14, at his home. He was born Jan., 15, 1938, at Slater, Mo., to Charles Everette Marshall and Lois Bernita Carnes Marshall.

Shirley Ann Roberts, 79, of Bentonville, died Tuesday, May 13, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born May 7, 1935, at Bentonville to Jack Crabtree and Frances Strate Crabtree.

Gary Allen Van De Veer, 60, of Rogers died May 14, 2014, in Rogers. He was born to Robert and Vivia Tiller Van De Veer on April 1, 1954, in Chicago, Ill.

May 28

Allan Arthur Culmer, 67, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. He was born on July 4, 1946, in Fayetteville, Ark., to Ted Culmer and Pauline Beavin Culmer.

Colonel Francis Joseph Hart, 93, of Pea Ridge, died May 23.

June 4

Jeffery Alan Adair Sr., 63, of Garfield died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at his home. He was born March 31, 1951, in Wichita, Kan., to Herman Arthur and Mary Etta Shelton Adair.

Meda Faye Beaver, 98, of Pea Ridge, died Friday, May 30, 2014, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. She was born September 7, 1915, at Caverna, Mo., to James Noah McCool and Ethel Luvilla Wardlaw McCool.

James Denning, 73, of Pea Ridge died May 26, 2014. He was born May 9, 1941, in Brush, Colo., to Theodore and Elizabeth Weber Denning.

Thomas Carl Schreiber, 66, died May 25, 2014, in Bentonville. He was born Aug. 25, 1947, in Rochester, Minn., to Wallace Carl and Delores (Behnken) Schreiber.

Lillie Ann Snow, 87, of Washburn, Mo., died Monday, May 26, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. She was born March 14, 1927, in Blanchard, Okla., to William Ray McIntosh and Edna R. Martin.

June 11

Eula Gertrude Graham Anderson, 96, of Garfield, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Innisfree Nursing Center in Rogers. She was born Jan. 31, 1918, in Avoca, to James Graham and Amanda Lewis Graham.

James Grubbs, 68, Garfield, died Monday, June 9, 2014, at Circle of Life in Bentonville.

June 18

Lorna Rochelle Hulsey, 55, of Rogers, died Tuesday, June 10, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. She was born Feb. 24, 1959, in Clinton, Iowa, to Lawrence Russell Eversoll and Lucille Mae Broadrick.

Warren B. Lawson, 82, died June 6, at Hospice Circle of Life. He was born Oct. 19, 1932, in Lincoln, Neb., to Harold B. Lawson and Thelma Lawson Heiliger.

June 25

Vivian “Margurite” Dryden, 96, of Gravette died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Siloam Springs. She was born in Hiwasse on May 23, 1918, to Dick and Stella Robb Todd.

Frances R. Sanders, 96, of Fort Smith, Ark., formerly of Rogers, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Mercy Hospital of Fort Smith. She was born April 2, 1918, at Mulberry, Ark., to Thomas Faye Rankin and Nellie Jane Carty Rankin. •••

Editor’s note: The last half of 2014’s obituaries are scheduled for the Jan. 7, 2015, edition of The TIMES of Northeast Benton County.