OBITUARIES
Maddox Neil Easterling
Maddox Neil Easterling, 5 months, of Bethel Heights, died unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. He was born Feb. 21, 2018, in Bentonville to Maya Marie Jones and Dakin Jon Easterling.
He was preceded in death by three great-grandparents, Johnny Swanson and Rex and Sharon Easterling.
Survivors include his parents; his twin brother, Kaden Jon Easterling; his sister, Kynlee Nguyen; his grandparents, Bruce Jones of Bethel Heights, Brittany and Steven Jones of Bella Vista, Joi and Jason Knight, Jon Easterling and Twilla Jones, all of Rogers; his great-grandparents, Shirley and Wymbert Lane of Pea Ridge and Barbara Swanson of Batesville; his aunts, Carisma and Chastity Jones of Bethel Heights, Kristin Easterling and Payton Knight, both of Rogers; numerous extended family members and dear friends.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Hunt Chapel at Pinnacle Memorial Gardens in Rogers.
Private family interment in Pinnacle Memorial Gardens will be at a later time.
Arrangements were under the care of Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers. Condolences may be expressed at rollinsfuneral.com.
Guy ‘Pete’ McDaniel
Guy “Pete” McDaniel, 63, of Bentonville, died Aug. 18, 2018, in Bentonville. He was born Feb. 21, 1955, in Rogers to Lee and Maxine Brooks McDaniel.
He was a farmer and enjoyed hunting, fishing and watching softball. He attended New Life Fellowship in Pea Ridge.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother Tommy McDaniel.
Survivors are his two sons, Johnny McDaniel and wife Kelsey of Pea Ridge and Michael McDaniel and wife Brooke of Gravette; his companion Connie Nesbitt of Rogers; and five grandchildren.
Visitation was 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in the funeral home.
Funeral services will be at noon Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th, Rogers.
Interment will follow in the McDaniel Cemetery.
Online condolences to benton county funeral home. com.
Gary Leon Reynolds
Gary Leon Reynolds, 77, a native of Rogers, died Saturday, Aug. 11,
2018. He was born in
Rogers on
Sept. 23,
1940, to
Leon and
Lona Marie (Edwards) Reynolds.
Gary married Deanna Kay Williamson of Rogers on July 12, 1967, in Pea Ridge. They’ve been married for 51 years and have four daughters.
He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 17. He was the first man to be sworn in as part of a special Arkansas Navy recruit company made up entirely of Arkansas men called the “Rackinsacks.” He served in the United States Navy and Submarine service for 21 years until he retired in 1979. He proudly served on the USS Jarvis DD799, USS Pomodon SS486, USS Woodrow Wilson SSBN 624B (twice), USS Thornback SS418, USS Grayling SSN646, USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN 602 and USS Hunley AS17. He was a current member of the USS Snook Base.
After military retirement, he and Deanna moved back home to Rogers, where he worked at Benton County Water District, Easco Hand Tools and Bekaert Corporation. He retired from Bekaert in 2002.
As a boy, Gary mowed yards to buy his first motorcycle. As a teenager, he worked as a milk delivery boy at Sunbeam Dairy. Gary also worked as a skate boy at Lake Atalanta skating rink where he was paid to show off his skating abilities in towns as far away as Tulsa. After returning home from his first tour in the Navy, he helped build the Arkansas Highway 12 Bridge and the Beaver Lake Dam before re-enlisting in the Navy.
Gary enjoyed dirt flattrack motorcycle racing and racing of all kinds. He spent countless hours on Beaver Lake with his family camping, fishing and waterskiing and in the national forest camping, hunting and riding dune buggies. He loved to travel, especially heading west towards the mountains. Gary treasured having his family together and enjoyed the love and laughter that was shared at numerous family gatherings, holidays and cookouts; he was known for his oneof-a-kind barbecue.
In 2003, Gary and Navy brothers, Lynn Richard and Jim Barnes, went on a twoweek boat trip on a pontoon, navigating the many locks and shipping traffic down the Arkansas River from the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa to the Mississippi River. Unlike their past Navy experiences, they were above the surface for this deployment. They relived this trip many times during their visits with each other.
Gary lived and loved to the fullest. He lived his life for his wife, his children, his grandchildren, his great-grandchildren and his country. He lived a life that embodied the phrase he was known to say: “I never had it so good.”
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Lona Marie Reynolds Ross; and his mother- and father-in-law, Russell and Kathleen Williamson.
Survivors are his wife, Deanna of the home; four daughters, Amy Elliott of Avoca, Heidi Goodart and husband Andy of Rogers, Wendy McDonald and husband Scott of Seattle, Wash., and Cindy Clark and husband Sam of Rogers; one sister, Susan Morrison and husband Zannie; eight grandchildren, Jessica Phillips and husband Casey, Brandon Gibson, Regan Harris and husband Cory, Katie Elliott, Cameron Gibson, Cali Cook, Brianna Swafford and Nash Gary Clark; two great-grandchildren, Gary Wyatt Gibson and JoLee Lona Phillips; a niece, cousins, friends and a large group of Navy brothers.
Visitation was 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, in Benton County Funeral Home.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at the Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th, Rogers.
Interment with full military honors was in the Rogers Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made at bentoncounty funeralhome.com.
Pallbearers were Andy Goodart, Richard France, Sam Clark, Scott McDonald, Brandon Gibson, Cameron Gibson, Casey Phillips and Cory Harris.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the United States Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation and mail to P.O. Box 3870, Silverdale, WA 98383. Make check or money order out to USSVCF Scholarship Fund and mark, “In memory of Gary L. Reynolds.” Thank you for caring about the United States Navy Submarine Community.
Benton County Funeral Home of Rogers was in charge of arrangements.