Richard L. Cruthis

Richard Louis Cruthis age 79 of Cave City died Thursday, April 2, 2015. He was born April 9, 1935, the son of Lloyd and Ottilie Mary Ideker Cruthis. He grew up in the Stuttgart area. He began working at an early age helping build rice dryers in Eastern and Southern Arkansas. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1954 and served for 4 years in Paris, France in military intelligence. Returning to Stuttgart, he began working for Southwestern States Telephone Company as a lineman and later as a cable splicer. In 1967 he married Quinta Lockhart of Humphrey. He founded and was co-owner of Telcas Communications of Stuttgart. In 1968 they moved to Lewisville, Texas where his company did all the original phone work on the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the original Texas Stadium. He moved to Cave City in 1971 and became a cattle rancher. He and Quinta are the parents of two children. In the 1980’s he became the owner of G&R Splicing and worked in Western Arkansas where he installed a new communication system for the University of Arkansas. He again retired and continued to be a cattle farmer. He was instrumental in establishing and building the Foothills Cowboy Church. Richard is survived by his wife of 47 years, Quinta Lockhart Cruthis; son, Clay Cruthis and wife Lana; daughter, Carrie Cruthis Porter and husband Craig all of Cave City. He is also survived by grandchildren, Lauren Quinta Porter, Alexie Cruthis Edwards and Lloyd-Spencer Cruthis. Additional survivors are four sisters, Dorothy Dempsey of Jacksonville, Sue Plafcan of Slovak, Rose Kostas of Batesville and Irene Gill of Stuttgart; two brothers ,George Cruthis of Cave City and Wayne Cruthis of Montgomery, Texas. He also has four step- grandchildren, Jonathan, Deana, Justin and Kaylee Hunter. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Troy Cruthis and step-grandson, Brett Porter. Graveside services will be held held Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Rawlings Cemetery on the family farm. Arrangements by Qualls Funeral Home of Cave City. Visitation will be Friday, April 3, 2015 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Clay Cruthis, Craig Porter, Lloyd Spencer-Cruthis, Lauren Porter, Alexie Cruthis Edwards, Wayne Cruthis, Jim Gill and Rick Gill. Memorials may be made to Anderson Promise Land Stables at Batesville.