Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Earlene "Dixie" Brown
Jan 12, 2014
Earlene “Dixie” Brown age 77 of Batesville died Sunday January 12, 2014 at a Searcy hospital. She was born November 5, 1936 at Denmark, Arkansas to Cleddie and Ora (Roberson) Middleton. She was a homemaker and retired from White Rodgers in Batesville. She was member of the Lifeline Southern Baptist Church at Pleasant Plains. She was preceded in death by...
Loretta Jane Conyers
Jan 10, 2014
Loretta Jane Conyers age 79 of Cave City died Friday, January 10, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. She was born July 4, 1934 at Melbourne, Arkansas to Elmer and Annie Jones. She was a homemaker, a member of Eastern Star and a member of First Baptist Church in Evening Shade. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,...
Jimmy Cordell
Jan 10, 2014
Jimmy Cordell age 67 of Higden (formerly of Cave City) died Friday January 10, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 23, 1946 at Cave City, Arkansas to Webster Lee and Nona Faye Rawlings Cordell. He was a carpenter; former owner of Cordell’s Athletics and had worked for worked for Nevco Scoreboards. He was a 1965 graduate of...
Martin Albert (M.A.) Graddy
Jan 9, 2014
Martin Albert (M.A.) Graddy age 83 of Evening Shade died Thursday, January 9, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Evening Shade School Gymnasium. Visitation will be Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the Qualls Funeral Home Chapel in Cave City. Arrangements by Qualls Funeral...
Larry Neal Greenfield
Jan 8, 2014
Larry Neal Greenfield age 69 of Southside died Wednesday, January 8, 2014. He was born June 21, 1944 at Batesville, Arkansas to Neal and Velmarie Greenfield. He was owner of Greenfield Custom Sheet Metal and a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church at Southside where he served as a deacon for many years. He was preceded in death by his...
Johnnie G. Allen
Jan 7, 2014
Johnnie G. Allen age 79 of Batesville died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at his home. He was born June 24, 1934 at Bethesda, Arkansas to Joseph Frank and Martha Jane (Langston) Allen. He was a retired automotive mechanic having been employed at Stanley Wood Chevrolet-Pontiac in Batesville for 40 years. He was a U. S. Army veteran and a member...
Helen Ernestine Tracy
Jan 7, 2014
Helen Ernestine Tracy age 88 of Trumann (formerly of Batesville) died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at a Jonesboro hospital. She was born November 17, 1925 at Charlotte, Arkansas to Ernest Earl and Lucille (Walton) Cossey. She was a homemaker and a retired nurse’s assistant. She was a auxiliary member of the Northside Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the...
Robert Clark Hopping
Jan 1, 2014
Robert Clark Hopping age 81 of the Hutchinson Mtn. Community died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at a Little Rock hospital. He was born October 10, 1932 at Washington, Iowa to Clark and Margurette Hopping. He was retired from Growmark Inc. with 38 years of service, having spent 30 years in management and 4 years on the Growmark staff. He was...
Pauline Curtis
Dec 26, 2013
Pauline Curtis age 46 of Evening Shade died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Cave City. She was born January 16, 1967 at Waukesha, Wisconsin to Norman John Schmidt Sr. and Sandra Knappenberger Schmidt. She had worked at ConAgra Foods in Batesville. She was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Cave City where she served as secretary and treasurer. She...
Cynthia Ryan
Dec 22, 2013
Cynthia Ryan age 49 of Cave City died Sunday December 22, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. She was born September 1, 1964 at Gardenia, California to Ronald William and Mary S.( Killian)Tracy. She had been a Dental Assistant in California and was of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include three daughters, Tiffany Mize,...
Debra Ann Doyle
Dec 21, 2013
Debra Ann Doyle age 58 of Saffell died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at her home. She was born February 12, 1955 at Batesville, Arkansas to Guy Wilson and Gaynell (Slayden) Gipson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cord Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Brian Keith Doyle and one brother,...
Jenifer Lynn Rodgers
Dec 19, 2013
Jenifer Lynn Rodgers age 40 of Batesville died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. She was born July 22, 1973 at Batesville, Arkansas to Bobby Dean and Linda Gayle (Goss) Rodgers. She was a photographer and owner of Earth Angel Photography in Batesville. She was vice president of the Batesville Pioneer Booster Club. She was preceded in death...
Billy VanWinkle
Dec 19, 2013
Billy VanWinkle age 69 of Nelsonville died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at his home. He was born January 12, 1944 on the family farm at Nelsonville where he lived his entire life. He was the son of Gaithor and Lessie VanWinkle. He was a farmer and retired from White Rodgers in Batesville. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He enjoyed...
Joseph Daniel Brown
Dec 18, 2013
Joseph Daniel Brown age 67 of South Haven, Mississippi (formerly of Mt. Pleasant) died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at his home. He was born April 1, 1946 at Sherman, Texas to Leonard and Faye Brown. He was a retired heating and air technician. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, James Samuel Brown, John David Brown, Leonard...
Lewellan "Skip" Franks
Dec 17, 2013
Lewellan “Skip” Franks age 80 of Evening Shade died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at a Batesville hospital. He was born July 1, 1933 at Caraway, Arkansas to Leroy and Ruby Jewell (Collins) Franks. He was a retired construction worker and a U.S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Leon Edrington. Survivors include his...
Ben J. Harris
Dec 15, 2013
Ben J. Harris age 90 of Cave City went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at his home. He was born July 2, 1923 at Cliquot, Missouri to Ben Lemiel and Margaret Catherine (Rust) Harris. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and had achieved the rank...
Tommie Jean Robinson
Dec 11, 2013
Tommie Jean Robinson age 86 of Cave City died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Cave City. She was born December 6, 1927 at Ben Gay, Arkansas to Vaxter Benton and Virgie (McLeod) Dawson. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas Franklin Robinson; four brothers, Enos Dawson, Clydene...
Mary "Mert" Matlock
Dec 8, 2013
Mary “Mert” Matlock age 69 of Cave City died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Cave City. She was born September 2, 1944 at Cave City, Arkansas to Dattie and Ruth Kerr Wooldridge. She was a homemaker and a member of the Maxville Missionary Baptist Church at Cave City. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Donald...
Larry D. Melton
Dec 7, 2013
Larry D. Melton age 58 of Batesville died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at his home. He was born July 30, 1955 at Fort Smith, Arkansas to Melvin Grady and Alma Margaret Pipkin Melton. He worked for Intimidator Inc. in Batesville, was a loving husband, father and brother and loved every aspect of life. He was of the Baptist faith. He...
Barbara Lou Starns Boshears
Dec 6, 2013
Barbara Lou “Bobby-Bob” Starns Boshears age 77 died Friday, December 6, 2013 at Crown Point Health and Rehab in Horseshoe Bend. She was born June 18, 1936 at Peach Orchard, Arkansas to Louis Henry and Cynthia Mae Adams Starns. She enjoyed playing the guitar, singing and fishing and was of the Full Gospel faith. She was preceded in death by...
