Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Dr. Ralph G. McBryde
Dec 23, 2012
Dr. Ralph G. McBryde age 94 of Cave City died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at his home. He was born April 2, 1918 at Star City, Arkansas to Robbie and Minnie Owen McBryde. He was a retired chiropractor, having practiced in Pine Bluff. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII having served in the European theater. During his...
Adgede Drake Gay
Dec 11, 2012
Adgede Drake Gay age 78 of Batesville died Tuesday December 11, 2012 at her home. She was born January 13, 1934 at Locust Grove, Arkansas to William Guy and Leslie Leota Curtis Drake. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Terry Gay; one daughter, Cheryl Ann Gay; one...
Mary E. Mize
Dec 11, 2012
Mary Curtis Mize age 95 formerly of Smithville/ Jesup, Arkansas died Tuesday December 11, 2012 at Heavenly Care Residential Home in Pleasant Hill, California. She was born November 11, 1917 at Emery, Arkansas to Calvin Curtis and Gracie Binkley Curtis. She was a homemaker and a member of the Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Concord, California. She was preceded in...
Billy Ray Shreve
Dec 9, 2012
Billy Ray Shreve age 70 of Melbourne died Sunday December 9, 2012 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born December 16, 1941 at Emery, Arkansas to Aldie John and Orethal Marie Fleming Shreve. He was a U. S. Navy veteran, a mechanic, rancher and jack-of- all trades. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter,...
Winfred D. "Wink" Sturch
Dec 7, 2012
Winfred D. “Wink” Sturch age 93 of Batesville died Friday December 7, 2012 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born January 25, 1919 at Salado, Arkansas to Hubert and Nora Evans Sturch. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, retired from International Shoe Factory in Batesville, having worked in maintenance and as a carpenter. He...
Zelma Marlin Crumley
Dec 5, 2012
Zelma Marlin Crumley age 89 of Cave City died Wednesday December 5, 2012 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born November 10, 1923 at Maxville, Arkansas to Jesse and Ollie Mae Willis Marlin. She was a homemaker and had attended First Free Will Baptist Church in Cave City. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,...
Linda Sue Neeley
Dec 3, 2012
Linda Sue Neeley age 68 of Batesville died Monday December 3, 2012 at her home. She was born March 2, 1944 at Frederick, Oklahoma to Harlon and Cleo Smith Woodall. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Elmer Woodall and...
Betty L. White
Dec 2, 2012
Betty L. Harris White age 83 of Batesville died Sunday December 2, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. She was born December 2, 1929 at Batesville, Arkansas to Everett and Oma Rodgers Brokaw. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cave Creek Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents; a husband, John Harris; three sons,...
Donald Leon McSpadden
Dec 1, 2012
Don McSpadden Donald Leon “Don” McSpadden age 72 of Cave City died Saturday December 1, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 18, 1940 to Thomas Earl and Georgia “Rowlett” McSpadden in Bethesda, Arkansas. He was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Cave City. He served in the National Guard for ten years. He was...
Ruth J. Cloward
Nov 28, 2012
Ruth Cloward age 80 of Pleasant Plains died Wednesday November 28, 2012 at a Batesville nursing home. She was born September 5, 1932 at Brinkley, Arkansas to Buster and Lucille Howard. She was retired and of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by he parents; her husband, Glen Cloward; two sons, Harvey Ball and Leroy Cloward and two...
Roy S. Thurman Jr.
Nov 27, 2012
Roy S. Thurman Jr. age 71 of Drasco died Tuesday November 27, 2012 at his home. He was born April 2, 1941 at Romoland, California to Roy S. Thurman Sr. and Minnie Mae Chipman Thurman. He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Roy S. Thurman III. Survivors include his...
David O. Kunkel
Nov 25, 2012
David O. Kunkel age 80 of Evening Shade died Sunday November 25, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born August 29, 1932 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to Hubert and Hazel Marie Graddy Kunkel. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict and a member of the Piney Fork Church of Christ at Evening Shade....
Randy J. Lambert
Nov 21, 2012
Randy J. Lambert age 56 of the Hutchinson Mountain Community died Wednesday November 21, 2012 at Memphis, TN. He was born March 14, 1956 at Batesville, Arkansas to Dean and Frances Lambert. He was a U. S. Army veteran, a retired stone mason and a jack of all trades. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Wiley and Naomi...
Jane Humphreys
Nov 19, 2012
Jane Humphreys age 87 of Evening Shade died Monday November 19, 2012 at her home. She was born February 27, 1925 at Tucson, Arizona to Joseph Warren and Helen Marie Lemont Rowen. She was a retired registered nurse and a Christian. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Humphreys and one brother, Jay Rowen. Survivors include...
Colleen Marie Kephart
Nov 18, 2012
Colleen Marie Kephart, age 72, of Batesville, AR, left her earthly body on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the local hospital. She was born at Huff, AR, on February 11, 1940, to Thearon Ray and Grace Marie Moore. She was a graduate of Pleasant Plains High school, and attended Arkansas College in Batesville. She had served as an executive secretary,...
Michael A. Hamilton
Nov 18, 2012
Michael A. “Mike” Hamilton age 60 of Sidney died Sunday November 18, 2012 at a Batesville hospital. He was born February 18, 1952 at Batesville, Arkansas to Milton Auston and Elzada Sipe Hamilton. He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church in Sidney. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother...
Elnora Annette Qualls
Nov 18, 2012
Elnora Annette Qualls age 73 of Willisville, Illinois passed away at 8:10 p.m. Sunday November 18, 2012 at her daughter’s home in Fenton, Missouri. Elnora was born in Cave City, Arkansas on November 12, 1939, the daughter of William H. and Dellar Britnell Smith. She married Max A. Qualls on January 1, 1960 at Kessler AFB, Mississippi. He preceded her...
Charles D. Smith
Nov 16, 2012
Charles D. Smith age 58 of Poughkeepsie died Friday November 16, 2012 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born May 3, 1954 at Batesville, Arkansas to Raymond L. and Naomi Medlock Smith. He was retired from the Sharp County Road Department and was a member of the Poughkeepsie Church of Christ. He was preceded in death...
Lizzie Mae Smith
Nov 12, 2012
Lizzie Mae Smith age 93 of Black Rock died Monday November 12, 2012 at a Walnut Ridge nursing home. She was born January 26, 1919 at Stuttgart, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thurman Smith and one sister. Survivors include one niece, Rita Long of Black...
Ronnie Lee Candler
Nov 11, 2012
Ronnie Lee Candler age 57 of Floral, Arkansas departed this life on Sunday November 11, 2012. He was born May 18, 1955 in Wynne, Arkansas. He was the son of Lottie Candler and the late Orie Candler of the Hutchinson Mtn. area. He retired from White Rodgers after 33 years of service as a Die Cast Supervisor. He was of...
