Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Klint "Hippie" Williams
Nov 21, 2023
Klint “Hippie” Williams, 52, of Newark, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born August 4, 1971 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Chester Lee Williams and Sharon Kay Brown. He was a chef and Co. Owner of the Gypsy Willow in Cave City, Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, art, and especially loved painting and was an avid...
Danny Arlon Wilkes
Nov 21, 2023
Danny Arlon Wilkes, 73, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in his home. He was born May 31, 1950 in Batesville, Arkansas to William McKinley Wilkes and Norma Lee Taylor. He was retired from ConAgra Foods after 35 years of service. He was a member of the Maxville Missionary Baptist Church of Cave City, Arkansas....
Betty Simmons
Nov 19, 2023
Betty Carole King Simmons, 81, of Desha, Arkansas pssed away Sunday, November 19, 2023 at her home. She was born September 21, 1942 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Joseph King and Helen Brooks. She worked as a baker and was of the Methodist faith. She enjoyed sewing, making floral arrangements and reading.
She is preceded in death by her parents and...
Beverly A. Upchurch
Nov 19, 2023
Beverly A. Upchurch, age 84, of Melbourne, Arkansas passed away Sunday, November 19, 2023 at The Springs Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born February 9, 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia to Thomas Archer and Mildred Haddack Archer. She was a nurse and a member of the Christian faith. She loved bible study, NASCAR, golf, staying in contact with her...
Carolyn Reynolds
Nov 12, 2023
Carolyn Maxine (McClusky) (Henderson) Reynolds, 83, of Floral, Arkansas passed away Monday, November 13, 2023. She was born February 14, 1940 to Veda Lorene (Grady) McClusky and John Larkin McClusky in Oil Trough, Arkansas.
Carolyn loved being of service to others and retired from White River Medical Center’s food service department. She enjoyed spending time with her family, reading, working...
Myrtle Joyce Berry
Nov 12, 2023
Myrtle Joyce Berry, 84, of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 at her home. She was born November 28, 1938 in Visalia, California to James and Virginia Robinson. She was a retired schoolteacher and a member of the Free Spirit Church of Pleasant Plains. She enjoyed praying, ministering the gospel and taking care of her family.
She...
Rhudene R. Melton
Nov 8, 2023
Rhudene R. Melton, 98, of Strawberry, Arkansas passed away November 8, 2023 at the Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation Center in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. She was born February 16, 1925 in Tuckerman, Arkansas to George and Ada (Goff) Roberts. She was a homemaker and was well known for her cooking and baking and she enjoyed quilting. During World War II,...
Kathryn Peveto Langston
Nov 8, 2023
Kathryn “Peveto” Langston, 76, of Cushman, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at White River Health in Batesville, Arkansas. She was born June 25, 1947 at the Orange Memorial Hospital in Orange, Texas to Edward Merten Peveto and Essie Mae (Nash) Peveto. Kathryn was employed at Ozarka College as a Business Instructor and Division Chair of Applied Science Technology...
George Robert "Johnny" Johnston
Oct 31, 2023
George Robert “Johnny” Johnston, 89, of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born March 4, 1934 in Wicket, Texas to Wyley Washington Johnston and Edna Victoria Waddill. He was a cargo operator and a member of the Sunnyside General Baptist Church. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, cooking and taking care of others....
Fumiko Davis
Oct 29, 2023
Fumiko Davis, age 92, of Batesville, Arkansas, died Sunday, October 29, 2023 at Batesville. She was born August 17, 1931 at Osaka, Japan to Shiyozaburou Hisaka and Towa Hisaka. She was retired from the shirt factory and a seam stress in Salem, Arkansas. She was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed crocheting, travel (both international and domestic), dancing and attending...
Jack Owen McSpadden
Oct 28, 2023
Jack “Jackie” Owen McSpadden, 81, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023 in Batesville, Arkansas. He was born February 19, 1942 in Batesville, Arkansas to Austin McSpadden and Gladys Cartwright. He graduated from the Arkansas School for the Blind in 1961 as Salutatorian of his class and Arkansas State University (formerly Arkansas State College) in 1966.
After...
Nina Jean Townsley
Oct 28, 2023
Nina Jean Townsley, 92, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023 in Cave City, Arkansas. She was born August 19, 1931 in Grange, Arkansas to Vernor Cooper and Eulala Pinkston. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 53 years, Kennard...
James Winfield Messick III
Oct 27, 2023
James Winfield Messick III, 68, of Evening Shade, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2023 at his home. He was born January 13, 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri to James Messick II and Mary Lou Conners. He was a former jailer for Sharp County and was of the Christian faith.
He enjoyed farming with his brother-in-law, Mason.
He is...
Glenn Ray Simpson
Oct 23, 2023
Glenn Ray Simpson, 55 of Poughkeepsie, Arkansas passed away on Monday, October 23, 2023 at his home. He was born December 9, 1967 in North Little Rock, Arkansas to Gaylon and Alice Simpson. He was a retail manager and a member of the First Baptist Church of Sherwood, Arkansas. He enjoyed hunting, working on cars, reading and history.
He is...
Edward Lee Kegley
Oct 20, 2023
Edward Lee Kegley “Ed”, 59, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away Friday, October 20, 2023 at his home. He was born June 13, 1964 in Amarillo, Texas to Jim Bob and Shirlene (Barnett) Kegley. He was a Network Engineer and a member of the Cave City First Free Will Baptist Church. He loved his hometown police officers at The Cave...
Vicki L Sauvage
Oct 17, 2023
Vicki L. Sauvage, 72, of Cave City, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at her home. She was born January 5, 1951 in Paducah, Kentucky. She was a supervisor at Lifeplus where she retired and a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church in Calvert City, Kentucky. Vicki enjoyed time spent with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also enjoyed...
Perry Lynn Riggs
Oct 17, 2023
Perry Lynn Walker Riggs, 80, of Batesville, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at Woodlawn Heights Nursing Home. She was born August 17, 1943 in Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas to Perry and Merle (Anderson) Walker. She was retired from Independence County and of the Christian faith. She enjoyed watching movies and listening to music. She loved time spent with her...
Shannon Lynn Hightower
Oct 15, 2023
Shannon Lynn Hightower, 45, of Southside, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2023 in Long Beach, California. He was born August 8, 1978 in Batesville, Arkansas to Lynn Edward Hightower and Paula Ann Davis Hightower. He was a Master Dive Instructor and of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed diving, traveling the world and basketball. He loved the Arkansas Razorbacks;...
Asher Luca Hunter
Oct 2, 2023
Asher Luca Hunter, infant son of Destinee Hunter of Batesville, Arkansas passed away Monday, October 2, 2023 in Batesville.
He is preceded in death by his great great grandparents, James and Maude Nash.
He is survived by his mother, Destinee Hunter of the home; one sister, Aria Mitchell; his grandparents, Maranda Ring, Luke Branscum, Chris (Brandi) Riggs, Brian Ring and...
Carol Ann Herrin
Sep 29, 2023
Carol Ann Herrin, 85, of Batesville, Arkansas passed away Friday, September 29, 2023 at her home. She was born October 14, 1937 in Batesville, Arkansas to Carl and Hazel Ford. She was a beautician/cosmetologist and of the Missionary Baptist faith. Carol enjoyed photography, painting, reading the bible, her grandchildren, cooking, spending time with her family and listening to gospel music....
