Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Dustin Wayne Herndon
Jan 18, 2023
Dustin Wayne Herndon, 31, of Cave City passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023. He was born on June 8, 1991 in Batesville, AR to Brent and Dianne Herndon. He was an operator for Trash Truckin’. Dustin enjoyed time spent with his family. He also enjoyed music, cars, technology, and shopping.
He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Glenn Herndon...
Jesse Kennard Sade
Jan 18, 2023
Jesse Kennard Sade, 79, of Evening Shade passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at his home. Jesse was born January 3, 1944 in Flat Rock between Mount Pleasant and Sidney Arkansas at the Sade home place to Jesse E. Sade and Dora Highland Sade. He served in the United States Air Force and was a retired truck driver.
Jesse was...
Demarius Lamarcus Brown
Jan 17, 2023
Demarius Brown, 23, of Batesville passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023 in Cave City. He was born May 19, 1999 in Batesville to Daris and Shan Brown and LaTonia and Marcus Nelson. He was a mechanic for the U.S. Army and a graduate of the Batesville High School Class of 2017. He loved playing football and baseball. He enjoyed working...
Billy Wayne Leonard
Jan 14, 2023
Billy Wayne Leonard, 91, of Sulphur Rock passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023 in Batesville. He was born July 26, 1931 in Salado to Ralph and Dishie Mae Varnell Leonard. He was a cattle farmer and owner of Leonard Equipment. He was a member of the Moorefield United Methodist Church. He also worked at the sale barn in Batesville...
Charles R Brown
Jan 13, 2023
Charles R. Brown, 88, of Batesville passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023 in Batesville. He was born May 12, 1934 in Floral to Jack and Dorothy Brown. He was a farmer and a member of the Sidney Baptist Church and a long-term member and deacon of Floral Baptist Church. He enjoyed remote control airplanes, where he spent many...
Mary Ellen Goff
Jan 13, 2023
Mary Ellen Goff, 82, of Cave City passed away Friday, January 13, 2023 at her home. She was born March 15, 1940 to Fate and Virgie Matlock. She was employed at White Rodgers where she worked for 35 years. She was a member of the Cave City Country Church of God. Mary enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and traveling.
She is...
Patty Lou Sample
Jan 10, 2023
Patty Lou Sample, 73, of Evening Shade passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at White River Health. She was born March 6, 1949 in Wynne, Arkansas to John and Deltha Sample.
Patty taught high school Science for over 30 years. She also taught GED classes, was a BETA club sponsor and directed numerous plays at the Evening Shade High School....
John "JC" Qualls
Jan 10, 2023
John “JC” Qualls, 77, of Evening Shade passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at his home. He was born June 12, 1945 in Evening Shade to Calvin and Lula Qualls. He was a farmer and a member of the Bear Creek Church. He enjoyed collecting knives, farming and searching for arrowheads. He was his grandchildren’s number one fan during all...
Richard Wilson Branscum
Jan 9, 2023
Richard Wilson Branscum, 90, of Salado passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 in Batesville. He was born April 17, 1932 in Rosie, Arkansas to Elbert and Nettie Branscum. He was a heating and air specialist, auto mechanic, stone mason was also worked for Southside water utility. He was also a member of the Salado Baptist Church.
He enjoyed hunting,...
Barbara Dianne Womack
Jan 3, 2023
Barbara Dianne Wilbanks Womack, 72, of Batesville, AR passed away suddenly on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. She was born September 30, 1950 to Barbara and John Wilbanks in Batesville, AR.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Womack of Maumelle; her parents, Barbara and John Wilbanks of Batesville; and her brother, John R. Wilbanks of New York.
Survivors...
Louise Boyle
Jan 3, 2023
Louise Boyle, 91 of Batesville passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Batesville. She was born March 30, 1931 at Dell to Louis Bryan Turner and Johnnie Mooney Turner. She was an accountant/bookkeeper and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Blytheville, later in life she joined the Ramona United Methodist Church in CA. Louise enjoyed her family,...
Charles Thomas Harris
Jan 1, 2023
Charles Thomas Harris (Tom), 80, was born in Saffell, AR on July 13, 1942, to Arthur & Florine Harris. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 1, 2023 after a brief illness. He is survived by his son, Alan Harris (Reena) and daughter, Kristi Durham (Scott) both of Strawberry along with his grandchildren Tanner Johnson (Hayden), Cody Johnson, Colby Harris...
Helen Ann Parman
Jan 1, 2023
Helen Ann Parman, 92, of Batesville died Sunday January 1, 2023, at her home.
Born April 19, 1930, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Lawrence O’Quinn and S.P. Doche Walker O’Quinn. She attended Nurses Training in San Angelo, Texas, in 1949 where she met and married Robert Ray “Bob” Parman who was a photographer and later pilot in...
Dorothy Shaw
Dec 31, 2022
Dorothy Shaw, 86, of Strawberry passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022 at White River Health in Batesville. She was born October 28, 1936 in Oneonta, NY to Leon and Rose Lambert. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant and a member of the Rings Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Dorothy enjoyed traveling the states and other countries, doing puzzles, playing the organ...
Sharon Darlene Herrman
Dec 25, 2022
Sharon Darlene Headley Herrman, 78, of Cave City passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022 in Ward, Arkansas. She was born on September 27, 1944 in Sullivan Township, Arkansas to Horace Headley and Easter Babe Marlin Headley. She was a caregiver. She also worked for many years at Wal-Mart as well as Con-Agra and White Rodgers. She was a member...
Boyce Neil Masner
Dec 23, 2022
Boyce Neil Masner, 91, of Cave City passed away Friday, December 23, 2022 in Cave City. He was born May 13, 1931 in Cave City to Tint Oscar Masner and Elvie Jane Johnson Masner. He was an educator in the Memphis Public Schools for over thirty years, served seven years in the United States Army and was a member of...
Thomas Edgar Cobb
Dec 19, 2022
Thomas Edgar Cobb of Batesville, 75, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 in Batesville. He was born June 30, 1947 in Batesville to Murphy and Allie Mae Cobb.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
Survivors include Evelyn Cobb of the home, Vickie Green, daughter, of Cave City and her husband, Steven; four grandchildren, Aaron...
Gearline Mae Whitener
Dec 18, 2022
Gearline Mae Altom Whitener, 93, of Batesville, passed peacefully from this life to her heavenly home on December 18, 2022. Gearline was born on September 18, 1929 to Clarence Elmer and Lena Pearl Altom (Dossett) of Floral, Ar. After graduating from Floral Schools, she attended then Arkansas College, studying business. She used her business skills in a variety of clerical...
James William Watson
Dec 14, 2022
James William Watson, 92, of Floral passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 in Floral. He was born on May 9, 1930 in Monette, Arkansas to Oliver Watson and Mary Osborn Watson. He worked in maintenance at the Cave City Nursing Home and was a member of the Cave City Church of Christ. James enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing and the...
Betty Lou Wilkerson
Dec 12, 2022
Betty Lou Wilkerson, 93, of Cave City passed away Monday, December 12, 2022 at Cave City. She was born August 28, 1929 in Piedmont, MO to Benjamin and Opal Montgomery. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. View Baptist Church. Betty loved her family, her church, sewing and reading the prayer list at church.
She was preceded...
