Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Ricky Branscum
Jan 25, 2016
Ricky “Dawg” Branscum age 63 of Newark died Monday, January 25, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 22, 1952 at Batesville, Arkansas, the son of Thurlow Dean “Boe” Branscum and Pauline Bower. He worked several years for Townsend in Batesville and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Thurlow Dean “Boe”...
Betty Jo Ward
Jan 20, 2016
Betty Jo (Martin) Ward age 90 of Batesville passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Batesville. She was born October 5, 1925 at Oxford, Arkansas to Oler and Effie Caldwell Martin. She loved singing and playing bass guitar and played in a Country and Western band for several years. Survivors include one daughter, Regina Marlin and husband Larry of Tampa,...
Rosie "Christine" Huff
Jan 16, 2016
Rosie “Christine” Huff age 81 of Batesville died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at a Searcy hospital. She was born November 12, 1934 at Locust Grove, Arkansas to Tom and Ida Lee (McClurg) Bennett. She was a homemaker and of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bearl W. Huff and a sister, Pauline Hill....
Marvin R. Cossey
Jan 12, 2016
Marvin R. Cossey age 77 of Salem (formerly of Evening Shade) died Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born February 19, 1938 at Cave City, Arkansas to Forrest Grover and Ruby (Brown) Cossey. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and he retired from United States Postal Service in 1996. He was...
Michael Clyde Pollard
Jan 11, 2016
Michael Clyde Pollard age 59 of Cave City died Monday, January 11, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. He was born June 17, 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ruben and Lillian Frazier Pollard. He grew up in the Bartlesville and Dewey, Oklahoma area and worked at what was once called Reda-Pump. He was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and served in...
Viola Ernestine Lack Freeze
Jan 9, 2016
Viola Ernestine Lack Freeze age 86 of Batesville died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. She was born May 17, 1929 at Vicksburg, Mississippi to James Harvey and Lena Pearl Nave Wright. She was a homemaker; a member of the Mountain View Folklore Society and a member of the Mountain View General Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Mabel Parsley
Jan 6, 2016
Mabel Parsley age 88 of Cave City died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at a Batesville hospital. She was born November 6, 1927 at Poughkeepsie, Arkansas to John Marion and Olar Norris Parsley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Poughkeepsie Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Willard Parsley, Howard Parsley and...
Charlene Sullivan Cathey
Jan 6, 2016
Charlene Sullivan Cathey age 92, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in Bentonville. She was born at Grange in Sharp County, Arkansas on April 16, 1923 to the late Murphy and Jewel (Mobley) Sullivan. She was the wife of the late George Cathey whom she married on December 24, 1949. Charlene was preceded in death by her husband, parents;...
Olivia "Libby" Otwell
Jan 3, 2016
Olivia “Libby” Otwell age 16 of Cave City died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home. She was born February 11, 1999 at Little Rock, Arkansas to David Lawrence Otwell and Leah Danyell Carrigan Otwell. She had attended Cave City High school and was currently attending The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Science and the Arts in Hot Springs. She was...
Keith Taylor
Jan 3, 2016
Keith Taylor, 62, of Williford, Arkansas, died January 3, 2016, at White River Medical Center at Batesville, Arkansas. He was born January 13, 1953, at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He had worked as a machine operator, and he loved the outdoors. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, H.C. and Blanche Petty Taylor, and a sister, Joyce Sharp. Survivors include his...
John Michael Scranton Sr.
Dec 31, 2015
John Michael Scranton Sr. age 30 of Cave City died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born December 6, 1985 at Des Peres, Missouri, the son of Timothy Allen Scranton and Dianne Medows Scranton Pallardy. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals and UFC fan. He was employed by Third Street Farm Supply in Batesville before...
Edward Clark Lindsey Jr.
Dec 30, 2015
Edward Clark Lindsey Jr., known as “Sonny” by his siblings, age 93 of Batesville died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure five months earlier. He was born on January 20, 1922 at Corry, Pennsylvania to Edward Clark Lindsey Sr. and Beatrice Mary (Nelson) Lindsey, the eldest of 11 children,...
Helen Bess Drake
Dec 27, 2015
Bess Drake age 87 of Concord died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at her home. She was born February 25, 1928 at Marcella, Arkansas to Ross Lee King and Gertrude Patterson King. She was retired from Land O’ Frost in Searcy and was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Floral. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
Melvin V. Patterson
Dec 22, 2015
Melvin V. Patterson age 89 of Batesville died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at his home. He was born June 23, 1926 at Batesville, Arkansas to Henry and Millie Greenfield Patterson. He was retired from Arkansas Power and Light and was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was a member of West Baptist Church in Batesville where he served as...
Rebecca Louise Duke
Dec 20, 2015
Rebecca Louise Duke age 51 of Batesville died Sunday, December 20, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born January 6, 1964 at Batesville, Arkansas, the daughter of W.O. Duke and Opal Barham Duke Mobley. She had worked several years at ProDentec in Batesville and was of the Assembly of God faith. She loved people and helping anyway she possibly...
Mordecai Jessie Marlin
Dec 18, 2015
Mordecai Jessie Marlin age 83 of Cave City died Friday, December 18, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born April 8, 1932 at Cave City, Arkansas to Jessie Henderson and Ollie Mae (Willis) Marlin. He was a retired Game Warden having retired in 1994 from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission with 26 years of service. He...
Wade Reynolds
Dec 17, 2015
Wade Reynolds age 73 of Cave City died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born February 11, 1942 at Melbourne, Arkansas to Delbert and Ednas Rhoads Reynolds. He was a retired bridge foreman for Union Pacific Railroad and of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife of 56...
Clay Roger Townsend
Dec 14, 2015
Clay Roger Townsend age 57 of Cave City died Monday, December 14, 2015 at his home. He was born April 18, 1958 in California. He was a painter and construction worker having worked for Provence Construction in Cave City. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Dave Townsend and one sister, Earline Whitley. Survivors include his wife...
Tommy Newman Pierson
Dec 14, 2015
Tommy Newman Pierson age 69 of Evening Shade died Monday, December 14, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born February 8, 1946 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to C.C. and Edna Ray Thomas Pierson. He was a construction worker and worked for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for several years. He was preceded in death by his father and...
Ruby L. Patterson
Dec 13, 2015
Ruby L. Patterson age 86 of Batesville died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born October 1, 1929 at Mobley, Arkansas, the daughter of Arnold and Thelma Crabtree. She was a nurse for Allen’s Hospital and Gray’s Hospital both in Batesville and co-owned the Southside Dairy Bar for several years. She was...
