Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Marzelle Hartsell McBryde
Nov 18, 2015
Marzelle Hartsell McBryde age 94 of Cave City died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born July 23, 1921 at Junction City, Louisiana to Ono Orion and Susan Gertrude (Maloch) Hartsell. She was a homemaker and worked as a receptionist and assistant in her husband’s chiropractic practice. She was a member of the Main...
Wretha Mae Roberts Reding
Nov 15, 2015
Wretha Mae Roberts Reding age 89 of Clermont, Florida passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Ocoee Health Care Center. She was born February 3, 1926 at Batesville, Arkansas to Herschel and Dovie (Sims) Roberts. She had been employed as a hospital nurse. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, D. C. Reding; a son, Gary...
Steve Holman
Nov 15, 2015
Steve Holman age 66 of Batesville died Sunday, November 15, 2015 at a Batesville hospital from complications of cancer. He was born October 7, 1949 at Little Rock, Arkansas to John Edward and Geneva (Elrod) Holman. He worked for Arkansas Power and Light for 25 years, worked for National Welding and retired from the Southside Water Department. He was of...
Howard Lee Reynolds
Nov 12, 2015
Howard Lee Reynolds age 64 of Cave City died Thursday, November 12, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born January 29, 1951 at Batesville, Arkansas to Estes Clara “Shorty” Reynolds and Veda Beatrice (Nieman) Reynolds. He was a master electrician having retired from Cushman Electric in Evening Shade. He enjoyed fishing, camping and woodworking and was of the Baptist...
Gerald A. Howard
Nov 10, 2015
Gerald A. Howard age 74 of Lynn died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at his home. He was born November 13, 1940 at Lynn, Arkansas to Paul Attison and Mabel (Nichols) Howard. He retired as the operator of the Phillips 66 Station in Lynn, served in the Army Reserve. He was a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the...
Irene M. Yost
Nov 8, 2015
Irene Yost age 94 of Batesville died Sunday, November 8, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born October 27, 1921 at Floral, Arkansas to Clarence Elmer and Lena Pearl (Dossett) Altom. She was a retired nurse having worked several years at the North Arkansas Clinic in Batesville. She was a charter member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville....
Ina Mae Landers
Nov 4, 2015
Ina Mae Landers age 89 of Batesville died Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Yellville. She was born August 4, 1926 at Ash Flat, Arkansas to F.B. and Emma Williams. She was a piano teacher and member of the Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville. She was a devout Christian and loved her family very much. She was preceded in...
Robert "Pat" Patterson
Nov 2, 2015
Robert “Pat” Patterson age 86 of Batesville passed away Monday, November 2, 2015. He was born June 11, 1929 at Jamestown, Arkansas, the only son of Cecil and Lottie Baker Patterson. He was a charter member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Batesville. In the 1950’s and 60’s he was an Arkansas State Policeman having worked four years in Independence...
Evelyn Nadine Harmon Qualls
Oct 31, 2015
Evelyn Nadine Harmon Qualls age 85 of Evening Shade died Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born May 13, 1930 at Batesville, Arkansas, the daughter of Matt Earnheart Harmon and Gracie Lou (Hamilton) Harmon. She was united in marriage to Leo Millard (Doc) Qualls Sr. on September 19, 1948. She was a...
Mary M. Fields
Oct 28, 2015
Mary M. Fields age 62 of Locust Grove died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born August 17, 1953 at Newport, Arkansas to Clifton C. and Dora May (Treadway) Ferrell. She was a nursing home dietician and a member of the New Faith Gospel Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her...
Doug Whited
Oct 25, 2015
Doug Whited age 54 of North Little Rock died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at a North Little Rock hospital. He was born November 25, 1960 at Batesville, Arkansas to Donald Ray and Ola Mae (Mobley) Whited. He was a tree trimmer and a logger. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Mitchell Ray Whited. Survivors include...
Birteen Walker
Oct 23, 2015
Birteen Walker age 87 of Strawberry died Friday, October 23, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born December 19, 1927 in Strawberry, Arkansas to Elvin and Virgie Foster Milligan. She was a homemaker , retired from General Tire in Batesville and a member of the Strawberry Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands,...
Jessie Bridgman Milligan
Oct 23, 2015
Jessie Bridgman Milligan age 87 of Batesville died Friday, October 23, 2015 at her home. She was born June 27, 1928 at Newark, Arkansas to John Franklin and Jencie Mayes Bridgman. She married her husband of 65 years, J.B. Milligan on November 19, 1949. She was a homemaker and a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ in Batesville....
Felix "Cat" Smith
Oct 22, 2015
Felix “Cat” Smith age 82 of Cave City died Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born August 9, 1933 at Harrisburg, Arkansas to William Henry and Dellar Britnell Smith. He was a construction worker having worked several years for Fluor Daniels and was a U.S. Army veteran. He enjoyed gardening, raising cattle, woodworking, hunting...
Ralph C. Lewis Jr.
Oct 22, 2015
Ralph C. Lewis Jr. age 59 of Batesville died Thursday October 22, 2015 at his home. He was born May 24, 1956 at Peoria, Illinois to Ralph Clois Lewis Sr. and Sarah Adeline Wece Lewis. He was a retired barber having worked in Fairfield Bay and owned a barber shop on Main Street in Batesville. He enjoyed reading books, particularly...
Mercedes "Sadie" Medlock
Oct 21, 2015
Mercedes “Sadie” Medlock age 18 of Poughkeepsie died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. She was born July 28, 1997 at Searcy , Arkansas the daughter of Ken and Shelly Medlock. She was a 2014 graduate of Cave City High School and currently a cosmetology student at UACCB in Batesville. She was Miss Teen...
Jack Harmon Culbreath II
Oct 21, 2015
Jack Harmon Culbreath II age 34 of Damascus died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Cherokee Village. He was born January 15, 1981 at Sulphur Rock, Arkansas to Jack Harmon Culbreath and Bernice Daphene Smith. He was a pipeliner and a member of the Sulphur Rock Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and all sports especially basketball. He was preceded in...
Boyce Ray Wood
Oct 18, 2015
Boyce Ray Wood age 90 of Cushman died Sunday, October 18, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born June 23, 1925 at Lepanto, Arkansas to Joseph Edwin and Maggie (Thurlo) Wood. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lavon Baxter Wood;...
R.L. Beel
Oct 15, 2015
R.L. Beel, 80 of Pleasant Plains, passed from this life to his eternal life on October 15, 2015. He died peacefully at his home with his wife of 54 years by his side. Born on Hutchinson Mountain, a cold morning December 7, 1934, he was the first born to Joe and Rilla Johnston Beel. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Marcella Smith
Oct 15, 2015
Marcella Smith age 93 of Batesville died Thursday, October 15, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born November 12, 1921 at Calamine, Arkansas to Charlie and Dora (Gay) Milligan. She was a homemaker and attended the First Assembly of God Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charlie Smith; one brother, Jack Milligan...
