Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Rev. Lonnie Palmer Jr.
Aug 23, 2015
Rev. Lonnie Palmer, Jr. age 83 of Allen, Oklahoma died Sunday, August 23, 2015 in Ada, Oklahoma. He was born March 9, 1932 in Pfieffer, Arkansas to Lonnie and Minnie Williams Palmer. He came to the Allen area in 2000. He married Lillian Bernice Crow on September 12, 1951. She preceded him in death in 2012. He received his degree...
Carl W. Pinkston
Aug 23, 2015
Carl W. Pinkston age 74 of Batesville died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born November 3, 1940 at Mobley, Arkansas to John Lowry and Ada Elsie “Sally” Andrews Pinkston. He was a retired land surveyor. He was elected as Independence County Land Surveyor from 1975-1982. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. He was preceded in...
Roger Dale Zahn
Aug 22, 2015
Roger Dale Zahn age 48 of Batesville died Saturday, August 22, 2015 at his home. He was born March 4, 1967 at Phoenix, Arizona to Roger and Pansy Zahn. He worked for ConAgra Frozen Foods in Batesville for 30 years. He was a member of the Weaver’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Batesville. He was preceded in death by...
Betty Jean McHatton
Aug 19, 2015
Betty Jean McHatton age 83 of Cave City died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the Cave City Nursing Home. She was born April 26, 1932 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to George C. and Maureen Evans Ring. She was an LPN, attended Geyer Springs First Baptist Church in Little Rock for many years and was a member of the First Missionary...
Janet Faircloth
Aug 16, 2015
Janet Faircloth age 79 of Batesville died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born November 1, 1935 at Mountain View, Arkansas to Thomas P. and Opal Warden Jefferson. She was retired from White Rodgers in Batesville and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Rick Faircloth; and two...
Leland Carl Baney
Aug 16, 2015
Leland Carl Baney age 74 of Cave City died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at his home. He was born May 15, 1941 at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to William and Dollie Ferguson Baney. He was a retired farmer and a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Cave City. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,...
Irene Lloyd
Aug 15, 2015
Irene Lloyd age 83 of Cave City died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born February 2, 1932 at Poughkeepsie, Arkansas to Everett and Audrey Morgan Hyslip. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jack Lloyd and an infant brother. Survivors...
Marjorie Allen
Aug 13, 2015
Marjorie Allen age 80 of Pleasant Plains died Thursday, August 13, 2015 at her home. She was born December 4, 1934 at Yakima, Minnesota, the daughter of Peter and Marie Burk. She was a homemaker and a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church at Floral. She was preceded in death by her father Peter Burk; her mother, Marie Ryme;...
Max Phillips
Aug 8, 2015
Max Phillips age 76 of Batesville died Saturday, August 8, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 28, 1938 at Dowdy, Arkansas to William Thomas and Hazel Irene (Long) Phillips. He was a farmer, a lifetime member and past board member of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association and a member of Ramsey Heights Baptist Church in...
Fred Hammer
Aug 8, 2015
Fred Hammer age 57 of Salado died Saturday, August 8, 2015 at home. He was born December 5, 1957 at Maquoketa, Iowa to Roy Ray Weets and Ruth Virginia Hammer. He worked several years for ConAgra Foods in Batesville in the maintenance department. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends. He attended Guion Baptist...
J.W. Roach
Aug 7, 2015
Pastor J.W. Roach age 81 of Sandtown went home to be with his Lord on Friday, August 7, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born November 28, 1933 at Sandtown, Arkansas. He was the son of Jay A. & Zelma Baxter Roach. Bro. J.W. lived out his life here on earth with a great love for his Lord, his...
Johnny Kirk
Aug 7, 2015
Johnny Kirk age 27 of Cave City died Friday, August 7, 2015 at his home. He was born January 16, 1988 at Rochelle, Illinois to Dale Kirk and Cindy Medlock. He was employed by Western Rivers and was a member of the Cave City Church of God. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Bill and Charla Medlock....
Ima Lucille Vanatter
Aug 6, 2015
Ima Lucille Vanatter age 76 of Batesville died Thursday, August 6, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born July 27, 1939 at Batesville, Arkansas to Guy and Lois Wink. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Johnny Lannings and Tom Vanatter; and seven sisters, Mildred Tharp, Rudean Hightower, Wanda Ivy,...
Joyce L. Thomas Brewer
Aug 2, 2015
Joyce L. Thomas Brewer age 61 of Cherokee Village died Sunday, August 2, 2015 at a Paragould hospital. She was born July 16, 1954 at Jonesboro, Arkansas to Steve and Evelyn Thomas. She was a U.S. Air Force Veteran. She was a member of the American Legion and Auxiliary and was a Girl Scout Troop Leader. She was preceded in...
Anna Beth Laman Davis
Jul 29, 2015
Anna Beth Laman Davis age 86 of Batesville died Wednesday July 29, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born June 13, 1929 at Cave City, Arkansas to John Olen and Deltha Ford Laman. She was a retired school teacher with 32 years of service. Among the schools she taught at were Truman, Springdale, Gentry and Yellville. She was a...
Michael David Overturf
Jul 25, 2015
Michael David Overturf age 66 of Batesville died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. He was born October 29, 1948 at Royalton, Illinois to Clarence and Ruby Overturf. He was retired and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Overturf of the home; one son, Mike Bowers of...
Evelyn C. Martin
Jul 25, 2015
Evelyn C. Martin age 82 of Poughkeepsie, died July, 25, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born September 20, 1932 at Williford, AR to Jeff Morgan and Allie “Davis” Morgan. She was a housewife and a member of the Cave City First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by, her parents, her husband Clay Martin, one son...
Willie Ann Garner
Jul 21, 2015
Willie Ann Horrell Garner, 83, of Glencoe, was born October 24, 1931, in Lunsford, Missouri. She died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Her family has been established in Hardy, Arkansas, for several generations. As a young child, her first job was in her father and grandfather Horrell's grocery store. She was a graduate of...
Pat M. Davidson
Jul 19, 2015
Pat Davidson age 77 of Concord died Sunday, July 19, 2015 at a Heber Springs hospital. She was born March 6, 1938 at Floral, Arkansas to Leon and Arkie (Elumbaugh) Ramsey. She was a secretary having worked several years for Bowman Handles at Southside and retired in 2006 from the Midland School District. She was a member of the Concord...
Curtis Leroy Polston
Jul 17, 2015
Curtis Leroy Polston age 63 of Batesville died Friday, July 17, 2015 at a local hospital. He was born December 7, 1951 at Caraway, Arkansas to Thurman and Retha Polston. He was a retired carpenter and worked for ConAgra Foods in Batesville for several years. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents; four...
