Cave City & Batesville, AR Obituaries
Local obituaries for Sharp & Independence Counties in AR
Billie Jane Branscum
Sep 21, 2014
Billie Jane Branscum age 67 of Batesville died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. She was born September 11, 1947 at Batesville, Arkansas to William Edward and Sara Jane (Wycough) Branscum. She was a member of the White Drive Baptist Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Eddie Joe Branscum, Charles Elbert...
Ronnie Shetron
Sep 20, 2014
Ronnie Shetron age 66 of Batesville died Saturday September 20, 2014 at his home in Batesville surrounded by his family. He was born September 15, 1948 in Batesville, Arkansas to Charles and Lola (Trent) Shetron. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was retired from the Batesville Fire Department with 20 years of service. He was also owner of Shetron...
Roetta Hudson
Sep 20, 2014
ROETTA HUDSON Graveside services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Batesville for Roetta Hudson of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Hudson, 78, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at home. Rev. Tommy Medley will officiate the services. Roetta was born January 27, 1936 in Batesville, Arkansas; the daughter of Roe Reves and Della Weaver...
David "Pops" Blackmore
Sep 16, 2014
David “Pops” Blackmore age 57 of Batesville died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 19, 1956 at Moberly, Missouri to Henry Alford and Laura Beatrice Driskell Blackmore. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family. He especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one...
Dale W. Moore
Sep 11, 2014
Dale W. Moore age 83 of the Hutchinson Mountain Community died Thursday, September 11, 2014 at an Ash Flat nursing home. He was born January 7, 1931 at Amagon, Arkansas to Arva Lee and Bertie Elizabeth (Tate ) Moore. He graduated from Moler Barber College in Memphis and owned and operated a barber shop in Memphis for several years. He...
Ella Smith
Sep 11, 2014
Eighty-six year old Ella Smith was born in Batesville to Carl and Margie Atkisson, the youngest of five girls. Married for over 50 years to Bill Smith, she is survived by their only child, Becky McConnell; two grandsons; two great-grandsons; her sister, Claudia Hedden; nieces, nephews, and many friends. She trusted Christ with her life when she was five years...
Arlan Carl Camden
Sep 10, 2014
Arlan Carl Camden age 85 of Batesville died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at a Batesville nursing home. He was born June 6, 1929 at Beedeville, Arkansas to Taylor and Ida Mae Goforth Camden. He was a United Pentecostal minister having pioneered churches in Salem, Mo, Payson, AZ, Valley Farms, AZ and Melbourne, AR. He also pastored in Ellington, Mo. He...
James Steven Qualls
Sep 9, 2014
James Steven Qualls age 63 of Jonesboro (formerly of Mt. Pleasant) died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Jonesboro. He was born September 18, 1950 at Mountain Home, Arkansas to Fred and Maye Qualls. He was a retired USDA grain inspector, a United States Air Force Veteran of Vietnam and of the Presbyterian faith. He was preceded in death by his...
Zenus T. Davidson
Sep 7, 2014
Zenus T. Davidson age 79 of Floral died Sunday, September 7, 2014 at his home. He was born August 5, 1935 at Banner, Arkansas to Vernie Arthur and Obie Geneva (Arnold) Davidson. He was a retired farmer and road construction worker. He was a member of the Banner Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents; one...
Anna York Allgood
Sep 6, 2014
Anna York Allgood age 76 of Floral died Saturday September 6, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. She was born April 4, 1938 at Marcella, Arkansas to James William and Ethel Jane (Martin) York. She worked many years for Tharp Brothers in Floral. She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Virginia Allgood; one brother, Charles York; and two...
Marilyn Sullivan
Sep 4, 2014
Marilyn Ford Sullivan age 85 passed away Thursday, September 4, 2014 at Spring Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center in Cabot, Arkansas. She was born July 18, 1929 in Cave City, Arkansas to Howard B. Ford and Lillie Burrow Ford. She was a lifelong resident of Cave City before going to the center in Cabot a year ago. She was a...
Donnie Tuten
Aug 27, 2014
Donnie Tuten age 52 of Batesville died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born December 13, 1961 at Batesville, Arkansas to Henry E. and Wanda (Hix) Tuten. He was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church at Gainesboro and a member of the Donnie Tuten Prayer Team. He was preceded in death by his father Henry...
Joyce Beck
Aug 27, 2014
Joyce Beck age 43 of Cave City died Wednesday , August 27, 2014 at her home. She was born April 16, 1971 at Memphis, Tennessee to Raymond and Sally June Lucas Barkley. She was a preschool dietician and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Ronnie Dean Lenox and one sister, Barbara Castle....
Johnnie Paul Taylor
Aug 21, 2014
Johnnie Paul Taylor age 67 of Batesville, formerly of Cave City, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 in a Little Rock hospice center. Born January 11, 1947 in Cave City, he was the son of Clay and Ila Taylor. He was a carpenter and a contractor by trade and a long time member of Desha First Baptist Church. He served on...
Terry L. Garlin
Aug 15, 2014
Terry L. Garlin age 47 of Batesville died Friday, August 15, 2014. He was born November 26, 1966 at Batesville, Arkansas to James W. and Tommie Perkey Garlin. He was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church at Southside. He was preceded in death by his father, James W. Garlin and his grandparents, Onis and Elizabeth Garlin and Charlie...
Verbel G. Ring
Aug 10, 2014
Verbel G. Ring age 77 of Brockwell, Arkansas formerly of Evening Shade died Sunday, August 10, 2014 at a medical center in Calico Rock, Arkansas. He was born June 3, 1937 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to George and Morine Evans Ring. He was a pipe Fitter and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by...
Shannon Aaron Martin
Aug 9, 2014
Shannon Aaron Martin age 33 of Calamine, Arkansas died Saturday, August 9, 2014 at his home. He was born October 10, 1980 at Salem, Arkansas to Tim A. Martin and Victoria J. Heron. He was a factory worker and a member of the Bettis Town Church of Christ. He was preceded death by three grandparents O. A. Martin, Ima Joan...
Jesse Columbus Hoggard
Aug 8, 2014
Jesse Columbus Hoggard age 86 of Strawberry died Friday, August 8, 2014 at a Cave City nursing home. He was born October 18, 1927 in Cave City, Arkansas to Leo and Zola McCloud Hoggard. He married Maye Mullen on March 9, 1948. They were married 58 years before her death in 2005. He was a retired farmer and a member...
Pauline Mobley Christenberry
Aug 7, 2014
Pauline Mobley Christenberry age 96 of Smithville died Thursday, August 7, 2014 at a Cave City nursing home. She was born February 2, 1918 at Cave City, Arkansas to Homer and Cecile “ Brown” Mobley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her Parents, her husband James Jewel...
Raymond Blaine St. John
Aug 7, 2014
Raymond Blaine St. John age 93 of Cave City died Thursday, August 7, 2014 at a Batesville hospital. He was born September 16, 1920 at Chamberlain, South Dakota to Lee and Mabel “Burger” Ransford St. John. He was a carpenter and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Dorothy St. John, one daughter,...
