Eureka Springs, Arkansas · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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John D. Garner (02/04/10)
John D. Garner, 69, a retired foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, died of cancer at his home in Eureka Springs on Jan. 27. He joined the Foreign Service after graduation from Oklahoma State University in 1963. He was posted to Lagos, Tunis, Dakar, Douala, Bamako, Abidjan, Paris and Geneva. He was a member of the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Department of State Senior Seminar and retired as a Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service after 31 years of service...
Susan Janean McMurray (01/28/10)
Susan Janean McMurray was born March 31, 1964 in Albany, Mo., a daughter of Larry and Sue (Weathered) Snow. She died Sunday, Jan. 17 in Eureka Springs at the age of 45. Mrs. McMurray was employed by the Land O Nod Inn in Eureka Springs. She was very devoted to her whole family and had a love for flowers, animals and her work...
Todd Huber (01/28/10)
Todd Huber, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Oct. 31, 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio, a son of Harry R. and Joy (Middleton) Huber. He died on Thursday, Jan. 21 in Eureka Springs at the age of 46. Todd worked as a Rock-Star Bartender at Chelsea's in Eureka Springs...
Jerry Dale Stoppel (01/21/10)
Jerry Dale Stoppel, 51, of Fayetteville, was born Jan. 6, 1958 in Cassville, Mo., a son of Herman A. and Madge (Laisure) Stoppel. He died Saturday, Dec. 26 in Fayetteville. He is survived by two sons, Zachary Stoppel of Bartlesville, Okla. and Jeremy Parker of Berryville; one daughter, Misty Stoppel of Bartlesville, Okla.; and mother, Madge Laisure of Oklahoma...
Gordon David Hubbard (01/21/10)
Gordon David Hubbard, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Feb. 7, 1955 in Dallas, Texas, a son of Preston and Mary Lou (Bradshaw) Hubbard. He died on Jan. 13 in Eureka Springs at the age of 54. Mr. Hubbard was a carpenter and a member of the Eastside Church of Christ in Eureka Springs...
Roger Dale Henry (01/21/10)
Roger Dale Henry, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Oct. 11, 1945 in Spring Valley, a son of Sam Randolph and Leva Christina (Seigal) Henry. He died on Jan. 5, 2010 in Fayetteville at the age of 64. Mr. Henry was of the Baptist faith. On Oct. 24, 1987, Roger was married Wanda Susie Myers who survives him of the home. ...
Doris (AKA "Beauty Queen") E. Peterson (01/13/10)
Doris (AKA "Beauty Queen") E. Peterson, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born March 7, 1922 in Richmond, Va., a daughter of Thomas and Theresa (Mancino) Eubank. She died on Jan. 5 in Eureka Springs at the age of 87. Mrs. Peterson attended the Holiday Island Community Church -- Calvary Baptist. She was a homemaker and was in the Military Officers Wives Club...
Jack Edwin Martindale (01/13/10)
Jack Edwin Martindale, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born June 24, 1947, in Atlanta, Texas, son of Albert Y. and Gladys G. (Hill) Martindale. He died on Saturday, Jan. 2 in Fayetteville at the age of 62. Jack was of the Methodist faith. He retired after 34 years of service holding many different positions with the Dallas Police Department. ...
Elizabeth Helen Huston (01/13/10)
Elizabeth Helen Huston, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Sept. 20, 1912 in Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of William Earl and Mabel Ellen (Ewing) Sirpless. She died on Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Holiday Island at the age of 97. She moved to Holiday Island in 2000 from rural Pittsburg, Kan...
Michael David Drennon (01/13/10)
Michael David Drennon, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Nov. 4, 1970 in Springfield, Mo., a son of David and Deanna (Presley) Drennon. He died on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 in Fayetteville at the age of 39. Mike was a Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission member. ...
Michael David Drennon (01/10/10)
MICHAEL DAVID DRENNON, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born November 4, 1970 in Springfield, MO, a son of David and Deanna (Presley) Drennon. He departed this life Thursday, January 7, 2010 in Fayetteville, AR at the age of 39. Mike was a Commissioner for the Eureka Springs C.A.P.C. ...
James Matthew Wiliams (01/06/10)
James Matthew Wiliams was born Dec. 8, 1954. He was the first-born twin of Elijah and Mary Williams, delivered at St. Tammany Hospital in Covington, La. He died Nov. 28 in Mandeville, La. He was one of six children. He was educated in St. Tammany Parish, graduating from Mandeville High School in 1973. James was a track star, breaking two school records, the 100-yard dash and 100-yard hurdles. He was given two keys to the city for these feats...
Aileen Lydia Mary Putman (01/06/10)
Aileen Lydia Mary Putman, a resident of Holiday Island, was born July 26, 1915, in Manhattan, Kan., a daughter of James Leland and Lucinda Marietta (Johnson) Murphy. She died on Dec. 20 at Holiday Island at the age of 94. Mrs. Putman was a caretaker for the elderly and a seamstress. She also took care of Everett Faucett. She was of the Mormon faith...
Mary F. LaMont (01/06/10)
Mary F. LaMont, 89, of Liberty, Mo. died on Dec. 31. Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7 at Church-Archer-Pasley Funeral Home in Liberty, Mo. where services will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be 1 p.m., Thursday at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to Odyssey Health Care Hospice, 800 E. 101 Terrace, Suite 150, Kansas City, MO 64131-5308...
Gary Lee Gage (01/06/10)
Gary Lee Gage left this incarnation at 11:15 p.m. on Christmas to be home with his beloved Sonnie Lee Bearden who preceded him in 2006. He left behind one daughter, Cara Richardson-Murray, soul friends Birdi Romero and Vicki Jamieson and countless friends and admirers. He is famous for his incredible sense of humor and for the many spiritual gifts that deeply touched all who know him...
We will miss you (12/30/09)
Charlie Jackson William Jacob Barner Jan. 3, 1921 -- Dec. 5, 2008 Johnny Reid Horn Nov. 3, 1944 -- Dec. 12, 2008 Bob Muhm Nov. 4, 1914 -- Dec. 19, 2008 William "Bill" Alonzo Estes Jan. 8, 1924 -- Dec. 25, 2008 William "Bill" Kovach Nov. 18, 1940 -- Dec. 28, 2008...
Susie M. Udouj (12/23/09)
Susie M. Udouj, 61, of Eureka Springs, formerly of Fort Smith, died on Wednesday, Dec. 16 in Fort Smith. She was a catholic, and a former flight attendant for Northwest Airlines. She was preceded in death by her father Bill McFetridge. A Rosary service was held on Dec. 20 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. A Funeral Mass was held on Dec. 21 at Christ the King Catholic Church. The body was cremated under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home...
Rebecca "Becky" Riley (12/23/09)
Rebecca "Becky" Riley, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Sept. 22, 1956 in Clinton, Okla., a daughter of Bruce B. and Anna D. (Clay) Roberts. She died on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the age of 53. She was preceded in death by her natural father, Bruce B. Roberts (1970), dad, Junior D. Mooney (2007), one brother, Barry Mooney, and maternal and paternal grandparents...
Maxine M. Martin (12/23/09)
Maxine M. Martin, 55, of Holiday Island, died on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 in Fayetteville. She was born April 3, 1954, in Melrose Park, Ill. to Max and Darlene (Koppert) Easley. She was retired. She is survived by her parents of Elburne, Ill.; husband Joel Martin II of Holiday Island; two sons, Joel Martin III of Texarkana and Jacob Martin of Fayetteville; and five siblings, Deanna Combs, Ellen Krikie, Rebecca Rogalla, Charles Easley and Max Easley...
Charlotte Frances McCart (12/16/09)
Charlotte Frances McCart, a resident of Berryville, was born March 11, 1913 in South Bend, Ind., a daughter of Dwight May and Arrilla May (Herrold) Walton. She died on Friday, Dec. 4 in Berryville at the age of 96. Ms. McCart was a licensed vocational nurse and an accountant. She was a member of the Holiday Island Baptist Church...
Richard Charles Evenson (12/09/09)
Richard Charles Evenson died at his home on Holiday Island on Dec. 1. He was the son of Harold and Doris Evenson. He was born on Aug. 23, 1928 in South Milwaukee, Wisc. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1952. He received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin . He worked as an advertising copywriter in Milwaukee, Wisc. and in Chicago, Ill...
Carolyn Gaines (12/09/09)
Carolyn Gaines was born on Feb. 12, 1941 in Washington, D.C., and died in Berryville on Dec. 3. In between those dates, she led a life of -- well, let's call it "adventure." From the beginning she was a performer, and for much of her life she shared her tremendous singing talent with countless appreciative audiences: Radio City Music Hall; USO tours; American Light Opera Company; Hexagon (a Washington political satire tradition); cruise lines; and too many nightclubs to name. ...
Shirley L. Reed (11/25/09)
Shirley L. Reed, 87, of Eureka Springs, died on Nov. 16 in Eureka Springs. She was born May 27, 1922 in Salem, Mass. She was the daughter of Charles F. and Harriett Miller Reed. She was preceded in death by her one son, Timothy Reed. She is survived by three sons, Scott Reed of Eureka Springs, Charles Reed of California and Dennis R. Reed of Massachusetts; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild...