Dorothea M. Grotheer, 83, of Ozone died Saturday, May 29, 2004, at
Countryside Manor Nursing Home.
She was a retired medical technology instructor and daughter of the
late Saunders and Will C. Miller.
Survivors are her husband, William H. Grotheer; two daughters, D.
Nancy
Renk of Brighton, Colo., and Dr. Anne G. Shull of Sherman Oaks, Calif.;
and three grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at Miller Chapel in
Hazel,
Ky., with Pastor Richard Sutton officiating. Burial will be in Hazel
Cemetery in Hazel, Ky.
Euna Mae Laneer, 89, of Clarksville died Sunday, May 30, 2004, at her
home.
She was born in the Spring Hill Community, daughter of the late
Harley
and Eva Elkins Domerese, graduate of Hartman High School, and had been
a member of Landmark Baptist Church for 39 years where she was a Sunday
school teacher for 20 years, worked in Vacation Bible School, director
of family dinners several years, past director of the research
visitation program, past president of the ladies auxiliary, did youth
work, and a member of the ladies prayer group. She was preceded in
death by one sister, Vergie Rannals, and two brothers, Roy and Hoyt
Domerese.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Luke Laneer; one son and
daughter-in-law, Ted and Debbie Laneer of Clarksville; one sister and
brother-in-law, Jolene and Russell Wall of Branson, Mo.; five brothers
and sisters-in-law, George and Erla Domerese and Harley and Dorothy
Domerese, all of Clarksville, Dean and Peggy Domerese of Branson, Mo.,
Clarence and Erlene Domerese of Van Buren, and Dane and Linda Domerese
of Coal Hill; two sisters-in-law, Alta Domerese of Danville and
Elizabeth Domerese of Kansas City, Mo.; one brother-in-law, Melvin
Rannels of Tyler, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Hardwicke Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Vernon Bass officiating. Burial will be in Oakland
Cemetery.
Opal K. Briscoe, 77, of Lamar died Friday, May 28, 2004, at Countryside
Manor Nursing Home.
She was a daughter of the late Bryan Bland and Della Ware Jackson
Briscoe, Baptist, and was preceded in death by one brother-in-law,
Truman Leavell and one nephew, Calvin Leavell.
Survivors include one sister, Lahoma Leavell of Lamar; three nieces
and
spouses, Della and Aubry Williams and Sonya Leavell, all of Dover, and
Frankie and Rickey Lungingham of Nashville, Tenn.; and two nephews,
Lester Leavell and wife, Carla, of Clarksville, and Ron Leavell of Fort
Smith.
Funeral was at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at Roller-Cox Chapel with
Rev. Herb Tilley officiating. Burial was in Adams Cemetery.
Ruby E. Brown Rambur, 67, of Altus, mother of Gina Oberste of
Clarksville, died Thursday, May 27, 2004, at Crawford County Hospital.
She was a retired registered nurse, Baptist, and daughter of the
late Davis and Neola McCartney Brown.
She is survived by one other daughter, Lanesa Cordell of Altus; two
sisters, Dorothy Rofkahr and Levonia Williamson, both of Altus; three
brothers, Harold Brown of Altus, and Charles Brown and J. D. Brown,
both of Ozark; and four grandchildren, Chandra, Nathan and Christopher
Oberste of Clarksville and Lakota Cordell of Altus.
Velma B. Holman Howard, 84, whose son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Lu
Howard, reside in Clarksville, died Saturday, May 29, 2004, in Memphis,
Tenn.
She was a native of Idabel, Okla., daughter of the late Percy O. and
Mary Frances Holman of the Forest Grove Community in McCurtain County,
Okla., widow of Alvin E. Howard, 1937 graduate of Idabel High School,
former employee of the McCurtain County Hospital, and was a clerk for
the U. S. Forest Service. She was instrumental in organizing and also
teaching in the first Vacation Bible School held at the Forest Hill
Baptist Church in 1944, was a 42-year resident of Waldron where she was
a volunteer at Mercy Hospital, member and officer in the Waldron
Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal employees, and a
member of the First Baptist Church of Waldron and the Golden Rule
Sunday School class. She was preceded in death by one sister, Elsie
Westbrook, and one brother, Rev. Lawson Holman.
Survivors are one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ann and James E.
Rogers
of Memphis, Tenn.; one other son, Glen Howard of Warwick, R. I.; eight
grandchildren, Glenna R. Ward of Memphis, Tenn., Michael Rogers of
Huntsville, Ala., Sharon Rogers of Fort Smith, Beth Howard of
Clarksville, John Howard of Russellville, Keely West of Norman, Okla.,
Davis Rush of Fort Smith and Audrey Howard of Tahlequah, Okla.; and
eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at the Forest Hill
Baptist
Church in the Forest Grove Community with Chaplain (COL) James E.
Rogers, U. S. Army retired, officiating. Burial will follow in the
Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of
Norwood-Coffey-Leonard Funeral Home of Idabel, Okla.
Betty June Pitts, 74, of Clarksville died Tuesday, May 25, 2004.
She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church, cook, and daughter of the
late Charles Vaden and Myrtle Hutchins Overbey.
Survivors include her husband, Harold H. Pitts; three daughters, Betty
Hays of Mesa, Ariz., Wanda Stutzman of Cloudland, Ga., and Jennifer
Dunn of Hot Springs; two sons, Wayne Pitts of Knoxville and Dean Pitts
of Van Buren; one sister, Magdalene Kirkpatrick of Knoxville; two
brothers, Charles Overbey of Berea, Calif., and John Overbey of
Knoxville; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Friday, May 28, at Roller-Cox Chapel with Rev.
Michael Sawyer officiating. Burial was in Lamar Cemetery.
Funeral for Clara Selma Wilkins, 88, of Russellville, who died Sunday,
May 30, 2004, at her home, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at St.
John's Lutheran Church with Rev. Darrell Kobs officiating.
Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery at Lutherville under the
direction of Humphrey Funeral Service of Russellville.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Bobo, Arno Droske, Carl Frederking, James
Henning, Elvin Drittler, and Leo Knoernschild.
She was a native of the Lutherville Community, daughter of the late
Fred and Selma Hentschel Bangert, member of St. John's Lutheran Church,
and was preceded in death by one grandson, Andrew Greene Carroll III,
one sister, Linda Hall, and three brothers, Fred Bangert III, Carl
Bangert, and Eugene Bangert.
Luster Richard Myers, 88, of Mayfield died Friday, May 28, 2004, at
Mercy Hospital/Turner Memorial in Ozark.
He was a son of the late Oren and Verna Kiser Myers, native of Calico
Rock, Marine veteran of World War II, and a federal employee.
He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Phillip Truman
Jacobs of Clarksville; one son, Richard Dale Myers of Little Rock; one
brother, Raymond Myers of Springfield, Mo.; and three grandchildren,
Todd Jacobs of Fayetteville, Brad Jacobs of Tulsa, Okla., and Matt
Myers of North Little Rock.