Danny Paul Sampley, 32, of Fort Smith, brother of Richard T. Sampley of
Clarksville, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2004, in a Fort Smith hospital.
He was a native of Ozark, attended Oak Grove Church at Cecil, and
participated in painting of the mural at the Fort Smith Trolley Car
Museum.
Other survivors include his mother, Betty Jean Hancock Sampley LaClair
of Ozark; father, Danny Ray Sampley of Roland, Okla.; maternal
grandparents, Gene and Violet Hancock of Cecil; one niece, Brook; and
two nephews, Luke and Lane.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Smith Mortuary Chapel in
Charleston with burial at Eubanks Cemetery west of Cecil.
Pearl M. Gilbert, 95, of Altus died Friday, Sept. 10, 2004, at her home.
A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Vester and
Dill Vickers Mitchell, widow of Ernest Gilbert, and a member of Dyer
Assembly of God Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Melba Williams of Denning; three sons,
Joel Gilbert of Prairie Grove, Howard Gilbert of Ozark and William
Gilbert of Dyer; one brother, Wilburn Mitchell of Decatur; nine
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Altus United Pentecostal
Church with Rev. Sammy Alverson and Ronnie Lee officiating.
Burial was at Highland Cemetery under the direction of Shaffer Funeral
Home of Ozark.
Pallbearers were Jim, Josh, Mike, Clifton and Brandon Gilbert, and
Michael Brown.