Floyd Russell Mills, 83, of Clarksville died Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a retired veteran of the United States Army and during his
active service he received the WWII Victory Ribbon, the Good Conduct
Medal, the EAME Theater Ribbon, two Bronze Service Stars and the Army
of Occupation Ribbon in Germany. He was a son of the late Boss Monroe
and Alice Martha Rhett Mills, retired Clarksville Public Schools
custodian, and was preceded in death by his first wife, Alma Estelle
Turner Mills, and second wife, Clara Elizabeth Gibson Mills; one son,
James Floyd Mills; three sisters; and two brothers.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Hodge and husband, Mark, and
Doris Velte and Charles, all of Clarksville; seven grandchildren,
Kenneth Mills, Sheila Klyne, Sherrie Humphrey, Shuree Burt, Chuck
Wilson, Rusty Hodge and Josiah Hodge; 15 great-grandchildren; and
companion, Geneva Crowley of Clarksville.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, at Roller-Cox Funeral Home
with Rev. Bob Oden and Jackie Townsell officiating. Burial with
military honors will be at Ware Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Tony Marvel, Milton Nordin, Rhett Allen
Butler, Jimmy Charles Butler, Bruce Butler and Freeman Wish.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Dalton, Leon Hill, Kenneth Mills,
Chuck Wilson, Stoney Burt, Rusty Hodge and Josiah Hodge.
Visitation will be from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Roller-Cox
Funeral Home.
Funeral for J. Howard Taylor, 76, of North Little Rock, who died
Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, at North
Little Rock Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside service and burial will
follow at 3 p.m. at Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville.
He was a son of the late James A. and Cathryn Nordin Taylor, a retired
employee of North Little Rock Waste Water and John Miller Tire Company,
and was preceded in death by three sons, Jimmy, Michael and Nick; and
one brother, Hayes Taylor.
Joey D. Betnar, 40, of Muldrow, Okla., son of Laquita Cowell of
Hartman, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, in Little Rock.
A native of Clarksville, he was a parts manager for Crawford County
Ford in Van Buren and a Protestant.
Other survivors are his wife, Michelle Betnar; two sons, Dylan and
Nathan Betnar, both of the home; one stepdaughter, Crissa Edwards of
the home; one sister, Candi Hamilton of Hector; and one brother, Terry
Betnar of Fort Smith.
Mary Jess Strickland, 84, of Lonoke died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, in
Lonoke.
A native of Clarksville, she was a daughter of the late William J. and
Maude Moore Reynolds, widow of J. O. Strickland, Presbyterian, retired
employee of First State Bank of Lonoke, and was preceded in death by
two brothers, Charles and Morgan Maze.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, John R. and Dean
Strickland of Russellville and Louis M. and Donna Strickland of Broken
Arrow, Okla.; and five grandchildren and two grandchildren-in-law, John
David and Lori Strickland of Sheridan, Sue Carol and Rob Watkins of
Little Rock, Stan Strickland of Barcelona, Spain, and Austin and Morgan
Mae Strickland, both of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Robert F. Denzer, 84, of Crawfordsville, Ind., brother of Vaughn Denzer
of Pettigrew, died Jan. 28, 2005.
He was a son of the late Amos W. and Gladys Hazel Young Denzer, native
of Crawford County, Ohio, attended Arkansas schools, member of Eastside
Baptist Church and the National Association of Civilian Conservation
Corps, retired RR Donnelley employee, and was preceded in death by his
wife, Lillie Yates Denzer; one son, Robert W. Denzer;
great-granddaughter, Ashley Woodall; three brothers, Sherman, David and
Russell Denzer; and two sisters, Alice Denzer and Elsie Hitsman.
Survivors include one daughter, Lois Head of Crawfordsville, Ind.; two
other brothers, Willard of Gentry and Austin of West Fork; two sisters,
Lilly Stepp of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Irene Ross of Galyan, Ohio; two
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.