Berniece Cochran went to be with the Lord Sunday March 20, 2005.
She was born in Haskell, Texas, July 25, 1931. Daughter of the late
Monroe and Inez Chenault Gordy. Berniece was united in marriage to Owen
Cochran for 54 years. She was a homemaker, beloved wife and mother who
devoted her life to her family, friends and church, graduate of Sunray
High School, Sunray, Texas, member of First Baptist Church, Morrilton,
Arkansas. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Gordy.
Survivors include her husband, Owen W. Cochran, one son, Owen Eddie
Cochran of Morrilton, Arkansas, daughters, Mary Klase, Enterprise,
Alabama, Judy Click and husband, Kenny, Amarillo, Texas, Gwen Dillow
and husband, David, Grapevine, Texas, Joyce Philpotts and husband, Don,
Marietta, Georgia, brother, Robert Gordy, Skellytown, Texas, sister,
Lucille Moore, Amarillo, Texas, sister-in-law, Genevieve Gordy, Denver
City, Texas, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM, Wednesday, March 23, First
Baptist Church, Morrilton, Arkansas, with Dr. Bill Brown officiating,
burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas by
Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Philpotts, Jake Philpotts, Alan Laney, Sid
Laney, Fill Neeley, Clay Neeley, Shane Klase.
Carl Jacob Morgan, 80, of Lamar died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at
Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith.
A native of Lamar, he was a son of the late George L. Morgan Sr. and
Christina Kauffeld Morgan, 1944 graduate of Clarksville High School,
lifelong member of Mt. Olive Methodist Church, cattle farmer, USDA food
inspector, Army veteran of World War II, member of the American Legion
Bunch Walton Post No. 22, Disabled American Veterans, and Johnson
County Cattlemen's Association, a peach and strawberry grower, and was
preceded in death by two brothers, Earl and George L. Morgan Jr., and
one sister, Eileen Griffith.
Survivors are his wife, Lena Fuller Morgan; one son and
daughter-in-law, David Carl and DeAnna Morgan of Lamar; one brother,
Harold Morgan of St. Charles, Mo.; two grandsons, Jonathan Morgan of
Lamar and Rocky Morgan and wife, Ashley, of Clarksville; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Mt. Olive
Methodist Church with Rev. Michael Thurman and Rev. Steve Wingo
officiating.
Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Earl Mason, Alvin Mason, Fred Kauffeld, Eugene
McGuire, Joe Hickey and Wayne Hickey.
Graveside services and burial for John William Bowen, 86, of Vilonia,
who died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at the Veterans Hospital in Little
Rock, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Liberty Hill
Cemetery at Hunt with Rev. George Willis officiating. Arrangements are
under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
He was a son of the late Myron and Mary Ellen Wilson Bowen, Baptist,
served in the U. S. Army during World War II, and was preceded in death
by three sisters and four brothers.
Loy Dean Miller, 73, of Lamar died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Johnson
Regional Medical Center.
He was a son of the late John Franklin and Georgia Ann Tilley
Miller,
veteran of the Korean War, employed as a truck driver for Johnson
County, and was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Smith Miller; one daughter, Judy
Norwood of Lamar; one son, Terry Dean Miller and wife, Debbie, of
Knoxville; and two grandchildren.
Funeral was at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at Roller-Cox Funeral
Home
Chapel with Rev. Gary Blair officiating. Burial was in Holman Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Brad Miller, Clint Ratliff, Bo Miller, Leon
Bachus, Loyd Reynolds and Norman Reynolds.
Margo Marie Ritchie, 58, of Lamar died Monday, March 21, 2005, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
She was a daughter of the late George and Wilberta Smith Rowe.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Ritchie; three sons, Donald
Ritchie Jr. and wife, Carol, and Robert Ritchie and wife, Jeannie, all
of Clarksville, and Theodore Ritchie of Lamar; three sisters, Judy
McColley of Georgia, Sandra Olson of Blue Springs, Mo., and Linda
Weldon of Madill, Okla.; one brother, Eddie Rowe of Nebraska; and ten
grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Roller-Cox
Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Audrey Poteet officiating. Burial will be in
Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Gracie Mae Standridge, 84, of Clarksville, Ind., died Saturday, March
19, 2005, at Clark County Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind.
She was a daughter of the late Wallace and Gracie Mae Willis Minney,
widow of Homer Standridge, and a former resident of Clarksville. She
was preceded in death by one grandson, Jeff Meeks; one son-in-law, Paul
Pottenger; one sister; and four brothers.
She is survived by four daughters, Susan Hoose and husband, Larry,
of
California, Mildred Hedger and husband, Jerry, of Charlotte, N. C.,
Wilma Pottenger of Indiana, and Bertha Rose Meeks and fiance, Hubert
East, of Clarksville, Ind.; two sisters, Edith Rose of Maine and Sarah
Buchanna of Missouri; one brother, Hoyt Minney of Hot Springs; eight
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25, at Roller-Cox Funeral
Home
Chapel with Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Burial will be in Minnow
Creek Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Eric Hartzel, Dan Rowe, Clint Melton,
Keith Brown, Brent Mason, and Travis Rutledge.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Mason, Charles Brown, Ray Willis,
Ray Hutchins, and Glenn Yarbrough.
Sammy G. Coats, 71, of Clarksville died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Arkansas City, Kan., son of the late Elmer Earl
and
Zetola Smith Coats, member of Woodland Baptist Church, graduate of
Pryor (Oklahoma) High School, attended college three years, retired U.
S. Army Master Sergeant, disabled veteran, former owner of a country
store, bus driver, and freight delivery owner, and was preceded in
death by one brother, Earl James (Chief) Coats.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years Mona Kay Coats; one daughter
and
son-in-law, Sharon and Lyndon Donahey of Odessa, Texas; mother-in-law,
Avol Patterson of Clarksville; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Jerri
and Jim Martin and Linda and Don Muller, all of Dell City, Okla., and
Sue and Jerry Guadagno of Moore, Okla.; one brother and two
sisters-in-law, Bill and Louise Coats of Moore, Okla., and Wanda Coats
of Russellville; three grandchildren, Kennesha Russell of Houston,
Texas, and Daneen Donahey and Jonathan Donahey, both of Odessa, Texas;
several nieces and nephews; one brother-in-law, Tim Patterson of
Clarksville; and two sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Gayle and
Walter Hasler of Cassville, Mo., and T. J. and Michael Lauletta of
North Tahoe, Calif.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Woodland
Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Sawyer and Rev. Sam Howell officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Janet Lynn Walker Hyatt, 51, of Jenks, Okla., died Sunday, March 20,
2005.
She was a native of Clarksville, daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth
Thomas Walker, attended Tulsa (Lombard Elementary) and Jenks public
schools, former manager for Dairy Queen and Rex's Boneless Chicken in
Jenks, Okla., and formerly employed as a nurse at living centers and
facilities in Tulsa, Okla., and the state of Washington. She was
preceded in death by one sister, Linda.
Survivors include her husband, Mark Hyatt; father, Fred Walker of
Jenks, Okla.; four brothers, Larry and Phillip Walker, both of Jenks,
Okla., Mark Walker of Tulsa, Okla., and Doug Walker of Cushing, Okla.;
one sister, Deborah Beruman of Omaha, Neb.; and several nieces and
nephews.