Ashley Nicole Williams, 15, of Clarksville died from injuries sustained
in a one-vehicle accident at 1:40 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2005.
She was a native of Clarksville and was preceded in death by her
father, Nicholas Dewayne Williams.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Stephanie and Johnny
Edwards of Clarksville; brothers, Keegan Edwards of Clarksville and
Dalton Williams of Fort Smith; grandparents, Gene and Sandra Over,
Carolyn Oliger and Jerry Williams, all of Clarksville, and Jimmy Davis
of Virginia Beach, Va.; and great-grandfather, G. W. Vaught of
Clarksville.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel
with Rev. Richard Snyder officiating. Burial was in Oark Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Brian Woodard, Tony Williams, Daniel
Brandenburg, Josh Williams, Eric Teague and Tigger Callahan.
Kenneth Doke, 73, of Huntington Beach, Calif., died Friday, Sept. 2,
2005.
He was a native of Clarksville and a former resident of Oklahoma.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Doke; two children; and four
grandchildren.
Mac Shackleford, 79, of Conway, formerly of Clarksville, died Saturday,
Sept. 10, 2005, at his home.
Prior to retiring, he owned and operated several businesses including a
wholesale meat market with his father-in-law, Henry Nebling, and a
restaurant in the AP&L building. In the 1970s, he was a real estate
agent for Block Realty and later became a real estate broker forming
his own real estate firm. He was a member of the Scimitar Shrine and
the Brady Masonic Lodge.
He was a World War II U. S. Army veteran and recipient of four battle
stars for his four major engagements in the 748th Tank Battalion under
General George Patton in France and Germany including the Battle for
the Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge. He was a graduate of
the University of Arkansas School of Law and former employee of
Missouri Pacific Railroad.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Nebling
Shackleford; parents, Henry Housen and Augusta Weise Shackleford; two
brothers, J. Woodrow Shackleford and Henry W. Shackleford; and four
sisters, Clara Leslie, Virginia Crowson, Pat Ingram, and Francis Crow.
Survivors include his wife, Pat Shackleford; one son, Bruce
Shackleford; three stepdaughters, Jan DeLaO, Brenda McCrady, and
Barbara Eggleston; one stepson, Rod Dickerson; and four grandchildren,
Joe McCrady, Carly Somers, Michael DeLaO and Daniel DeLaO.
Funeral was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Griffin Leggett Healey
& Roth Chapel with Rev. Ben Bates and Rev. Jim Linderman
officiating. Burial was at Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Active pallbearers were Wayne Shackleford, John Shackleford, Jim
Shackleford, Carl Leslie, Bob Rhodes and Russell Rhodes.
Honorary pallbearers were William Grimmett, Johnny Golden, David Weise,
Scott Shackleford, Norman Davis, Butch Patrick, Robert Siegler, Fred
Plunkett and Bill Eason.
Z. H. Higgs Jr., 82, of Knoxville died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at
Russellville Nursing Center.
A son of the late Zenna Horace and Agnes Rebecca Ketcheside Higgs, he
was a native of Knoxville, member of the First Baptist Church of
Knoxville, employee of the Arkansas Highway Department for 21 years,
and was preceded in death by one brother, Rye Higgs; and one sister,
Margaret McCarley.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years Arlene Clayborn Higgs; two sons
and one daughter-in-law, Derrek and Rebecca Higgs and Lon Higgs, all of
Knoxville; two sisters, Mary Dean Green and Imogene Murphy, both of
Fresno, Calif.; and one grandson, J. D. Higgs of Lackland Air Force
Base in Texas.