Braxton Ryan Rodriguez Stover, six-day-old son of Ryan Stover and Sarah
Rodriguez of Clarksville, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2006, at Arkansas
Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
Other survivors include grandparents, Jennifer and Gary Ragsdale of
Hartman, Janet Stover and John Moody of Clarksville, and Tony and Ninna
Stover of Altus; and great-grandparents, Tom and Jo Miner of Hartman,
Quita and the late Leo Stover of Altus, and Inda Mae Ragsdale of
Clarksville.
Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at
the Bethlehem Cemetery with Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Arrangements
are under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Graveside services and burial for Floyd L. Martin, 75, of Fremont,
Calif., who died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, in Fremont, Calif., were held at
2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at the Coal Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were
under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
He was a retired truck driver, Air Force veteran, member of the
American Legion, son of the late Ertis S. Martin, and was preceded in
death by one daughter, Meloney Martin, and one stepdaughter, Peggy
Nappi.
Franklin Ed Vaughn, 51, of Hartman died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a retired county road department employee, son of the late
Herman Hartzel Vaughn, and preceded in death by his wife, Linda Vaughn,
and one sister, Patricia Vaughn Dale.
Survivors include his wife, Glenda Myers Vaughn; two daughters, Shanna
Nicole Vaughn of Warren and Jessica Tanzy Wood of Hartman; one son,
Franklin Robert Vaughn of Huntsville, Ala.; mother, Florence Tanzy
Russell Vaughn; one brother, William Robert Vaughn of Oklahoma; one
sister, Mary Ann McElfresh of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two stepsons, Shawn
and Johnathan Tinsley; and seven grandchildren, Lucas, Franklin, James,
Emily, Trinity, Hunter and Tanzy.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Roller-Cox Funeral
Home with Louis Bennett officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Stacy McElfresh, Scott William McElfresh,
Randy Warren, Buddy Perkins, Randy Pelts, Porter Sterman, Chris
Fillion, and John Spurlock.
Larry Gene Hurst, 62, of Clarksville died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at
his home.
A native of Coal Hill, he was a son of the late Herman and Myrtle
Steele Hurst, graduate of Coal Hill High School, attended Arkansas Tech
University in Russellville, graduate of the University of the Ozarks
and received a master's degree at the University of Central Arkansas at
Conway. He was a retired school teacher having taught at Pleasant View,
Oark and Clarksville and in Dallas, Texas, and was a member of the
Johnson County Peach Festival Association Board.
Survivors include his wife, Kay Baskin Hurst; one daughter, Lara
Siemens and husband, Garrett, of Clarksville; one son, Daniel Hurst and
wife, Misty, of Stillwater, Okla.; two stepsons, Brent Larrison and
wife, Mary Jo, and Clint Larrison, all of Clarksville; sister, Margaret
Thomas of Jacksonville; one brother, Danny Phelps of Coal Hill; one
half-brother, Euell Morris of Fort Smith; two half-sisters, Sharon
Morris and Mary Hembree, both of Fort Smith; two grandchildren, Paige
Siemens and Taylor Siemens, both of Clarksville; six stepgrandchildren,
Josh, Zach and Noah Larrison of Ozark, Kaitlyn Larrison of Cabot, and
Sara and Katelyn Wilder of Coal Hill; and one stepgreat-grandchild,
Jayden Skinner of Coal Hill.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel
with Rev. Burnett King officiating. Burial was in Hess Cemetery.
Mary Self Gustason, 77, of Coal Hill died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
She was a daughter of the late William A. and Donna Faye Bean Sams,
widow of Beacher Self, licensed practical nurse, Pentecostal, and was
preceded in death by one son, James Self.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Poindexter of Coal Hill and
Barbara Hill of Hector; three sons, Darrell Self of Clarksville, Terry
Self of Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Roger Self of Roland, Okla.; one
brother, Claude Sams of Selah, Wash.; one sister, Martha Turner of Coal
Hill; 16 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Roller-Cox Funeral Home with
Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Burial was in Holman Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Bill Schell, Aaron Self, Tim Roberson, John Ed
Roberson, Richard Casto, and Gary Roberson.
Randy James Burns, 52, of Clarksville died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at
Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was born in Wynne, the son of James Rosco Burns and Martha M.
(Davis) Burns Thompson, attended Wynne High School and worked as a
supervisor in Pre-Charge at Halstead for 22 years prior to retiring in
1997.
Survivors include his wife, Dana Kay Burns; one son, Scott Burns of
Vanndale; two daughters, Melissa Skinner and husband, Bobby, of Wynne
and Kimber Burns of Polo, Mo.; mother, Martha Thompson of Wynne; one
brother, Miles Burns of Conway; one sister, Geraldine Jarrett Gilbert
of Wynne; and five grandchildren, Colton Posey, Skyler Skinner, Erica
Pitts, Meredith Hillman and Tanner Skinner.
Robert C. Lints, 62, of Hartman died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at his
home.
A native of Frankfort, Mich., he was a son of the late Carl R. (Ted)
and Dorothy Kettleson Lints, graduate of Frankfort (Michigan) High
School, served in the U. S. Army for 28ba1Ú2ea years with
two tours
in Vietnam and one in Desert Storm, and a member of the Lutheran Church
and the Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include his fiancee, Barbara Beck of Hartman; two daughters,
Erika Ann Mac Girr of Honor, Mich., and Nicole Lints of North Carolina;
two sons, Robert C. Lints Jr. of Onalaska, Texas, and Bobby Lints of
North Carolina; one sister, Laurie Faught of Travis City, Mich.; one
brother, Danny Lints and wife, Vickie, of Elkhart, Ind.; one
stepdaughter, Kimberly Beck of Hartman; one stepson, Jimmy Beck of
Cabot; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Ronald Ward Steen, 51, of Hartman died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, at his
home.
He was a native of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Survivors are his wife, Donetta Steen of Hartman; three daughters,
Janny Simpson and husband, Donny, of Long Beach, Miss., Jody McGlothlin
and husband, David, of Coal Hill, and Jacki Kane of Marshalltown, Iowa;
two sons, Jayde Mulholland of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Bugs Malone of
Hartman; father and stepmother, Donald Steen and Lorena Steen of
Marshalltown, Iowa; grandmother, Katherine Buchanan of Le Grand, Iowa;
one sister, Julia Hunt of Paris; five brothers, Scott Steen of Des
Moines, Iowa, Dan Lorenzen, Charles Steen and Chris Steen, all of
Marshalltown, Iowa, and Stacy Lorenzen of Hartman; and seven
grandchildren, Harley and Holee Simpson, Autumn McGlothlin, Gunner
Hester, and Brandi, Jennifer and Cheyenne Lorenzen.
Teresa Kay Turner Harwell, 37, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007, in
Asheville, N. C.
She was a graduate of Oark High School and was preceded in death by her
grandparents and one sister, Cara Dodson.
Survivors include her husband, Ron Harwell; parents, Everett Turner of
Oark and Frances Glass of Ozone; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Terry
and Lola Turner and Wesley and Kutrenia Turner, all of Ozone; five
nephews; and four nieces.
Stephen Verlon Graves, 87, of Tulsa, Okla., died Saturday, Jan. 13,
2006.
A native of the Mt. Levi Community, he was a son of the late Jesse
Monroe and Hattie Clementine Patterson Graves, served in the U. S. Army
during World War II, and was employed as a ceramic tile setter and as a
Tulsa Public Schools custodian until his retirement in 1985. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Vaunda Jo Ralph Graves.
He is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, John Graves of
Tulsa, Okla., David and Lynne Graves of Avant, Okla., and Michael and
Lynne Graves of Sand Springs, Okla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sue
and Daryl Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and Karen and Michael Pittman of Sand
Springs, Okla.; 12 grandsons; seven granddaughters; nine
great-grandsons; one great-granddaughter; three brothers and
sisters-in-law, Roy and Elizabeth Graves of Clarksville, William and
Louise Graves of Hagarville; and Jesse and Betty Graves of Fort Smith;
and one sister, Martha Rutledge of Hagarville.
Willis Dean Morrow, 64, of Ozone died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007, at Johnson
Regional Medical Center.
He was employed at Clarksville Realty as a real estate agent, member of
the Church of Christ, an evangelist to South America, and son of the
late Willis Edward Morrow.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth (Betty) Albat Morrow; two
daughters, Lorri Spencer and husband, John, of Racine, Ohio, and Beth
Morrow of Clarksville; two sons, Lee Morrow and wife, Debra, and Erich
Morrow, all of Ozone; mother, Wina Jean Hurst Morrow; one brother,
Michael Morrow of Redford, Mich.; one sister, Barbara Morrow Shackles
of Emmet, Mich.; 16 grandchildren, David, Lisa, Tiffany, Jorge, Joseph,
Terri, Chris, Laurie, Allen, Zachary, Amber, Ryan, Nikki, Brooklynn,
Laini and Andrew; and seven great-grandchildren, Alexis, Jayda, D. J.,
Brylee, Shelby, Brittany and Emily.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at Roller-Cox Funeral Home
Chapel with John Ballard officiating. Burial was in Hess Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Chris Staggs, Ryan Morrow, Allen Miller,
Zachary Mabe, Dusty Lucio, Jorge Hermosillo and Joseph Sutliff.
Honorary pallbearers were Nick Whorton, Delmer Dickerson, David
Crowton, Everett Pickartz, Eric Olson, Larry Gentry, and Matt Hurst.