John Bulza Jr. John Bulza Jr., 74, of Portage, Ind., died Friday, July 5, 2002, in Portage, Ind. He was a golf pro at Gleason Park, Turkey Creek, Indian Ridge and Bay Ridge golf courses, a PGA member since 1972, investigator for the Portage Township Trustee, served in the U. S. Navy, member of the…

Craig Adkins Craig Adkins, 35, of Fort Smith died Sunday, June 16, 2002, in Fort Smith. A native of Fort Smith, he was a brick mason for Adkins Masonry, son of the late Georgeann Russell Adkins and grandson of the late Lee and Emogene Adkins of Coal Hill. Survivors include his father, Ronnie Adkins of…

Gloria Faye Shields Gloria Faye Shields, 71, of Owasso, Okla., died Thursday, June 20, 2002, in Tulsa, Okla. A native of the Harmony Community, she was a daughter of the late George Monroe and Lucy Cornelia Rhea Cowan, 1947 graduate of Clarksville High School, and widow of Wayne Hollis Shields. She was preceded in death…

Alice Ann Harris Alice Ann Patterson Harris, 70, died Monday, June 17, 2002, at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Dennis Charles Ledbetter in Charleston, W. Va. She was a native of Russellville, daughter of the late Judge George O. and Dorcas Ferguson Patterson, magna cum laude graduate of The College of…

Audrey T. Ballard Audrey Tracey J. Ballard, 83, of Lamar died Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at her home. She was a daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes Burns Tracey, widow of William E. Ballard Jr., and a Catholic. She is survived by one sister, Therese Glowaski of Elyria, Ohio; and two brothers, David Tracey…

David L. Davis David Leroy Davis, 66, of Clarksville died Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at his home. A native of St. Paul, Minn., he was a son of the late George and Helen Nina Lush Davis, former employee of Johnson County Road Department, a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was preceded in death by…

Arthur W. Kotch Arthur W. Kotch, 41, of Brunswick, Maine, formerly of Clarksville, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002. He attended Clarksville Schools, received a bachelor of behaviorial and social sciences in 1998, spent six years in the U. S. Marine Corps, served on the Meridian City Police Department for two years, St. Mary’s Police Department…

Barbara E. Carter Barbara Elaine Carter, 58, of Scranton died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at her home. She was a daughter of the late Audie G. and Grace B. Clayborn Melson, 1961 graduate of South Bend Central High School in South Bend, Ind., receptionist and office employee, and was preceded in death by one brother,…

Arvin T. Massengale Arvin Theodore Massengale Sr., 88, of Harrison, father of Arvin Massengale Jr. of Hartman, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, in Hillcrest Nursing Home. A native of Wilkerson, he was a son of the late William Thomas and Nancy Jane "Nanny" (Hoover) Massengale, retired farmer, businessman, minister, owner-operator of M&M Equipment Company, and…

Eugene H. Strackbein Eugene H. Strackbein, 66, of Hartman died Monday, May 6, 2002, at his home. He was a son of the late William A. and Selma Anderegg Strackbein, retired from the Air Force, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer Strackbein and Gilbert Strackbein. Survivors include his widow, Nancy T. Sanders…