Craig VanDenBerg Craig Allen VanDenBerg, 28, of Ozark died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003, in Ozark. He was a native of Ozark and a self-employed operator of Vandees Store in Ozark. Survivors include his widow, Kristi VanDenBerg; one daughter, Olivia Teresa VanDenBerg of Alabama; one son, Gage Allen VanDenBerg of Alabama; mother, Elizabeth VanDenBerg of Ozark;…

Bill Sparks Bill Sparks, 80, of Lamar died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at his home. He was a native of Lamar, son of the late Henry and Floy Dobbs Sparks, retired mechanic, Army veteran of World War II, member of the Assembly of God Church and American Legion Bunch Walton Post No. 22, and was…

Christopher Dierene Christopher Lynn Dierene, 38, of Clarksville died Aug. 9, 2003, at the scene of an apparent drowning near a commercial boat dock in the Spadra Creek Area near Jamestown. He was a welder, Pentecostal, and son of the late Bernice Ann Hilbish. Survivors include his widow, Kathy Lynn Boyster Dierene; one daughter, Megan…

Ewell T. Sexton Ewell Thomas Sexton, 85, of Clarksville died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at his home. He was a native of Ludwig, son of the late Dewitt and Maude Nunley Sexton, and member of the Church of Christ where he was a former deacon and had served as an elder for the last 40…

Bobby Casey Bobby Casey, 65, of Coal Hill died Wednesday, July 23, 2003, in Fort Smith. He was a retired security officer with Industrial Security Services of Houston, served in the Navy, Baptist, son of the late Grady P. and Thelma Casey, and a native of Wharton, Texas. He is survived by one son, Jeffrey…

Burl Grace Burl Grace, 76, of Van Buren died Friday, July 25, 2003. A native of Lamar, he was a retired diesel mechanic, Protestant, and Navy veteran. He is survived by one stepson, Ronald Duvall of California; twp sisters, Darlene Moon of Fort Smith and Susan Hubbard of Bentonville; and six brothers, Ralph C. Grace…

Arthur R. Cordry Arthur R. Cordry, 67, of Clarksville died Sunday, July 20, 2003, at Johnson Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Otterville, Mo., son of the late Harold and Reta Kuebler Cordry, spent 20 years in the Army and Air Force, where he was a helicopter pilot, former University of the Ozarks…

Billy Bock Billy Bock, 68, of Pine Bluff died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was a native of Kansas City, Mo., son of the late Neil J. and Sophia Bock Boles, raised in Clarksville where he attended Holy Redeemer Elementary School prior to graduating from Subiaco Academy…

Doris H. Watkins Doris Houston Watkins, 93, of Clarksville died July 2, 2003, in Tulsa, Okla., where she had resided the past 48 years. She was a native of Morrilton, daughter of the late John W. and Edna Houston, graduate of Clarksville High School, and attended the University of the Ozarks before graduating in 1933…

Charles Johnson Jr. Charles Jefferson Johnson Jr., 87, of Lawton, Okla., brother of Mae Evelyn Harris of Clarksville, died Friday, June 20, 2003. He was a native of Mt. Levi, son of the late Charles and Annie Graves Johnson, former resident of Cache, Okla., and retired from Chapman Construction in 1980. He was preceded in…