FOUNTAIN HILL--MARY HOLLAND DEAL, 94, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000. She was the widow of Jesse J. Deal. They lived in Fountain Hill until recent years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Fountain Hill and a homemaker. Other than her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, A.B. and Minnie Holland; two brothers, Joel Holland and Buren Holland; and one sister, Lorene Sims.
Survivors include one son, Conrad Deal of Warren; three daughters, Frances Cleveland of Maumelle, Jo Ann Phillips and Jean Kilcrease of Crossett; two sisters, Clyda Fay Welsh of Cherry Log, GA, and Madge King of Crossett; two brothers, Pierson Holland of Lucas, Ohio, and Charles F. Holland of Oceanside, CA; nine grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Fountain Hill with the Reverend Bill Elton officiating. Burial followed at Flat Creek Cemetery under the direction of Jones Funeral Home of Crossett. Pallbearers were grandsons and great-grandsons Mark Deal, Terry Phillips, Kevin Kilcrease, Kent Kilcrease, David Cleveland, John Denton and Neal Phillips.   --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


PARKDALE--MRS. SYBLE DENNIS, 93, of Parkdale died Friday, February 25, 2000, at the Beverly Health Care Center in Lake Village. Mrs. Dennis was a native of Higdon, a resident of Parkdale since 1939 and a homemaker. She was a member of the Parkdale Baptist Church and she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Dennis, in 1993 and her parents, Alfred & Cora Chilton Tackett.
Survivors include by two nieces, Kaye Burcham of Brandon, MS, and Clair Criswell of Greenville, MS, and a great-niece, Leasa Watkins of Southaven, MS.
Grave-side funeral services and interment were 2 p.m., Sunday, February 27, in the Parkdale Cemetery with Rev. Harry Noble officiating. Funeral arrangements were by Jones Funeral Home of Hamburg.   --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


Greenville, MS--ANN UZZELLE deYAMPERT, 71, of Greenville, died Saturday, October 1, 2005, at her home. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 4 at St. James Episcopal Church in Greenville with burial at 5 p.m. at the Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, AR. Mrs. deYampert was born in Washington County, MS the daughter of George Hampton and Mildred Cayce Uzzelle. She graduated from Miss Hutchinson's School in Memphis, TN and then attended Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, VA and she graduated from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS where she was in the Chi Omega Sorority. In 1967 she married William B. deYampert and they made their home in Ashley County, AR. She had charter memberships with Wilmot United Methodist Church in Wilmot, AR and St. James Episcopal Church in Greenville, MS. She is survived by her husband, William B. deYampert of Wilmot, AR; five children, Richard Stock, Jr. and wife Lisa of Wilmot, AR; Cayce Stock and wife Teresa of Wilmot, Sloan Stock Favi and husband Ted of Memphis, Vesta deYampert Fort and husband Arthur of Fairhope, AL, and William B. deYampert, III of New York City, NY; a brother, Hamp Uzzelle and wife Kathie of Mobile, AL; and seven grandchildren, Jane Ann Colvin Stock, Courtney Stock, Mary Ceyce Eskrigge, Brock Eskrigge, Meri Taylor Favi, Abigail Fort, and Arthur Fort. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 4, from 1-2 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church.  --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - October 4, 2005.


HAMBURG, AR--MRS. HELEN HOOKER DUNN, 91, of Hamburg died Wednesday, February 2, 2000, at the Ashley County Medical Center. A native of DeWitt who had lived in Hamburg since 1949, she was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Dunn; her parents, Robert Carl and Jennie Etta Vawters Hooker; a brother, Robert Hooker; and a sister, Ollie Nora Dempsy.
Survivors include many nieces and nephews, two step-grandchildren, Lois McDaniel and Everett McCullough of Hamburg; two step-great-grandchildren, Tammy Penervelle of Ashland City, TN, and Martin Pennington of Bastrop; and three step-great-great-grandchildren, Jackie and Joe Coleman of Ashland City, and Martin Pennington, Jr., of Bastrop.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 5, in the chapel of Jones Funeral Home in Hamburg with Revs. Travis Roberts and Joey Meredith officiating. Pallbearers were Mike Chain, Jimmy and Jim Hemphill, Thomas Coker, Gary Massey and Raymond Garner. Burial followed services at the Hamburg Cemetery.  --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


CROSSETT, ARK--BERNICE HAISTY DURHAM, 81, of Crossett died Monday, January 10, 2000, at the Ashley County Medical Center. Born September 12, 1918, in Monticello to William Preston and Ecil Wells Haisty, she was the window of Robert Walter Durham. She was also preceded in death by a sister, LaBonne Willene (Deanie) Haisty Jordan.
Survivors are three brothers, Wesley Kenneth Haisty of Lebanon, MO, Carroll Wood Haisty of Crossett and John Stanley Haisty of Springdale; and a sister, Dorohy Nell Haisty Byrne of Franklin, MA.
Grave-side services are planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, at Pinewood Memorial Park, directed by Jones Funeral Home of Crossett. There will be no public visitation.  --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.