OBITUARY
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Cross County Arkansas Genealogy Trails
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BARNES, MARTHA NELL
CARCTUST, Lillian O.
COURTNEY, CLAUDIA ANICE
GILLIHAN, CHARLOTTE JEAN
LOVELESS, ELBERT JOSEPH
MC KNIGHT, HOBERT WILLIAM
SHAW, HUEWLIOTT RICHARD
SMITH, ALVA JANE MURRAY
Cross County Arkansas Genealogy Trails
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BARNES, MARTHA NELL
CARCTUST, Lillian O.
COURTNEY, CLAUDIA ANICE
GILLIHAN, CHARLOTTE JEAN
LOVELESS, ELBERT JOSEPH
MC KNIGHT, HOBERT WILLIAM
SHAW, HUEWLIOTT RICHARD
SMITH, ALVA JANE MURRAY
LINCOLNTON,
NC-- Mrs. Martha Nell Barnes, 53, of 3441 Asbury Church Rd., died May
16, 1997 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital.
Graveside service is 4 p.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Pastor Jim Humphries officiating. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. today at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born September 4, 1943 in Cross County, AR, she was a daughter of Myrl Davis Steele and the late Edward M. Byers. She was a homemaker, as well as a loving mother and grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter, Amy Talbert of Lincolnton; mother, Myrl Steele of Centre, AL; sisters, Mary Jo Brannon, Edwina Jenkins and Saratha Watts, all of Gadsden, AL; two grandsons; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 202, Lincolnton, NC 28093-0202.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge. --Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - May 18, 1997
Graveside service is 4 p.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Pastor Jim Humphries officiating. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. today at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born September 4, 1943 in Cross County, AR, she was a daughter of Myrl Davis Steele and the late Edward M. Byers. She was a homemaker, as well as a loving mother and grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter, Amy Talbert of Lincolnton; mother, Myrl Steele of Centre, AL; sisters, Mary Jo Brannon, Edwina Jenkins and Saratha Watts, all of Gadsden, AL; two grandsons; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 202, Lincolnton, NC 28093-0202.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge. --Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - May 18, 1997
Cape Girardeau, MO--MRS. LILLIAN O. CARCTUST,
208 North Sprigg, died at 8:20 a.m. today at St. Francis Hospital.
She was 87 years old.
Mrs. Carctust was born Oct. 15, 1888 in Wynn, Ark. She resided for several years in Cape Girardeau before moving to Beaverton, Mich., where she owned and operated a drive-in restaurant. She returned to Cape Girardeau eight years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ here.
Mrs. Carctust was married to Tom Carctust on Jan. 17, 1928, and he preceded her in death in January 1974.
Surviving: niece, Mrs. Pauline Nanna, Cape Girardeau, and nephew, W. T. Allison, Phoenix, Ariz.
The body is at Ford and Sons Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Wesley Hylton, pastor of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funral home after 6 tonight. (Date on obituary was 03 Nov 1976.)
Mrs. Carctust was born Oct. 15, 1888 in Wynn, Ark. She resided for several years in Cape Girardeau before moving to Beaverton, Mich., where she owned and operated a drive-in restaurant. She returned to Cape Girardeau eight years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ here.
Mrs. Carctust was married to Tom Carctust on Jan. 17, 1928, and he preceded her in death in January 1974.
Surviving: niece, Mrs. Pauline Nanna, Cape Girardeau, and nephew, W. T. Allison, Phoenix, Ariz.
The body is at Ford and Sons Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Wesley Hylton, pastor of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funral home after 6 tonight. (Date on obituary was 03 Nov 1976.)
Hickory
Ridge, AR--Mrs. Claudia Anice Courtney, 67, of Hickory Ridge, Route 1,
died Friday in the Cross County Hospital, in Wynne. Born in
Jonesboro, (Ark), she had lived in Cross County all of her adult life,
where she was a home-maker and a member of the Tilton Baptist Church.
Surviving are one son, Tommy R. Courtney of Wynne; two
daughters, Mary F. Holbeck of Memphis,(Tenn) and Cheryl Sue McIllwain
of Pine Bluff (Arkansas); six grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at
2:00 in the Kernodle Funeral Home Chapel in Wynne, with Rev. Larry
Ballard officiating.
Burial will follow in the Harrisburg Memorial Park
Cemetery
under the direction of the Kernodle Funeral Home. --Local
newspaper, Sunday, December 3, 1989, contributed by Naomi Spence.
(Note:
Claudia Anice was born Dec 23, 1921, daughter of Tom and Alie
Frances Brinkley Manning. She married Cecil Raymond Courtney
Dec.
27, 1935. She died Dec. 1, 1989).
HICKORY RIDGE, AR - CHARLOTTE JEAN GILLIHAN, 43, homemaker, died of heart disease Saturday (March 11, 1995) at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Amagon Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Fairview Cemetery in Delta, Mo. Jackson's Newport Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gillihan, the wife of Robert Gillihan, also leaves her father, Oliver Amos Snider of Delta; two sisters, Verna Blue of Delta and Carman Brown of Charleston, Mo., and two brothers, James E. Snider of Chaffee, Mo., and Oliver A. Snider of Jackson, Mo. -- Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1995
HICKORY RIDGE, AR - CHARLOTTE JEAN GILLIHAN, 43, homemaker, died of heart disease Saturday (March 11, 1995) at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Amagon Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Fairview Cemetery in Delta, Mo. Jackson's Newport Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gillihan, the wife of Robert Gillihan, also leaves her father, Oliver Amos Snider of Delta; two sisters, Verna Blue of Delta and Carman Brown of Charleston, Mo., and two brothers, James E. Snider of Chaffee, Mo., and Oliver A. Snider of Jackson, Mo. -- Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1995
Wynne,
AR--ELBERT JOSEPH LOVELESS,
66, retired employee of Cross County, AR Road Dept., died Sunday. He
was the father of Pamela Wilson and Annette Rogers, both of Jackson,
TN. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Thompson-Wilson Chapel in
Wynne. Interment followed in Harris Chapel Cemetery.
--Jackson
Sun, The (TN) - May 29, 2003
Wynne, AR-- HOBERT WILLIAM MCKNIGHT, 82, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and three sisters. Mr. McKnight was a long time resident of Cross County, AR. He was a driver for the Missouri Pacific Truck Lines for 19 years. He was a member of the Levesque Assembly of God Church where he was the Sunday School Superintendent and Deacon. Mr. McKnight was a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Jenny Belle McKnight of Wynne; sons, Hobert Stephen McKnight and William Shane McKnight both of Wynne; daughters, Mattie Carol Finley and Brenda Swink both of Wynne; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Levesque Assembly of God Church, Levesque, with Sister Wanda Secrease and Rev. Albert Jenkins officiating. Burial in Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, Arkansas. Kernodle Funeral Home, Wynne, in charge of arrangements. --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - September 16, 2006
Wynne, AR-- HOBERT WILLIAM MCKNIGHT, 82, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and three sisters. Mr. McKnight was a long time resident of Cross County, AR. He was a driver for the Missouri Pacific Truck Lines for 19 years. He was a member of the Levesque Assembly of God Church where he was the Sunday School Superintendent and Deacon. Mr. McKnight was a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Jenny Belle McKnight of Wynne; sons, Hobert Stephen McKnight and William Shane McKnight both of Wynne; daughters, Mattie Carol Finley and Brenda Swink both of Wynne; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Levesque Assembly of God Church, Levesque, with Sister Wanda Secrease and Rev. Albert Jenkins officiating. Burial in Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, Arkansas. Kernodle Funeral Home, Wynne, in charge of arrangements. --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - September 16, 2006
Grassey,
MO.--HUEWLIOTT RICHARD (H. R.) SHAW, 78, of Grassy died Friday, May 4,
2007 at his home. He was born Aug. 18, 1928 in Wynne, Ark.,
son
of the Rev. R. E. and Nona Shaw. He and Betty Masters were
married Dec. 18, 1998 at Bernie, Mo.
H. R. was employed at Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad for more than 40 years. He was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church of Scott City, and upon moving to Bollinger County, a member of The First Assembly of God Church of Marble Hill, Mo.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Shaw; three children, son, Richard Todd Shaw of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; two daughters, Stephanie Anderson and her husband, Mark, of Sikeston, Mo. and Christina Bachew and husband, Pastor Jason Bachew of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Harold Shaw of Litchfield, KY; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Nola Lee; his second wife, Shirley Jean; and his daughter, Teresa Lorrainne Shaw.
Friends called from 9 a.m. until noon Monday, May 7, 2007 at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo. Funeral was held at noon May 7, 2007 at the funeral home. The Rev. Randall Morris and the Rev. Wayne Kinder officiated, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery in Blytheville, Ark.
H. R. was employed at Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad for more than 40 years. He was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church of Scott City, and upon moving to Bollinger County, a member of The First Assembly of God Church of Marble Hill, Mo.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Shaw; three children, son, Richard Todd Shaw of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; two daughters, Stephanie Anderson and her husband, Mark, of Sikeston, Mo. and Christina Bachew and husband, Pastor Jason Bachew of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Harold Shaw of Litchfield, KY; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Nola Lee; his second wife, Shirley Jean; and his daughter, Teresa Lorrainne Shaw.
Friends called from 9 a.m. until noon Monday, May 7, 2007 at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo. Funeral was held at noon May 7, 2007 at the funeral home. The Rev. Randall Morris and the Rev. Wayne Kinder officiated, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery in Blytheville, Ark.
Wynn,
AR--ALVA JANE MURRAY SMITH, 81, died Sunday at Wynne, AR. She was born
July 16, 1924 in Wynne. She was preceded in death by her parents,
Thompson Bernard and Kathleen Hays Murray; husband; William Maurice
Smith, Jr. Mrs. Smith was a lifelong resident of Cross County, AR. She
was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She was a
member of the Wynne Presbyterian Church and former director of the
Cross County Library. Mrs. Smith was an advocate for the spinal cord
injured and helped establish the Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission.
Survivors include son, Mark Smith of Wynne; daughters Murray Smith
Johnson and husband Ken of Wynne; Annette Smith Stacy and husband Bob
of Wynne; brother, T. B. "Buddy" Murray of Wynne, 5 grandchildren, Stan
Bradshaw, Sarah Jane Martin, Jake Stacy, Sam Stacy and Reece Smith.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. at Cogbill Cemetery with memorial
services at 11 a.m. at the Wynne Presbyterian Church, Tuesday with Rev.
Seth Wheeler officiating. Kernodle Funeral Home --Commercial Appeal,
The (Memphis, TN) - August 2, 2005
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