Oklahoma City, OK--ROBERT LENDA HEFLIN, died April 17, 1988. Born April 30, 1904 in Drew County, AR. Moved from Arkansas to Emit, OK. in 1911, then to OKC in 1923. Worked for Okla. Railway 9 years, Inspection Bureau of OKC Fire Dept. 22 years and Okla. State Corporation Commission as Field Supervisor 15 years. Served in the US Coast Guard in WWII. Bob was an active member of Putnam City Baptist Church, life member and Past Master of Siloam Lodge 276, life member of Scottish Rite of Guthrie, OK., past member of York Rite and Shrine Temple. Received the Cross of Honor and Legion of Honor in the Order of DeMolay, also worked with Rainbow Girls many years, serving on the Rainbow Board. Member and Past Worthy Patron of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 373. Survived by wife, Marguerite; daughter, Jeanne Layton of Kemp, TX.; stepsons, Jack and Dan Milner; stepdaughter, Mary Tilley, all of OKC; 10 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Services 10am Wednesday, Putnam City Baptist Church. Bill Merritt Bethany.  --Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - April 20, 1988.

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MONTICELLO, ARK--VONNIE LAVERNE "HONEY" MAXWELL of Monticello was born April 25, 1925, in Drew County. She died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Drew Memorial Hospital at the age of 74 years. She was a retired secretary-bookkeeper for the University of Arkansas-Monticello, a member of Eastern Star and a member of First Baptist Church of Monticello. She was the daughter of the late C.I. Burchfield and Lula Stone Burchfield.
Survivors include her husband, Louis Maxwell of Monticello; two daughters, Margaret Edney of Crossett and Betty Lou McFarland of Searcy; one sister, Inez Harriman of Oxford, MS; three grandsons and three great grandchildren.
Funeral service were at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home chapel. Burial followed services at the Oakland Cemetery.
--Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR; contributed by Kim Torp.

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GRAND ISLAND, FL--GRADY LEE MAYS, 79, 1020 Lake Drive, Grand Island, died Friday. Born in Drew County, Ark., he moved to Grand Island from Groveland in 1986. He was a retired residential and commercial painter. He was Baptist. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Union.
Survivors: wife, Evelyn H.; sons, Kenneth L., Baton Rouge, La.; James H., Orlando; sister, Mary Romeck, Rockford, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.  --Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - August 4, 1991

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Jones, OK--RICHARD MURRAY, age 76, of Jones, passed away November 20, 1982. Memorial services will be Tuesday at 2 P.M. in Bill Eisenhour NE Chapel. He was born April 5, 1906, in Drew County, Arkansas. He was a farmer. Survived by his wife Savannah of the home, one daughter Loretta Odom of Midwest City, two brothers, Larry & his wife Lani Shropshire of Tuttle, & Kelly Odom of Midwest City, & two grandchildren.   --Source:  Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - November 23, 1982.

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WILLIAM THOMAS "W.T." SOMERVELL, formerly of Little Rock, AR, and Kansas City, MO, age 92, passed away at Bethany Lutheran Home, Council Bluffs, IA, on Sunday, March 9, 2003, where he had resided near his son. W.T. was born in Collins, Drew County, AR, on November 4, 1911.
W.T. was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Cyril Cobb Somervell. He is survived by one brother, Frank Somervell of Dermott, AR, and his only child, William Francis "Bill" Somervell, daughter-in-law, Ellen Eisenhart Somervell of Glenwood, IA; five grandchildren, Barry Todd Somervell of West Hartford, CT, William T. "Will" Somervell of Villa Grove, IL; Sherry Lynn Somervell-Peck of Independence, MO, Andrew Lee "Drew" Somervell of St. Louis, MO, Stacey Smith Crumley of Omaha, NE; 10 great-grandchildren; and four sisters-in-law.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2003, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth Funeral Home, 5800 W. 12th St., Little Rock, AR. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2003, at Redfield, AR, Cemetery. --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - March 11, 2003

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Colorado Springs, CO–(Rev.) RUSSELL L. TAFT, 86, of Colorado Springs died Jan. 19. Services were Jan. 22 in Mountview Baptist Church and Jan. 23 in Trinity Baptist Church. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Taft, a native of Drew County, Ark., was a Baptist minister and field representative for Colorado Children's Home.
Survivors include his wife, Nora Ann Woods Taft of Colorado Springs; two daughters, Patricia Ann Blatchley of Fort Collins and Janell Sarah Robinson of Colorado Springs; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
--Rocky Mountain News (CO) - January 28, 1992

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