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OBITUARIES
Perry County Arkansas Genealogy Trails BARNES, Lavada COOK, Pinkie DUKE, Thelma L. JOHNSON, James Clayton LANNERS, Thelma LUND, Gladys R. MC CORD, William Ray MIDDLETON, Blanch P. ROBERTS, Hattie Lee Brooks SMITH, Joe  ANDERSON, CA - Services for LAVADA BARNES, 85, of Anderson will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Anderson's Chapel.
Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until the service Friday at the chapel. Burial will be at Anderson District Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday, March 5, 1996, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Born Feb. 7, 1911, in Perry County, Ark., she moved to Shasta County in 1954 from Dexter, Texas. She was a homemaker. Survivors include husband James; sons Jerry of Truckee and J.W. of Redding; daughter Virginia Dwinell of Anderson; brother Roscoe Adams of Hazen, Ark.; sister Juanita Adams of Odessa, Texas; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. --Redding Record Searchlight (CA) - March 7, 1996 NEWPORT NEWS, VA - PINKIE COOK, 77, a native of Perry County, Ark., and a Peninsula resident for many years, died Thursday, Aug. 13, (1992).
Survived by a foster daughter, Leora Evans of Newport News; a stepdaughter, Ida Thompson of Newport News; and two sisters, Fannie Knight of Newport News and Martha Harris of Mobile, Ala. Viewing from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at O.H. Smith & Son Funeral Home. Graveside service 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton. assemble by 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. --Daily Press (Newport News, VA) - August 16, 1992. FORT WORTH, TX - THELMA L. DUKE, 89, a seamstress, died Wednesday, July 28, 1999, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greenwood Funeral Home-Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Thelma Duke was born on Sept. 6, 1909, in Perry County, Ark. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star San Antonio Chapter. She was a past matron in 1955 and past deputy of the grand matron in 1958. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Benbrook. She was also one of the quilters for the church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orval Duke; and son, Orbrey L. Duke. Survivors: Daughter, Betty Giaimo and her husband, Frank, of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Cheri Hennesey, Lori Giaimo, Kim Eliff, Alisa Hernandez and Paula Morales; nine great-grandchildren; and daughter-in-law, Alta Duke of California. Greenwood Funeral Home 3100 White Settlement Rd., --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - July 29, 1999 HILMAR, CA–JAMES CLAYTON JOHNSON, 85, of Hilmar died Wednesday (Jan 27, 1999) at Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock. Mr. Johnson was a native of Perry County, Ark. (Born July 25, 1913) He lived in Hilmar 54 years. He was district manager for Woodmen Accident & Life Insurance for 40 years. He was a charter member of the board of directors of the Hilmar Water District. He worked at the Oakland naval shipyards during World War II. He was a member of Hilmar Covenant Church. His wife, Leona V. Johnson of Hilmar; children, Ron Johnson of Danville, Charles Johnson of Turlock and Charlene Rogers of Modesto; and four grandchildren survive him. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hilmar Covenant Church. Private inurnment. Allen Mortuary, Turlock, in charge of arrangements. --Modesto Bee, The (CA) - January 29, 1999. HEMET, CA--Services for THELMA LANNERS,
81, will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Miller-Jones Mortuary in
Hemet. Inurnment will be private. The Cremation Society of
Riverside County in Hemet is handling cremation arrangements. She died
Wednesday of lung failure at her home.
Mrs. Lanners, who was born in Perry County, Ark., lived in Hemet for 15 years. She was a nurse for four years with the Ramona Visiting Nurses Association in Hemet. She is survived by a daughter, Linda Farkas of Hemet; two grandchildren; a brother, Laudell Homes of Sun City; and a sister, Johnnie Shackleford of Little Rock, Ark. --Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) - March 9, 1996 ST. CHARLES, MO–GLADYS R. LUND, 85, of St. Charles, died Wednesday (Aug. 27, 1997) at the Charlevoix Nursing Home in St. Charles after a long illness.
Mrs. Lund was a homemaker. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at May Cemetery in Houston, Ark. Among survivors are four sons, Roy Don Lively, Gene Arnold Lund and Larry Vernon Lund, all of St. Charles, and Jerry Leon Lund of Hackelburg, Ala.; two daughters, Sarah Lee Hardin of Okawville, Ill., and Mary Evonne Lynn of St. Charles; two brothers, Hubert Lee of Conway, Ark., and Robert E. Lee Jr. of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Wanda Darter of Houston, Ark., and Nadine Daniels of Perry County, Ark.; 27 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Paul Funeral Home, 240 North Kingshighway, St. Charles, Mo. 63301. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - August 29, 1997 SENATOBIA -- WILLIAM RAY MC CORD, 32, self-employed gunsmith, died May 4 (1994) in Perry County, Ark., as a result of an accidental fall while camping. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Thyatira Cemetery east of Senatobia. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. Mr. McCord leaves a daughter, Jaclynn McCord of Orlando; his adoptive parents, Rev. and Ms. Billy McCord of Vardaman; his mother, Diane Luther of Tucson; five sisters, Vanessa Perez, Lisa Luther and Sharon Mixon, all of Senatobia, and Cindy Donaldson and Amy McCord, both of Hernando, and two brothers, Mike McCord and John R. McCord. --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - May 17, 1994. KANSAS CITY, MO–BLANCH P. MIDDLETON, 63, east Kansas City, died Jan. 26, 1992, at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Perry County, Ark., and moved to this area 40 years ago. Mrs. Middleton was a cutter for the Ward Paper Box Co. for 20 years, retiring in 1985. She was a member of the Northeast Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, John Middleton and Billy Middleton of Kansas City and Roger Middleton, Blue Springs; a daughter, Sharon Ambrose, Kansas City; her father, James Sitton, Morrillton, Ark.; three brothers, Earl Lee Sitton, Houston, Ark., Wayne Sitton, Conway, Ark., and Larry James Sitton, Morrilton; two sisters, Edna Neeley, Kansas City, and Betty Ann McCain, Morrilton; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the church; burial in Mount Washington Cemetery. --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - January 29, 1992. MAPLETON, IL -- HATTIE LEE ROBERTS, 89, of Mapleton, formerly of Waldron, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 30, 1992, at her home.
She was born May 5, 1903, in Perry County, Ark., to Thomas and Martha Humphrey Brooks. Surviving are five daughters, Melba Brooks of Brooklyn, N.Y., Oma Ballard of Jacksonville, Fla., Mary Giakas of Memphis, Tenn., Pauline Scott of Waldron and Jane Watts of Mapleton; 23 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Waldron First Baptist Church. The Rev. Randy Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Parks Cemetery in Parks, Ark. Rice-Martin Funeral Home in Waldron is in charge of arrangements. --Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - December 3, 1992 Oklahoma
City, OK-- JOE SMITH, age
84, of Oklahoma City died Tuesday at Bethany General Hospital. He was
born in Perryville, Arkansas and he had lived in Oklahoma City for the
past 30 years. He was a member of Britton Assembly of God Church and
was a World War I Army Veteran. He is survived by three sons Stan of
Oklahoma City, Delbert Edmond, Billy Joe ofOKC, five daughters
Marie Eves of Louisiana, Helen Mobley of Blair, Ok, Annabell Medeires
of OKC, Zaddie Parker of Illinois & Elizabeth Privit of Edmond,
27
grandchildren, and 36 great grandchildren. Services will be 2pm Friday
at the Britton Assembly of God Church. Directed by Demuth-Garrison
& Sherman.
Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - December 2, 1982. |