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BARTLETT, Bennie

BIRKHAHN, Otto L.

BOLLINGER, Wanda Sue Hill

BURTON, Alvie J.

CARPENTER, Gladys M. Gunter

DOOLEY, Lillian Rea

FARRIS, Buna Daisy Boley

GARRISON, LaVesta Belle Bartlett

HAYS, Brooks

JONES, Harlie Frank

REDDISH, Sue Davis

SHELTON, Rhonda Cheri

STROUP, Ollie Standridge

WALKER, Burkie Eugene

Advance, MO--WANDA SUE BOLLINGER, 71 of Advance died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007 at her home. She was born June 7, 1935 in Hector, AR, daughter of Arthur and Gertrude Hill. She and Billy Bollinger were married July 10, 1957 in St. Louis. He died Nov. 9, 1995. Bollinger was retired from Florishiem Shoe Factory in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Advance. Survivors include a son, Billy Bollinger of Advance; two daughters, Beverly Scherer of Scott City, MO and Robin Eakin of Bell City, MO; four sisters; two grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and four sisters. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. J. D. Smith officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Advance.

VANDUSER, MO - ALVIE J. BURTON, 89, died Nov. 8, 2001, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born April 26, 1912, in Buttermilk, Ark., son of the late S. W. and Mary Miranda Burton, he was a self-employed farmer and of the Baptist belief.
On Aug. 16, 1969, he married Carol Reynolds who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: three sons, Gene Burton of Cape Girardeau, MO, Lester Burton of Tyler, Texas, and Charles "Paul" Burton of St. Louis, MO; five daughters, Dorothy Haupt of Egypt Mills, MO, Bonnie Bowers of Delta, MO, Bonita Sanders of Matthews, MO,  and Patty Sexton and Kristy Shultz of Sikeston; one sister, Inus Duvall of Russellville, Ark.; and 17 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Kathleen Burton; and three brothers; and one sister.
Friends may call from noon Saturday until service time at 2 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. The Rev. Dale Huff will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Unity Cemetery at Benton, MO.
--Friday, November 9, 2001, Sikeston Standard Democrat

Bell City, MO.--GLADYS M. CARPENTER, 82, of Bell City died Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.
She was born March 31, 1924 in Treat, Ark., daughter of Louis H. and Norma Ross Gunter. She and Raymond C. Carpenter were married July 20, 1942 in Dover, Ark. He died March 2, 2005.
Carpenter was a life member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include six sons, Carl Carpenter of Morley, MO, Floyd Carpenter of Kevil, KY, Euel, Larry and Randy Carpenter of Bell City, Jerry Carpenter of Advance, MO; three daughters, Shirley Kelley of Wickliffe, KY, connie Wyrick of Chambersburg, PA, Denise Long of Bell City; a brother, Jesse Gunter of Dover; two sisters, Christine Robbins of Lamar, AR, Imogene Barth of Sacramento, CA; 22 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. March 24, 2007 at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, MO. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2007 at the chapel with Bill Bradley and Woodrow Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bell City.

CHAFFEE, MO - LILLIAN REA DOOLEY, 79, died at 6:50 a.m. Nov. 5, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Born Dec. 7, 1921, at Atkins, Ark., daughter of the late Bertie Alvin and Katie Muirhead Bixler, she was a member of the First Christian Church in Chaffee.
On March 6, 1937, she married Noble F. Dooley who preceded her in death on May 16, 1982.
Survivors include: five sons, Troy Dooley of Jackson, Gerald Dooley of Terre Haute, Ind., and Ed Dooley and Pete Dooley of Chaffee; four daughters, Joyce Dooley of Chaffee, Shirley Keachie of St. Louis, Linda Kraemer of Jackson and Rebecca Supak of Springfield; one brother, Jack Bixler of Jackson; one sister, Berdine Hampton of Lansing, Mich.; and 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were one son, Larry Dooley, six brothers, one sister and one grandchild.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church with the Rev. Vyron Yount officiating.
Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.
Pallbearers will be: Ryan Dooley, Dustin Bryant, Korky Bryant, Seau Dooley, Michael Keachie and Randy Dooley.
--Tuesday, November 6, 2001, Sikeston Standard Democrat

Randles, MO.--BUNA DAISY FARRIS, 93 of Randles, MO, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at Chaffee (MO) Nursing Center.  She was born April 27, 1914 at Russellville, Ark., daughter of William Claude and Daisy Hill Boley.  she and Joe Wheeler Farris were married Nov. 1, 1931.  He died March 23, 1984.  Survivors include a son, Billy farris of Randles; two daughters, dorothy Dever of Camdenton, MO, Sandra Farrow of Randles; a sister, Hettie Phillips of Morley, MO; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a son, two grandchildren, three brothers and five sisters.  Visitation will be after 4 p.m. July 11, 2007 at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.  The Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday (July 12, 2007) at the chapel with the Rev. Phil Thompson officiating.  Burial will be in Williams Cemetery at Perkins, MO.

Macomb, IL.--LAVESTA BELLE GARRISON, 88, of Macomb, died at 6:50 a.m. Friday, March 23, 2001, at Heartland Health Care Center.
  She was born Aug. 13, 1912, in Appleton, Ark., to Wesley Dealon and Allie Rachel Almond Bartlett. She married Theodore Garrison July 13, 1935, at Dover, Ark. He survives.
  She is also survived by one son, Jack Bartlett (Kerri) Garrison, of Kearney, Neb.; two danghters, Cynthia Stiffler, Macomb, and Mary Ellen (David) Dannels, Lake Villa; one brother, Theron Bartlett, Russellville, Ark.; one sister, Doyle Estelle Parnell, Searcy, Ark.; six grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and an infant daughter.
  Mrs. Garrison was educated in the Russellville, Ark., public schools, Arkansas Polytechnic College, and Ouachita Baptist College. Although she taught in several Arkansas public schools in her early life, she preferred, after she had children, to devote her attention to her home, her family and her church.
  She moved to Macomb with her family in l 960 when her husband joined the faculty of Western Illinois University. Despite graduate studies in library science, she never sought employment or a career of her own but continued to devote herself to service to her family and her church.
  She was a 40-year member of the First Baptist Church of Macomb, where she held different offices and continued active in American Baptist Women's work until the time of her death.
  Funeral services were held at Monday, March 26, 2001, at the First Baptist Church in Macomb. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery, Russellville, Ark. Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
--Eagle Publications, Macomb, Illinois, March 29, 2001, contributed by Sara Hemp.

Bethesda, MD.--BROOKS HAYS, a voice of Southern moderation in his 16 years in Congress, died in his sleep last night at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 83 years old.
While he had made his home in the Washington area for many years, he was very much the product of his native Arkansas, a fiercely loyal Democrat and an accomplished teller of tales, much in the manner of the late Will Rogers.
In his later years in Congress, he was noted for fashioning politically realistic compromises on explosive civil rights issues, and it was he who arranged a meeting between President Eisenhower and Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas to discuss the crisis that led to school desegregation in Little Rock.
His moderate stand on racial issues cost him his seat in Congress in 1958 when opponents mounted a successful write-in campaign for Dr. Dale Alford, an outspoken segregationist.
Optimism on the South
Just months later, writing in The New York Times Magazine, Mr. Hays renewed his call for moderation and predicted that the day would come when one could say: "There was a South of fears and misgivings; that South is dead. There is a South of human kindness and of law, of justice and of peace - that South, thank God, is living and daily growing stronger."
Both before entering Congress in 1942 and after his defeat, Mr. Hays served in various capacities in the Federal Government. As an official in the Department of Agriculture under President Roosevelt in the 1930's, he was active in pushing through Congress the Bankhead-Jones Act, which provided loans for poor farmers.
In his post-Congress years, he served in the White House as a special assistant to President Kennedy and as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. He was also a special assistant to President Johnson.
Mr. Hays also served as president of the nine-million-member Southern Baptist Convention in 1957 and 1958.
Organized Former Congressmen
His anecdotes, centered largely on fellow politicians and humble Arkansans, were a constant enjoyment to his old friends. He was always a center of attention as he held forth at annual gatherings of Former Members of Congress, an organization that he and former Republican Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota founded.
One of his favorite tales was about making his maiden speech in the House. The next day, he said, he picked up a copy of the Congressional Record and found, to his dismay, that his speech had been attributed to a fellow Arkansan, Oren Harris.
Mr. Hays said he rushed to the record clerk, scolded him for the error, then apologized for his temper. " 'Oh that's all right,' " he said the clerk replied, " 'you should have heard Mr. Harris.' "Early Opponent of Klan
Lawrence Brooks Hays - he never used his first name - was born Aug. 9, 1898, near Russellville, Ark. He and his father, Steele Hays, were among the few in that section to oppose the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920's, and the father lost his bid for Congress in 1922 because of his moderate racial views.
Brooks Hays graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1919 and received a law degree from George Washington University in 1922. In his first bid for political office in 1927 he finished second in a field of seven candidates for Governor. Two years later, he tried again but lost. He was elected Democratic national committeeman in 1932. He was the author of a number of books, including "Hotbed of Tranquillity."
He is survived by his wife, Marian Prather Hays; a son, Steel Hays, an Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court; a daughter, Betty Brooks Bell of Bethesda; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 4 P.M. Wednesday at Gawler's Funeral Home in Washington. A second service will be held at 11 A.M. Friday at the Second Baptist Church of Little Rock. Burial will be in Russellville, Ark.
Source:  New York Times, The (NY) - October 13, 1981.

Bell City, MO.--HARLIE "FRANK" JONES, 74, of Bell City died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.  He was born Dec. 28, 1932, in Scottsville, Ark., son of Charles Franklin and Clemmie Agnes Boze Jones.  He and Evelyn Miller were married Dec. 28, 1953.  
Jones was a retired elevator manager with Bunge Corp. at Avert, MO, and a self-employed farmer.  He was a member of Hooe Baptist Church near Oran, MO, and a charter member of Amvets at Bloomfield, Mo.  He served in the U. S. Air Force.       
Survivors include his wife: two daughters, Donna Mansell of Morley, Mo., Pam Simmers of Benton, Mo; three sisters, Ollie Sindle of Dexter, Mo., Neva Harris of Roanoke, IL, Imogene Harris of Gilbertsville, Ky., and four grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.
Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.  The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at the chapel.  Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery at Morley, Mo with full military rites.

Chaffee, MO.--SUE REDDISH, 72, of Chaffee died Sunday, Sept 9, 2007 at her home.  She was born Aug. 11, 1935 in London, AR, daughter of Graden and Mildred Brown Davis.  Reddish had owned and operated Pancake House in Manteno, IL, and later was manager at Sisters Restaurant in Chaffee.  She was a member of the General Baptist Church at Randles and American Legion Auxiliary in Manteno.  Survivors include two sons, Michael Jackson of Bell City, MO, Jeffrey Van Blaracum of Pearl City, Hawaii; four daughters, Pattie Friga, Rene Whilhite and Stefanie Urhahn of Chaffee, Pamela Burks of Tunica, MS; her mother of Chaffee; three brothers, Charles Crowden, Graden "Butch" Davis and Randy Davis of Chaffee; five sisters, Glenda Blue, Doris Parker, Norma Parker and Debbie Cook of Chaffee, Lynn Whitehead of Helena, AR; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her father, two brothers and a sister.  A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday (Sept 15, 2007) at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.  The Rev. Don Leggett will officiate.

Cape Girardeau, MO.--RHONDA CHERI SHELTON, 48, of Russellville, Ark., died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007 at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.  She was born April 29, 1959 in Cape Girardeau.  Survivors include her husband of five years, Alvin L. Shelton of Russellville; a son; two daughters, including Amber Dawn Stone of Cape Girardeau; a stepdaughter, Heather Renee Shelton of Naples, Fla.; and two grandchildren, including Haley Elizabeth Stone of Cape Girardeau.  She was preceded in death by her parents.  The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. today (Aug 7, 2007) at Shinn Chapel in Russellville, with Chaplain Barry Poche officiating.  Burial will be in Pisgah Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Calvin Shelton, Ken Williams, Billy Levell, Adam Leavell, Luke Scarborough, Yeng Xiong, Jason Whitbey and Michael Taylor.

BATON ROUGE, LA--BURKIE EUGENE WALKER--Died 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, 1992, at his residence. He was 81, a native of Pope County, Ark., and a resident of Baton Rouge for 45 years. He was a retired electrician and a member of I.B.E.W. Local No. 995. Visiting at Hollabaugh-Spindle Wooddale Memorial Chapel, 10 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Jim Nichols. Burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park.
Survived by wife, Marion Tinkle Walker, Baton Rouge; two daughters, Laura Belle Walker and Mrs. Noel (Patsy) Thomas Jr., both of Clinton; a son, Burkie Franklin Walker, Clinton; a sister, Bessie Leora Wells, Pine Bluff, Ark.; nine grandsons, a granddaughter and 12 great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Leon M. Wells, Baton Rouge.
Preceded in death by a son, Eugene Andrew Walker.
He was a deacon emeritus of North Highland Baptist Church.  --Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - March 12, 1992

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