WICHITA, KS–MINNA B. BULLER, 95, of Greenwood, Ark., former McPherson resident, retired hotel clerk, died Friday, Sept. 21, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Crestwood Memorial Park Cemetery, McPherson.
Survivors: daughter, Mildred Schierling of Inman; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Pink Bud Nursing Home, Greenwood, Ark. Ball & Son Funeral Home.   --Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - September 24, 1990

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GREENWOOD, Ark. -- JOSEPH EUGENE (GENE) BURBAUGH, 64, of Greenwood, a former resident of Oak Hill, died Wednesday (Feb 4, 1998) at home. Mr. Burbaugh, an Army veteran of the Korean War, was born in New York, and moved from Oak Hill to Greenwood in 1988. He was an auto mechanic for Volusia Construction, Daytona Beach, and was a former crabber on the Indian River. He enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Martha; a son, Joseph, Booneville, Ark.; four daughters, Carol Burbaugh, Ohio, Pamela Goff and Faye McConnell, Booneville, and Katrinka Lee, Barnsdall, Okla.; a stepson, David Sayre, Barnsdall; a stepdaughter, Terri Lynn, Texas; two brothers, Merle, Missouri, and Eurotis, New Smyrna Beach; a sister, Roberta Akre, Oregon; 23 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Roberts Funeral Home, Booneville, is in charge.
--Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL) - February 7, 1998.

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SPRINGFIELD, IL--COL. DALE  D. DESPER, USAF, 69, of Springfield died at 12:25 p.m. Friday at Memorial Medical Center.
He was born on April 17, 1918, in Sebastian County, Ark., the son of John J. and Eva May Desper. He married Emma Cochran. Col. Desper was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Emma; one son, David of Gilroy, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Diane) Jardine of Marago, Calif.; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Joe "Mickey" of Edison, N.J., and Richard of Watertown, Mass.; and two sisters, Mrs. Theodore (June) Bryles of Chicago and Mrs. Ruth Williams of Taylorville.
Remains will be cremated. Burial will be in Camp Butler National Cemetery at a later date.
Connolly-McClure Funeral Home, Taylorville, is in charge of arrangements.  --State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - May 9, 1987.

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RICHMOND, KY--Businessman JACKIE PAUL FRAZIER died Sunday at his home at 229 Pleasure Drive, apparently of a heart attack. He was 50.
Frazier was the owner of the Sub Center on Main Street and co-owner of Sharon's Hallmark Cards in University Shopping Center. He had held an interest in those businesses for about seven and six years, respectively. He was a member of Richmond Kiwanis Club and Red House Baptist Church in Madison County.
Frazier, a native of Sebastian County, Ark., was the widower of Barbara Sue Raypholtz Frazier. Surviving are a son, Steven Earl Frazier of Richmond; a daughter, Lisa Frazier of Richmond; a brother; and a sister.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Curry, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today and after 8 a.m. Wednesday. --Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - October 28, 1986

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Wichita, KS–AMOS L. HOLT, 92, retired chef, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Northside Church of Christ, Greenwood, Ark.
Survivors: son, Jerry of Kiowa; brother, Gilbert of Greenwood, Ark.; sisters, Bertha Smith of Pea Ridge, Ark., Inez Farrar of Cameron, Okla.; three grandchildren. McConnell Funeral Home, Greenwood, Ark.    --Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - February 7, 1997

Greenville, AR–REV. JOHN D. KESTER, 61, of Greenwood, Ark. died Wednesday (May 20, 1998) at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith, Ark.
Rev. Kester was a native of Akins, Okla. He lived in Modesto 18 years and Greenwood, Ark. the last ten years. He was owner of Greenwood Interiors and Senior Pastor of Living Stone Fellowship Church in Greenwood. He was past pastor of Nicut Community Church, Brooklyn Freewill Baptist Church in Ratcliff, Ark., and Palestine Community Church in Witcherville, Ark.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Kester of Greenwood, Ark.; children, Sherry Hopkins of Stilwell, Okla., Christene Bates of Huntington, Ark., Ken Kester of Mansfield, Ark., and Ron Kester of Greenwood, Ark.; brothers, Carl Kester of Hindsville, Ark., and Don Kester of Springdale, Ark.; sisters, Faye Lierman, Mildred Kiser and Myrtle Poor, all of Stilwell, Okla.; and 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at McConnell Funeral Home, Greenwood. Burial will be at Liberty Cemetery, Greenwood. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
--Modesto Bee, The (CA) - May 22, 1998.

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WADSWORTH TWP., OH –FRANK OCEPEK, 80, died June 17, 1990 at his residence. Mr. Ocepek was born in Sebastian County, Ark., and resided in Wadsworth Township 32 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II, and a retiree of the Midwest Rubber Co.
He is survived by brothers, Anthony of Wadsworth Township, Edward and Joseph, both of Barberton; sisters, Ann Reynolds of Adamson, Okla., Agnes Lupo of Waycross, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. --Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - June 20, 1990

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Oklahoma City, OK--J. FOSTER SMITH, age 92, of 1531 NW 29 St., Oklahoma City died Friday, November 26, 1982 after an extended illness. He was born April 30, 1890 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and has been a resident of OKC since 1919, having moved to OKC from Fort Smith. He was a roofing contractor who owned & operated the Smith Roofing Company until his retirement in 1973. He was a member of the Calvary Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Smith of the home; 2 sons, Edward O. Smith of Tyler, Texas, Joe Smith of Denver, Colorado; daughter, Dorathy Mae Meng of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 2 brothers, Clarence Smith of Fort Smith, Arkansas, William Smith of Little Rock, Arkansas; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren. Services 1 pm Monday at the Calvary Church of the Nazarene in Bethany with interment in Fairlawn Cemetery. The family has designated the J. Foster Smith Memorial Fund at the Calvary Church of the Nazarene as appropriate for expressions of sympathy. Arrangements with Guardian Midtown Funeral Home.
Source:  Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - November 29, 1982

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FORT WORTH, TX -PAULINE SNIDER, 84, a homemaker, died Monday, July 20, 1998, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park.
Pauline Snider was born April 11, 1914, in Greenwood, Ark. She was a retired teacher from Greenwood, Ark., and White Settlement. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Survivors: Husband, A.D. Snider of Fort Worth; son, Mark L. Snider and his wife, Susan, of Wichita, Kan.; daughter, Mary D. Weller and her husband, Bill, of West Hartford, Conn.; sisters, Marie Witcher of California, Josephine Maestri of Greenwood, Ark., Amelita Lamondola of Janesville, Wis., and Gloria Brown of Annandale, Va.; and grandchildren, Brent Davis of Fayetteville, Ark., Sheila Davis of Fort Worth, Lisa Jones and her husband, Matt, of Kansas City, Kan., and David Snider of Wichita, Kan.
Greenwood Funeral Home 3100 White Settlement Road, 336-0584
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - July 22, 1998

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BLOOMINGTON, IL--The Funeral of EDWARD J. TATMAN, 57, of Greenwood, Ark., formerly of 113 Hammitt Drive, Normal, and Hudson, IL will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington.
The Rev. John J. King will officiate. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Normal.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home with the rosary recited at 7 p.m.
He died of an apparent heart attack Saturday morning (Feb. 4, 1995) at Plano, Texas, while visiting relatives.
Mr. Tatman was born March 1, 1937, at Bloomington, a son of Roy and Mabel Gambon Tatman. He married Normagene Allen Nov. 11, 1961, at Bloomington. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Cheryl Oliver and Cara Cogswell, both of Normal; two sons, David, Plano, Texas; and Phillip, Phoenix, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.
His parents preceded him in death.
Mr. Tatman was a 1955 graduate of Trinity High School. He attended Illinois State University and served in the National Guard.  He worked 10 years for State Farm Insurance Cos. and 28 years for The Eureka Co., retiring from its Data Processing and Systems Control department.  He was past president of the Hudson Grade School Parent Teacher Association and a member of the Hudson Lions Club and the Lions Club in Greenwood, Ark.  He was a former member of Epiphany Catholic Church, Normal, to which memorials may be made.
--Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - February 7, 1995

Carl D. Willis, a member of the staffs of two Boston mayors and former manager of the Orchard Park public housing project in Boston, died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, after a long illness. He was 63.
Mr. Willis came to Boston from Ft. Smith, Ark. soon after graduating from
college and met the late Mayor James M. Curley while working at a Tremont street drug store.
He joined Curley's staff - the first black secretary for a mayor of Boston - in 1946 and handled citizen's complaints.
Mr. Willis was appointed manager of the Boston Housing Development program in 1948 and remained there until 1952. That year he started working for the federal government as a business analyst for the Office of Price Stabilization.
He returned to the city payroll in 1961 as the first assistant director for Civil Defense under Mayor John F. Collins, but soon left that post to become Collins' patronage secretary.
In late 1963, Mr. Willis was fired by Collins for what Mr. Willis described as "that East Boston thing."
Mr. Willis, according to published reports at the time, told an East Boston audience at a pre-election rally that year that he "was one of the 78,000 people who voted for a lady with us tonight, and I am proud of her."
He then pointed out former Boston School Committee member Louise Day Hicks, who was the leading opponent of the NAACP's efforts to get the committee to recognize that de facto segregation existed in the school system at that time.
Mayor Collins never publicly explained the reason for Mr. Willis' dismissal.
Mr. Willis rejoined the Boston Housing Authority in 1963 as the manager of the housing projects in the South End. When he retired in March of last year, he was the manager of the Orchard Park housing project in the South End.
Mr. Willis was born in Ft. Smith, Ark. and attended local schools there. He graduated from the Arkansas A&M College in 1939.
Mr. Willis was a long-time resident of Braddock street in the South End.
He leaves his wife, Madeline (Francis) Willis; four sons, Carl D. Willis Jr., David F. Willis, Stephen P. Willis and John M. Willis, all of Boston; a daughter, Carla M. Willis of Boston and a brother, Samuel Willis of Ft. Smith, Ark.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Chisolm funeral Chapel, Boston. Burial will be at the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Mattapan.   --Source:  Boston Globe, The (MA) - January 10, 1981.

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