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BARNUM, TROY WAYNE Pekin, Il -- Troy Wayne Barnum, 70, of 206 Cooper died at 12:05 a.m., Friday, April 19, 1996, at Pekin Hospital. Born Sept. 7, 1925, in Bee Branch, Ark., to Chester and Dallas Vest Barnum, he married Mildred Presley on Sept. 21, 1946. Surviving are three sons, Charles of Creve Coeur, Jack of Green Valley and Alan of Pekin; three daughters, Kathie Barnum, Karen Sidell and Linda Tindall, all of Pekin; his father of North Little Rock, Ark.; one brother, Dave of Stone County, Ark.; three sisters, Mrs. Herb (Betty) Garrison of Pekin, and Mrs. Lynn (Hazel) Cunningham and Mrs. Farrell (Faye) Pierce, both of North Little Rock; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His mother and his stepmother, Annie Pierce, preceded him in death. He worked at Corn Products Corp. in Pekin for 30 years, retiring in 1978. He was a member of Pekin Fraternal Order of Eagles. Services will be Monday in Morganton, Ark. Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway, Ark., is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in Colony Cemetery in Morganton. Local arrangements are by Abts Mortuary. [The Peoria Journal Star (IL) - April 20, 1996]

BOURLAND, FLORENCE RICHARDSON Mrs. Florence Richardson Bourland and widow of Thomas D. Bourland died Wednesday at 1 p.m. at her home, 723 North Thirteenth Street, of Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was the daughter of James M. and Nancy (Godfrey) Richardson of Knoxville.  ["The Argus", unknown date, but after 1940]

CLODFELTER, EARL Olney, Ill. — Earl Clodfelter, age 92, of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at his home. Born in Olney, Illinois, on July 10, 1919, he was the son of the late Amos and Lydia (Gaede) Clodfelter. Mr. Clodfelter served in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. He was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries received in the war. He was a member and past Commander of the Fairfield Bay American Legion Post 333. As a warehouse manager Economy Boat Store, one of the first mid-stream fueling companies on the Mississippi River, Mr. Clodfelter lived and worked for eight years in Memphis, Tennessee. A riverboat, the Earl C, was named in his honor and remains in operation on the Mississippi River. After moving to Fairfield Bay, Mr. Clodfelter introduced his family to hiking the streams and waterfalls behind his retirement home. In 2011, his family worked in conjunction with Arkansas Waterfall Hunters to name the waterfall “Grand Falls” in his honor. Family members who preceded him in death include his parents and two brothers, Edgar and Carl Clodfelter. He is survived by his wife, Bessie L. (Finley) Clodfelter, of Fairfield Bay, Ark.; two daughters, Carol Ann Teitz, of Koln, Germany,  and Nancy McGowen, of Conway, Ark.; four grandchildren, Elise and Sebastian, both of Koln, Germany,  Cecilia, of Scotland, and Christine L. Reifeiss of Conway, Ark.; and two great-grandchildren, Phelim J. Teitz, of Koln, Germany, and Jaclyn S. Reifeiss, of Conway, Ark. Mr. Clodfelter is also survived by other relatives and his many friends. At his request, no service will be held. His body was donated to medical science.  [Olney Daily Mail]

CONNER, BILLY RAY Clinton, Ark-- Billy Ray Conner, 60, of Clinton, Ark., formerly of Tampa, died Friday. A native of Bryson, Texas, he retired from the International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers. He is survived by three daughters, Sherry, Michelle and Neeka of Tampa; a brother, Jerry of Houston; and two grandchildren. Roller McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton, Ark. [Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - July 29, 1998]

COSSEY, FRANCES S. Akron, OH-- Frances S. Cossey, 88, died Sept. 21 at Americare-Rittman Care Center after a lengthy illness.  Born in Van Buren County, Ark., Mrs. Cossey resided in Kenmore for nine years, previously residing in California.   She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Woodrow V. and Ida of Vista, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law, Geneva and Ford Hovis of Wadsworth; 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; brothers, James Speights of Benton, Ark., Ernest Speights of Hensley, Ark.; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by son, James H.; two sisters; and one brother.   Services will be held Monday, 1 p.m., at Hilliard Cox Mullaney Funeral Home, 174 N. Lyman St., Wadsworth, where friends may call one hour prior to services, Rev. Michael M. Hayes officiating. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. [Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, Sep 23, 1989]

DURBIN, BEATRICE Shawnee, OK-- Beatrice Durbin, 72, of Shawnee, died December 24, 1986 in Shawnee. Services Saturday, December 27, 1986 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home with Rev. Dale Rogers from the Oklahoma Avenue Baptist Church. Interment will be Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Born October 14, 1914, in Van Buren County, AR; the daughter of Robert and Emma Coleman. She married Lowell Durbin on October 15, 1940, in Van Buren, AR. They moved to Clawson, MI, where they lived for 22 years before moving to Shawnee in 1976. She worked for K-Mart for 15 years. She was very active in the Parent-Teacher Assoc. She is survived by her husband, Lowell, of the home; 3 sons, Alan Durbin, of Norman, Raymond Durbin, of Duncan, OK, and William Harrison Durbin, of Norman; daughter, Frances Durbin, of Atlanta, GA; 2 brothers, Raymond Coleman, of CA, and Clarence Coleman, of AZ; 8 grandchildren. [The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) - December 27, 1986]

EMERSON, TONY PRICE Del City, Ok– Tony Price Emerson, 80, Del City, died Sat., Dec. 2, 1989. He was born Oct. 13, 1909 in Clinton, AR. He was a member, deacon, and Sunday school teacher at First Southern Baptist Church of Del City. He retired from Tinker AFB. He married Josephine Holloway Feb. 14, 1934 in Ada, OK. Survived by his wife, Josephine of the home; a son, Tommy of Houston; 2 sisters, Mattie Lassiter of Calvin, OK and Alma Lebetter of Clinton, AR; a brother, D. V. Emerson, Holdenville, OK; 2 grandchildren, Ann McVaney and Neal Emerson, both of Houston; 3 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Services 10am Tues. Bill Eisenhour SE Chapel, graveside services 2:30 pm at Gerty Cemetery. [The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) - December 3, 1989]

FULKS, JOHN ELDON  John Eldon Fulks was born July 10, 1915 in Morganton, Van Buren County, to the late R. A. & Sarah Ellen (Hunt) Fulks. His son, Joe Fulks & five brothers also preceded him in death. He was a U.S. Army veteran, WW II, retired mail carrier, and he was a member of the Colony Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Freeda (Linn) Fulks; two sons, Robert (Roxanne) Fulks of Bee Branch, & David (Sharon) Fulks of Ocala, FL; daughter-in-law, Polly Fulks of Bee Branch; two grandsons, and a great-granddaughter. His funeral service was performed on Monday, July 3 at the Colony Church of Christ, officiated by Junior Thomason & Junior Manes, with burial in the Colony Cemetery. Roller-McNutt Funeral Home of Clinton was in charge of arrangements.  (Pallbearers: Jerod & Brent Fulks, Gary & Danny Linn, Steve McKnight, & Wayne Shackleford.) [The Van Buren County DEMOCRAT, Clinton, AR, July 5, 2006, p. 6, contributed by Sara Hemp]

FULKS, WAYNE AMBROSE Heber Springs, AR - Wayne Ambrose Fulks, 84, passed away August 20, 2007. He was born May 12, 1923 in Van Buren County, AR, the son of the late Zola I. Fulks and J. B. Fulks. He was a service manager for Bluff City Buick Company, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Heber Springs. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine Shipman Fulks of Heber Springs; a daughter, Linda Fulks Phelps of Heber Springs; five grandchildren, Ronald Phelps and wife, Shannon of Heber Springs, Lindsay Fulks of Memphis, TN, Robert Phelps and wife, Keli of Heber Springs, Holly Fulks Pearson and husband, William of Memphis, TN, and Austin Faglier of Memphis, TN; five great-grandchildren, and many friends. Besides his parents, Mr. Fulks was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Scott Fulks. Visitation hours will be Wednesday, August 22 from 5-8 p.m. at Heber Springs Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 23 at the funeral home, with Dr. David Bush officiating. Interment will follow in Cleburne County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by: Heber Springs Funeral Home.   [The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) - August 22, 2007]

GAYHART, VONOLER Clinton, Ark-- Vonoler "Shirley" Gayhart, 69, of Clinton, Ark., formerly of Memphis, died Wednesday at her home after a heart attack. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Gayhart, the widow of Homer Gayhart, leaves a daughter, Sharon Johnson of Clinton, Ark.; a son, Butch Gayhart of Ardmore, Okla.; six sisters, Frances Maynard, Lucille Linke, Nawneeder Edwards and Linda Taylor, all of Memphis, Wanda Timmons of Kansas City, Mo., and Jeanette Jones of Ashland, Miss.; three brothers, Clyde Smith of Booneville, Miss., Lawrence Smith of San Diego and Charley Smith of Memphis, and a grandson. [The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) - January 13, 1995]

HAYWOOD, MARTHA E. Oklahoma City, OK-- Mrs. Martha E. Haywood, 90, died July 31, 2000. Mrs. Haywood was born in Van Buren County, AR and has lived in Ocala, FL since 1992, having moved from Okemah, OK. Survivors include sons, Andy Haywood, Ocala, FL and Dale Haywood, Victoria, TX; brothers, Coniver Ward and Odie Ward, both of Bakersfield, CA; sisters, Gussie Stone, Lucille Jones and Ozella Neckodemis, all of Bakersfield, CA; 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and 2 great great-grandchildren. Roberts Funeral Homes, Ocala, FL is in charge of arrangements. [The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) - August 3, 2000]

HOLMES, NANCY Old Settler Dead Mrs. Nancy Holmes, wife of Robert Holmes, died at her home three miles southwest of Monett Wednesday night, July 31.  She had been a sufferer from cancer for some time and was unconscious the last few days.  She had expressed her readiness and willingness to die.  Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Luther Carlin, of Granby.  Interment will be made in New Site cemetery. Mrs. Holmes was born September 10, 1851 in Van Buren county, Ark.  She was married to Robert Holmes 40 years ago.  She leaves her husband and three sons, James and Allen, of Peirce City and Zona Holmes, of Monett.  Mrs. Holmes was a good Christian woman and will be sadly missed by the community as well as by the family. [The Monett Times. (Monett, Mo.), 02 Aug. 1912]

KERRY, JOHN John Kerry, of Clinton, Arkansas, met his death in a peculiar manner. In attempting to strip the bark from a hickory sprout his knife slipped, the blade entering the inner side of his thigh and severing the femoral artery, from which death immediately ensued. [The Weekly Democratic Statesman (Austin, Tex.), June 15, 1882]

LANDERS, CLARK Clark Landers, long a resident of Van Buren county, Ark., was drowned, as we learn from the Intelligencer, about the middle of April last, while crossing Red River.  He is represented as having been a most worthy citizen.  [Times-Picayune, ((LA)  May 14, 1845]

PENNINGTON, DOVIE April 18, 1908 - May 12, 1996 Modesto, Ca-- Dovie Pennington, 88, of Modesto died Sunday at Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield.  Mrs. Pennington was a native of Van Buren County, Ark. She lived in the Modesto area 55 years. She was a homemaker. She was a member of General Baptist Church of Modesto. She is survived by her children, Gerald Pennington of Bakersfield and Alan Pennington of Orlando, Fla.; brothers, O.T. Raymer of Fresno, Adrian Raymer of Arizona and Curtis Raymer of New Mexico; sisters, Euna Pike of Modesto, Pansy Boone of Indiana, Hazel Westfall of Missouri, and Jewell Davis of Arkansas; and six grandchildren.  A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Lakewood Funeral Home, Hughson. Burial will be at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.  [Unknown newspaper, c. May 1996]

PETERS, W.H. Killed in a Wreck:  W.H. Peters, ex-county assessor of Van Buren county, Ark., was killed at Lancaster in a collision of two freight trains.  [The Grenada Sentinel. (Grenada, Miss.), 17 May 1902]

SIPE, CLYDE RAYMOND Edmond, Ok– Clyde Raymond Sipe, 87, former longtime Edmond resident, passed away Oct. 25, 1994 in Clinton, Ar. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Army Medical Corp in Italy. A former Mason and 32nd degree Mason with the Guthrie Scottish Rite and a former member of the India Temple Shrine. Clyde retired from T.A.F.B. He is survived by his wife, Ethel of the home in Fairfield Bay, Ar.; brothers, Lynn Sipe of Edmond and Bob Sipe of Bakersfield, Ca.; sisters, Louise Smith of Edmond and Mildred Gregg of Edmond; numerous grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Services 10:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, Baggerley-Marler Memorial Chapel. Interment, Gracelawn Cemetery. [The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) - October 28, 1994]

SMITH, HERMAN H. Sikeston, Mo - Herman H. Smith, 89, died at 1:20 p.m. Jan. 2, 2002, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born Nov. 22, 1912, at Clinton, Ark., son of the late Ed and Bertha Bradley Smith, he was a retired landowner, cattleman and farmer. His wife, Jimmie L. Barnes Smith, survives of the home. Other survivors include: three daughters and two sons-in-law, Jo and Ron Bloemer, Karan and Rick Wibbenmeyer and Pam Westmoreland of Sikeston; and 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Dwayne Smith; one grandson, Wade Smith; four brothers; and one sister. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Jim Matthews, pastor of Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, Mo. will officiate. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield (Mo) Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Marty Williams, Darren Hillis, Fred Drury, Kevin Crosnoe, Brandon Winchester and Jacob Olson. [Thursday, January 3, 2002, Sikeston Standard Democrat]

STAMBAUGH, SUNSHINE MYRTLE Hartford, CT-- Mrs. Sherman "Sunny" Stambaugh, 97, of Palmer Martin Road, died Saturday, (June 16, 2007) in Chestelm Health Center here after a long illness. She had lived in East Haddam since her move here in 1976 with her husband following his retirement from public relations work in New York. Since coming to East Haddam, Sunny had been active in many village projects, including extensive wildflower plantings, along with weeding and cleanup of such properties as Goodspeed Plaza, Rathbun Library, the East Haddam Historical Society, Gillette Castle and local elementary and high schools. For these and other activities as Civic Affairs Chairman of the East Haddam Garden Club, she was lauded by fellow club members and was honored by her town as one of East Haddam's first Volunteers of the Month in August 1992. Sunny Stambaugh also had considerable talents with handcraftwork, fashioning handsome wall hangings, decorative small rugs and other needlework. She also developed a successful small business, creating and selling decorative pressed flower notecards for commercial and craft sales. On one occasion, proceeds from sale of her cards were used to buy 1, 400 daffodils, which she and other volunteers planted throughout the Gillette Castle grounds. Last fall, Sherman and Sunny Stambaugh celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married on August 30th, 1946, in Toledo, OH where both were newspaper editorial workers. A few years later, the couple moved east when Sherman transferred into corporate public relations work in New York City, commuting here from their first Connecticut home in Stamford. While living there, they became parents of a daughter, Jane, born on May 16, 1952. (Now Jane Millerick, she now lives in New York City.) Following his retirement from corporate work, Sunny and Sherman moved to their present Palmer Martin Road home. Sunshine Myrtle Matthews Stambaugh was born October 3, 1909, in Van Buren County, AR. Orphaned at an early age, she and her four sibling brothers were placed in Masonic Home and School in Batesville, AR. Following graduation, she worked in the editorial department of the San Angelo (TX) Standard-Times, including coverage of livestock news throughout the state. Early in World War II, she moved into work for the Federal Defense Housing Authority in Corpus Christi and Fort Worth, as a house training advisor. Following this service, she moved in the mid-40s with friends to Toledo, where she worked for the Blade newspaper and met and married Sherman. In observance of Sunny's longtime wishes, there will be no public funeral services for her. Rather, she left word of her preference for her many friends to offer their private prayers as they may wish in her loving memory. [Hartford Courant, The (CT) - June 19, 2007]

WADDELL, SHIRRELL LYNN Kansas City-Mo– Shirrell Lynn Waddell, 54, Clinton, Ark., formerly of Kansas City, died Feb. 17, 1992, in a nursing home in Clinton. He was born in Scotland, Ark., and lived in this area before he moved to Clinton 13 years ago. Mr. Waddell was a truck farmer in Clinton. He worked for the Ford Motor Co. parts department in this area. He was a Baptist. Survivors include a daughter, Gale Rena Waddell Moore, Odessa, Mo., his mother, Lola Waddell, Clinton; a brother, Hulon Waddell, Kansas City; and a sister, Donna McBryde, Houston. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Coffman Chapel, Clinton, Ark.; burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Scotland, Ark. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. [The Kansas City Star (MO) - February 18, 1992]

WELCH, BRONE Springfield, Il– Brone "Brownie" Welch, 76, of Clinton, Ark., formerly of Springfield, died May 20 in Clinton, Ark. Mr. Welch was an Army veteran of World War II, and a retired carpenter. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 16, and he attended a Catholic church. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Stimburis Welch; a daughter, Gleda Osborn of Litchfield, Conn.; a stepson, Donald Welch of Villa Grove; six grandchildren; eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren. Remains were cremated. Burial will be at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday at Camp Butler National Cemetery. [The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - June 20, 1989]

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