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OBITUARIES
Lafayette County Arkansas Genealogy Trails AMADOR, Agustin G. CARR, Rachael Maurine Burns COLEMAN, Tracie Sr. COLVIN, Claude Edwin ELLER, Frances JESTER, F. C. JOHNSON, Vinnie B. JOHNSON-LIGON, Emma Mae JONES, Regina Arbess LANDES, James Copeland LARRY, Lola LEE, Elna B. MARTIN, A. C. NELSON, Jim PICKETT, G. B. Jr. SNIDER, Jane TWITTY, William Dawson, Jr. VILCHEZ, Melba M. WEST, Lois Edwena WILSON, Otis O. Jr.  NORFOLK, VA-- AGUSTIN G. AMADOR,
59, (CM1, U.S. Navy retired) died Sunday, July 27, 1997. A native of
Bradley, Ark., he had been a Hampton resident for 10 years.
CM1 Amador is survived by his wife, Gloria L. Amador of Virginia Beach; five daughters, Ruth A. Rowe of Norfolk, Anita A. Riojas of Corpus Christi, Texas, Marie A. Arena of Belmont, Mass., Irene A. Casto of Key West, Fla., Clara A. Crawford of Patuxent River, Md.; three sons, Agustin G. Amador Jr. and Micahel L. Amador, both of Corpus Christi, Texas, Robert D. Amador of Portsmouth; eight sisters, Aurora C. Zungia, Enriquetta G. Arroila, Nellie G. Manchaca, Racquel G. Cisneros, Maria G. Cisneros, Nellie G. Amador, Beatrice G. Amador, Katarena G. Amador; three brothers, Ferman G. Cisneros, Louis G. Cisneros and Trancito G. Amador, all of Texas; 12 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter; and a dear friend, Harvey Markman of Virginia Beach. A funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday in R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home by the Rev. Donald J. Cavey. The family will receive friends Wednesday before the service from 2 to 4 p.m. in the funeral home. The interment will be at 3 p.m. Aug. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. --Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - July 29, 1997 SHREVEPORT,
LA - Funeral services for MRS. RACHAEL MAURINE BURNS CARR, 85, of
Shreveport will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, September 9, 2002 in
Centuries Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. T. Floyd Davis,
Jr., pastor of Woodridge Baptist Church. Burial will follow in
Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Mrs. Carr passed away Friday, September 6, 2002 in Shreveport after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Lafayette County, AR where she was raised by her loving great aunt and uncle, Robert and Fannie Keoun. She had resided in Shreveport since 1937. She was a homemaker and a member of the Woodridge Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She is preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Corrie Riddle Burns, her husband, James Davis Carr and brothers, Samuel Clifton and Elma Lamar Burns. Mrs. Carr is survived by two daughters, Janiene Carr Creel and husband Billy of Shreveport and Karen Carr Hogan and husband Randy of Dallas, TX five grandsons, Kevin R. Creel and wife, Shannon, Keith Creel, Kris Creel and wife Amy, Brian Young and Jeremy Young and also by five great grandchildren, Erik Young, Kendall Creel, Amber Young, Stacy Creel and Amanda Creel. Centuries Funeral Home --Times, The (Shreveport, LA) - September 8, 2002. LAS VEGAS, NV--TRACIE COLEMAN, SR., 78, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born Oct. 7, 1919, in Bradley, Ark.
A resident for 45 years, he was a pipe fitter, a World War II Army veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 10057. He is survived by his wife, Betty; one daughter, Willie Smith, and one brother, Lee Coleman, both of Las Vegas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled 2-6 p.m. Sunday in Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday in Bunkers Chapel. Burial will be in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. --Las Vegas Sun (NV) - September 9, 1998 NEWPORT NEWS, VA–CLAUDE “DICK” EDWIN COLVIN, 75, died Sunday, May 11, 1997.
He was a native of Lewisville, Ark., and had been a Peninsula resident since 1948. Mr. Colvin was an operations manager for Amoco Oil Co., Yorktown Refinery. He retired in 1976 after 20 years of service. He was also a U.S. Air Force veteran. Survivors include his daughter, Susan C. Connell of Newport News; one grandson, Chase A. Connell of Newport News; and two cousins, Wade Butler of Hot Springs, Ark., and Luther Edwards of Lewisville, Ark. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline C. Colvin. A funeral will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Thurman R. Hayes officiating. The family will receive friends after the service until 8:30 p.m. Burial will be private. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 303 Butler Farm Road, Suite 106A, Hampton, Va. 23666. Arrangements by W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. --Daily Press (Newport News, VA) - May 12, 1997. STAMPS, Ark. -- A memorial service for former Grangeville, ID resident FRANCES ELLER, 74, of Chandler, Texas, was held Jan. 25 at Smith Funeral Home at Stamps, Ark.
She died Jan. 22 at a hospital in Tyler, Texas, of causes related to age. She was born Oct. 9, 1923, to L.C. and Marie Fields at Stamps. She had lived in Chandler since 1993. She married Percy Eller in 1941. They divorced and later remarried. She returned to Grangeville in 1970. She was manager of the Grangeville Sears Catalog store for several years. She was a member of the Mt. Queen Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at Grangeville and a member of the Methodist Church in Waldo, Ark. She is survived by her daughter, Judy Hall of Edom, Texas, two sons, Jim Eller of Garland, Texas, and Jackie Eller of Waldo, Ark.; three brothers; two sisters; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Her husband died in the early 1990s. Cremation has taken place and at her request the ashes will be returned to Grangeville for disposition at a later date. At that time an Eastern Star memorial service will be held. --Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - February 6, 1998 BATON ROUGE, LA–F. C. “PAT” JESTER--Died
Sunday, May 1, 1994, in Eureka Springs, Ark. He was 74, a native of
Bradley, Ark. and resident of Eureka Springs. He was a retired
boilermaker. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served as a
driver for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Visiting was held at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida
Blvd., 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Visiting at funeral home chapel 9 a.m.
until religious services at 2 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev.
Bobby Pruitt, the Rev. Richard Legford and the Rev. Jeff Cambre.
Interment in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Baker.
Survived by wife, Leola Harris Jester, Eureka Springs; a daughter, Patsy J. Palmour, Baker; a son, Sonny Jester, Eureka Springs; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Larry, David and Pat Jester, Darrell and Daniel Palmour and Allan Arsenealt. He was a member of Assembly of God Church and Boilermakers Local No 582. --Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - May 4, 1994. FORT WORTH, TX - VINNIE B. “LADY” JOHNSON, 96, a homemaker, died Saturday, July 17, 1999, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 24, at A.O. Smith Funeral Home in Stamps, Ark. Burial: Buckner Cemetery in Buckner, Ark. Visitation: Tuesday and Wednesday at Laurel Land of Fort Worth. Vinnie B. "Lady" Johnson was born May 12, 1903, in Homer, La. Survivors: Sons, Charles Johnson of Fort Worth, Arthur Johnson of Buckner, Ark., Willie Johnson of Conroe and Roy Johnson of Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Josey Hubbard of Fort Worth; 28 grandchildren; and many great-and great-great-grandchildren. --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - July 20, 1999. FORT WORTH, TX - EMMA MAE JOHNSON-LIGON, 52, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998, at a local hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Rev's Funeral Parlor. Wake: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Emma Johnson-Ligon was born Sept. 25, 1945, in Buckner, Ark. She was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church in Buckner, Ark. Survivors: Sons, Leonard Bernard Ligon and Earl Robert Ligon, both of Fort Worth; daughter, Mrs. Tina Jean Brown of Corrigan; mother, Mrs. Vinnie Bass Johnson of Fort Worth; brothers, Mr. Willie Johnson of Conroe, Roy Johnson of Kansas City, Mo., Author Johnson of Buckner, Ark., and Charles Johnson of Fort Worth; sister, Mrs. Josie Mae Hubbard of Fort Worth; 10 grandchildren of Fort Worth; in-laws, Wilbert Brown of Corrigan, Doris Bell of Crockett, Edith Ligon of Fort Worth; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Rev's Funeral Parlor 3615 Vaughn Blvd. --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - October 1, 1998. ORLANDO, FL--REGINA ARBESS JONES,
56, 429 E. Pine St., Orlando, died Thursday. Born in Bradley, Ark., she
moved to Orlando in 1957. She was a real estate salesperson. She was a
member of Christ the King Episcopal Church. She was a member of Beta
Sigma Phi. Survivors: son, Michael Eugene, Cleveland, Tenn.; daughter,
Deborah Jeanne Hall, Stone Mountain, Ga.; brothers, Ardis T. Allen Jr.,
Benton, La., Philip M. Allen, Longwood, Jerry T. Allen, Winter Springs,
C. David Allen, Magnolia, Ark.; two grandchildren. Woodlawn Funeral
Home, Orlando.
--Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - March 30, 1991. DENTON, TX -JAMES COPELAND “COPE” LANDES, 68, a self-employed geologist, died Tuesday at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church. Burial: Wilson Cemetery in Lewisville, Ark. Mr. Landes was born April 15, 1927, in Lewisville, Ark. Mulkey-Mason, Jack Schmitz & Son, Denton --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - October 12, 1995. WALNUT CREEK CA--LOLA LARRY
(Aug 22, 1922-Mar 8, 1999), a homemaker, died in Concord. She was 76.
The native of Lafayette County, Ark., lived in Walnut Creek for two
months and previously lived in San Joaquin County.
Survivors: Brother, W.T. Thomas of Stockton; one niece. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson Memorial Chapel in Stockton, with burial at Stockton Rural Cemetery. 3-8 p.m. visitation Monday at the chapel. --Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - March 14, 1999. RICHMOND, CA–ELNA B. LEE, a homemaker, died Sept. 27 (1997) in Lewisville. She was 94.
The Lewisville native, (born Sept 26, 1903) lived in Richmond before moving back to Lewisville one year ago. She was a member of North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church. She is survived by her brothers, Eddie Boyd of Richmond, Charles Boyd of Detroit, Mich., and Mack Boyd of San Diego; and a sister, Alice Hall of Lewisville. Services: 11 a.m. today at North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. C.W. Newsome officiating. Burial will be at Rolling Hills Memorial Park in Richmond. Rose Manor in Richmond handled arrangements. --West County Times (Richmond, CA) - October 3, 1997. Olney, Ill. —A.C. MARTIN, 89, of Olney, died at 5:45 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2012, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with Reverend Jeremy Henson officiating. Burial will be in Haven Hill Memorial Garden in Olney with full military rites performed by Olney veterans organizations. Mr. Martin was born August 7, 1922, in Lafayette County, Arkansas, the son of Dow Myron and Annalee (Drake) Martin. He married Roberta Reynolds on August 17, 1968, in Las Vegas, Nev. She preceded him in death August 5, 1993. He was owner of Olney Livestock Auction and A.C. Martin Trucking and was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Olney Elks Lodge. Mr. Martin is survived by a son, Ronnie Martin and wife Rani, of Milford, Conn.; daughter, Connie Rae and husband Randy Smith, of Albion (IL); daughter, Karen Noonan of Corona Del Mar, Calif.; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Kern and husband Clarence, of Carmi (IL). He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and son-in-law, Richard Noonan. –Olney Daily Mail website. LAS VEGAS, NV–JIM NELSON,
76, of North Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospice. He was born Dec.
15, 1922, in Bradley, Ark. A resident for 59 years, he was a retired
laborer and a World War II Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Maude; one daughter, Janice M. Manuel of Los Angeles; one son, Johny Johnson of Pacoima, Calif.; one sister, Winnie Williams of Las Vegas; and four grandchildren. Visitation will be noon-7 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Palm Chapel, Main. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Park. --Las Vegas Sun (NV) - June 22, 1999 G. B. PICKETT, JR. June 30, 1921 - March 25, 2002 Mr. Pickett was born in Bradley, AR, a descendent of Grady Bert and Nora Mae Glasgow Pickett and passed away Monday, March 25, 2002, in Birmingham, AL after a short illness. He spent much of his childhood in Lafayette County, AR. After graduating Springhill High School, Mr. Pickett entered into the U. S. Air Force during World War II. Shortly after his discharge from the Air Force, he founded Pickett Food Service, Inc. in Springhill, LA with headquarters being later moved to Shreveport. Doyle R. Pickett, Mr. Pickett's brother joined the firm as a co-owner shortly after it was founded. The company became one of the largest food service contractors in government and industry in the nation with operations from Kennedy Federal Center in Boston to Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii. The company and its subsidiary, Pickett Industries, Inc., provided numerous contract services to government and industry. G. B. Pickett was also a founder of Coastal Towing with headquarters in Houston, TX. A couple of Mr. Pickett's more local attractions were the Hayride Kitchen north of Bossier City and the Lumberjack Cafe' in Springhill, LA. Mr. Pickett served as chairman of the Board of Springhill Bank and Trust Company and was a founder and charter director of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Springhill. He was a member of the Springhill United Methodist Church, a member of the Masonic Lodge #348 F&AM in Springhill, a Shriner and member of the El Karubah Temple in Shreveport, LA. Also, he was a member of the Scottish Rites and 32 degree Mason. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed all aspects of life with exuberance and thankfulness for each day. He will be missed greatly by all of his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mollie Pickett. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Davis Pickett; daughters, Tracie Ann Pickett Campbell and husband, Ronny of Minden, LA and Shirley Jennings and husband, Jarvis of Springhill, LA; step-daughter, Alicia Haynes Kaufmann and husband Andy, of Birmingham, AL; son, Gregory Bryan "Bill" Pickett and wife, Cindy of Buffalo, WY; step-sons, Kenneth Drew Haynes and wife, Marguerite of Birmingham, AL, Robert Scott Haynes and wife, Gia, of Shongaloo, LA; sister, Dorothy Pickett Burke, of Springhill; a brother, Doyle R. Pickett and his wife, Pat of Shreveport; grandchildren, Greg Watkins and wife, Candy, Clint Campbell and wife, Jennifer, Shane Pickett and wife, Sondra, Hollie and Taylor Pickett; step-grandchildren, Abigail and Andrew Kaufmann, Claire Haynes, Slade and Haven; Cheryl Collins and husband, Raymond; Michael Jennings and wife, Emily, Gregory Jennings and wife, Tammy; great-grandchildren, Garrett B. Watkins, Zack, Chaz and Jacob Collins, Joshua and Silas Jennings and Josh Jennings. Serving as pallbearers will be Greg Watkins, Clint Campbell, Shane Pickett, Kenny Haynes, Robert Haynes and Andy Kaufmann. Honorary pallbearers will be H. D. Gray, Roy Fish, James Branch, Johnny Herrington, Don Reynolds, D'Wayne Potter and Ed Griffin. Bailey Funeral Home --Times, The (Shreveport, LA) - March 30, 2002 HUNTINGTON, IN--JANE ''LESLIE'' SNIDER, 95, of Huntington died Monday in Miller's Merry Manor.
The Stamps, Ark., native retired after teaching in schools in Texas and New Mexico, and at Huntington Township School in Huntington County. Her husband, George, died in 1955. Surviving are sons, Donald P. of Huntington and Ronald S. of Warsaw, (IN); half sisters, Mildred Otwell of Waldo, Ark., and Era Hinson of Magnolia, Ark.; a half brother, Thurman Hudgens of Waldo; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday in Bailey-Love Mortuary, Huntington, where calling is 5 to 8 p.m. today, and 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Mount Etna Cemetery. -- News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - March 12, 1996 FORT WORTH,
TX - WILLIAM DAWSON “BUDDY” TWITTY, JR., 81, a 25-year Fort
Worth resident, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Bradley, Ark. The Rev. Spencer Plumley will officiate. Visitation: Smith Funeral Home. William Dawson "Buddy" Twitty Jr. was born March 15, 1917, in Bradley, Ark. He moved to Fort Worth from Bradley, where he was a home builder and general contractor with his pioneer father in the construction industry. He continued home building and construction business after moving to Fort Worth in 1973. He was a member of Polytechnic United Methodist Church in Fort Worth and a retired member of the Bradley, Ark., school board. Survivors: Wife of 25 years, LaVelle Henry Twitty of Fort Worth; daughter and son-in-law, Betty Carol Twitty Baker and her husband, Roger, of Lake Cherokee; sister, Annie M. Hochstafl of Bossier City, La.; grandchildren, Sandra Baker Turner and her husband, John, of Hallsville and Kimberly Baker Decherd and her husband, Jonathan, of Marietta, Ga., and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and great-grandchildren, Lindsay, Leslie and Zachary Turner of Hallsville and Danielle and Mallory Decherd of Marietta and Rio de Janeiro. A.O. Smith Funeral Home Stamps, Ark., (870) 533-4406 --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - August 22, 1998. ORLANDO, FL--MELBA M. VILCHEZ,
64, 1400 Eagan Dr., Orlando, died Monday. Born in Stamps, Ark., she
moved to Orlando from Tampa in 1955. She was a nurse. She was a member
of Orlando Christian Center, Orlando.
Survivors: son, Victor V., Orlando; daughter, Vicki Cohen, Longwood; brothers, Gerald Meeler, Clarence Meeler, Lone Star, Texas. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Goldenrod. --Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - September 26, 1990 SONORA, CA–LOIS EDWENA WEST, 89, of Sonora died Friday (April 23, 1999) at Sonora Community Hospital.
Mrs. West (was born July 22, 1909) and was a native of Buckner, Ark. She lived in Sonora one year. She was a bookkeeper for 15 years, the last five with the M.O. King Co. and previously 10 years for Holman's Department store. She is survived by her husband, Vernon West of Sonora; and sister, Susie Edna Hevener of Smith River. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Terzich & Wilson Funeral Home, Sonora, in charge of arrangements. --Modesto Bee, The (CA) - April 27, 1999. ABBEVILLE, LA–OTIS O. WILSON JR., died at his residence in Abbeville. He was 70 and a native of Stamps, Ark.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in World War II as an Aviation Metal Smith. Graveside services will be held at Greenoaks Memorial Park at 3 p.m. Saturday, conducted by Dr. Brad Curry. Survived by a son, J. Don Wilson, Youngsville; and three grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Otis O. Wilson Sr. and Julia E. Marquez Wilson. Evangeline Funeral Home Inc., 218 N. St. Valerie St., Abbeville, in charge of arrangements. --Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - December 24, 1992 |