DECATUR, IL -BEULAH M. COLEBAR, 87, of Decatur died 3:14 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 25, 1992) in St. Mary's Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Ashby Funeral Home, Benton, Ark., with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery, Benton, Ark. Local arrangements are being handled by J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home.
Mrs. Colebar was born in Benton, Ark., on Dec. 24, 1904, the daughter of Will and Leona Thompson Howard. She was retired from the Citizens Building housekeeping department. She married Anthony W. Colebar in Benton, Ark., in 1928. He preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 1977.
She is survived by her sons, Kenneth and Howard, both of Decatur; Clayton of Latham; daughters, Mrs. Richard (Leona) Kemball-Cook of Houston, Texas; Elaine Cavanaugh of Decatur; 20 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son, one daughter, two brothers and one sister.
--Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - February 26, 1992

PINE BLUFF, ARK--PATRICK ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, 37, of Pine Bluff, died Thursday at home. A native of Saline County, Ark., he moved back to Pine Bluff from Tampa. He was an Army veteran. He is survived by his parents, Thomas and Patsy Allen Watson; a sister, Pamela Kenn of Louisville, Texas; two half-sisters, Kim of Hot Springs, Ark., and Angela of Kansas; and three half-brothers, Robert Suitor of Dollarway, Ark., Todd Smith of Benton, Ark., and Thomas Jerald Jr. of Little Rock, Ark. Cranford Funeral Home of White Hall, Ark.  --Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - May 11, 1997.



JESUP, IA–CHARLES LEWIS KIES, 68, of Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Jesup, died Saturday (Jan 16, 1993) in Veterans Affairs Hospital, Little Rock. Services: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Griffin-Leggett-Healey & Roth Chapel, Little Rock, where friends may call after 9 a.m.
Burial: Pinecrest Cemetery, Saline County, Ark.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Frye Kies; two sons, James L. of St. Charles, Mo., and Charles L. II of Judsonia, Ark.; a daughter, Emily Renee James of Conway, Ark.; three brothers, Carroll of Waterloo, Orville of Nashua and Dale of Jesup; three sisters, June Rafferty of Cedar Rapids, Jean Kromminga of Anamosa and Joyce McArtor of Cedar Rapids; and three grandchildren.
Charles was born in Jesup to Valentine Joseph and Amanda Schmidt Kies. He was a retired maintenance worker with A.O. Smith Co. and a disabled American veteran. He was a member of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and VFW.
The Rev. Fred Gutekunst will officiate.
--Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) - January 18, 1993.



PEKIN, IL -- EDWIN DALTON NEWCOMB, 77, of 13970 Glenmar Drive died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999, in the emergency room at Pekin Hospital.
Born June 30, 1922, in Saline County, Ark., to Ithamar Pebble and Cora Evelyn Masoner Newcomb, he married Pearl Frances Hart on Jan. 16, 1947, in Charleston, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Steve (Becky), Larry and Melvin, all of Pekin, and Phillip (Margaret) of Colona; two daughters, Mrs. Dan (Florence) McClure of Pekin and Marilyn Newcomb of Chicago; two sisters, Lula "Babe" Watson of Vidalia, La., and LaNelle McGraw of Campbell, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Five brothers, one sister and one grandson preceded him in death.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. for 29 years, retiring in 1982 as a machinist in the tool room of Building HH in East Peoria. He later was a rural carrier for the Journal Star on Sundays for 13 years, last working in June.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. H. Gerald Rudd will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Woodrow Cemetery in rural Pekin.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 711 W. Crestwood Drive, Peoria, IL 61614.  --Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - September 30, 1999.

BATON ROUGE, LA--SARAH HILL SHAPKOFF, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1990, at Rapides General Hospital, Alexandria. She was 78, a native of Benton, Ark., and resident of Alexandria. Religious services were held at John Kramer & Son Funeral Home, Alexandria, 1:30 p.m. Friday, conducted by the Rev. Bob Vincent. Burial in Alexandria Memorial Gardens.
Survived by husband, George Shapkoff; two brothers, David Hill, San Mateo, Fla., and Col. William Hill, Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Ella Pitcock, Dorothy Alfred, both of Benton, Ark., and Jackie Liebman, Memphis, Tenn.; a special niece, Mrs. John (Margaret) Phillips, Benton, Ark. She was former owner and founder of Food Palace Bakery. She was a member of Jackson Street Presbyterian Church.
--Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - September 13, 1990

MEMPHIS, TN--ALLEN R. TIDWELL, 81, of Little Rock, formerly of Memphis, retired owner of Mutual Collection Co. Inc. in Memphis, died Tuesday of heart failure in Little Rock. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Forest Hill Memorial Park in Saline County, Ark. The Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth funeral home has charge.
He was a member of Whitehaven United Methodist Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Elks Lodge.
Mr. Tidwell, the husband of Mary McGill Tidwell, also leaves a daughter, Ellen Cotton of Little Rock; and two grandchildren.
--Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - December 14, 1995.