Obituaries
Funeral services for Kenneth Ferd Bushong, 77, of Brixey, were held Feb. 13, 2018, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava with E. J. Hampton officiating. Mr. Bushong died Feb. 8 at his home.
He was born Oct. 12, 1940, in Ozark County, the son of Floyd and Ola Scott Bushong. He was a graduate of...
A celebration of the life of Patsy Ann Hardgrave Hambelton, 62, of Theodosia, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Lilly Ridge Baptist Church in Gainesville. Mrs. Hambelton died peacefully on Feb. 8 at the family home. She had battled cancer since May 2016 but had kept teaching...
Sherry Hollingsworth, 81, of Pleasant Hope, formerly of Ozark County, died Jan. 13, 2018, in a hospice facility in Buffalo of conditions related to old age. Funeral services were private.
She was born Aug. 25, 1936, in her grandparents’ home in Rogers, Arkansas, the eldest of the seven children of...
Imogene Belcher, 79
Funeral services for Imogene Belcher, 79, of West Plains, were held Jan. 31, 2018, at Crider Church of Christ in Caulfield. Mrs. Belcher died Jan. 27 at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains.
She was born July 27, 1938, in Ozark County, the daughter of Tommy J. and Clora Edith May Collins. On Nov....
Junior Ralph Anderson, 91
Junior Ralph Anderson, 91, of the Howards Ridge community near Gainesville, died peacefully on Feb. 4, 2018, at the Gainesville Health Care Center in Gainesville. No local services are planned at this time.
Mr. Anderson was born March 3, 1926, in Mammoth, the son of Myrtle and Elmer Anderson. In...
Freda Marie Friend Loftis, 82
Graveside funeral services for Freda Marie Friend Loftis, 82, of Gainesville, were held Feb. 5, 2018, in the Loftis Cemetery with Milan Chisam officiating. Mrs. Loftis died Feb. 1 at Gainesville Health Care Center.
She was born Oct. 7, 1935, the daughter of Harrison and Iva Lawson Friend. On Aug...
Jimmy Strong, 86
Funeral services for Ozark County native Jimmy Strong, 86, of Gainesville were held Feb. 6, 2018, at the Gaines-ville Church of Christ with Halbert Smith officiating. Mr. Strong died Feb. 4 at the Good Samaritan Society home in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
He was born Jan. 27, 1932, near Luna, the son...
Drusilla Jean ‘Dru’ Webster, 82
Graveside services for Drusilla Jean “Dru” Webster 82, of The Dalles, Oregon, were held Jan. 19, 2018, at IOOF Three-Mile Road Cemetery in The Dalles. Mrs. Webster died Jan. 11 in Oregon.
She was born Nov. 11, 1935, in Oakland, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Eugene and Brooxie Violet Taylor. She...
Delphia Carter, 95
Funeral services for Delphia Carolyn Carter, 95, of Ozark, formerly of Bakersfield, were held Feb. 2, 2018, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Mrs. Carter died Jan. 29 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
She was born Feb. 9, 1922, at Elijah, the daughter of Ben and Edna Grisham Hardin. ...
Graydon Larry Carpenter, 79, of Rockbridge, died peacefully at his home on Jan. 20, 2018, after a long battle against cancer. A service celebrating his life with family and friends will be scheduled later.
Mr. Carpenter was born July 30, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived most of his life in that...