Obituaries
Graveside services for Larry Dwight Sisney, 74, were held Oct. 1, 2025, at the Pontiac Cemetery. He died Sept. 28.
Larry was born on Aug. 11, 1951, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, to Vernon and Bonnie Sisney. He grew up and attended school in Gainesville, before moving to Wichita, Kansas, where he...
Jaunita May (Jenkins) Friend, 95, of Wichita, Kansas, died at her home Sept. 28, 2025, with her family by her side. She was born July 5, 1930, in Pontiac, to Charles Waco and Roxie Edith (Plumlee) Jenkins.
She married Max Shaw in 1947, and had two children. She married Joe Friend in 1957, and had...
Funeral services for Christian Phoenix Frizzell, 20, of Protem, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at the Bradleyville School gym. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. until service time. Burial will follow at the Protem Cemetery. He died Sept. 29.
He was born Sept. 14, 2005, in...
Funeral services for Dr. Marvin O. Looney, 97, of Pontiac, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, at the First Christian Church in Gainesville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at the church. Dr. Looney, known as Marv to his friends, died Sept. 29 at Hospice House in...
A memorial gathering for Mary Belle Green, 74, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, was held Sept. 23, 2025, at Conner Family Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Mountain Home.
Mary Belle died Sept. 18 in Mountain Home. She was born Aug. 31, 1951, in Gassville, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Eugene...
Funeral services for Ralph Lee Brown, 82, of Gainesville, were held Sept. 30, 2025, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville with Jeff Dotson officiating. Burial with full military honors followed at Oak Grove Cemetery near Wasola.
He died Sept. 25, surrounded by loved ones. He...
A celebration of life service for Ronnie Watkins, 78, Dora, was held Sept. 27, 2025, at Family Life Church, Dora, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains.
Ronnie peacefully died in his home on Saturday, Sept. 20, after a courageous five-month battle with complications...
A celebration of life and interment for Ray Gene Belt, 85, will be held at Marshall Cemetery on County Road 349 near Caulfield at 2 p.m. Oct. 19, 2025. A potluck dinner to follow immediately at the Caulfield Community Center.
Ray died at his home in Ozark County with his wife and family at his...
Ray G. Belt, 85, a lifelong Ozark County resident, died at his home in Caulfield on Sept. 18, 2025.
Belt was born in Elijah and has lived in Ozark County his whole life.
Arrangements are pending by Always Faithful Memorial Services, West Plains.
A memorial gathering for family and friends of Mary Belle Head Green, 74, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, was held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Conner Family Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Mountain Home.
Mrs. Green died Sept. 18 in Mountain Home.