Obituaries

Death Notices Week of June 15, 2022

Bonnie Hughes, 93, formerly of Cherokee Village, passed away May 21 in Fort Pierce, Fla. Charles Younce, 81, passed away May 20.  Jimmy Dion Elbert Welch, 48,  passed, June 5. Juanita Rees, 99, of Hardy, passed away in Ash Flat at EagleCrest Nursing and Rehabilitation on June 5.  Lois K. Mock, 96, of Cherokee Village, passed away June 8, 2022 at EagleCrest Nursing and  Rehabilitation in Ash Flat.  Mary Sue Ward, 81,…

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Death Notices Week of June 22

Harry Eckard, 84 of Cave City passed away on,June 11, 2022. Kenneth Eugene Hamling, 65, of Salem, Ark. passed away on June 12, 2022. Joyce A. Doucette, 89,  of Hardy, Ark. passed away on June 13, 2022. Reba Nell (Cotter) Huett, 80, of Viola, Ark. passed away on June 14, 2022, at Viola. Christal Darlene Eppes, 67, of Elizabeth, Ark., passed away on June 15, 2022, at Elizabeth. Robert Lee Rich, 81,…

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Bringing Brady Back: Local World War II casualty finally returned home

Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The final journey home for a  young sailor whose life was cut short over 80 years age was postponed due to the Covid-19 virus in 2019. Off the beaten path in rural Northern Sharp County sits a peaceful family cemetery, on the very land Seaman Second Class Brady Prewitt was born and will be buried.  The final journey home for this brave young sailor, whose life was cut…

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Betty Jewell Stewart

Betty Jewell Stewart Betty Jewel Stewart, 73, of Williford, Ark. passed away in her sleep on Easter morning, April 17, 2022. Betty was born in Watertown, NY. As a child Betty and her family moved from Watertown, NY to Golden, Colo. and then west to Anaheim, Cali.  She obtained a nursing degree at Fullerton Jr College. After working as a registered nurse in Anaheim, she moved to Prescott, Ariz. and worked at…

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Veta Johnson

Veta Louise (Duncan-Nichols) Johnson, 88, of Cherokee Village, Ark. passed away Feb. 28, 2022. She was born Aug. 17, 1933 in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas. Her parents, Fred and Ruth (Duncan) Nichols, and two sisters, Georgia (Nichols) Simpson and Jean (Nichols) Schnoetzinger, preceded her in death. Veta graduated from the Evening Shade School in 1951. She became a member of the Church of Christ as a teenager and was baptized in the Strawberry River…

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