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Donald Edward Upton, age 69 of Clarksville, died Monday, September 25, 2006 at the Clarksville Convalescent Home. He was born March 4, 1937 at Dustin, OK to the late Jesse James and Dorthy Ralston Upton. He was a Navy veteran and longtime resident of Clarksville. He enjoyed reading, writing, working and creating puzzles.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Bill Upton, and a sister, Peggy Davidson, and step-father, Jim Ford.
Survivors include his son, Terry Upton of San Diego, CA; two brothers, Gary Upton of Warner, OK, and James Ford of Knoxville, AR; a grandchild, Nathan Upton of San Diego, CA; foster son, Patrick Wood of Clarksville; good friends, Vicky Henry and Amy Vanderheiden of Clarksville.
Cremation arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, October 04, 2006)
George F. Upton Jr., aged 58, of Dardanelle, died Sunday. He was a native of Dardanelle and formerly associate editor for 25 years of the Dardanelle Post-Dispatch, a weekly newspaper that was formerly owned by his father, George F. Upton Sr. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and had served on the Official Board of the Church. He was a Mason, a Rotarian, the American Legion and a veteran of World War II.
Besides his father, survivors include his mother and two brothers, Robert Upton of Dardanelle and Eldridge Upton of California.
Funeral services were by Cornwell Funeral Service. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Jun 1967)
DARDANELLE - Robert M. Upton, age 70, of Dardanelle died Thursday, October 30, 1986 at Veterans Hospital at North Little Rock. He was the son of the late George F. and Janell Upton, a veteran of World War n and a member of Dardanelle Presbyterian Church. He has no immediate survivors.
Graveside service will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at Brearley Cemetery by the Rev. Bill McWeeney. Burial will be by Cornwell Funeral Service. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Submitted by: Patron, Newspaper: , 1986)
Margie Ann Ussery, age 65, of Plainview, AR died Thursday, June 14, 2001 at Chambers Memorial Hospital in Danville, AR. She was born in Rio Hundo, TX, daughter of the late Newton Amos and Annie Eluery Whitley Wilson.
Survivors include her sister, Frances Hersel of Ola; her companion, James Lambert of Plainview, AR and several nieces and nephews.
The body will be cremated. Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR, (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, June 27, 2001)
Minnie Ussery, 88, of Danville, widow of Fay Earl Ussery, died Saturday, February 25 at Chambers Hospital. She was born March 29, 1923 in Ratcliff to William Mose and Nellie Coffman Hodge. She attended the Believers Fellowship at Belleville.
Survivors include two sons, William Mose and Earl Lee Ussery; five daughters, Wanda Boyer, Betty Edwards, Bonnie O'Bar, Shirley Robison and Kathy James; a brother; two sisters; 25 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 pm Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Shinn Chapel with burial in Shady Grove Cemetery near Atkins by Shinn Funeral Service. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Feb 29, 2012)
E. D. Utley, age 80, died August 11, 2002. Born November 18, 1921 in Chickalah, he was the son of the late Wiley and Suphemy Utley. He served in WWII in the 77th Navy Seabees and enjoyed 28 years of Navy reunions. He was a car salesman in Tulsa, Oklahoma for 45 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Verniece Hames Utley; his parents; a sister, Edith Utley and brothers, Otha and Homer Utley.
Survivors include a daughter, Brenda J. of Ft. Worth. Other extended and local family includes Tommy and Jean Campbell family of Phoenix, AZ, Robert "Sonny" and Betty George of Danville, William Norris and family of Dardanelle, Bobby Atkinson and family of Russellville, and Delena Pennington and family of Dardanelle.
Services were held Wednesday in Tulsa at Moores Eastlawn Chapel. Interment with military honors was Saturday, August 17 at 11:00 a. m. at New Hope Cemetery, Dardanelle, Arkansas by Cornwell Funeral Home Dardanelle. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, August 21, 2002)
Thomas Monroe Utley, 61, of Little Texas, died at his home Sunday morning.
Survivors include his wife, Armilla, of the home; one son, Lawrence of Weed, Calif.; one daughter, Arlene Mclntyre of Gravelly; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Etta Goodwin and Mrs. Alec Ingle of Gravelly. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Mar 1, 1962)
Verniece Helen Utley, age 74, of Tulsa, OK died Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, OK. She was born June 5, 1923 in Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas to the late Roy and Georgia Pennington Hames. During WWII was did her part at Spartan Air Craft, Tulsa, OK and was secretary in the engineering division at Sun Oil Company for 33 years. She was a faithful, loyal and loving member of White City Baptist Church for 40 years.
She is survived by her husband, Ed D. Utley; a daughter, Brenda J. Utley of Ft. Worth, TX; two sisters, Betty George of Mt. George, AR and Jean Campbell of Phoenix, AZ; an uncle, Garland Pennington of Dardanelle, AR and other family in Arkansas and Florida.
Graveside service was May 11, 1998 at New Hope Cemetery by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, May 13, 1998)
James R Valentine, born January 8, 1862 at Havana and passed away June 11, 1952 at Portland, Ore. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
He is survived by his wife, of Portland, Ore.; four sons, Edd of Dector, Ark., Hubert of Vernon, Texas, Gayle of Cathlamet, Wash.; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Chapp, Mrs. Roy Jenkins and Mrs. Garrett Chambers of Portland, Ore. and Mrs. Ollis McBride of Guadalupe, Calif. ; 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, YELL COUNTY RECORD, 50 Yrs Ago, Danville, Arkansas - Originally published on Thursday, June 26, 1952)
Lola Mae Valentine, age 84, of Ola, AR was called home March 31, 2003 at her home in Ola, AR. She was a salesman and a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary in Winton, CA. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in McLeod, OK. Her passion in life was her family and bingo.
She is preceded in death by two sons, Harold J. Collins and Donald G. Collins. She is survived by two daughters and son-in-law, Sheila D. Collins of Ola, AR and Joyce A. and Bruce Mitchell of Belleville, AR; seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2003 at Moore's Chapel Methodist Church with burial in the Moore's Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home of Booneville, AR. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Roberts Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be children and grandchildren. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, April 2, 2003)
Mrs. Audrey S. Vance, age 90, of Dardanelle, AR widow of Ross Jennings Vance died Monday, April 10, 2000 at Stella Manor Nursing Home in Russellville, AR. She was born September 26, 1909 in Zearing, Iowa to the late Frank and Jane Humphrey Pierce. She attended the University of Northern Iowa and graduated from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, AR. She taught school in Iowa for ten years before moving to Dardanelle and she taught in Dardanelle School District for 29 years before her retirement. She was a member of the AEA Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, Yell County Retired Teachers Association and the Pisgah Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Steven Vance.
Survivors are, two sons, James Vance of Dardanelle, AR and David Vance of Sparks, Nevada; one daughter, Jane Rainey of Pine Bluff, AR; two sisters, Edna Fields of Ackworth, IA and Vivian Neubaeur of California; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Graveside service will be Wednesday, April 12, 2000 at 2:00 p. m. at Bryant's Cove Cemetery by Rev. Floyd Erwin. Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, April 12, 2000)
Bobbye Bradley Vance, age 75, of Benton, AR died Friday, October 12, 2001 at the Arkansas Hospice Center in North Little Rock, AR. She was born February 28, 1926 in Eudora, AR to the late Robert and Gertrude Clark Bradley. She was a retired floor supervisor for Wal-Mart and a member of the First United Methodist Church, Dardanelle.
Survivors are one son, Gary Vance of Maumelle, AR; daughter, Jacklyn Hirakawa of Los Alamos, NM; two sisters, Betty Bradley Bird of Houston, TX and June Bradley Henderson of Chicago, IL and two grandsons, Eric and Brandon Hirakawa.
Graveside service was October 15, 2001 at Brearley Cemetery by Rev. Floyd Ervin. Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, October 17, 2001)
James R. Vance, age 69 of Dardanelle, died Monday, December 3, 2007, at the River Valley Medical Center. A son of the late Ross Jennings and Audrey Sarah Pierce Vance, he was born May 22, 1938 in Webster City, IA. He attended Dardanelle High School before joining the United States Air Force. He received his accounting degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and worked following his retirement at the Bank of Dardanelle (now Rivertown Bank). He was a member of Saint John's Catholic Church in Russellville and was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Steven Vance.
Survivors include his wife, Dale Vance; a son and daughter-in-law, Edward James and Pamela Vance of Benton; a daughter and son-in-law, Terri Lynn and Walter Vogel of Normal, 1L; a brother, David Frank Vance of Russellville; a sister and brother-in-law, Jane and Don Rainey of Maumelle; three grandchildren.
The funeral mass was Thursday, December 6, 2007 at Saint John's Catholic Church by Father William F. Thomas. Burial in Rest Haven Memorial Park was by Shinn Funeral Service. The Rosary was Wednesday at the Shinn Chapel. Memorials may be made to the Altar Society of Saint John's Catholic Church, 1900 West Main Street, Russellville, AR 72801. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, December 12, 2007)
Dorothy VanDeMark, age 81, of Ola, AR went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 2, 2005 at the Yell County Nursing Home. She was born January 12, 1924 at Centerville, AR to Andrew and Orbie Scott Holley. She was a 1941 graduate of Ola High School and retired as secretary of the City of Ola and was a member of the Ola Free Will Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Leon, Odell, John, Scott and Billy Holley.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Diane VanDeMark of Waxahachie, TX; a brother, Charles Holley of Downey, CA; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral service was Saturday at the Centerville Assembly of God Church with burial in New Hope Cemetery by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, February 9, 2005)
Vitus Mayer Vandenberg, age 80, of Ola, AR died August 31, 2003 at the Dardanelle Hospital. He was born September 18, 1922 in Oklahoma to the late Vitus and Ora Ellen Hughey Vandenberg. He was a WWII Navy Veteran and a retired brick layer.
He was preceded in death by an uncle, Nick Vandenberg.
He is survived by his wife, Velma Striker Vandenberg; two sons, Gary Vandenberg of Dayton, NV and Nicholas "Nicky" Vandenberg of Fayetteville, AR; a daughter, Iris Rogers of Lead Hill, AR; a step-daughter, Sandy Flores of Ola, AR; one sister, Peggy Cantrell of Kansas City, MO and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Cremation arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, September 10, 2003)
Mrs. Mable C. Vandiver, age 87, of Hemet, California, widow of the late Marvin Vandiver of California and the late Anderson Compton of Wing, Arkansas, died March 4, 1979, in a retirement village in Hemet, CA. She was the former Mable Caviness, daughter of Will and Elizabeth Campbell Caviness. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Nicholson of Capitola, CA; a son, Bill Bob Compton, of Maplewood, LA; one grandson, two great-granddaughters, two sisters, Mrs. Oda Lofland of Briggsville, Mrs. Lola Wilson of Vivian, LA; three half-brothers, Roy and Neal half-brothers, Roy Caviness of Winslow, Arizona, James Caviness of Corning, Calif, and Neal Caviness of Louisville, Kentucky.
Funeral services were Friday at 2 p.m. in the Cornwell Chapel at Danville. The interment was at Zion Cemetery, Briggsville, AR. Pall bearers were Billy Seth Lofland, Fred Burnett, Jim Caviness, Buford Keathley, D. N. Keathley, Charles E. Richison and Dr. Compton George. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Published in Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: 3-14-1979)
Mrs. Elizabeth Pullen Vandover, aged 79, of Plainview died Monday. She was a member of the Plainview Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, M.A. Vandover; a son, Noel Vandover of Plainview; three sisters, Mrs. Tom Howell and Mrs. M.E. Dixon of Ola and Mrs. J.J. Daniels of Bluffton and a granddaughter.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Plainview Methodist Church. Burial was in the Ola Cemetery. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Jun 1965)
Noel Arch "Buck" VanDover, 98, of Russellville, formerly of Plainview, died Friday, March 26, 2004 at Russellville Nursing Center. The son of Marshall Arch and Elizabeth Pullen VanDover, he was born August 6, 105 in Casa.
He was a 1922 graduate of Plainview-Rover High School and a 1926 graduate of Hendrix College. He attended graduate school in 1927 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta studying economics. He returned to Plainview, where with his father, he operated VanDover Hardware and had an interest in the First State Bank of Plainview and Ola. Over time, VanDover Hardware became a general store and was the Yell County representative for Gardner (now Humphrey) Funeral Home, After many years on the First State Bank Board of Directors, he became the principal owner and president. Upon sale of VanDover Hardware and First State Bank, he became associated with the Bank of Dardanelle where he served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President. He remained as an honorary member of the Board of Directors upon his retirement in 1998. He was a member of the Plainview United Methodist Church and was honored by his church in 1977 for "loyal and faithful service to the church and community"
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Maxine Baker VanDover whom he married on June 14, 1931.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Lou & Travis Adams of Russellville, AR; a grandson & his wife, Andy & Chanda Adams of Little Rock, AR; a granddaughter, Anna Adams of Kansas City, MO; 2 great grandchildren, Maggie rnma Adams of Little Rock, AR.
Funeral was Monday, March 29, 2004 at Humphrey Chapel. Rev Mackey Yokem and Rev. Matthew Johnson officiated. Burial was in Sandlin Cemetery at Ola by Humphrey Funeral Service. Memorials may be made to Plainview United Methodist Church, Plainview, AR 72857 or First United Methodist Church in Russellville, 301 South Denver. Russellville, AR 72801. Internet obituary may be found at Legacy. com. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, March 31, 2004)
Macie Holt Vanhaverbeke, age 90, of Benton, AR passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2003. She was born to the late James and Maud Holt on September 18, 1913 in Mount George, AR. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hank Vanhaverbeke; four brothers and six sisters.
She is survived by her sister, Thelma Polk of Guy, AR and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside service by Ashby Funeral Home of Benton, AR will be today, December 30th at 10 a. m. at the Mount George Cemetery in Mount George, AR. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, December 31, 2003)
Francis Marion Vanlandingham, age 82, of Gravelly died Friday morning in a Perryville rest home. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include a half brother, Albert Vanlandingham, in California and a number of nieces and nephews. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, YELL COUNTY RECORD, 50 Yrs Ago, Danville, Arkansas; Originally published on Thursday, February 11, 1960)
Alline Van Marion, age 94, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, June 8th, 2011. She was born March 24th, 1917 at Pea Ridge, Arkansas to Ode and Alice Harris Evans. Mrs. Van Marion was a graduate from Arkansas State Teacher's College in Conway and taught the first grade in Danville, Arkansas for 31 yrs. retiring in May 1978. She moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1993. An avid gardener, Mrs. Van Marion planted new roots both in the garden and friendships.
She was preceded in death by her husband Adrian Van Marion, sister Jean Evans Moffitt, great-nephew Phillip Barela and a life-time of dear friends.
She is survived by her niece Alice Jo Barela, great nieces Sharon Kay Smith, Ella Anderson, Martha Moriarty, seven great-great nieces and nephews and three great-great- great nephews.
Graveside services will be held at Elmwood Cemetery in Morrilton, Arkansas, 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 17, with Reverend Richard Davis officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 901 N. University Ave., Little Rock, Arkansas 72207. Local arrangements are by Harris Funeral Home of Morrilton. Online guestbook: www.harrisfuneralhomes.net (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Jun 15, 2011)
William J. Vann, age 82, died Sunday, January 13, 1985 at his home in Centerville. He was a native of Yell County, son of the late Benjamin and Nettie Sullivan Vann. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a brother, Ben Vann of Conway, and two sisters, Mrs. Della Dunn of Centerville and Mrs. Eva Stubbs of Fresno, Calif.
Funeral was this afternoon by the Rev. G. A. "Doc" Stubbs. Burial was in Harris Cemetery near Cottontown by Humphrey Funeral Service. Nephews served as pallbearers. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Submitted by: Patron, Newspaper: , 1985)
Ada Elizabeth VanNote, age 50, of Russellville died Friday, December 1, 2017, at Baptist Health Medical Center. She was born at Russellville to George Thomas Harris Jr. and Bertha Harris.
She attended the Maple Springs Free Will Baptist Church in Russellville and she was preceded in death by her father, George Thomas Harris Jr. and one nephew, Christopher Hollis.
Survivors include her loving husband of 23 years, John VanNote; her mother, Bertha Clowers; one daughter, Nicole Turner and husband Dustin; one sister, Anna Harris-Moore and husband Sam; stepsister, Billie Evants; grandchild, Kaiden Zane Turner; stepbrother, Paul Clowers and wife Vicky; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews and many half-brothers and sisters. A special thank you to the Dardanelle Rural Fire Department.
Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home and River Valley Cremations in Dardanelle. Online Guest Book and Condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Dec 6, 2017)
Don VanVleet, 78, of Dardanelle, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014. He was born February 1, 1936 in Sac County, Iowa to the late George Earl and Katherine Higgins VanVleet. Don was an Army veteran.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Beverly Howard and two brothers, Tom VanVleet and Charlie VanVleet.
Survivors include his wife, Patsy VanVleet of Dardanelle; son, Ray and Sharon Jackson of Casa; daughter, Pam and Randy Brixey of Russellville; brothers, Bill VanVleet, John VanVleet, Jim VanVleet; sisters, Norma Schimmel, Twyla Leeper, Betty Haaf; four grandchildren, Josh Jackson, Jennifer Williams, Jacob Brixey, Jerrick Brixey; and two great grandchildren, Kinsey Williams, and Miley Jackson.
Funeral services were Monday, December 22, 2:00 p.m. at Cornwell Chapel, Dardanelle. Burial will be at Birta Cemetery, Birta under the direction of Cornwell Funeral Home, Dardanelle. Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Cornwell Chapel, Dardanelle. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Dec 24, 2014)
Audie Lee VanZandt, age 89, of Danville died Monday, December 17, 2001 at Chambers Memorial Hospital in Danville. Mrs. VanZandt was born April 12, 1912 in Walnut Grove, Yell County, Arkansas to the late William C. "Lum" and Ida Dona Cherry Adair. She was a homemaker and mother and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Havana.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Floyd Shaw and Travis VanZandt; three brothers, Kermitt Adair, Raymond Adair, and Virgil Adair.
Survivors are two daughters, Alice Inman of Twin Falls, Idaho and Mary Ann Briscoe of Luther, Oklahoma; a brother, Cecil Adair of Belleville, Arkansas; and a sister, Lois Clemons of Waldron, Arkansas; five grandchildren, Sherrie Johnson, Teresa Gorman, Rose Russell, Cassandra Briscoe, and Travis Briscoe and eight great grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday, December 20, 2001, at 10:00 a. m. at the Assembly of God Church in Havana with Rev. Hulon Wiser and Rev. Eddie Morton officiating. Interment will be in Moores Chapel Cemetery by Cornwell Funeral Home, Danville. Visitation will be today Wednesday, December 19 from 6 to 7:30 p. m. Pallbearers will be James Adair, Paul Adair, Ray Adair, Damon Adair, Jackie Catlett, R. H. Williams, Loyd Adair. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, December 19, 2001)
Mr. James A. "Jim" VanZandt age 88, of Danville, AR died Friday, April 18, 1997 at Chambers Memorial Hospital in Danville. He was born April 11, 1909 in Havana, AR to the late Vc-ie and Martha J. Ellis VanZandt. He was a member of the Church of God of Abrahamic Faith and retired after 27 years as a construction foreman with Arkansas Power and Light.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beatrice B. VanZandt.
Survivors his wife, Ruth Aquilla Baker VanZandt; three sons and daughters-in-law, James and Ruth VanZandt of Waveland, AR, Charles and Norma VanZandt of Kansas City, MO and Doyle and Denise VanZandt of Baton Rouge, LA; three daughters and sons-in-law, Charlene and Charles Fowler, Phyllis and Dr. Compton George and Joann and Joe Taylor all of Danville; a sister, Berniece Cherry of Danville; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Service was Monday at the Havana Assembly of God with Rev. E. O. Tacketter officiating. Interment was in Moore's Chapel Cemetery, Waveland, AR by Cornwell Funeral Home of Danville. Pallbearers were grandsons Dr. Richard VanZandt, Alan VanZandt, Eddie VanZandt, Alex VanZandt, Steve Fowler, Dr. Lary George, Lance and Brad Taylor. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, April 23, 1997)
Ruth A. VanZandt, age 104, a long time resident of Danville passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Mitchell's Nursing Home in Danville, Arkansas. She was born January 29, 1908 in Havana, Arkansas to the late Albert F. and Mary Fannie Carpenter Baker. She was a homemaker and mother and a member of the Church of God of Abrahamic Faith in Walnut Grove, Arkansas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. "Jim VanZandt, a daughter, Beatrice VanZandt and four brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, James and Ruth VanZandt of Danville, Arkansas, Charles and Norma VanZandt of Kansas City, Missouri, Doyle and Denise VanZandt of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; three daughters and sons-in-law, Charlene and Charles Fowler and Dr. Compton George and Jo Ann and Joe Taylor all of Danville, Arkansas; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Service was January 30, 2012, at Cornwell Chapel in Danville, Arkansas with Rev. Tom Sullinger and Dr. Compton George officiating. Burial was in Moore's Chapel Cemetery in Waveland, Arkansas. Pallbearers were Steve Fowler, Dr. Rick VanZandt, Dr. Lary George, Lance Taylor, Brad Taylor, Richard Harmon and Alex VanZandt. Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home, Danville. Online guestbook and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Feb 1, 2012)
Vollie Autman VanZant, age 71, of Havana, died unexpectedly Sunday while riding in an automobile with his son. Doctors reported that he suffered a heart attack. A native of Van Zandt County Texas, he had lived in Yell County for the past 60 years.
Surviving are his widow; three sons, Jim of Danville; Travis of Havana and Trenton D. of the U. S. Army stationed at Camp Chaffee; three daughters, Mrs. Elmer Cherry of Havana; Mrs. Ray Anderson of Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Lahoma Stahl ofBelleville; two sisters, Mrs. Dora McElroy; and Mrs. Ella Hilderbrand, both of Texas and 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, YELL COUNTY RECORD, 50 Yrs Ago, Danville, Arkansas - Originally published on Thursday, September 1, 1949)
Eddie Varnell, aged 72 of Hornersville, Mo., died June 7th at his home. He was a retired minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lila Forlines Varnell; a son, Frank Varnell of Senith, Mo., five daughters, Velta Fay of the home, Mrs. Louis Frye and Mrs. J.E. Stewart of Pine Bluff, Mrs. Fonzo Tidwell of Danville and Mrs. J.W. Helton of Magazine; 26 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Assembly of God Church Sunday and burial was in Horner's Cemetery. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on June 1963)
Eddie Varnell, aged 72 of Hornersville, Mo., died June 7th at his home. He was a retired minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lila Forlines Varnell; a son, Frank Varnell of Senith, Mo., five daughters, Velta Fay of the home, Mrs. Louis Frye and Mrs. J.E. Stewart of Pine Bluff, Mrs. Fonzo Tidwell of Danville and Mrs. J.W. Helton of Magazine; 26 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Assembly of God Church Sunday and burial was in Horner's Cemetery. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on June 1963)
At her residence in Dardanelle, in the 79th year of her age, on the evening of October 18th, 1904, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Varnell. She had for several years been a helpless invalid and her death was not unexpected. Ten days before the end she had a slight stroke of paralysis from which she sank into a state of unconsiousness, an apparently deep and dreamless sleep from which she never awakened, and during all of which time she was sustained by neither nourishment nor drink of any kind. She had long been a confirmed and confined invalid, and while her condition was not painful perhaps, it must have been tedious, irksome and trying in the extreme. Yet she bore it all with that undaunted courage, and cheerful patience that inspires the Christian soul to gaze through the gloom of the grave, as through the gates of heavenly glory, and to regard the matter of death as the simple end of a term of probation, an imprisonment filled with trials, troubles, sorrow and sufferings, and the tomb as but the thresh-hold of the real life. "Where the wicked cease from troubling And the weary are at rest." The deceased was born in the State of Tennessee, but moved to Dardanelle soon after the war, with her husband, M. P. Varnell, a successful merchant who died here some years ago. She has been a prominent and useful member of the Methodist church for more than a half-century and gave to the church, its teachings, and its interests, that loyal love and un-devided devotion that so often sanctifies the femal character in the absence of the demands of wife-hood or motherhood, as she was childless, and for many years a widow. Her remains were shipped to Clarksville and laid to rest beside her husband. They were accompanied by her nephews, Mr. Z. J. Pierce and Mr. M. S. Boyce, and her niece, Mrs. Thos. A. Johnson, whose mother, Mrs. Joseph Gault, was a sister of the deceased. Mrs. Swaggerty, of Clarksville, was another sister, and Mr. T. K. May, of the same place, a brother. Mrs. Varnell had been left by her husband in comfortable circumstances, if not comparatively wealthy, but had long lived in a quiet and unostentatious manner, confined mostly to her room by her disease, and as one upon whose spiritual hearing was ever throbbing the deep and loudening roll of the restless surf of a great ocean of eternity upon the shores of time, and listened with great resignation for the last clear call that should ring above the manifold voices of the future to summon her to embark upon the celestial voyage, at whose nether end, in shining glory, towers the happy home, the "house of many mansions." (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Dardanelle Post-Dispatch Newspaper, Dardanelle, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Oct 20, 1904 - Obituary courtesy of Dardanelle Public Library Archives, Arkansas River Valley Regional Library System, Dardanelle, Arkansas)
At her residence in Dardanelle, in the 79th year of her age, on the evening of October 18th, 1904, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Varnell. She had for several years been a helpless invalid and her death was not unexpected. Ten days before the end she had a slight stroke of paralysis from which she sank into a state of unconsiousness, an apparently deep and dreamless sleep from which she never awakened, and during all of which time she was sustained by neither nourishment nor drink of any kind. She had long been a confirmed and confined invalid, and while her condition was not painful perhaps, it must have been tedious, irksome and trying in the extreme. Yet she bore it all with that undaunted courage, and cheerful patience that inspires the Christian soul to gaze through the gloom of the grave, as through the gates of heavenly glory, and to regard the matter of death as the simple end of a term of probation, an imprisonment filled with trials, troubles, sorrow and sufferings, and the tomb as but the thresh-hold of the real life. "Where the wicked cease from troubling And the weary are at rest." The deceased was born in the State of Tennessee, but moved to Dardanelle soon after the war, with her husband, M. P. Varnell, a successful merchant who died here some years ago. She has been a prominent and useful member of the Methodist church for more than a half-century and gave to the church, its teachings, and its interests, that loyal love and un-devided devotion that so often sanctifies the femal character in the absence of the demands of wife-hood or motherhood, as she was childless, and for many years a widow. Her remains were shipped to Clarksville and laid to rest beside her husband. They were accompanied by her nephews, Mr. Z. J. Pierce and Mr. M. S. Boyce, and her niece, Mrs. Thos. A. Johnson, whose mother, Mrs. Joseph Gault, was a sister of the deceased. Mrs. Swaggerty, of Clarksville, was another sister, and Mr. T. K. May, of the same place, a brother. Mrs. Varnell had been left by her husband in comfortable circumstances, if not comparatively wealthy, but had long lived in a quiet and unostentatious manner, confined mostly to her room by her disease, and as one upon whose spiritual hearing was ever throbbing the deep and loudening roll of the restless surf of a great ocean of eternity upon the shores of time, and listened with great resignation for the last clear call that should ring above the manifold voices of the future to summon her to embark upon the celestial voyage, at whose nether end, in shining glory, towers the happy home, the "house of many mansions." (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Dardanelle Post-Dispatch Newspaper, Dardanelle, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Oct 20, 1904 - Obituary courtesy of Dardanelle Public Library Archives, Arkansas River Valley Regional Library System, Dardanelle, Arkansas)
Frank Varnell, 63, of Steele, Mo., died Monday, June 28, 1993, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. Born April 23, 1930, he was the son of the late Eddie Franklin and Lila Grace Forlines Varnell. Mr. Varnell was a farm laborer. On December 2, 1950 at Des Arc, Arkansas, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan(Varnell) leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Vaughan Varnell; Five sons: Frank Varnell Jr. of Des Arc, Bill Varnell of Blytheville, Ark., Roger Varnell of Kennett, Mo., Robin Varnell of Steele, and Eddie Varnell of Des Arc; Two daughters: Betty Wilson of Cassville, Mo. and Kimmerlee Troy of Des Arc; Three sisters: Velta Varnell of Des Arc, Beulah Tidwell of Danville, Ark., and Grace Lawton of Magazine, Ark.; Seventeen grandchildren; and Five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Varnell were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 1993 at Bradshaw's German-Aumon Chapel in Steele. Burial was at Horners Cemetery in Hornersville, Mo. with arrangements by Bradshaw's German-Aumon Funeral Home of Steele. Pallbearers were Joe Waltk, Dave House, Bobby J. Allen, Jerry Terry, Henry Boren, and Ricky Thomas. Steele Enterprise - Steele, Missouri - July 8, 1993 (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,His obituary was published on Line @ www.findagrave.com. )
Frank Varnell, 63, of Steele, Mo., died Monday, June 28, 1993, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. Born April 23, 1930, he was the son of the late Eddie Franklin and Lila Grace Forlines Varnell. Mr. Varnell was a farm laborer. On December 2, 1950 at Des Arc, Arkansas, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan(Varnell) leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Vaughan Varnell; Five sons: Frank Varnell Jr. of Des Arc, Bill Varnell of Blytheville, Ark., Roger Varnell of Kennett, Mo., Robin Varnell of Steele, and Eddie Varnell of Des Arc; Two daughters: Betty Wilson of Cassville, Mo. and Kimmerlee Troy of Des Arc; Three sisters: Velta Varnell of Des Arc, Beulah Tidwell of Danville, Ark., and Grace Lawton of Magazine, Ark.; Seventeen grandchildren; and Five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Varnell were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 1993 at Bradshaw's German-Aumon Chapel in Steele. Burial was at Horners Cemetery in Hornersville, Mo. with arrangements by Bradshaw's German-Aumon Funeral Home of Steele. Pallbearers were Joe Waltk, Dave House, Bobby J. Allen, Jerry Terry, Henry Boren, and Ricky Thomas. Steele Enterprise - Steele, Missouri - July 8, 1993 (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,His obituary was published on Line @ www.findagrave.com. )
Dortha A. Vasssaur, age 90, of Dardanelle, AR died Sunday at the Dardanelle Hospital. She was born March 28, 1913 in Delaware, AR to the late Norman Wood and Dora Farnam Wood Winner Jay. She was a retired line worker for Val Mac Industries and a homemaker. She was baptized at an early age and attended the First Baptist Church in Delaware until her health began to fail.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Vassaur; three sisters, Ocie Clark, Ruth Bata and Bonnie Wood and two stepbrothers, Bobby and Kenneth Jay.
Survivors include three brothers and sisters-in-law, William and Arminta Winner of Delaware, Milbern and Cindy Jay of Redding, CA, Rev. David and Cilestine Jay of Dardanelle, AR, Nancy Jay of Delaware, AR and Jeanetta Jay of Dardanelle, AR; several nephews and nieces and a host of great-nephews and nieces.
Service will be Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 2:00 p. m. at Faith Church in Dardanelle with Rev. David Jay and Rev. Wiley Jones officiating. Interment will be in Graves Cemetery by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. Pallbearers will be Bill Altemus, Jon Lewis, Ron Bata, James Bata, Gregg Marcusfen, Pat Schmitz and Joe Showden. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, February 18, 2004)
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