Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Angela Bond

Angela Bond

Jan 3, 2006

Angela Douglas Bond was born March 4, 1969 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Jerry and Debra McFarland. She was employed with New York Life Insurance, in sales. She moved to Bentonville, Arkansas from Mountain Home in 2003. She was a cheerleader and graduate of Mountain Home High School. She was a mother, free spirit, Christian and...

Josephine Miller

Josephine Miller

Jan 1, 2006

Josephine M. Miller (Dolly) died at her home in Mountain Home on Sunday, 19 January. She was born a Catholic in New York City November 18 to John and Maria Taddeo. She is survived by her daughter, Lynn Miller of Arlington, TX; one brother Ralph Taddeo and four sisters, Jo Frederick, Teresa Glaser, Olympia Rau, and Mary Lou Heintz all...

Carole Perdue

Carole Perdue

Dec 31, 2005

Carole A. Perdue was born November 19, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Henry and Edith Broughton Short. She married Patrick Perdue in Bull Shoals, Arkansas, November 4, 1971. She was a homemaker and member of Bull Shoals Fire Department Auxiliary and the First Baptist Church of Bull Shoals. She enjoyed her grandchildren and close friends, outdoor...

Ned Hines

Ned Hines

Dec 31, 2005

Ned Vinton Hines was born August 24, 1918 in Casey County, Kentucky. He was the son of George Harrison and Nellie Elliot Hines. He was a farmer. He moved to Gamaliel, Arkanasas from Ambia, Indiana in 1980. Ned Vinton Hines passed away December 31, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 7...

Carl Holmes

Carl Holmes

Dec 30, 2005

Carl Alfred Holmes, Jr., was born October 8, 1925 in Celoron, New York. He was the son of Carl A. and Ella Marie Milks Holmes. He married Ann Gertrude. Mr. Holmes served with the United States Navy during World War II. He was employed as a welding engineer with Sooner Supplies. Formerly of Mountain Home, Arkasas, he was a resident...

Louis Besson

Louis Besson

Dec 28, 2005

Louis Jule Besson, Sr., was born July 14, 1914, in Roanoke, Illinois. He was the son of Louis Jule and Veronica Wiart Besson. He was a coal miner and employed with Standard Brands and International Harvestor. Louis Jule Besson, Sr., passed away at Salem Nursing Home, December 28, 2005, at the age of 91 years, 5 months and 14 days....

Margaret Boyd

Margaret Boyd

Dec 27, 2005

Margaret Catherine Boyd was born January 12, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois. She was the daughter of Ralph and Mary Christian Hurder. She was employed in the position of secretary, with T. B. Association for twenty-eight years. She resided in Mountain Home, Arkansas since 1982, when she moved from Magnolia, Arkansas. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church and was...

Mary Hargrave

Mary Hargrave

Dec 25, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Hargrave was born November 6, 1916, in Cayce, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Leonard and Stella Davis Binford. She married Goldie Hargrave. Mary Hargrave was a homemaker. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Joliet, Illinois during September, 2005. Mary Elizabeth Hargrave passed away at her residence, December 25, 2005, at the age of 89 years, 1...

Louise Bernard

Louise Bernard

Dec 25, 2005

Louise Bernard was born June 2, 1933, in Arcadia, Kansas. She was the daughter of Howard and Ollie Curnutt. She married Terry Bernard on November 11, 1955 in Oxen Hill, Maryland. She was warehouse manager for Keller Crescent Company. Mrs. Bernard lived in Mountain Home for six years after she moved from Evansville, Indiana. She was of the Methodist faith....

Dorothy London

Dorothy London

Dec 25, 2005

Dorothy Margaret London was born December 19, 1918, in Rockford, Illinois. She was the daughter of Fred and Nora Nealon Engle. She married John Robert London, who passed away December 29, 1989. Mrs. London was dining room manager at Shady Lane Restaurant and Dinner Theatre. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Marengo, Illinois during November, 2005 and was a...

Hylan Mitchell

Hylan Mitchell

Dec 24, 2005

Hylan Gary Mitchell was born August 30, 1926 in Fairmont, North Carolina. He was the son of Durham and Cora Andrews Mitchell. He married Edith Bugg on December 15, 1950 in Forsyth, Georgia. He was a funeral director and mortician in the greater Atlanta area for over forty years, and spent the last twenty years with Lowndes & McLane in...

David Hanes

David Hanes

Dec 23, 2005

David Marvin Hanes was born August 9, 1903 in Wellington, Illinois. He was the son of David Quiller and Nancy Catherine Moore Hanes. He married Elizabeth Anna Schon, December 24, 1924, in Pappana, Illinois. Mr. Hanes served in the National Guard. He was employed as a high tension electrician with Commonwealth Edison in Chicago, Illinois. The Hanes family moved to...

James Scanlan

James Scanlan

Dec 19, 2005

James S. Scanlan, Sr., was born May 12, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Samuel James and Katherine Aubert Scanlan. He was married to the late Jeanette Scanlan. Mr. Scanlan served with the United States Army during World War II. He was employed as a truck driver with Grane Trucking Company for twenty-seven years. Mr. Scanlan moved...

John Robnett

John Robnett

Dec 19, 2005

John D. Robnett, Jr. was born November 30, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John D. and Mary Goldring Robnett, Sr. He married Mary A., July 13, 1988 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Mr. Robnett was the owner of JJ Crosby Trucking Company. The Robnett family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Anaheim, California in 1987. He was...

Bonnie Harry

Bonnie Harry

Dec 17, 2005

Bonnie Lou Harry was born August 29, 1930 in Mason, Michigan. She was the daughter of Merton and Woodene Henry Mizer. She married George Harry in Mason, Michigan on June 14, 1952. She was employed as a dental hygenist. The Harry family moved to Midway, Arkansas from Marshall, Michigan in 1981. She was of the presbyterian faith. Bonnie Lou Harry...

Marguerite Halsell

Marguerite Halsell

Dec 15, 2005

Marguerite Elizabeth Halsell was born August 31, 1919 in Cotter, Arkansas. She was the daughter of James and Iva Jewell Wardlow Barnett. She married Earl Halsell on June 24, 1961 in Tulare, California. She was employed as a nurse aid and hospital ward clerk and she was a member of Gassville First Baptist Church. Marguerite Elizabeth Halsell entered into eternal...

Ramona Pittman

Ramona Pittman

Dec 14, 2005

She was born May 22, 1958 at Paragould, Arkansas to Frankie and Nina Tennison West. She lived in Mountain Home since moving from Jonesboro in 1989. She loved arts and crafts and enjoyed reading and camping. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: Ramona C. "Chriss" Pittman is survived by one son, Thomas Pittman of Gassville, Arkansas; one daughter, Carmen...

Elmer Kempf

Elmer Kempf

Dec 14, 2005

Elmer L. Kempf was born on September 20, 1917 in Marathon, Wisconsin. He was the son of Albert and Selma Bartel Kempf. He married Dorothy M. Herrman on September 5, 1944 in Edgar, Wisconsin. Mr. Kempf was employed as an electrical machinist for Cherry Electric Company in Waukegan, Illinois for 20 years. He has resided in Mountain Home, Arkansas since...

Zelma Ross

Zelma Ross

Dec 8, 2005

Zelma R. Ross was born May 23, 1937, in Norfork, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Charlie and Edna Wheeler Woods. She married Wayne Ross, February 21, 1959, in Wichita, Kansas. She was employed with Mar-Bax for eighteen years and lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas most of her life. She enjoyed her grandkids, being outside, and gardening. She was of...

Sterling Triplett

Sterling Triplett

Dec 7, 2005

Sterling L. Triplett was born April 10, 1939 in Knobel, Arkansas. He was the son of Lester and Lela Alphin Triplett. He married Dewanda Murdoch on September 21, 1958 in Knobel, Arkansas. He was a truck driver and a diesel mechanic. He lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since he moved to the area from Indiana in 1995. He enjoyed hunting,...