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PULASKI COUNTY
Paul D. Beasley, 86, of Little Rock. Nina Rose Burleson, 67, of Sherwood. William “Bill” Hampton Cato, 87, of Little Rock. Lenore Ann Haynes Cunningham, 56, of Little Rock. Vivian Ann Garrison, 62, of Little Rock. Mattie Anna (Horton) Johnson, 67, of Little Rock. Cedric “Bunny” Jordan, 56, of Little Rock. Raymond Lowe, 71, of Mabelvale. Donald Edward “Donnie” Price, 48, of Little Rock. Marc Anthony Rice Sr., 45, of Little Rock. Harry Scott, 58, of Jacksonville. Lizzie B. Thomas, 94, of Little Rock. Ruth Thompson of North Little Rock. Leon S. Weiss, 94, of Little Rock.
ELSEWHERE IN ARKANSAS
BEEBE
Maxine Rose Schell Hill, 99.
BENTON
Anita Luna Grant, 61.
BISMARCK
Paul Hobbs, 35.
BRYANT
Gordia “Faye” Lowry, 90.
CABOT
Wallace D. Frankson, 77. Harry Allen Robertson, 58.
CAMDEN
Sarah Auline Henderson, 84.
CARLISLE
Myrtle E. Wesson, 95.
CLARENDON
Mattie Louise Ellis, 95.
CROSSETT
George Parker, 78.
EL DORADO
Danny Gregory Davis, 50.
FAYETTEVILLE
Richard Claude Johanson, 85.
GLENWOOD
Peggy Jester, 59.
HOPE
Gayle M. Fore, 74.
HOT SPRINGS
Ontonio Lyron Cooper Sr., 29. Bobbie Lue Matlock, 65.
JONESBORO
Vincent Ryan Thompson, 38.
MALVERN
Larry Swayze, 66.
MANILA
Betty Jo Cavness Brackin, 71.
McCRORY
Martha Jane Wright Price, 76.
McRAE
James David Ford Jr., 76.
MONTICELLO
Earl Ray Forrest, 67.
MORRILTON
Glessie Mae Everette, 83. Phyliss Orlando Thomas, 86.
MOUNTAIN HOME
Shirley Hill, 66.
NEWARK
Paul Richard McDoniel, 83.
NEWPORT
Margaret Busby, 78. Johnny Ray Taylor, 46.
NORFORK
James A. “Fireball” Reynolds, 90.
OMAHA
Marles Hodges, 85.
PIGGOTT
Otho Bradberry, 95.
PINE BLUFF
James “Hen” Joyner, 58. Russell Elston Robinson, 93.
PRESCOTT
Sharon Lee Presson, 65.
RULE
Boyd R. Harp, 87.
SEARCY
Frances Williamson Horton, 89. Melba Jean Talley, 81.
SHERIDAN
Charles Micheal “Mike” Angelo, 62. Nancy Rutherford Trimboli, 79. Shirley Elizabeth “Beth” Worthen, 30.
SPRINGFIELD
Irene Jones Baker, 74.
VAN BUREN
Cynthia Winn, 40.
WEINER
Tommy Adams, 66.
OUT-OF-STATE
COUSHATTA, La.
Gerald “Jake” Thrasher, 79.
ZAFRA, Okla.
Dalton Riley Donica.
DANBURY, Texas
Richard “Dick” Lee Dickinson, 74.
FAYETTEVILLE — Richard Claude Johanson died July 20, 2010, at Butterfield Trail Village. He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 10, 1924, to Claus Leonard and Mildred Oulman Johanson.
He attended Minneapolis Washburn High School, Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and joined the Army Air Corps (later the United States Air Force) in 1943. He flew as navigator for 25 missions in B-17’s with the 379th bomb group during World War II. He attended the University of Minnesota upon discharge and then Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he received a BBA and MBA. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was recalled to serve in the Korean War with MATS, stationed in Japan.
Johanson was employed eight years by the Ford Motor Co. Dallas Assembly Plant as supervisor of Industrial Relations; and then, 12 years as vice president of personnel and planning for Continental-Emsco Co., an international petroleum, chemical and industrial equipment company in Dallas. He received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of North Texas and taught over 20 years in the Management Department of the University of Arkansas, retiring as professor emeritus in 1989. In his corporate and university years, he was a founder of the Dallas Personnel Association, president of the Dallas American Society of Training Directors and a founder of the North Texas Chapter of ASTD and NOARK in Arkansas. He was a Mason and a 32nd Degree Shriner of Hella Temple, Dallas. He served on the Dallas Integration Commission, also in Dallas as a senior warden of the Church of the Incarnation and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; St. David’s in Denton, Texas, Executive Committee of the Arkansas Diocese, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; and most recently as senior warden of St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, Springdale. He founded a management consulting firm, incorporated in 1973, and served multi-industry clients throughout the United States.
He is survived by Shirley, his loving wife of 62 years; their children, Kathleen and husband James Webster of Fayetteville, Claudia and husband Cary Mc-Clure Abney of Marshall, Texas, and Karen and husband John Cole, Blair and wife Ann Johanson, and Bruce and wife Debra Johanson, all of Fayetteville; his sister Mary and husband George Jeffers of Granbury, Texas; also proudly adored 11 grandchildren, Kerry Webster Gobel, Becky Webster Gayer, Blair Abney, Karen Abney Neal, Alan Cole, Richard Cole, Thomas Cole, Steven Johanson, Lindsay Johanson, Grant Johanson and Matt Johanson; and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Marlys and her husband, John Higgins.
Dick Johanson’s family remember him as a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather who inspired them with his quiet but powerful love for his family and others, his extreme intelligence, his strong determination and drive, his proven entrepreneurship abilities for himself and his clients, and his ever-present encouragement to family members and his students.
A memorial service will be held at 5:30 this evening, July 22, 2010, at St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, located at 1803 W. Emma in Springdale, Ark., with the Rev. John Slavin officiating. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Sparkman-Hillcrest in Dallas, under the direction of Moore’s Chapel of Fayetteville, Ark. Memorials may be sent to St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, 1803 W. Emma, Springdale, Ark., 72762; or Life Styles, P.O. Box 1114, Fayetteville, Ark., 72702-1114. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
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• –––––OMAHA — Marles Hodges, 85, Omaha, died July 20, 2010. Services are 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, at Burlington Baptist Church, under direction of Roller-Christeson Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Survived by children Raymond Edwards and Anna Sue Bryant; and brothers Robert Roberts and Jerry Roberts. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
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• –––––RULE — Boyd R. Harp, 87, of Rule, Ark., died Sunday. He was a retired farmer, Free Will Baptist minister and a 50-year Freemason. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at the White Oak Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home of Huntsville,
www.brashearsfuneralhome. net.
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• –––––SEARCY — Melba Jean Talley, 81, of Searcy died Tuesday, July 20. She was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Pangburn, Ark., the daughter of Kenneth and Marie King. She is survived by her husband, Jack Talley; three sons, Barry Talley, Ted Talley and Don Mc-Cord; three daughters, Sandra Squires, Shelia Purdy and Jacquelyn Wilkerson; three brothers, Larry King, Harlan King, and Dale King; 22 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Jimmy and Bill King. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Pangburn Assembly of God church. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Powell Funeral Home of Searcy. www.powellfuneralhome.net.
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• –––––VAN BUREN — Cynthia Winn, 40, of Van Buren died Sunday, July 18, 2010. She was an office manager for CarMart. She is survived by her husband, Marvin Winn; daughter, Summer McCoy; two sons, Brent and Christian Winn. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, July 22, Union Star Cemetery, West Fork, Ark.