Northwest Arkansas Deaths

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PULASKI COUNTY

Cecil P. Boaz Jr., 85, of Little Rock. Junebug “Leroy” Bowden, 53, of Little Rock. Rosie Lee Fasen Bush-Jones of Little Rock. Margaret Mitchell, 96, of Jacksonville. Emma Jean Pettit, 75, of North Little Rock. Glen Paul Prater, 53, of North Little Rock. Gracie Robinson, 85, of Little Rock. Carolyn Middleton Stansell, 81, of Little Rock. James “Lightening” Weathers, 58, of North Little Rock.

ELSEWHERE IN ARKANSAS

ALMYRA

James Clyde Evans, 50.

BENTON

James Gay, 59. Mary Chandler Hurst, infant.

BLYTHEVILLE

Jackie Leon Higgins, 64. Virginia Gayle Wallace Littrell, 83.

CABOT

John F. Wiens, 79.

CLARENDON

Edward Lee Snow, 58.

CLARKSVILLE

L.G. Tumbleson Sr.

CONWAY

Pamela B. Fowler, 43.

COVE

Willard M. Thomas, 88.

FORREST CITY

Annie McNeary, 84.

GREERS FERRY

William Andrew Bittle, 76.

HECTOR

Betty Jo Witcomb, 77.

JONESBORO

James Perry, 81.

MAGNOLIA

Beryl Jean (Barran) Marshall, 80.

MORRILTON

Lloyd Harold Epperson, 78.

MOUNTAIN HOME

Steven Henry Swanson.

NEWPORT

Jerry Wayne Baumgarner.

POYEN

Robert Eugene Edwards, 81.

PYATT

Emma L. Wainright, 71.

RUSSELL

Jocie Lampton Blanton, 93.

SPRINGDALE

Ted Eugene Huntsman, 66.

TILLAR

Lawrence Greene, 81.

TUCKER

Jackie Lee Davis, 51.

VILONIA

Faron Lee Tallent, 53.

WITTER

Claude Edward “Buster” Johnson, 76.

OUT-OF-STATE

ATLANTA

Jonas Taylor, 38.

JOHN’S CREEK, Ga.

Elizabeth H. Andrews, 96.

LINDSBORG, Kan.

Nnaemeka A. Obiagwu, 22.

LAS VEGAS

F. Naomi Johnson, 85.

CLARKSVILLE — L.G. Tumbleson Sr. of Clarksville expired July 27, 2010. Services are entrusted to Roller-Cox Funeral Home. For online obituaries see rollerfuneralhomes.com. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Roller-Cox at 701 Rogers St. in Clarksville, Ark., with burial at Minnow Creek Cemetery in Lamar. Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday.

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• –––––PYATT — Emma L. Wainright, 71, Pyatt, died July 26, 2010. Graveside service 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 30, at Crawford Cemetery, under direction of Roller-Christeson Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Husband, Tommy; sons, Robert Wainright and Anthony and Steve Thorton; and three grandchildren survive her. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

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• –––––WITTER — Claude Edward “Buster” Johnson, 76, of Witter, died Sunday. Survivors include: sons, William and Troy; daughters, Karen Yeazel, Claudette Merril and Lucy Doreen Johnson; sister, Kimberly Johnson; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. Interment was in the Atkins Cemetery near St. Paul by Brashears Funeral Home, www.brashearsfuneralhome.net, of Huntsville.

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• –––––LAS VEGAS — F. Naomi Johnson, 85, died Friday, July 16, 2010. Visitation: Friday, July 30, 2010, from 6-8 p.m. at Roller Funeral Home in Paris. Funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Brooklyn Freewill Baptist Church, Ratcliff, Ark., with burial Clarks Chapel Cemetery in Cox Valley near Driggs, Ark. Online obit: www.rollerfuneralhomes. com.

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