Obituaries

Marsha Dale Matthews, 63, of Elkins passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014 after her valiant fight with cancer.  She was born February 6, 1951 in Mountain Home, AR. to the late Lovell and Ella Ferguson. Marsha was a member of the Johnson…View Obituary

  Dorothy Bevelyn Fields, 45, of Elkins died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.  She was born July 27, 1969 in Morrilton, AR. to Roy and Dorothy Jean Taylor Wooten. She attended the University of Arkansas and received an Associate Degree in…View Obituary

Paul Taylor Dodd, 46, of Fayetteville died Saturday, August 30, 2014 in Fayetteville.  He was born July 22, 1968 in Sierra Madre, CA. to John Dodd and Taree Taylor. He was an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his mother; grandparents; aunts; uncles; cousins and fallen comrades. Survived by his wife, Rebecca Mabry…View Obituary

Garland Don Island, 56, of Fayetteville passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at Washington Regional Medical Center.  He was born on June 22, 1958 in Clinton, OK. to Jane Wolf Feathers and Donald Island, both of Clinton. Garland graduated from Tahlequah High School and immediately joined the military.  After serving his term, he was honorably…View Obituary

Dorce P. Nelson, 83, of West Fork died Monday, September 1, 2014 at the V.A. Hospital in Fayetteville.  He was born June 16, 1931 in Lone Grove, OK. to Marvin and Ethel Nelson. He was an Army Veteran having served in the Korean War; an iron worker by trade; a member of the Iron Workers…View Obituary

  Shirley Mae Drummond, 63, of Winslow died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 with her family by her side in Fayetteville.  She was born December 22, 1950 in Petaluma, CA. to Clint and Elsie Watkins Stanley. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and housewife that…View Obituary

Omer “Dean” Parrish, 92, of Fayetteville died August 26, 2014 in Fayetteville.  He was born December 9, 1921 in Brentwood, AR. to Norman and Sevilla DeVore Parrish. He was a WWII Army Veteran; retired from the V.A. Hospital as a masonry carpenter; and was a Church…View Obituary

Donald Paul Thill, 77, of Bentonville, Arkansas passed away August 22, 2014 at Regency Hospital in Rogers. He was a loving father, brother and companion. He was a United States veteran serving in the Army and Air Force. He leaves behind his loving companion Louise Arnel;, two sons, Paul Allen Thill of Centennial, CO. and…View Obituary

  Glen Ledford (Arvil Glendon Ledford), 73, of Fayetteville passed away August 22, 2014 at Shiloh Nursing and Rehab in Springdale.  He was born March 11, 1941 the son of Arvil Jackson Ledford and Doris Iva Lacy Ledford of Elkins. Glen, or maybe best…View Obituary

    Helen Alexa Roy, 86, a long- time resident of Eureka Springs was born Feb. 28, 1928 in Evanston, Illinois, daughter of Theodore and Phyllis Koclannes.  She departed this life on August 1, 2014 at Brighton Ridge, with friends by her side. “Alexa” as she was known to most of us here in the Ozarks…View Obituary