Eighty-five people attended the reunion dinner at the Lighthouse Inn on Saturday, September 29. The occasion marked the 56th reunion for the class of 1951 and the 57th reunion for the class of 1950. Attendance was about evenly divided between the two classes with a few from the classes of '48, '49, '52, and '53.
Buddy Moore welcomed everyone and Paul Gean gave the blessing. Most of those who attended live in Arkansas, but there were quite a few from Oklahoma and Texas; and one each from Georgia and Florida. The "prize" for traveling the farthest, however, would go to Otis and Joyce Fox who flew in from Oxnard, California.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
MOLLY BREWER CROCKETT
Mollie Brewer Crockett, 74, of Fort Smith passed
away Sunday, Sept 9, 2007. She was born in Fort
Smith to Hugh H. & Christine Brewer. She was a retired
mechanical engineer. She attended Ft. Smith High School;
graduated from University of Ark School of Mechanical
Engineering and a member of Society.
A Memorial service was held September 12 at Oak Cemetery
Pavillion.
She is survived by two daughters, Betsy Blake Berrier of
Fayetteville and Nancy Blake Gollier of Mansfield, TX;
two sons, Carlton Blake of Burbank, CA., and Kelly Blake of
Ft. Smith; one brother, Hugh Brewer of Fayetteville; eight
grandchildren and four great-granchildren.
To place online tributes, please visit www. edwardsfuneralhome.com
away Sunday, Sept 9, 2007. She was born in Fort
Smith to Hugh H. & Christine Brewer. She was a retired
mechanical engineer. She attended Ft. Smith High School;
graduated from University of Ark School of Mechanical
Engineering and a member of Society.
A Memorial service was held September 12 at Oak Cemetery
Pavillion.
She is survived by two daughters, Betsy Blake Berrier of
Fayetteville and Nancy Blake Gollier of Mansfield, TX;
two sons, Carlton Blake of Burbank, CA., and Kelly Blake of
Ft. Smith; one brother, Hugh Brewer of Fayetteville; eight
grandchildren and four great-granchildren.
To place online tributes, please visit www. edwardsfuneralhome.com
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Question: Senior Ditch Day
Hi Nifty Fifties,
For the last few months I have been "in the loop" of my younger brother Justin's exchange of nostalgic Emails with his high school friends. What a fun and crazy time it has been. He occasionally had to defer to me to clarify some memory, and that's how I got in the loop.
I think we could have just as much fun if we post a few questions to each other to see what each of us remembers about our unique school days in Fort Smith. I truly know and believe that we grew up in a "charmed" era and in a very unique place that provided us wonderful opportunities but highly unusual freedom, compared to today.
But all that is for another day.
I am trying to remember where so many of went on our senior ditch day. Was it Lee's Creek?
I remember a rope swing..........maybe a bridge you brave guys jumped off of?
What do you recall?
Rosemary
For the last few months I have been "in the loop" of my younger brother Justin's exchange of nostalgic Emails with his high school friends. What a fun and crazy time it has been. He occasionally had to defer to me to clarify some memory, and that's how I got in the loop.
I think we could have just as much fun if we post a few questions to each other to see what each of us remembers about our unique school days in Fort Smith. I truly know and believe that we grew up in a "charmed" era and in a very unique place that provided us wonderful opportunities but highly unusual freedom, compared to today.
But all that is for another day.
I am trying to remember where so many of went on our senior ditch day. Was it Lee's Creek?
I remember a rope swing..........maybe a bridge you brave guys jumped off of?
What do you recall?
Rosemary
Friday, July 27, 2007
"Comin' outta Chute Five on Firefly .................." -- by Justin Farnsworth
This isn't much of a story. Just a little relaxing possibility on the couch of FS memories for a short spell.
Everybody has some kind of memory of the Ark-Okla Rodeo, either loving the carnival rides on the Hammer or not liking the smell of the manure trapesing through the livestock halls looking at the heifers with blue ribbon prizes and weight/height stats, wondering, since we were really Big City people, in a relative sense, and could not divine why one heifer was "better" than another.
Like with women, the Rodeo was a big deal, and it's charms varied and changed as you grew older. Earliest memories were probably cotton candy and the ferris wheel. A year or two later it was hanging around the aforementioned Hammer hoping to find a quarter that fell out of some loose-pocketed boy who took so much effort to get his date on the infernal ride to make her scream.
Somewhere in the age spectrum you wanted to see the freak show Hairy Lady from the Amazon, later show off your pitching arm knocking five metal milk bottles off a stand with three miserably soft baggy "baseballs", hoping for a stuffed panda, ending up with a plastic token with Roy Rogers in bas relief.
No matter what, it was exotic to us City Dwellers, we had our nice superiority complex all in place over the rural dwellers, although, we felt we somehow had to pay respect to our antecedents and heritage, the truth of which was much more real to us when watching Hopalong Cassidy serials at the New or grand panoramas of Randolph Scott riding across the range, later in life found out to be nothing but a few square miles of space in the Chatsworth Hills.
And beribboned jars of elderberry jelly, heck, what was the big deal? Grandmother did all that stuff anyway.
And the core of it all, also with a bit of displaced excitement, the rodeo itself, getting splinters in your butt while watching Buck Somebody comin' out of chute five on Firefly. Heck, again, Buck Somebody was announced as bein' from Agua Frio, Texas or Whitlock, Arizona, someplace you never heard of and could not identify with.
The City Elders really promoted the Rodeo, I guess there was closer enjoyment to their past, and the Rodeo Parade was a big deal, getting a few thousand people down on Garrison and the spin off of accidentally wandering into Tilles and seeing a dress that was needed, or a sack of Kresses popcorn for little Jimmie, he needed that while waiting for the Camp Chaffee part, they were going to have a halftrack this year with the commanding officer. And lots of horses and riders that some people seemed to know, The Queen, wow, and afterwards, road apples on Garrison that would last for a week until they were squashed to apple sauce and burned up in the sun to dust, possibly washed away by a June thunderstorm.
My strongest Rodeo memory was a parallel thing, only happened once, which was the promotional two day Rodeo Tour. It was a big deal for me, my junior year of high school.
By that time it was known that I could sing Kawliga, I was cheap, and so I was invited to go on the promotional tour. I was to sing at every stop they set up. The Tour consisted of maybe twenty cars of men, a couple of pickups, and a Camp Chaffee 6x6, the most interesting aspect, for me, as a sergeant and a private drove it and in the back was a 30 caliber machine gun.
We would go into a town, find the town center, easy if it was a county seat as that would mean the square and the courthouse. The soldiers would drag the 30 caliber out of the 6x6 and set it up with a belt of blanks. Somebody set up the audio system and mike, all run by a car battery pack, the cars of men would disperse into the gathering crowd to hand out leaflets and schedules. The soldiers would fire off a belt of blanks to attract everybody and anybody out of the stores, barbershops, and lawyers offices. Then somebody would start telling the good citizens that they had to come to Fort Smith for the Ark-Okla Rodeo. At some point little Justin would sing Kawliga, Quinton Somebody would ride his unicycle around, more talk and pleading to come to the Really Big Event in Fort Smith.
Now we wandered down hwy 22, zigzaged down to hwy 10, and and all the ladder rung roads in between, on the way to Hot Springs to overnight. I must have sung twenty times in every hamlet over 1,000 in the swath between Fort Smith and Hot Springs.
Only later, I wondered about some things. We stayed at the Arlington, they put me in a room with some nice old gentleman. BUT, the twenty cars of men, they transformed into boys in Hot Springs. That destination was chosen, I am sure, with odd logic during the planning. I have to admit that I was a bit shocked at what I saw, er, how the pillars of Fort Smith, drunk in the halls at 3 AM, brown paper bags of Four Feathers discarded, a floozy or two, incoherent conversations on the floor all night about how much money they won or lost, and general behaviour that Mizz Thorworth, my Sunday School teacher, would not have approved of.
So, it was an occasion, when our men became boys, and probably a lot of memories that could only be shared with very few, or else they would be in deep kimshee with wifey. We will never know. But after that trip, I guess I became a little wiser about the ways of boy-men, when they were allowed to come out of chute five on Firefly, in the Arlington Hotel, in the den of iniquity of Hot Springs.
I am sure more people from Sallisaw came to the Rodeo than Hot Springs...
Everybody has some kind of memory of the Ark-Okla Rodeo, either loving the carnival rides on the Hammer or not liking the smell of the manure trapesing through the livestock halls looking at the heifers with blue ribbon prizes and weight/height stats, wondering, since we were really Big City people, in a relative sense, and could not divine why one heifer was "better" than another.
Like with women, the Rodeo was a big deal, and it's charms varied and changed as you grew older. Earliest memories were probably cotton candy and the ferris wheel. A year or two later it was hanging around the aforementioned Hammer hoping to find a quarter that fell out of some loose-pocketed boy who took so much effort to get his date on the infernal ride to make her scream.
Somewhere in the age spectrum you wanted to see the freak show Hairy Lady from the Amazon, later show off your pitching arm knocking five metal milk bottles off a stand with three miserably soft baggy "baseballs", hoping for a stuffed panda, ending up with a plastic token with Roy Rogers in bas relief.
No matter what, it was exotic to us City Dwellers, we had our nice superiority complex all in place over the rural dwellers, although, we felt we somehow had to pay respect to our antecedents and heritage, the truth of which was much more real to us when watching Hopalong Cassidy serials at the New or grand panoramas of Randolph Scott riding across the range, later in life found out to be nothing but a few square miles of space in the Chatsworth Hills.
And beribboned jars of elderberry jelly, heck, what was the big deal? Grandmother did all that stuff anyway.
And the core of it all, also with a bit of displaced excitement, the rodeo itself, getting splinters in your butt while watching Buck Somebody comin' out of chute five on Firefly. Heck, again, Buck Somebody was announced as bein' from Agua Frio, Texas or Whitlock, Arizona, someplace you never heard of and could not identify with.
The City Elders really promoted the Rodeo, I guess there was closer enjoyment to their past, and the Rodeo Parade was a big deal, getting a few thousand people down on Garrison and the spin off of accidentally wandering into Tilles and seeing a dress that was needed, or a sack of Kresses popcorn for little Jimmie, he needed that while waiting for the Camp Chaffee part, they were going to have a halftrack this year with the commanding officer. And lots of horses and riders that some people seemed to know, The Queen, wow, and afterwards, road apples on Garrison that would last for a week until they were squashed to apple sauce and burned up in the sun to dust, possibly washed away by a June thunderstorm.
My strongest Rodeo memory was a parallel thing, only happened once, which was the promotional two day Rodeo Tour. It was a big deal for me, my junior year of high school.
By that time it was known that I could sing Kawliga, I was cheap, and so I was invited to go on the promotional tour. I was to sing at every stop they set up. The Tour consisted of maybe twenty cars of men, a couple of pickups, and a Camp Chaffee 6x6, the most interesting aspect, for me, as a sergeant and a private drove it and in the back was a 30 caliber machine gun.
We would go into a town, find the town center, easy if it was a county seat as that would mean the square and the courthouse. The soldiers would drag the 30 caliber out of the 6x6 and set it up with a belt of blanks. Somebody set up the audio system and mike, all run by a car battery pack, the cars of men would disperse into the gathering crowd to hand out leaflets and schedules. The soldiers would fire off a belt of blanks to attract everybody and anybody out of the stores, barbershops, and lawyers offices. Then somebody would start telling the good citizens that they had to come to Fort Smith for the Ark-Okla Rodeo. At some point little Justin would sing Kawliga, Quinton Somebody would ride his unicycle around, more talk and pleading to come to the Really Big Event in Fort Smith.
Now we wandered down hwy 22, zigzaged down to hwy 10, and and all the ladder rung roads in between, on the way to Hot Springs to overnight. I must have sung twenty times in every hamlet over 1,000 in the swath between Fort Smith and Hot Springs.
Only later, I wondered about some things. We stayed at the Arlington, they put me in a room with some nice old gentleman. BUT, the twenty cars of men, they transformed into boys in Hot Springs. That destination was chosen, I am sure, with odd logic during the planning. I have to admit that I was a bit shocked at what I saw, er, how the pillars of Fort Smith, drunk in the halls at 3 AM, brown paper bags of Four Feathers discarded, a floozy or two, incoherent conversations on the floor all night about how much money they won or lost, and general behaviour that Mizz Thorworth, my Sunday School teacher, would not have approved of.
So, it was an occasion, when our men became boys, and probably a lot of memories that could only be shared with very few, or else they would be in deep kimshee with wifey. We will never know. But after that trip, I guess I became a little wiser about the ways of boy-men, when they were allowed to come out of chute five on Firefly, in the Arlington Hotel, in the den of iniquity of Hot Springs.
I am sure more people from Sallisaw came to the Rodeo than Hot Springs...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
LADONNA COFFMAN
Ladonna Coffman departed this earthly life on July 23, 2007, after a long battle with cancer. She was born June 2, 1934, in Clinton to Cora and John Hale. Ladonna was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Odie Hale of Clinton. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Edwin Coffman of Fort Smith; son, Phillip Coffman and his wife, Jane, and granddaughter, Kristin, all of Los Angeles; son, David Coffman and his wife, Beth, and grandchildren, Matt and Carol Ann, all of Tulsa; son, Dr. John Coffman and granddaughters Erin and Hannah, all of Fort Smith; sister, Zenobia Peacock and her husband, Clarence of Nashville, Tenn.; and brother, Sanford Hale and his wife, Judy of Tulsa; as well as many caring nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Ladonna was a retired nurse, a member of the Sparks Guild and the Nifty Fifties. She was a devoted wife and loving mother as well as a giving friend to so many. She loved visiting her hometown of Clinton, keeping in touch with friends on trips and fun excursions and taking care of her home. Ladonna also enjoyed tremendously the years she spent as den mother to her Boy Scout troop and over the years taught probably 50-plus kids to water ski on Lake Ouachita. Ladonna always thought of others before herself, was interested in everyone she met and will be missed by all who knew her for years or if they had just been introduced. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, at Goddard United Methodist Church with a private family committal at the U.S. National Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Edwards Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Mitch Jones, Bryan Whitaker, Bryan Mason, Kenny Irwin, Danny Johnson and Johnny Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be Nifty Fifties, retired members of Medical Society, Jim Selig, Roger Robertson and Ben Lockerd. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be greatly appreciated by the following organizations: Peachtree Hospice, 4300 Rogers Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72901; Goddard Methodist Church, 1922 Dodson Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72901; Sebastian County Humane Society, P.O. Box 10953, Fort Smith, AR 72917; or a charity of one’s choice. To place an online tribute, please visit http://www.edwardsfuneralhome.com/.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
GARY DON STIPSKY
Gary Don Stipsky, 75, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, in Fort Smith. He was a retired employee of the Whirlpool Corp. as a tool and die maker. He was a member of the South Side Baptist Church, the Elks Club and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was instrumental in forming of the Drug Awareness Program for children and he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He is survived by one daughter, Yvonne Griner of Fort Smith; stepdaughter, Carol and her husband, Mac McGrew of Fort Smith; one son, John and his wife, Connie Stipsky of Frisco, Texas; one sister, Utanah and her husband, Dave Williams of Pocahontas; three grandchildren, Rachel McGrew and her husband, Aaron, Katie and Elizabeth Borengasser, both of Fort Smith; one stepgrandchild, Megan McGrew. He was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Betty June Stipsky; and his second wife, Christine Stipsky. Funeral service will be Saturday, July 21, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at the Woodlawn Memorial Park all under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Dave and Jeff Williams, Jay Pankey, John Harris, Jerry Lofts and Mac McGrew. The family will greet friends at Edwards Funeral Home on Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Fort Smith Girls Shelter, 2600 Raleigh St., Fort Smith, AR 72901 or the Elks National Foundation, P.O. Box 6236, Fort Smith, AR 72906.
To sign an online guest book, visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.
To sign an online guest book, visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
JERRY SLAUGHTER - (CLASS OF 51)
Jerry Lee Slaughter, 74 , of Arlington, Texas, died Sunday, May27,
at his home. He was born March 29, l933, in Fort Smith, AR. He
graduated from Fort Smith High , was a former FBI agent, retired
from SBC as division staff manager security and claims in Texas.
Memorial service was held Thursday May 3l at St. Alban's Episcopal
Church in Arlington. Arrangements were under the direction of
Arlington Funeral Home of Arlington.
He is survived by his wife, Susan; two children; two stepchildren;
a sister, Jean Deislinger of Fort Smith; and six grandchildren.
at his home. He was born March 29, l933, in Fort Smith, AR. He
graduated from Fort Smith High , was a former FBI agent, retired
from SBC as division staff manager security and claims in Texas.
Memorial service was held Thursday May 3l at St. Alban's Episcopal
Church in Arlington. Arrangements were under the direction of
Arlington Funeral Home of Arlington.
He is survived by his wife, Susan; two children; two stepchildren;
a sister, Jean Deislinger of Fort Smith; and six grandchildren.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Dr. THOMAS "TOM" DU PREE
Dr. Thomas "Tom" DuPree, 76, of Booneville died Wednesday,
May 23, 2007, in Booneville. He was born April ll, 1931, in
England, AR.
Graveside service will be l P.M. Friday May 25, at Carolan
Cemetery near Booneville. Memorial service will be 2:00 P.M.
Friday at First Methodist Church in Boonevilleunder the
direction of Roberts Funeral
Home of Booneville.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie Bell DuPree ; a daughter, Debbie Strom
of Booneville; two sons, Thomas and James DrPree, both of
Booneville; a brother, Jim DuPree of Newport; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
The family will visit with friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tom DuPree Scholarship
Fund, c/o First Western Bank in Booneville or the Booneville First
United Methodist Church renovation fund.
May 23, 2007, in Booneville. He was born April ll, 1931, in
England, AR.
Graveside service will be l P.M. Friday May 25, at Carolan
Cemetery near Booneville. Memorial service will be 2:00 P.M.
Friday at First Methodist Church in Boonevilleunder the
direction of Roberts Funeral
Home of Booneville.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie Bell DuPree ; a daughter, Debbie Strom
of Booneville; two sons, Thomas and James DrPree, both of
Booneville; a brother, Jim DuPree of Newport; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
The family will visit with friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tom DuPree Scholarship
Fund, c/o First Western Bank in Booneville or the Booneville First
United Methodist Church renovation fund.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
CHRISTINE WATKINS - STIPSKY
Christine Watkins - Stipsky departed this earth on May 3, 2007. She is survived by her husband, Gary Stipsky of Fort Smith; her mother, Pearl Kilgore of Moberly, Mo.;
three brothers and families; and one sister and family; one daughter, Carol McGrew and husband Mac of Fort Smith and numerous grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
She and her late husband, Harold Watkins, were formerly owners of the Red Barn Steak House,
along with other successful restaurants in Fort Smith. She was devoted to The Girls Shelter for
more than 30 years as a member of the board of directors, associate director and as executive director. She was an accomplished seamstress and artist.
Services were held May 8 at the Lewis Funeral Chapel.
For complete information and to place an online tribute to to: www.lewisfuneralchapel.net
three brothers and families; and one sister and family; one daughter, Carol McGrew and husband Mac of Fort Smith and numerous grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
She and her late husband, Harold Watkins, were formerly owners of the Red Barn Steak House,
along with other successful restaurants in Fort Smith. She was devoted to The Girls Shelter for
more than 30 years as a member of the board of directors, associate director and as executive director. She was an accomplished seamstress and artist.
Services were held May 8 at the Lewis Funeral Chapel.
For complete information and to place an online tribute to to: www.lewisfuneralchapel.net
Monday, March 19, 2007
HARRY BLACKMAN
Harry Blackman, 80, of Fort Smith died Saturday, March 17. 2007
in Fort Smith. He was owner/operator of Blackman Communica-
tions; retired from the Lucent Corp; was a member of the Grand
Avenue Church, Philatelic Society and he served the U. S. Navy
on the U.S.S. Currituck AV-7 during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, JANE NEISLAR BLACKMAN of the
home, the Rev. Greg Blackman and his wfie Debbie of Summerville,
GA.; and two grandchildren, Whitney Blackman of Kennesaw, GA.,
and Kristin Blackman of Summerville, GA.
Service will be Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 11 A.M. at Edwards
Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Smith and burial to follow at
Stoud Cemetery in Greenwood.
For further info....visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com
in Fort Smith. He was owner/operator of Blackman Communica-
tions; retired from the Lucent Corp; was a member of the Grand
Avenue Church, Philatelic Society and he served the U. S. Navy
on the U.S.S. Currituck AV-7 during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, JANE NEISLAR BLACKMAN of the
home, the Rev. Greg Blackman and his wfie Debbie of Summerville,
GA.; and two grandchildren, Whitney Blackman of Kennesaw, GA.,
and Kristin Blackman of Summerville, GA.
Service will be Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 11 A.M. at Edwards
Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Smith and burial to follow at
Stoud Cemetery in Greenwood.
For further info....visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com
JERRY GREEN
Jerry Durden Green, 74, of Richmond, TX; died Wednesday,
Feb. 28, 2007, in Richmond. He was born June 13, 1932, in Fort
Smith, AR. He attended Fort Smith High School and University
of Arkansas. Was an Air Force veteran; was in the wholesale
remodeling industry and owned Texas Building Products.
Funeral was held March 5, 2007, at Rosenburg, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy; a daughter, Jeri Jobe of
Columbus, TX;two sons, Randy Green of San Antonio
and Douglas Green of Houston; and six grandchildren.
Feb. 28, 2007, in Richmond. He was born June 13, 1932, in Fort
Smith, AR. He attended Fort Smith High School and University
of Arkansas. Was an Air Force veteran; was in the wholesale
remodeling industry and owned Texas Building Products.
Funeral was held March 5, 2007, at Rosenburg, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy; a daughter, Jeri Jobe of
Columbus, TX;two sons, Randy Green of San Antonio
and Douglas Green of Houston; and six grandchildren.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
PEGGY SMITH BUCKNER
Peggy Joyce Smith Buckner, 74, of Charleston, AR died Thursday, February 22, 2007, in Fort Smith. She was born June 18, 1932, in Lavaca. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Charleston and a 1950 graduate of Fort Smith High School.
Rosary was held Sunday at Smith Mortuary Chapel in Charleston. Funeral was Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Charleston with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Charleston.
She is survived by her husband, Everett; five daughters, Melinda Pillstrom of Charleston; Melissa Wattinger, Mary Quick and Martha Hudy, all of Austin, TX; and Mand Holt of Pfugerville, TX; a son, Willaim Buckner II of Charleston; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Charleston Fire Department, Charleston, AR 72933.
Rosary was held Sunday at Smith Mortuary Chapel in Charleston. Funeral was Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Charleston with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Charleston.
She is survived by her husband, Everett; five daughters, Melinda Pillstrom of Charleston; Melissa Wattinger, Mary Quick and Martha Hudy, all of Austin, TX; and Mand Holt of Pfugerville, TX; a son, Willaim Buckner II of Charleston; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Charleston Fire Department, Charleston, AR 72933.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Marilyn Holt Crain
Marilyn Holt Crain departed September 10. 2006 at Dallas, TX surrounded by her four daughters and a granddaughter.
The funeral service was Friday, Sept l5 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Fort Smith.
For additional details of obituary, please visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.
The funeral service was Friday, Sept l5 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Fort Smith.
For additional details of obituary, please visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
JERRY W. RUSSELL (Carol Shermer Russell's husband)
Jerry W. Russell, 73, of Tulsa, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2006 at home.
Preceded in death by; his parents, Glyde and Edith Russell and son, Steven K. Rose.
Survived by his wife, Carol Shermer Russell. Seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Service will be 12 noon, Saturday, February 25, 2006 at Memorial Park Cemetary Chapel. Family suggests contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Preceded in death by; his parents, Glyde and Edith Russell and son, Steven K. Rose.
Survived by his wife, Carol Shermer Russell. Seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Service will be 12 noon, Saturday, February 25, 2006 at Memorial Park Cemetary Chapel. Family suggests contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Nifty Fifties 55th Reunion Picture - October 2005
. . . . . [CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE] . . . . .Front Row: Patsy Barton McDonald and Janelle Young Hembree
Second Row: Rosemary Farnsworth Erickson, June Ludwick Howard, Buddy Castleberry (Class of '49), Peggy Boatright Putnam, Eugenia Reed Swope, Carol Shermer Russell, Catherine Graham Crosland, Joan Gutensohn Davis, Berta Faye Curtis Rex, Carolyn Dooly English, Jackie Bell Dupree, Connie Lichty Smith, Donnell Wells
Third Row: Bob Viguet, Jerry Hendrix, Ed Coffman, Buddy Moore, Glen Thompson, C. B. Billingsley, Morris Henry, Frank English, Don Holmes, Paul Gean, Jack Ferguson
Fourth Row: John Baker, Stan Cate, George Westbrook, Jack Newsom, Ed Nunnellee, Elmer Eaton, Bob Middleton, Gary Stipsky, Roger Meek, Otis Fox, Gene O'Neal
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
SHARLA BOYD HILL
Sharla Boyd Hill died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, in Dallas.
She was born in Fort Smith on Nov. 12, 1935. She was
preceded in death by her mother and father, Sidney and
Degan Boyd; and her brother, Robert S. Boyd. She is
survived by her husband, Edward Hill of Dallas; and her
step-children, Dick Hill of Marlborough, N.H. and Carrie
Bailey of Magnolia, Miss; three grandchildren; and a
sister-in-law Pat Boyd Hawkins of Fort Smith,
Sharla was the great-great-granddaughter of Capt. John
Rogers who founded Fort Smith arriving in 1823. She was
a 1952 graduate of Fort Smith Senior High and a 1956
graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville,
and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Gravesie service will be 2 p.m. Wed. Feb. l, 2006 at
Oak Cemetery with Dr. Wm. Galbraith of First Presbyterian
Church officiating.
Services are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Assoc, 322 No.
Greenwood, Fort Smith, AR 72901, or a charity of donor's
choice.
To place an online tribute please visit:
www.edwardsfuneralhome.com
She was born in Fort Smith on Nov. 12, 1935. She was
preceded in death by her mother and father, Sidney and
Degan Boyd; and her brother, Robert S. Boyd. She is
survived by her husband, Edward Hill of Dallas; and her
step-children, Dick Hill of Marlborough, N.H. and Carrie
Bailey of Magnolia, Miss; three grandchildren; and a
sister-in-law Pat Boyd Hawkins of Fort Smith,
Sharla was the great-great-granddaughter of Capt. John
Rogers who founded Fort Smith arriving in 1823. She was
a 1952 graduate of Fort Smith Senior High and a 1956
graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville,
and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Gravesie service will be 2 p.m. Wed. Feb. l, 2006 at
Oak Cemetery with Dr. Wm. Galbraith of First Presbyterian
Church officiating.
Services are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Assoc, 322 No.
Greenwood, Fort Smith, AR 72901, or a charity of donor's
choice.
To place an online tribute please visit:
www.edwardsfuneralhome.com
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Recognition for Dan Dobbs' Legal Scholarship
The following paragraphs from the University of Arizona website concerning The Dan B. Dobbs Conference on Tort Law sponsored by the University of Arizona may be of interest to members of the NiftyFifty class:
"Dan B. Dobbs. In five decades of writing, teaching, and practice, Dan B. Dobbs has helped shape the law of torts. He is the author of two leading treatises – The Law of Torts, and The Law of Remedies – and a coauthor of the treatise Prosser & Keeton on Torts. He has guided many casebooks to print, including five editions of Torts and Compensation Systems, the last three with co-author Paul T. Hayden. In addition, he has published more than thirty scholarly articles.
"Along with his prolific scholarship, Professor Dobbs has taken an active role in teaching and service. He has given numerous presentations to judges, lawyers, faculty, and student groups. He also served as a past Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Torts and Remedies sections, and continues to be an active member of the American Law Institute. In 1992, Professor Dobbs was named a Regents Professor of the University of Arizona – the highest academic distinction that the University can bestow.
"Professor Dobbs’ work has influenced both national and international audiences. U.S. courts have cited his books and articles in thousands of cases including nearly one hundred United States Supreme Court opinions. His contributions to the international community include work as an American participant in the European Group on Tort Law – the group charged with harmonizing the tort law of the countries in the European Union. This year he will publish Economic and Dignitary Torts – Business, Commercial and Intangible Harms with co–author Ellen M. Bublick. Breach of Fiduciary Duty March 3–4, 2006 Tucson, Arizona."
The website containing this accolade can be accessed at the following address: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Events/tortsconfdobbs.cfm
"Dan B. Dobbs. In five decades of writing, teaching, and practice, Dan B. Dobbs has helped shape the law of torts. He is the author of two leading treatises – The Law of Torts, and The Law of Remedies – and a coauthor of the treatise Prosser & Keeton on Torts. He has guided many casebooks to print, including five editions of Torts and Compensation Systems, the last three with co-author Paul T. Hayden. In addition, he has published more than thirty scholarly articles.
"Along with his prolific scholarship, Professor Dobbs has taken an active role in teaching and service. He has given numerous presentations to judges, lawyers, faculty, and student groups. He also served as a past Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Torts and Remedies sections, and continues to be an active member of the American Law Institute. In 1992, Professor Dobbs was named a Regents Professor of the University of Arizona – the highest academic distinction that the University can bestow.
"Professor Dobbs’ work has influenced both national and international audiences. U.S. courts have cited his books and articles in thousands of cases including nearly one hundred United States Supreme Court opinions. His contributions to the international community include work as an American participant in the European Group on Tort Law – the group charged with harmonizing the tort law of the countries in the European Union. This year he will publish Economic and Dignitary Torts – Business, Commercial and Intangible Harms with co–author Ellen M. Bublick. Breach of Fiduciary Duty March 3–4, 2006 Tucson, Arizona."
The website containing this accolade can be accessed at the following address: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Events/tortsconfdobbs.cfm
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Barbara Jean Threadgill
Barbara Jean Threadgill, 73, of Alma died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, in a local hospital. She was a bookkeeper for Threadgill Electric.
She is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Threadgill of the home; three daughters, Rebecca Price of Booneville, Betty Pecoraro of Minot, N.D., and Sara Musgrave of Van Buren; two sons, Richard Threadgill of Van Buren and Bobby Threadgill of Fort Smith; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The services will be held privately.
She is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Threadgill of the home; three daughters, Rebecca Price of Booneville, Betty Pecoraro of Minot, N.D., and Sara Musgrave of Van Buren; two sons, Richard Threadgill of Van Buren and Bobby Threadgill of Fort Smith; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The services will be held privately.
Charles R. Staton
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR
Charles Ray Staton, 74, of Hot Springs Village died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at home.
Born June 12, 1931, at Fort Smith To Charlie James & Olar Fay Rainwater Staton. He was a U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran and member of Coronado Baptist Church and NARFE.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth A. Little Staton of Hot Springs Village; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly W. and Mike Santacruz of North Little Rock, Stacy Powell of Springdale and David Powell of Fayetteville; one brother-in-law, Harry Lewis Litttle of Harvey; and two grandchildre, Anastacia Santacruz and Steven Santacruz.
The service was Saturday at Balboa Baptist Church with Pastor Johnny Ross officiating.
Memorials may be made to Coronado Baptist Church Building Fund, PMV 3164501 No. Highway 7 Suite A, Hot SPrings VIllage, AR 7l909
Guest register is a htt;://www.caruth-hale. com.
Charles Ray Staton, 74, of Hot Springs Village died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at home.
Born June 12, 1931, at Fort Smith To Charlie James & Olar Fay Rainwater Staton. He was a U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran and member of Coronado Baptist Church and NARFE.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth A. Little Staton of Hot Springs Village; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly W. and Mike Santacruz of North Little Rock, Stacy Powell of Springdale and David Powell of Fayetteville; one brother-in-law, Harry Lewis Litttle of Harvey; and two grandchildre, Anastacia Santacruz and Steven Santacruz.
The service was Saturday at Balboa Baptist Church with Pastor Johnny Ross officiating.
Memorials may be made to Coronado Baptist Church Building Fund, PMV 3164501 No. Highway 7 Suite A, Hot SPrings VIllage, AR 7l909
Guest register is a htt;://www.caruth-hale. com.
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