Family Files Submitted By
Rita
Stepp Ficht
ficht@eritter.net
SPOKE PLANT PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Eugene D. (
Biggin) Barber, 77, died March 27, 2000, at the John J. Pershing Veterans
Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO.
A native of
Clarksville, he was a son of the late Charles Issac and Stella Mae Stepp
Barber, retired employee of Paul Montgomery Construction Company, a Baptist, an
Army veteran of the Korean War where he received a Purple Heart, Korean Service
Medal and an Oak Leaf Cluster, lifetime member of the Disabled American
Veterans, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Louis Barber and Clinton
Barber.
Survivors
include his widow, Mrs. Alva Asher Barber; two sons and one daughter-in-law,
David Neal and Jeanie Barber of Poplar Bluff, MO, and Donnie Barber of Poplar
Bluff, MO; one daughter, Charlotte Toben of Poplar Bluff, MO; four brothers,
J.C. Barber of Essex, MO., Seaborn Barber of Sikeston, MO., Bob Barber of
Morehouse, MO., and Jerry Barber of Dexter, MO.; one sister, Avis Hupp of
Sikeston, MO.; and four grandchildren, Danielle Barber, Rachel Barber,
Stephanie Barber, and Katherine Barber, all of Poplar Bluff, MO.
Funeral was at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff, MO., with burial in the Cochran Cemetery.
Louis H. Barber
Louis H.
Barber, 75, of Essex, MO., died Wednesday, May 29, 1996, at the Missouri Delta
Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.
He
was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Ike and Stella Mae Stepp Barber,
former resident of Charter Oak, MO., affiliated with the Pentecostal faith, and
was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors
include his widow, Mrs. Juanita Peppers Barber; one son James L. Barber of Gray
Ridge, MO., two daughters, Carolyn Wastbusky of Sikeston, Mo., and Sharon
Benthal of Portageville, MO.,; six brothers: Gerald Barber of Dexter, MO.,
Eugene Barber of Poplar Bluff, Mo., James C. Barber of Essex, MO.,
Seaborn Barber of Sikeston, MO., Bob Barber of Morehouse, MO., and
Clinton Barber of Charter Oak, MO.,; one sister Avis Hupp of Sikeston, MO.; and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday, May 31, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Service Chapel in Dexter, MO., with Rev. Wayne Tribble of Portageville, MO., officiating. Burial was in Essex Cemetery, Essex, MO.
Mrs. Stella Barber
Mrs. Stella
Mae Barber, aged 90, sister of Alda Mullins of Oark, died Nov. 3, 1990, at the
Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.
A native of
Fallsville, she was the daughter of the late James and Rebecca Merrill Stepp,
the widow of C.I. ( Ike ) Barber, and an Arkansas resident until 1936 when she
moved to the Charter Oak community where she resided until her death.
Survivors
include seven sons, Louie Barber and J.C. Barber, both of Essex, MO., Eugene
Barber of Poplar Bluff, MO, Seaborn Jack Barber of Sikeston, MO., Clinton E.
Barber of Catron, MO., Bobby J. Barber of Morehouse, MO., and Gerald L. Barber
of Dexter, MO; one daughter, Avis Hupp of Sikeston, Mo., one other sister,
Odessa Kennedy of Fort Worth, Texas; 19 grandchildren; and 20
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held at 2:p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home
Chapel in Dexter, MO., with Rev. Nathan Green of Sikeston, MO, officiating.
Burial was in Essex cemetery at Essex, MO.
Morgan Brandenburg
Morgan
Brandenburg, 82, of Pettigrew, Arkansas, died August 6, 2000 at Elkins,
Arkansas. He was born November 21, 1917 at Pettigrew, the son of Wilgus and
Lillie Messer Brandenburg. He was a retired farmer and had been an equipment
operator for the Madison County Road and Bridge Department for many years. He
was a Baptist and a veteran of World War Two, serving in the United States
Army. He was a member of Hayes-Smith Post #137, American Legion at Huntsville.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Bert Brandenburg, two sisters, Mrs.
Threcy Haught and Mrs. Alta Vire, and one grandson, Rod Judy.
Survivors
include: his wife of 54 years, Mrs. Ola Stepp Brandenburg of the home, two
sons, Troy Brandenburg of Pettigrew, Arkansas, and Billy Brandenburg of
Fayetteville, Arkansas; three daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Edgmon of Elkins,
Arkansas, Mrs. Jo Ann Laubach of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Mrs. Shirley
Huffman of Springdale, Arkansas; two sisters, Mrs. Pearlie Spears of Prairie
Grove, Arkansas and Mrs. Flora Evans of Pettigrew, Arkansas; eight
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside
services will be held at 2:p.m. Wednesday, August 9, at the Pine Grove Cemetery
near Pettigrew with Rev. Sam Judd officiating. Arrangements are under the
direction of Brashears Funeral Home of Huntsville . Pallbearers will be: David
Laubach, Lance Laubach, Devon Bivens, Virgil Edgmon, Dewayne Edgmon, and Rex
Brandenburg. Honorary pallbearers will be: Larry Finn, Gene Vire, Carson
Brandenburg, and C.N. Watson.
Ola
Brandenburg
Ola Brandenburg, 84, of Pettigrew,
died January 21, 2007, at the Fayetteville City Hospital. She was born May 24,
1922, at Spoke Plant, Arkansas, the daughter of W. A. and Martha Stepp. She was
a homemaker and a Baptist. She was the widow of Morgan Brandenburg, whom she
married on March 3, 1946, and preceded her in death on August 6, 2000. She was
also preceded in death by a brother, James Hoyt Stepp, an infant brother, an
infant sister, one brother-in-law, Gene Williams, and one sister-in-law, Jean
Stepp, and a grandson, Rod Judy.
Survivors include two sons and a
special friend, Troy Brandenburg, and Roberta Johnson of Pettigrew, and Billy
Brandenburg of Fayetteville; three daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Virgil
Edgmon of Elkins, Jo Ann and David Laubach and Shirley and Dennis Singleton, all
of Fayetteville; one brother, William B. Stepp of Huntsville, Al., two sisters
and one brother-in-law, Opal Williams of Hagarville, and Rita and Curtis Ficht
of Kingston; one sister-in-law, Lillie Mae Stepp of Bucyrus, Ohio; eight
grandchildren; two step-grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four
step-great-grandchildren.
Graveside
services were held on Jan. 24 at the Pine Grove Cemetery with Brother Mickey
Evans officiating. Pallbearers were: Sean Taft, Curtis Hannah, Carson
Brandenburg, Devon Bivens, Dennis Singleton, David Laubach, Lance Laubach and Virgil
Edgmon. Arrangements were under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home of
Huntsville. The family received friends on Tuesday at the funeral
home.
Robert Eaton
Robert Eaton, 76, of Pettigrew, died Nov.18 in Huntsville Memorial Hospital. Born June 23, 1905, at Moorehead, N.C., he was the son of Walter S. and Sidney Willis Eaton. He was a farmer.
Survivors
include a son, Vernon Eaton of Reno, Nev., a brother, Daniel Eaton of
Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Dollie Gaskins of New Bern, N.C.; four half
brothers, Sam Eaton of Vero Beach, Fla., Austin Eaton of Bithlow, Fla.,
Clifton Eaton of Temple, Tex., and Bennie Eaton of East Flat Rock, N.C.; a half
sister, Mrs. Anne Renn of Williamston, N.C.; and six grandchildren.
Graveside services were at 2:30 p.m. Monday
at the Piney Grove Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home,
Huntsville.
(Robert (Bob) Eaton was a long time
resident of Spoke Plant." Piney" Grove is actually Pine Grove. The
year of his death was 1981.)
Kate Holland
Kate
Holland of Davenport, Oklahoma passed this life on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at the
age of 85. She was
born November 9, 1922 in Spoke Plant, Arkansas to Wilson and Garnet Clark
Holland. She was a
telephone operator in Davenport and also worked at the drugstore.
She is
preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her brother, Thomas
Holland and his wife Donna, of Davenport, and her sister Ruth Strong and her husband,
Vern, also of Davenport, as well as a host of other family and friends.
Service
was by Browns Funeral Parlor and Undertaking, Luther and Welston, Oklahoma,
with Elder Johnny Miller officiating.
Burial
was in Davenport Cemetery, Davenport, Oklahoma.
Pallbearers
were: Hank Strong, Lucky Miller, Rock Holland, David Holland, Mark Holland and
Jeff Holland. Honorary Pallbearers
were: John Holland and Jason Landren.
Dolly Holland
Mrs.
Dolly Holland, aged 80, of Clarksville died Thursday, Aug. 31, 1989, at
Clarksville Convalescent Home. She
was a Baptist.
She is
survived by four sons, L.D. Holland of Hunt, Mouse Holland of Clarksville,
Lonnie Holland of Ozone, and Opal Holland of Hopkinsville, KY; one daughter,
Jenny Melson of Ozone; three sisters, Tommie Mooney of Clarksville, Nancy
Jackson of Oark, and Geneva Thacker of Napa, Idaho; 17 grandchildren; and 24
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held at 2:p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at Ozone Baptist Church with
Rev. Steve Holland officiating.
Burial
was in Oark Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Pallbearers
were David Melson, Kent Carey, Dale Holland, Johney Holland, Ronnie Holland,
and Kevin Holland.
Submitter's
note:
(Dolly Holland was the daughter of Albert B. Hoskins and Addie Brandenburg Hoskins. She was the widow of Delmar Holland.)
Odessa Kennedy
Mrs. Odessa
Kennedy, 95, of Rogers, died March 19, 2000 at the Eureka Springs Convalescent
Center. She was born January 10, 1905 at Red Star, the daughter of James
Jonathan and Rebecca Merrill Stepp. She was retired from General Dynamics
Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors
include: her daughter and son-in-law, Edna B. and James McDonald of
Rogers, one sister, Mrs. Alda Mullins of Clarksville, three grandsons, Mike
McDonald of Brownfield, Texas, Dennis C. McDonald of Rogers, and Mark McDonald
of Lowell; one granddaughter, Mrs. Patricia McKee of Brussels, Belgium; eight
great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Graveside
services will be held at 1:p.m Thursday, March 23 at Radford-Free Will cemetery
near Red Star with Rev. Odell Davis officiating. Arrangements are under the
direction of Brashears Funeral Home in Huntsville. Pallbearers will be Mike
McDonald, Dennis McDonald, Mark McDonald, Nathan McDonald, Andrew McDonald,
Lester Stuckmeyer, Dwight Stepp and Jim Gudger.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from
5:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Minerva E. Mooney
Minerva
Elizabeth Mooney, 90, of Clarksville died Sunday, July 2, 2006, at Johnson
Regional Medical Center.
She was a member of Cornerstone Full Gospel Church, widow of James H. Mooney,
daughter of the late Wilson Moses and Rachel Holland Wages, and was preceded in
death by one daughter, Shirley Cowan; two sons, Wendell Cowan and Jimmy Cowan;
five brothers; Britt Wages, Albert Wages, John Wages, Charlie Wages, and Spence
Wages; and one sister, Mary Lyons.
Survivors are one son; Lawrence Mooney and wife, Anita, of Knoxville; three
grandchildren, James W. Mooney and wife, Amanda, of Clarksville, Anetta Mooney
of London, and LaDonna Maul and husband, David, of Springdale; and one
great-grandchild, Cassandra Elizabeth Maul.
Funeral
will be at 10: a.m. Wednesday, July 5, at Roller-Cox Funeral Home with burial
in Oakland Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: Everett Turner, Jeff Hunter, Dean Holman, Roger
Ost, Calvin Warren and Don Langdon. Honary pallbearers will be nephews.
Memorials may
be made to Cornerstone Full Gospel Church.
Alda Mullins
Alda
Mullins, 97, of the Patterson Springs community near Oark died Sunday, May 13,
2001, at Countryside Manor Nursing Home.
She was a
daughter of the late James and Rebecca Merrill Stepp, a Baptist, and was
preceded in death by 13 brothers and sisters. *
Survivors
include her husband, Clero Mullins; two daughters, Dew Yates of Oark and Wilma
Tate of Wichita, Kansas; three sons, Herla Mullins of Ozone, Loren Mullins of
Clarksville, and Darious Mullins of Winslow; 11 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren.
Graveside
services and burial were at 10:a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the Pine Grove
Cemetery near Pettigrew with Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Arrangements
were under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Pallbearers
were GaryYates, Herla Mullins Jr., Matt Yates, Mark Yates, Darrell Yates, and
Gerald Sanders.
*( submitter's note--She was preceded in death by 14
brothers and sisters.)
Clero Mullins
Clero
Mullins, 103, of Patterson Springs, died Tuesday, Aug. 29,( 2006 ) at Johnson
Regional Medical Center. He was born
July 27, 1903, in Spoke Plant to
the late William and Onnie( Leona ) Acord Mullins. He lived on a farm near Oark
and was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Alda
Stepp Mullins; one daughter, Dew Yates; and one grandson, Dr. David Mullins.
He is survived by one daughter, Wilma Tate of Wichita; three sons: Herla
Mullins of Ozone, Loren Mullins of Clarksville, and Darious Mullins of Winslow;
ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great grandchildren.
Services were held at Pine Grove Cemetery near Pettigrew with Rev.Amos Pledger
officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Junior Mullins, Gerald Sanders, Gary Yates, Darrell Tate,
David Heng, and Josh Freeman.
(Items in
parenthesis were inserted by Submitter.)
Lloyd L. Newman
Lloyd L.
Newman, 73, of Dutton, died January 23, 1999 at his home. He was born October
2, 1925 at Boston, the son of John Robert and Rosa Patrick Newman. He was a
retired heavy equipment operator for the Madison County Road and Bridge
Department and a Baptist. He was a member of Mulberry Lodge #272, Free and
Accepted Masons at Oark, a member of Huntsville Chapter #154, Royal Arch Masons
at Huntsville and a member of Kingston Lodge #116, Independent Order of
Oddfellows at Kingston. He was preceeded in death by two sons.
Survivors
include: his wife of 53 years, Mrs. Bessie Mason Newman of the home; one son,
Roger L. Newman of Pettigrew; three daughters, Mrs. Janie J. Braswell of
Prairie Grove, Mrs. Wanda L. Underwood of Fresno, California and Mrs. Brenda K.
Patterson of Springdale; one brother, Cleadies Newman of Crescent City, California;
three sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee Hankins of Oregon House, California, Mrs. Lois Cox
of Neosho, Missouri and Mrs. Ruth Perry of Joplin, Missouri; ten grandchildren
and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, at the Pine
Grove Cemetery with Rev. Dean Baker officiating. Arrangements were under the
direction of Brashears Funeral Home of Huntsville. Masonic graveside rites were
by Mulberry Lodge #272, Free and Accepted Masons of Oark. Pallbearers were Alan
Newman, Daniel Engel, Mike Turner, Rex Brandenburg, Chad Dickey and Randy
Burnett.
Amelia
Holland Phillips
Amelia Holland Phillips, 91, died June 7,
1983, at her home in Oark. She was the daughter of Squire Holland and Minerva
Napier Holland. She was born in Clay County, Kentucky, March 24, 1892 and came
to Ark. as a small child. Except for a few harvest seasons of working in
Calif., she lived in Madison and Johnson counties all her life. Her
husband, Frank Phillips, preceded her in death in 1980.
She had no children and is survived by the
following nieces and nephews: Wesley Phillips, Oark, Opal Williams, Hagerville,
Ola Brandenburg, Pettigrew, Hoyt Stepp, Bucyrus, Ohio, William Stepp,
Huntsville, Ala., Rita Ficht, Kingston, Eddie Jean Phillips, Cherry Valley,
Calif., Lorene Waters, Calif., Art Holland, La., Ester Lamb, Ohio, Ermil
McGuire, Ohio, Edward McGuire, Ohio, Ollie Byrd, Dayton, Ohio, Amelia McGuire,
Ohio, and Martha McGuire, Ohio.
Funeral arrangements were by Hardwicke Funeral Home. The service was conducted
by the Rev. L. W. Massengill.
Pallbearers
were Bruce Williams, Billy Higgins, Kendall Dixon, Doug Strubel, Clarence
Higgins and Bill Shaffer. Burial was in Oark cemetery on June 11, 1983.
Cloma Jean Snodgrass
Cloma
Jean Snodgrass, 66, of Springdale, died
July 19, 2001 at her home. She was a
daughter of the late John and Elzada
Griffith Acord, long- time needle
craft exhibitor, member of the Extension Homakers club, and Sonora Baptist
Church, Sunday school teacher, and
supporter of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
Survivors
include her husband, Elmer Snodgrass; two sons and daughters-in-law: Tom and
Victoria Ellis and Bob and Roberta Ellis; all of Reno, Nevada; one sister and
brother-in-law, Johnnie and Olen Yarbrough of Clarksville, Arkansas; two
brothers and sisters-in-law, Benny and Maudie Acord of Oark, Arkansas, and Bob
and Shirley Acord of Farmington, Arkansas; and three grandchildren: Rolando
Ellis, Amanda Jean Ellis, and Ashley Marie Ellis.
Funeral was at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Roller-Cox Chapel with Rev. Danny Williams officiating. Burial was in Oark cemetery.
Pallbearers
were: Tom Ellis, Alan Acord, Gary Yarbrough, Richard Yarbrough, Bob Ellis and
David Yarbrough.
Charles Stepp
Charles
Stepp, 66, of Elkins, AR died Jan. 3, 2001 at his home.He was born Jan. 13, 1934,
in Spoke Plant to Jubal and Rachel Bohannon Stepp. He was an Army veteran of
the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Connie Stepp, of the home; two sisters, Fawn Newton
of California, and Fern Williams of Lincoln; his mother of Pettigrew.
Services will be 1: p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at Beard's Funeral Chapel in
Fayetteville with Lacy Randall officiating. Burial will be in Ledbetter
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Beard's.
(Pallbearers
were Ray Lacy, Bryan Williams, Joe Simco, Michael Williams, Kenny Reed and Tom
McBroom. Honarary pallbearers were Kenneth Harriman, Glen Harriman, and
Paul Williams.)
Most
people knew Charles by the nickname " Joe".
E. W. Stepp Dies Here
Eustus Worth Stepp, 64 year old Adair
County farmer, died Wednesday, March 8 in the Stilwell Memorial Hospital.
Stepp, born October 18, 1913, is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Luvicy Stepp of the home on Route 1 Stilwell; two brothers,
N. M. Stepp and Jubal Stepp, both of Pettigrew, Ark.; six sisters: Stella
Barber, Catron, Mo., Pearl Newman and Odessa ( Kennedy), both of Arkansas, Alda
Mullins, Clarksville, Ark., Ora, California, and Cora Clark, Fayetteville, Ark,
and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Saturday in the Roberts
Funeral Chapel with Bro. Danny Buzzard officiating. Interment was in the
Stilwell cemetery.
James J. Stepp
James
J. Stepp, 93, of the Pettigrew community died at his home Sunday (July 22,
1963). He was born May 28, 1870 in Henderson county, North Carolina, the
son of William Stepp and Arminta Newman Stepp.
He is survived by three sons, Newell Stepp and Jubal Stepp of Pettigrew
and Eustus Stepp of Stilwell, Ok; six daughters, Pearl Newman of Nashville,
Ark., Stella Barber of Catron, Mo., Ora Dubak of Fresno, Calif., Cora
Clark of Springdale, Ark., Alda Mullins of Oark, Ark., and Odessa Medlen of Ft.
Worth, Texas, and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:p.m. at the Free Will cemetery with
Rev. Harrison Collins conducting. Arrangements were by Brashears Funeral Home.
(He was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca M. Merrill Stepp, and two sons,
William Abner Stepp and Robert Edgar Stepp.)
Jubal Early Stepp
Jubal Early Stepp, 80, of Pettigrew, died Wednesday, March
23, 1988 in a Huntsville hospital. Born December 28, 1907, at Spoke
Plant, the son of James J. and Rebecca Merrill Stepp, he was a farmer and
member of The Church Of Christ.
Survivors are his wife, Rachel Bohannon Stepp of the home, a
son Charles L. Stepp of Elkins; two daughters, Fern Williams of Lincoln, and
Fawn Newton of Torrance, Calif; four sisters, Stella Barber of Sikeston, Mo,
Cora Clark of Fayetteville, Alda Mullins of Oark and Odessa Kennedy of Fort
Worth, Texas; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. March 26, at the
Freewill Cemetery near Red Star, under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home.
( Pallbearers were:Kenny Haught, Arthur Haught, Kenny Reed, Art Stepp, Newell Stepp, Jr., and Dwight Stepp. Rev. Otto Bennett conducted the service.)
Julie Nell Stepp NEW 02/05/10
Julie
Nell Stepp, 30, of Dardanelle, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Fayetteville.
She was
preceded in death by grandparents, Roger Adamson and Newell and Zula Stepp.
Survivors
include her parents, Adelaide Adamson of Fayetteville and Artist Stepp of Pettigrew;
two sisters,
Debra Conard of Cabot and Alyson Thornton of Sun Prairie, Wis;
three brothers, Danny Stepp of Conway, David Stepp
of Little Rock, and Adam
Brown of Fort Worth, Texas; and grandmother, Billie Adamson of Brenham, Texas.
Graveside
services and burial were at 10:A.M. Friday, July 25, at Evans Cemetery on
Little Mulberry Creek with
Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Arrangements were
under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
Paul McNeese; aunts and uncles, Newell (Tooter) and Roma Stepp, Dwight and Peggy Stepp, Roland and Judy Adamson,
and Merle and Willard Denzer.
Mrs. Martha Stepp
Mrs. Martha Stepp, age 76, of Pettigrew, Arkansas, died
August 15 ( 1971) in the Ozark Nursing Home, after a lengthy illness. She
was the widow of the late W.A. Stepp.
Mrs. Stepp is survived by her three daughters: Mrs. Opal
Williams of Hagerville, Ark., Mrs. Ola Brandenburg of Pettigrew, Ark., and Mrs.
Rita Hawkins of Hindsville, Ark.; and two sons, Hoyt, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and
William, of Huntsville, Alabama; nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren,
and her sister, Mrs. Amelia Phillips of Pettigrew, Ark.
Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery August 17 under the
direction of Cox Funeral Home. Services were conducted by Rev. C.W. Melson of
Clarksville.
Pallbearers were her grandsons: Donald Williams, Bruce
Williams, Troy Brandenburg, and Bill Brandenburg, and her nephews: Art Stepp
and N.M. Stepp, Jr.
Rachel Stepp NEW 02/05/10
Rachel
Stepp, 93, of Pettigrew, Arkansas, died September 9, 2009 at the Fayetteville
Health and Rehabilitation
Center. She was born October 26, 1915 at Tecumseh,
Oklahoma, the daughter of Jobe and Lizza Brison Bohannon.
She was a
homemaker and a member of the New Home Church of Christ. She was the widow of
Jubal Stepp and
was preceded in death by one son, Charles "Joe"
Stepp, one son-in-law, Ivan Williams, two brothers, Henry Bohannon
and Robert
Bohannon, one sister, Annie Bohannon and one grandson, Ronnie Stepp. She loved
gardening and sharing
her " Rachel bean" seeds with family and
friends. She liked quilting and making her great apple pies to share. She is
loved by family and many friends and will be greatly missed.
Survivors
include: two daughters and one son-in-law, Fern Williams of Lincoln, Arkansas
and Fawn and Troy Newton
of Torrance, California; one daughter-in-law, Connie
Williams Stepp of Elkins, Arkansas, five grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren
and two great-great grandchildren.
with Larry Johnson, Minister officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be: Allen Newton, John Newton, Gregory
McCollum, Jr., Kenny Reed, Kyle Reed and Kory Reed. The family will receive family and friends from 5:00 P.M. to
7:00 P.M. on Friday at the funeral home.
William A. Stepp
William
A. Stepp, 63, died Tuesday morning, March 5, ( 1957) at his home near Pettigrew
after an extended illness. He was a resident of the Spoke Plant community for
30 years and was a retired postmaster and merchant. He was born Jan. 14, 1894
near Fallsville, Ark., the son of James J. and the late Rebecca Stepp. He is
survived by his wife, Martha Holland Stepp; three daughters, Mrs. Opal
Williams, Mrs. Ola Brandenburg, and Mrs. Rita Eaton, all of Pettigrew: two
sons, Hoyt Stepp of Bucyrus, Ohio, and William B. Stepp of Pettigrew; three
brothers, Newell and Jubal of Pettigrew, and Eustus, of Stilwell, Okla.; his
father, J.J. Stepp of Pettigrew; six sisters, Mrs. Pearl Newman of Mineral
Springs, Ark., Mrs. Stella Barber of Catron, Mo., Mrs. Ora Wilson of Calif.,
Mrs. Cora Clark of Springdale, Ark., Mrs. Alda Mullins of Oark, Ark., and Mrs.
Odessa Cobb of Fort Worth, Tex. and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Melson of Oark, Ark., at Tassey (
now known as Pine Grove ) cemetery at 2:30 p.m. March 7. Arrangements were by
Cox Funeral Home of Clarksville.
Pallbearers were: Art Hunter, R. L. ( Rufe) Reed, Joe Anderson, Banner
Stepp, Clero Mullins and Dinky Vaught.
Dew Yates
Dew Yates,
82, of Oark died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
She
was a daughter of the late Alda Stepp Mullins, a Baptist, and was
preceded in death by one son, Brian Yates.
Survivors
include her husband, Herla Yates; one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Carolyn
Yates of Oark; father, Clero Mullins of Clarksville; one sister, Wilma Tate of
Wichita, Kansas; three brothers, Loren Mullins of Clarksville, Herla Mullins of
Ozone, and Darious Mullins of Winslow; and two grandchildren, Mark Yates of
Pine Bluff and Matt Yates of Russelville.
Graveside services and burial were at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
6, at the Yale Cemetery with Rev. Amos Pledger officiating. Arrangements were
under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home.
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