Obitutaries of: Patricia Soard Lampkin; Claude W. Porter; Mrs. Floy V. Stephens; Mrs. Roberta Aline Fowler; Kenneth "kin" Utley; Ora Mae Gentry; Miss Mary Ann Morgan; Lawrence Patrick Hobby II; Samantha Alexzandria Charles; Mrs. Sara Eunie Roberts, 1997, Conway County, AR. ******************************************************************************** Submitted by: unknown Date: 16 Aug 2001 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************** from unnamed Conway Co. newspaper, 26 Aug & 28 Aug 1997 8/26/97 Patricia Soard Lampkin ********************** Mrs. Patricia Soard Lampkin, 67, of Conway died Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at her residence. Born April 24, 1930, in Oklahoma City, a daughter of Stanley and Juanita Davis Soard, she was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Conway. Survivors are her husband, Bill Lampkin; two sons, William Lampkin of Glendale, Calif., and Richard Lampkin of Pahrump, Nev.; a daughter, Terry Mahan of Conway; a brother, Kenneth Soard of Dalzell, S.C.; a sister, Barbara Kelting of Abernathy, Texas; two grandchildren; and one great-grand- daughter. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home with Dr. ClifFord officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be John Shock, Ronnie Potts, Marc Stiles, O. L. McAllister, Chris Parker and Brandon Potts. Family will receive friends at 3630 Butterfly St. in Conway. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society orto the First Presbyterian Church of Conway building fund. Claude W. Porter **************** Claude W. Porter, 82, of Atkins (Conway County), father of Cola Mae Sloane of Mayflower, died Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at St. Anthony's Hospital in Morrilton. Born Nov. 18, 1914, in Gridley, son of William and Lula Bolton Porter, he did auto-body repair for Walt Bennett Ford and was a member of Mount Zion Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Loraine Dunlap Porter. Other survivors are a son, Wayne Porter of Jerusalem (Conway County); two other daughters, Ola Faye Sumrell of Arizona and Helen Tyron of Alabama; four brothers, Herman Porter, Jodie Porter and Loy Porter, all of Jerusalem, and Raymond Porter of Higden (Cleburne County); four sisters, Clovie Harvell of Jerusalem, Olie Kincannon of Atkins and Nora Walker and Louise Eddy, both of Little Rock; 15 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Zion Church in Jerusalem with the Rev. A. Coffman officiating. Burial will be in Mount ZionCemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve Porter, Johnny Staggs, Darrell Harris, Gentry Massey, Marion Henderson and Jerry Porter. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home. Mrs. Floy V. Stephens ********************* Mrs. Floy V. Stephens, 73, of Conway died Monday (Aug. 25, 1997) at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Born May 19, 1924, in Damascus, daughter of Saint and Josephine Huggins Hensley, she was the widow of Thurman Hendrickson and A. J. Stephens, a homemaker and member of College Avenue Church of the Nazarene. Survivors are two daughters, Pat Oates of Nashville (Howard County) and Judy Grosshans of Louden, Tenn.; a son, Terry Hendrickson of Frisco, Texas; three brothers, Wendell Hensley, Charlie Hensley and Glendon Hensley, all of Conway; a sister, Freda Lemire of Mesa, Ariz.; and three grandchildren. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oak Grove Cemetery with the Rev.Everett Lybarger officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Mrs. Roberta Aline Fowler ************************* Mrs. Roberta Aline Fowler, 79, of Conway died Saturday (Aug. 23, 1997) at Conway Regional Medical Center. Born June 3, 1918, in Malvern, daughter of the late William R. and Louisa Cunningham Sesser, she was the widow of Max E. Fowler, a retired nurse and a Baptist. Survivors are three daughters, Ruth Purdy and Maxine Cazer, both of Conway, and Barbara Shinall of Houston, Texas; a sister, Estelle Lane of Crockett, Texas; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services were this morning at Gilcrist Cemetery with the Rev. Patrick Hancock officiating. Burial was by Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern. Kenneth 'Kin' Utley ******************* Kenneth "Kin" Utley, 59, of Beebe, father of Rickey Utley of Conway, died Monday (Aug. 25, 1997). Born Jan. 16, 1938, at Reedley, Calif., son of Mae Louise Brehem Utley of Cabot and the late Glen Utley, he was the owner of Utley's Fire Apparatus and Thorn Tree Ranch in Beebe. He was a member of the Chuck Wagon Racing Association, a Mason and a member of Order of Eastern Star. Other survivors are his wife, Carolyn tley; a daughter, Tammy Goeke of Mountain Home; two brothers, Bob Utley of Cabotand Damon Utley of Alexander; and one grandchild. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at W. L. Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ora Mae Gentry ******************* Mrs. Ora Mae Heslep Gentry, 91, of North Little Rock died Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997). Born Sept. 18, 1905, in Faulkner County, daughter of LutherDoyle and Sarah Elizabeth Jones Heslep, she was the widow of Elbert Gentry and a Protestant. She was also preceded in death by a daughterand a granddaughter. Survivors are a son, James Carthel Gentry of North Little Rock; four daughters, Laura N. Cole of Little Rock, Ina L. Johnson of Lonoke and Virginia L. Patrick and Dorothy E. Atwood, both of North Little Rock; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and six great- great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at North Little Rock Funeral Home with the Rev. George Mutton officiating. Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery in Faulkner County. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Baptist Hospice, 11900 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, Ark. 72210, or Harmony Cemetery, c/o J. C. Gentry, sextant, 7412 Pontiac Drive, North Little Rock, Ark. 72116. Thursday, August 28, 1997 Miss Mary Ann Morgan ******************** Miss Mary Ann Morgan, 57, of Perryville, a native of Conway, died Tuesday (Aug. 26, 1997) at her home. Born Nov. 16, 1939, daughter of Gwinna Stokes Morgan of Perryville and the late Elvin G. Morgan Sr., she was a Baptist. She is also survived by a brother, Elvin G. Morgan Jr. of Perryville. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway with the Rev. Kenneth Brown and the Rev. Wallace Glover officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Conway. Pallbearers will be Opie Hefner, Bill Threet, Larry Mack, Jeffrey Starks, Dudley Henry and Bill Wright. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 397, Conway, Ark. 72033. Lawrence Patrick Hobby II ************************* Infant Hobby Lawrence Patrick Hobby II, infant son of Lawrence Patrick and Stacy Renae Hindman Hobby of Groton, Conn., died Saturday (Aug. 23, 1997) in Norwich, Conn. Other survivors are his grandparents, Buddy and Wanda Hindman of Vilonia and Phillip and Paula Hobby of Mabelvale; and his great-grandparents, R. F. and Hazel Fountain of Conway, Willie Hindman of Tyronza (Poinsett County) and Vivian Tormey of Boulder Creek, Calif. Graveside services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Vilonia Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Pridmore officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Infant Charles ************** Samantha Alexzandria Charles, 1-month-old daughter of Shane and April Lynne Lawrence Charles of Conway, died Wednesday (Aug. 20, 1997) at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born July 3, 1997, in Conway. Other survivors are her grandparents, Vergil and Tina Lawrence and Donna and Dennis Charles, all of Conway; and great-grandparents, June Potter of Eatonville, Wash., Rachel and Warren Edgmon of Damascus and John and Patricia Charles of Asheville, N.C. Barney community with Bishop Jeff Stokes officiating. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Memorials may be made to Arkansas Children's Hospital. Mrs. Sara Eunie Roberts *********************** Mrs. Sara Eunie Roberts, 77, of Benton, stepmother of Henrietta Finch of Conway, died Tuesday (Aug. 26, 1997) at Rosecare II Nursing Home in Benton. Born July 25, 1920, in Nashville (Howard County), she was the widow of James L. Roberts, a retired nurse at the Benton Services Center and a member of New Prospect Baptist Church in Benton. Other survivors are two sons, James Worley of Hot Springs and Ricky Roberts of Smackover (Union County); three daughters, Frances Pamplin of Monticello, Evelyn Hunter of Yorktown, Texas, and Barbara Fisher of Lonsdale (Garland County); four stepsons, Leroy Roberts of Mountain Home, Clarence Roberts of Sardis (Saline County), Kenneth Roberts of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Lester Roberts of Little Rock; another stepdaughter, Billie Ruth Roberts of Corpus Christi; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several stepgrandchildren. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Ashby Funeral Home in Benton with the Rev. Carl Wright officiating. Burial will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.