Miscellaneous Obituaries 1988, Garland Co, AR Submitted by: Barbara Stainback Date: 12 Aug 2001 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ The Sentinel Record - Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas Tues., Dec. 6, 1988 Page 8-A OBITUARIES DANIEL BECK *********** Daniel Beck, 19, of Hot Springs, died Sun. Dec. 4, 1988. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Caruth Funeral Home. MARY F. CAMPBELL **************** ALEXANDER -- Graveside services for Mary Frances Campbell, 35, of Alexander, who died Fri., Dec. 2, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Jones Cemetery in Amity with the Revs. Freeman Henderson and Rick Hyde officiating. Pallbearers will be Curtis Turner, Sr., Ronald Kennedy, John Simon, Dave Holloway, Raymond Walls, and George Riley. Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home of Glenwood. NANCY E. HORN ************* CADDO GAP -- Nancy Emma Horn, 75, of Caddo Gap, died Mon., Dec. 5, 1988, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Davis Funeral Home of Glenwood. MURLE C. McGrew *************** Murle C. McGrew, 66, of Hot Springs, died Mon., Dec. 5, 1988, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hot Springs Funeral Home. (Interments Crestview highway 70 West) ELRA E. PILCHER *************** MALVERN -- Elra Ervin Pilcher, 80, of Malvern, died Mon., Dec. 5, 1988, at a Malvern hospital. He was a retired automobile mechanic, and a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Hattie Treadaway Pilcher of Malvern; three duaghters, Louella Canada and Hazel Chancellor, both of Malvern and Betty Smoke of russellville; three brothers, Carmie Pilcher and Archie Pilcher, both of Malvern; six sisters, Mitchell Hodges of Midway, Grace Williams and Lucille Mills, both of Antioch, Dorothy Grant of Texas, and Ruth Adney and Ina Wehenkle both of Calif.; and eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wed. at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church will Elders J.C. Lemons and Ronnie Ballard officiating. Burial will be at neighbors Cemetery under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern. RUBY K. PONDER ************** MARION, N.C. -- Ruby Kathy Ponder, 49, of Marion, formerly of Bonnerdale, died Mon., Dec. 5, 1988. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Davis Funeral Home of Glenwood. VIRGIL R. WALKER **************** HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE -- Virgil R. Walker, 82, of Hot Springs Village, died Sat., Nov. 26, 1988, at Ocala, Fla. He was a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Army. He had received a bachelor of science, master of arts, and Ph.D. from the Univ. of Minnesota. From 1946-51 he served as deputy chief and director of education of the Dependent School Division, Headquarters, European Command and received a commendation for meritorious civilian service overseas. He was director of the Educational Statistics Division in the U.S. Office of education and served as educational advisor to the Northern Region in Nigeria under the U.S. Agency for International Development. After retiring from USOE he was professor of Educational Research and Statistics at Bowie State College Graduate School. Survivors include his wife, Kathyrn Walker of Hot Springs Village; a son, Charles Richard Walker of Santa Rosa, Calif.; two daughters, Bonnie C. Michie of Emerald, Wis., and Virginia Spooner, Fountain Valley, Calif.; a step-daughter, Margaret M. Kuhnly of Minneapolis, Minn.; two brothers, Vernon E. Walker of Cape Coral, Fla., and Darrell W. Walker of Ocala, Fla.; and 10 grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews. His body was cremated. Memorials have been designated to the American Heart Association or the charity of your choice.