Obituary of Thomas Wylie Starks, Grant Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Jackie Dill Date: 2 Aug 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Thomas Wylie Starks Thomas Wylie Starks, Sr., 92, of Carthage, Ark. died Aug. 21, 2001, at Carthage. He was born March 12, 1907, in Carthage to the late Jim Starks and Martha Wylie Starks. He was a retired grocery and service station owner in Carthage and a member of Carthage Presbyterian Church. He served 40 years on the Carthage City Council. Survivors are his wife: Marie House Starks of Carthage; two sons: Thomas Wylie Starks, Jr. of Sheridan and Ernest Starks of Carthage; one daughter: Mary Overton of Carthage; one sister: Elliot Toler of Malvern; six grandchildren 10 great-grandchildren. Services were held at the Benton Funeral Home Chapel in Fordyce at 10 a.m. on Aug. 24 with the Rev. Jim Conard officiating. Burial was in Hampton Springs Cemetery in Carthage by Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Memorial may be made to the Carthage Presbyterian Church or to Alzheimer's Research.