The Phillips County Progress, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

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Saturday & Sunday, June 17 & 18, 1995

Obituaries Page 3

MARK A. HARDY
Funeral service for Mark Allen Hardy of West Helena was conducted Wednesday 
morning, June 14, at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gene Bates 
officiated. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mr. Hardy, 29, died June 11, 1995, at his parents’ home near Barton. He was a 
native of Watervliet, Michigan, night sergeant at the East Arkansas 
Correctional Facility at Brickeys, a graduate of Barton High School. and a Navy 
veteran.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Peter Hardy of Barton; a sister, 
Mrs. Debbie Lowe of Hartford, Michigan; and two brothers, Jeffrey Hardy of 
Chicago and Timothy Hardy of Pennefield, Kentucky.
Pallbearers were James Dunavan, Sean Clancy, Jason Fong, Jeff Smith, John Ladd 
Jr., Steven Williams, Kurt Miles, and Johnny White.
Honorary pallbearers were Chip Dunlap, Captain Fred Brown, Officer Terry 
Wheeler, Lieutenant Max Dixon, Officer Ricky Thorne, Lieutenant Steve McGehee, 
Sergeant Jessie Still, Sergeant Abraham Woodard, Sergeant Leslie Dover, Officer 
Michael Padgett, and Sergeant Cleon Brown.


MRS. MILLIE JONES
Funeral service for Mrs. Millie Jones of West Helena was conducted Thursday 
morning, June 15, at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home Chapel. V. O. Snyder 
officiated. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mrs. Jones, 77, died Monday, June 12, 1995, at Helena Regional Medical Center. 
She was a retired employee of Bobbie Brooks Garment Company; a member of the 
Seventh Day Adventist Church, and a native of Cherry Valley. She had served as 
head deaconess and treasurer of the Seventh Day Adventist Church since 1962.
Pallbearers were Roy Reynolds, Howard Waddell, Joe Tom Cunningham, Ernest 
Cunningham, Buddy Grant and Sam Brocato.
The family request memorials to be sent to the Seventh Day Adventist Church.


MRS. ELVIE NEW
Funeral services for Mrs. Elvie Doris Dickey New of Hughes was conducted Friday 
afternoon, June 16, at the First Baptist Church of Hughes. Rev. Carroll Evans 
officiated. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Park. Services were arranged by 
Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Helena.
Mrs. New, 82, died Tuesday, June 13, 1995, at Crestpark Nursing Home in Forrest 
City. She was member of the First Baptist Church of Hughes.
Survivors include her husband, Fred New of Hughes; one son, Wayne New of 
Natchitoches, Louisiana; five daughters, Katherine Eddleman of Aubry, Betty 
Goodman of Cleveland, Mississippi; Rose Ann Thomas of Poplar Grove; Glenda 
Eversmeyer of Jackson, Mississippi; Linda Braden of Combine, Texas. She was 
preceded in death by son Fred New, Jr.
Pallbearers were by grandsons.