Obituaries

Obituaries

• OTHA SPENCER

  Otha Cleo Spencer passed away peacefully on a Friday morning, June 1, 2012, at Briarcliff Health Center in Greenville — wearing his ever-favorite World War II cap, proudly decorated with his 65-year Masonic pin.

  June 7, 2012

• WALTER COBLE

  Walter Monroe Coble was born Feb. 8, 1922, to Bertha Suttle Coble and James Adam Coble in Plant City, Fla., and died May 23, 2012, in Olympia, Wash.

  May 31, 2012

• RALPH ABERNATHY

  Ralph Lane Abernathy, 79, of Campbell passed away May 15, 2012, at his daughter’s residence in Dallas. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m.  Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Commerce with Rev. Mary Alice Lyman officiating. Interment will follow at Brigham Cemetery near Campbell. Coker-Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  May 18, 2012

• DR. KENNETH EDGAR SHEPPARD JR.

  Dr. Kenneth Edgar Sheppard Jr. (aka Busty, Bubba, Dad, Doc, Maverick) was born Feb. 11, 1935, in the English Community near Clarksville, Red River County to Kenneth Edgar Sheppard Sr. and Ella Kathleen Storey Sheppard.

  May 18, 2012

• JAMES RIFFLE

  James H. Riffle, 88, of Commerce passed away May 6, 2012, in Commerce.
  James was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Ward, Ark. to Lillie Mae Lyons and John Daniel Boone Riffle. On May 14, 1954, he married Lillian Fulfer in Commerce. He was a self-employed mechanic.

  May 10, 2012

• MARY GRIFFIN

  DE QUEEN, Ark. – Mary Melinda Margaret Simon Griffin, formerly of Commerce, died April 20, 2012, in De Queen, Ark.
  Mrs. Griffin was born Jan. 6, 1925, in Bellvue Hospital in New York City, the third of six children born to Newfoundland parents William  and Elizabeth Simon.

  April 30, 2012

• OMA THOMAS

  Funeral services for Oma Greaves Thomas, 97, of Cumby, are at 2 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Commerce with Rev. Valarie Englert and Rev. Marc Corazao officiating. Interment follows at Mt. Zion Cemetery.

  April 20, 2012

• JESSIE MCKENZIE

  Jessie Mae McKenzie, 73, of Commerce passed away April 13, 2012, at her home.
  Memorial services will be held in Stamps, Ark.

  April 20, 2012

• BUDDY NIX

  Buddy (J.H.) Nix Jr., 85, of Greenville passed away April 12, 2012, at Hunt Regional Medical Center. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m., April 15, in the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Mr. Randy Daw officiating.

  April 20, 2012

• DALE REX

  Dale Rex, 79, of Ladonia passed away April 9, 2012, in Dallas.
  Dale was born in Commerce on March 2, 1933, to Willie Johnnie and Tinia Byers Whitefield  Rex. Dale loved riding back roads and watching deer.

  April 13, 2012

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