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Mattie Lee Kelley
October 14, 1922 - November 18, 2001
Mattie Lee Kelley, 79, of 3115 Donaldson Lane, White Hall, died Sunday, November 18, 2001, at Trinity Village Medical Center. Mrs. Kelley was born October 14, 1922, in Rowell, Arkansas to the late Ernest and Eunice Vinson Roberts.
Mrs. Kelley moved to Pine Bluff with her parents as an infant. She was reared and eduated in Pine Bluff, where she attended Pine Bluff High School. On June 4, 1939, she married J.D. Kelley in Pine Bluff.
Mrs. Kelley was employed at the National Bank of Commerce ( now Bank of America ) for 28 years. She retired in 1984, as a Transit Clerk.
She was a member of Hawley Memorial United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Tennie Ella Sunday School Class, and the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the American Association of Retired Persons. Mrs. Kelley enjoyed reading and gardening.
Her survivors include a son, William E. "Bill" Kelley of Heber Springs, Arkansas, daughter, Barbara Kelley Jones of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, J.D. Kelley, who died December 7, 1991, and a brother, Bob Roberts.
Funeral Service will be Tuesday, November 20, 2001, 3:30 P.M., at Robinson's Chapel, with the Reverend Mark Ashcraft officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be a visitation, Tuesday, 2:30 P.M until service time, at Robinson's.
The family has requested that memorials take the form of contributions to Hawley Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 991, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71613.
Bess Mae ( Bessie ) Calloway
June 24, 1918 - August 05, 2003
Bess M. Calloway, 85, a resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, August 5, 2003, in Shawnee Skilled Nursing Center.
Born June 24, 1918, in Pine Bluff, she was a daughter of Mack Thomas and Mary Belle Stevens Whittle.
Mrs. Calloway was reared and received her early education in Pine Bluff. She was a 1937 graduate of Pine Bluff High School. She was a manager for the Kroger grocery store in Pine Bluff for five years, having the distinction of being the first female manager of a Kroger store in Arkansas.
Mrs. Calloway married James Miller "Bud" Calloway in Pine Bluff on September 20, 1947.She and her husband owned and operated the Floor Craft store in Pine Bluff for many years. Mrs. Calloway was a long time member of the Central Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff.
Mrs. Calloway was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years James Miller "Bud" Calloway.
Survivors include; her daughter, Melissa Calloway Meason of Shawnee, Oklahoma; one granddaughter and one grandson.
Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, August 8, 2003, in Memorial Park Cemetery
with Brother Jimmy Watson officiating. Burial will be by Ralph Robinson & Son. The visitation will be from 6-8:00 PM Thursday, August 7, 2003, at Ralph Robinson & Son. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society PO Box 6635 Pine Bluff, AR. 71611.
Walton Daniel Purdy
September 24, 1918 - September 23, 2001
Walton Daniel Purdy, 82, of Springdale, Arkansas, longtime Pine Bluff resident, died Sunday, September 23, 2001, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale.
Born September 24, 1918, in Dewitt, Arkansas, a son of the late Louis and Nora Wilson Purdy. Mr. Purdy was reared in Arkansas County near Dewitt. He served in the United States Army from 1942 through 1944, working as a medic in World War II.
After moving to Pine Bluff, he worked for Central Transformer (Central Moloney) for 33 years before retiring. He was a Baptist by faith.
Survivors include Dave Purdy and Monta Purdy of Springdale, son and daughter-in-law; Melissa and Joseph Purdy of Whittier, California, granddaughter and grandson, Shannon Purdy of England, Arkansas, brother; and Mildred and John Waller of Quitman, Arkasnas, sister and brother-in-law.
Services will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson & Son with Reverend Howard Loetscher officiating. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery
in Pine Bluff. . Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Robinson's (870-534-3131)..
Clifton Gene ( Cliff ) Threlkeld
September 27, 1941 - November 19, 2001
Clifton Gene "Cliff" Threlkeld, 60, of 7706 Eagle Cove, Pine Bluff, died Monday, November 19, 2001 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Threlkeld was born September 27, 1941 in Cleveland County to the late Clifton George and Marie Kimbrell Threlkeld. He was reared and educated in Pine Bluff where he graduated from Dollarway High School. Mr. Threlkeld married the former Cathy Sneed on March 2, 1985 in Pine Bluff.
He was the owner-operator of Handy Mart on Highway 79 South before retiring November 1, 2000. Mr. Threlkeld attended Watson Chapel Baptist Church. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Mr. Threlkeld is survived by his wife; Cathy Sneed Threlkeld of Pine Bluff, son; Terry Maurice Threlkeld of Pine Bluff, daughter; Tonya Louann Samuel of Pine Bluff, stepsons; Dale Norton of Pine Bluff, David Norton of Pine Bluff, sisters; Pat Moore of Pine Bluff, Doris Thrower of Pine Bluff and five grandchildren.
Visitation, Wednesday 6 to 8 PM at Ralph Robinson's. Service, 10:00 AM, Friday, November 23, 2001 in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son with Reverend John Hagan officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Pine Bluff.
The family ask that memorials take the form of contributions to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, PO Box 78342, Phoenix, AZ, 85062-8342.
Alvin Crowe
August 02, 1913 - August 22, 2003
Alvin Crowe, 90, of Pine Bluff died Friday, August 22, 2003, at Trinity Village Medical Center.
. He was born August 2, 1913 in Wopello, Iowa, to Glenn H. and Gertrude May Aby Crowe.
He was reared and received his early education in Iowa, graduating from Birmingham High School. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II.
He worked as a mechanic for John Deere Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa for 32 years, retiring in 1971, and moved to Pine Bluff that year.
He was a member of South Side Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three wives, Marie Wood Crowe, Margaret Crowe and Hazel Edwards Schull Crowe, and a brother, Albert Crowe and a sister, Hazel Canny.
He is survived by a son, Gene Crowe of Pacific Palisades, California, two brothers, Robert Crowe of Illinois, Warren Crowe of Boulder, Colorado, one sister, Frances Coffin of Fairfield, Iowa, one grandson, four great-grandchildren, two step-sons, Eddie Schull of Pine Bluff and Jerry Schull of Jonesboro, 3 step-grandchildren and 6 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son, with Reverend Dick Couch officating. Burial will be private.
Memorials may be made to South Side Baptist Church, 2309 Poplar, Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Carl Emmit Douthit
September 30, 1915 - August 30, 2003
Carl Emmit Douthit, 87 of Lonoke, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, at Golden Years Manor. He was born September 30, 1915 in Gravelly, Arkansas to Clyde Earl and Beulah Yates Douthit.
He was reared and educated in Gravelly where he attended school through the ninth grade only. Mr. Douthit married Lois Hunnicutt on April 21, 1941 in Gravelly.
Mr. Douthit was an extremely successful investor and salesman. He traveled for the Conwood Corporation, formerly the Garrett Snuff Company on rural gravel roads in an automobile without air conditioning and power steering. He always carried a thermos jug of ice water and kept Vienna sausage and a tube of saltine crackers in the pocket of his car. He often said that he got his education in the lobbies of hotels listening to the advice of the older "traveling men" and the pleasure of his job diminished with the demise of the hotel.
Emmit's occupational career meant leaving his wife and daughter for weeks at a time but the job paid good wages for the economic times. He was a true "company Man" and never changed jobs. He instilled the same self-discipline (to never be a quitter) in his daughter, Peggy.
He retired in 1978, after 34 years as a salesman. During the years, 1944 to 1968 they lived in Russellville. They moved to Pine Bluff in 1968.
An elder in the 5th and Greenwich Church of Christ in Russellville, the congregation and it's work and activities were vital to his life. This philosophy continued when he and his wife placed membership in the Hazel Street Church of Christ in Pine Bluff and the Carlisle Church of Christ. He taught an adult Sunday school class for many years.
He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masonry, United Commercial Travelers and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
C. E. Douthit loved Coca-Cola and called it such. It was never a coke to daddy, his daughter Peggy remembers. To the end he insisted that he be dressed in a shirt and pants with his shoes on. Having lived through the depression, he was forever afraid that someone would steal his shoes.
A salesman from an era of business dressing, he refused to wear any kind of sweatshirt or athletic apparel. He vowed he would not walk around looking like he had pajamas on.
Peggy remarks, "to this southern girl - there will never be anyone like my daddy."
Mr. Douthit is preceded in death by his parents, Clyde Earl and Beulah Yates Douthit and a brother, Loyd Douthit.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Hunnicutt Douthit of Carlisle; daughter, Peggy Dowdy and husband, James of Carlisle; brother, Floyd Douthit of Fort Smith; grandsons, Garrett Dowdy and wife, Ellen of Nixa, Missouri, Dustin Dowdy and wife, Teffany of Roswell, Georgia; great-grandchildren, Chris, Taylor and Alex Dowdy of Nixa, Missouri; nieces, Doris Stokes and husband Bill, Anna Holley and husband John all of Fort Smith.
Services are 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Nola Church of Christ, in Nola, (Scott County) with Dr. Bob Dunaway officiating.
Burial by Ralph Robinson and Son in Parks Cemetery
at Gravelly, Arkansas (Yell County).
Memorials may be made to Lonoke Council on Aging, 315 East Park, Carlisle, Arkansas 72024 or Carlisle Church of Christ, P.O. Box 245, Carlisle, Arkansas, 72024 or Palm Street Church of Christ 115 West Palm Street, Lonoke, Arkansas, 72086.
Rick Purnell
July 09, 1955 - November 21, 2001
Rick Purnell, 46, owner-operator of McCurdy's Liquor Store, died at his home in White Hall Wednesday, November 21, 2001. Mr. Purnell was born July 9, 1955, in Ft. Worth, Texas, the son of the late Russell Earl and Nancy Jean Anderson Purnell.
He was reared and received his education in Huntington Beach, California and was a graduate of Edison High School there. He was also a graduate of Orange County Junior College and he attended and played football for the University of California at Berkley.
He had been a former resident of San Francisco before moving to Pine Bluff in 1989. He became the owner-operator of McCurdy's Liquor Store in 1991.
Mr. Purnell was a devoted father, an avid sportsman and a member of Lakeside United Methodist Church.
Mr. Purnell is survived by his wife, Stacy Gail Milum Purnell, whom he married March 7, 1992; one daughter, Nancy Gail Purnell of the home; two brothers, Russ Purnell of Baltimore, Maryland, Rob Purnell of Yorba Linda, California; one sister, Kim Alexander of Atlanta, Georgia.
A Memorial service will Monday, November 26, 2001, in the Chapel at Lakeside United Methodist Church with Reverend Mary Susan Hilliard and Reverend Ted DeWeese officiating.
Memorial may take the form of contributions to Arkansas Children's Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72203.
