Obituary abstracts from The Sentinel-Record, Garland County, Arkansas *********************************************** Submitted by: Barbara Stainback Date: 12 Mar 2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** The Sentinel-Record, Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas OBITUARIES Friday, June 12, 1992 Page 6A CATHY A. E. BENNETT ******************* GALVESTON, TEXAS -- Cathy Ann Ellis Bennett, 41 of Galveston, Texas, died Tuesday, June 9, 1992, at her home. She was born Jan. 21, 1951, in Tampa, Florida. She was a member of the Christian Church, faculty of National Criminal Defense College since 1976, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and an honorary member of Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She worked on such well-known cases as the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, the John De Lorean case and the Howard Hughes will case. Survivors include her husband, Robert B. Hirschorn of Galveston: her parents, Glenn and Jimmie Ellis of Hot Springs; one sister, Rebecca Ellis Christy of Dallas; one brother, William Glenn Ellis of Houston; one sister-in-law, Gail Ellis of Houston; one stepson, Matthew Hirschorn of Arvada, Colorado; one niece, Vanessa Ellis of Houston; and one nephew, Christopher Ellis of Houston. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sundy at Latimer Funeral Home Chapel in Nashville. Burial will be in Unity Cemetery near Nashville under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. at Rothko Chapel in Houston. Memorials may be made to the National Criminal Defense College, Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia; or to Our Daily Bread in Galveston. RUTH KINSEY BRYANT ****************** STORY -- Ruth Kinsey Bryant, 78, of Story, died Wednesday, June 10, 1992 at a local hospital. She was a member of Refuge Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Burl Bryant of Story; one brother, Oscar Kinsey of Fannie; and one sister, Ruby Lamb of Hot Springs. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. Ron Nease officiating. Thornton Funeral Home in Mount Ida is in charge of arrnagements. JOHN H. COOKE SR. ***************** TERRELL, TEXAS -- John Henry Cooke Sr., 73, of Terrell, Texas, died Sunday, June 7, 1992, in a Dallas hospital. Formerly a resident of Hot Springs, he was born July 31, 1918, in Yukon, Oklahoma, to the late David Lee Cooke and Essie Coleman Cooke. He was a rancher and a member of Grace Temple Baptist Church in Terrell. Survivors include his wife, Louise Noles Cooke of Terrell; one son, John H. Cooke, Jr. of Terrell; one daughter, Brenda Ferrell of Terrell; one sister, Kathryn Cooke of Dallas; two sisters-in-law, Lillian Hart of Hot Springs and Sammie Lois Patton of Benton; two brothers-in-law, James M. Hart of Hot Springs and William E. Patton of Benton; and five grandchildren. Services were Tuesday at Anderson Clayton Funeral Home. He was buried in Oakland Memorial Park in Terrell. MYRTLE B. ELKINS **************** KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON -- Myrtle B. Elkins, 79, died Thursday, June 11, 1992, in Cabot. Formerly of Malvern, she was born Feb. 19, 1913, in Calhoun County to David M. Rowland and Mary Tucker Rowland. She was a homemaker and affiliated with the Assembly of God Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Elkins. Survivors include two sisters, Mae Taylor and Mable Gardiner, both of Malvern; and nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Cooper Cemetery in Hot Springs County under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Services Inc. HENRY L. HAMPTON **************** Henry Levi Hampton, 88, of Hot Springs died Wednesday, June 10, 1992, in Hot Springs. He was a former owner of Mini-Mart on Park Avenue and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Survivors include his wife, Viola Hampton; three sons, H. Glenn Hampton of West Valley, Utah, Keith Baker of New Albany, Mississippi, and Kenneth Baker of Searcy; two daughters, LaVonne Redhair of West Valley, Utah, and Kathy Parker of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; one brother, William H. Hampton Jr., of Monticello; one sister, Syble McCollum of Hot Springs; 20 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Gross Funeral Home Chapel with the Bishop Charles Byers and Elder Mike Hale officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Visitation is from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. ROY F. RICHARDSON ***************** Graveside services for Roy Ferry Richardson, 81, of Hot Springs who died Tuesday, June 9, 1992, are at 10 a.m. today in National Cemetery in Little Rock. Honorary pallbearers are Augie Myers and Charles Garrett. Memorials may be made to Disabled American Veterans. BLANCHE B. SULLIVAN ******************* Graveside services for Blanche B. Sullivan, 90, of Hot Springs who died Tuesday, May 26, 1992, are at 10 a.m. today in Greenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Lenderman officiating. She was a retired fashion model and a Methodist. Hot Springs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. FREDDIE WISEMON *************** Freddie Mae Wisemon, 57, died Monday, June 8, 1992, in a Memphis hospital. Survivors include her husband, Clewester Wisemon Sr. of Pine Bluff; four daughters, Ruby Perkins of Hot Springs and Wanda Jones, Particia Cole, Kenyatta Wisemon, all of Pine Bluff; three sons, Clewester Wisemon Jr., and Frederick Wisemon Jr. both of Pine Bluff and Fernard Wisemon of Ocean side, California; one son-in-law, Willie Perkins of Hot Springs; and grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. at main Street Church of God in Christ in Pine Bluff. P. K. Miller Mortuary in Pine Bluff is in charge of arrangements. Local arrangements are by Harris Mortuary of Hot Springs.