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Monday, 30-Nov-2009 13:58:36 MST
SOME OF OUR DECEASED MEMBERS
Brown-Weil, Maxine Norman
Maxine Inez Norman Brown-Weil was born 12 September 1923 to Joseph Ellis and Ida Mae Johnson Norman in Garland County, Arkansas. She was a graduate of Mount Ida High School and attended Henderson University in Arkadelphia and Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway. She married Calvin "Brownie" Brown 9 August 1942 in Garland County. She taught school at Green Smith, Pleasant Hill and Fountain Lake Schools while Calvin was overseas during WWII. After Calvin's death, Maxine married Thomas Lee Weil. Maxine was a member and served as president, vice president, editor and treasurer of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society. Maxine died 1 December 2006 and was survived by her son Kenneth Brown; a daughter Norma Su Brown Warner. She was buried 6 December 2006 in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Royal, Garland County, Arkansas.
Nobles, Don Larron
Don Larron Nobles, age 63, of Fountain Lake, died Friday, May 22, 2009.
He was born on June 17, 1945, near Delight in Pike County, the son of Vernon Alexander Nobles and Anna Bell Shepherd Nobles. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Jerry Thomas Nobles.
He was retired from the Hot Springs Fire Department and a member of the Owensville Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Charleen Cook Nobles of Fountain Lake; three children, Donna LeAnne Nobles Belote and her husband, Kurt, of Fountain Lake, Jerry Kieth Nobles and his wife, Connie, of Mobile, Alabama and Ronald (Ron) Larron Nobles and his wife, Tena, of Owensville; seven grandchildren, Marla Hammond and her husband, Chad, and Joshua Belote all of Fountain Lake, Kayla, Annabelle and Chloe Nobles of Alabama, Nathanial and Mason Nobles of Owensville; one great-granddaughter, Emma Faith Hammond; his sister, Brenda Scott of Hot Springs; his uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and many, many friends.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2009, in the Owensville Baptist Church with the Rev. Clarence Shell, Jr., and Rev. Scott Culpepper officiating.
Interment will be in the Owensville Cemetery under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Hot Springs.
Don served as vice president of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society in 2002.
Ridgeway, Pearl Lane
Pearl Lane Ridgeway, 87, a lifelong resident of Hot Springs died on Monday, August 17, 2009, at her home. She was born March 11, 1922, to Lenora Ethel Cook Lane and Walton Y. Lane in Hot Springs.
Mrs. Ridgeway was a lifetime member of First United Methodist Church, past president of the Garland County Historical Society, past president of Ramble School PTA, a member of the Melting Pot, retired manager of the Downtown Visitors Center for the Advertising and Promotion Commission of Hot Springs , and recipient of the Hot Springs Diamond Award in 2003.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Bill Ridgeway. Sr.; one sister and brother-in-law, May and Sammy Zorub.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Darla Ridgeway, Jr., of Hot Springs; one daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Dr. Greg Foster of Vienna, Virginia; one nephew, Dr. David Zorub of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. William O. Reeves and Dr. David Wilson officiating.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Hot Springs Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Keith Foster, Kurt Foster, Marc Ridgeway, Matthew Ridgeway, Jeffrey Lynch, Joshua Lynch, Drew McCurry, Zack McCurry and Donnie Reynolds.
Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Nizar Suleman, Dr. Timothy Webb, Dr. James Gardner, Bob Ridgeway, Mike Ridgeway, Bill Crone, Merek Rowe, Jim Buckner, Dr. David Zorub, David Nichols, Austin Wade Ridgeway, Don Bridges, Matt Roberts and T.J. Hughes.
Entombment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
Memorials have been designated to The Arkansas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure, Attn: Elizabeth Clark, Financial and Missions Director, 904 Autumn Rd. Ste 500, Little Rock, AR 72211 or Paws and Claws, P.O. Box 20254, Hot Springs, AR 71903.
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home.
Online condolences at www.hotspringsfh.com [from Hot Springs Funeral Home online obituary]
Pearl has been a member of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society for numerous years as well as being very active in the Garland County Historical Society.
Schultz, Glenn Raymond
Glenn Raymond Schultz was born 4 March 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Raymond and Olga Tilley Schultz.
Interrupting his studies at Harvard University to join the Merchant Marines during WWII, he returned to school after the War and graduated in 1949. He again volunteered service to our country in the Korean War by enlisting in the United States Navy. The photo to the left was taken in San Francisco, California, late 1946 at age 19, after Glenn's return from a 15-month tour of duty in the Philippine Islands as a Purser/Pharmacist Mate (Merchant Marine, a division of the Coast Guard during WWII). He was on the S.S. Heber M. Creel, a Liberty Ship.
With his degree in economics, he had a successful career in investment banking. In his retirement years he enjoyed his hobby of genealogy and was a past president of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society in Hot Springs. Glenn also served the Melting Pot Genealogical Society as treasurer. It was due to his efforts that we attained our 501(c)(3) designation as a public non-profit organization by the Internal Revenue Service.
The Melting Pot Genealogical Society lost a valued friend and member when he passed away 14 September 2006 in Hot Springs.
He was predeceased in death by his parents and his son Gary. Survivors include his wife, Rochelle Cochran; daughter Kathy Lower and husband Keith; daughter Kristi Schultz Webber; granddaughter Elizabeth Adams; great-granddaughter Abigail Adams; stepson Richard Cochran, Jr., and wife Leslie; step-daughters Mimi Moore and Michelle Martindill, step-grandchildren Evan and Carli Moore.
Glenn and Rochelle were married almost 21 years. Rochelle remains a member of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society.
Stainback, Barbara Miller
Barbara Jane Stainback was born 15 August 1938 to James Early and Charlotte Morrison Bottorff Miller in Phillips County, Arkansas. She married Mitchell Ray Stainback 4 September 1955 and they had the following children: Billy Ray (deceased), Michael Alan, Janet Lynn, and David Joe "D. J." Later, Barbara and Mitchell divorced. Becoming interested in her family's genealogy in the 1950s, Barbara was a member and served as editor, librarian, corresponding secretary, and recording secretary of the Melting Pot Genealogical Society. Barbara died 12 October 2006 in Kankakee, Illinois. In addition to her children, Michael, Janet and D. J., Barbara was survived by her brothers James Morrison and Charles Early Miller and sister Linda Miller. She was buried in Memphis Memory Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee.