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    1. [ARSebast] Ft Smith obits 12 July 2001
    2. Daniel Christopher LANE, 25, of Poteau died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, in Pocola. He was a graduate of Panama High School, attended Carl Albert State College in Poteau and was in the Army. Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday in Mallory Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro. He is survived by his wife, Alicia; his parents, Daniel and Paula Lane of Shady Point; and three sisters, Theresa Grimes of Shady Point, Penelope Harris of Sallisaw and Sarah Johnson of Lewisville, Texas. Jocie Lee BINGLEY, 77, of Wister died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, in Poteau. She was born July 24, 1923, in Havana. She was a homemaker and the widow of Russell Howard Bingley. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday in Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel of Memories in Poteau with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery in Heavener. She is survived by four daughters, Dollie Knauth of Challenge, Calif., Carol Baldwin of Bloomington, Ind., Shirley Montgomery of Wister and Elsie Miller of Fort Smith; a son, Howard Bingley of Wister; a sister, Lou King of Wister; three brothers, Homer Robison of Hartford, Odell Robison of Van Buren and Henry Robison of Dora; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Ester Marie Cracraft, 97, of Greenwood died Sunday, July 8, 2001, in Greenwood. She was a homemaker and was a church musician for many years, serving as pianist. She was a Protestant. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday in Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Smith with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren. She was survived by three daughters, Grace Marie Garrett of Greenwood, Lucille Charleston of Crest City, Calif., and Mildred Ruth Parkhurst of Woodburn, Ore.; two sons, Milton Leonard Cracraft of Ridgeway, Mo., and John Bell Cracraft of Bella Vista; a sister, Ethel Sladek of Hills, Iowa; 19 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Jim, Larry and Mark Cracraft, James and Benjamin Garrett and Tony Sturdevant. Kenneth Fielder Sr. passed away in a Fort Smith hospital. He was a retired tool and die maker for an aircraft manufacture, a member of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church of Ozark and was a free Mason a member of I.O.F. Foresters. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel in Mulberry with burial at New Cemetery in Mulberry. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; two daughters, Linda Sue Babas of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Ruth Ann Burkholder of Mulberry; two son, Kenneth Burnell Fielder Jr. of Spokane, Wash., and George Edward Fielder of Alma; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Gleason Johnson, Eddie Cagle, Gilbert Burkholder, Walt Kocher, Leroy Morris and Okey Jones. Anna S. FLIPPIN, 71, of Little Rock died Saturday, July 7, 2001, in a Little Rock hospital. She was a retired RN supervisor for Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was the widow of Billy E. Flippin. Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Friday at U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Fentress Mortuary of Fort Smith. She is survived by two daughters, Karla Thurber of Little Rock and Sheri Clark of Beebe; her stepmother, Mary Caldwell of Belleville; three sisters, Mary Louise Keck of Kenia, Frances Walker of Benton and Carol Duncan of Belleville; a brother, Dale Caldwell of San Antonio; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Lloyd and John Thurber, Jimmy Owens Jr., Wayne Higgs, Danny and Phillip Flippin. Emma Louise PENCE, 52, of Fort Smith died Monday, July 9, 2001, in a local hospital. She was a homemaker and attended Unity Assembly of God. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. today at New Hope Cemetery in Spiro under the direction of Putman Funeral Home of Fort Smith. She is survived by her husband, Floyd; three sons, Kevin Lee, Douglas Wade and Floyd Ray Pence Jr., all of Fort Smith; a sister, Carolyn King of Spiro; a half-sister, Thelma K. Boitel; three brothers, Clenith and Jerry Boitel, both of Booneville and Ronald Boitel of Fort Smith; four grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews. Lucien F. PERRIER, 85, of Little Rock died Tuesday, July 10, 2001. He was born March 22, 1916, in Mulberry. He was a veteran of World War II and worked for Welsco Inc. for 37 years and was a member of the Eagles for 65 years. He was a Methodist and the widower of Grace Helen Perrier, A gathering in remembrance will be 1 p.m. today in the Chapel of Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth in Little Rock with burial at Arkansas Veterans Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters, Sylvia Diann Northern of Hot Springs and Sondra Gaylann Hick of Cordova, Tenn.; a son, Gerald F. Perrier of Little Rock; a brother, Paul J. Perrier Jr. of Mulberry; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

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