Posted on: Yell Co. Ar Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/YellObits?read=142 Surname: Moles, Willis, Garner, Darter ------------------------- Kenneth V. Moles, age 77 of Delaware, AR died Thursday, May 4, 2000 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. He was born August 21, 1922 in Scranton, AR to Levi and Sarah Jane Willis Moles. He was a retired John Deere service machinery salesman having worked for Keenan Implement Company for many years. He was a member of the 2nd Marine Division serving four years in the South Pacific during World War II. He was a member of the Tri-County Water Board for 13 years, a charter member of the Yell County Mounted Patrol and the Riding Club, serving in many capacities, including commander. He was the assistant chief for the Delaware Rural Fire Department for 5 years and then served as chief for one, having to retire for health reasons. He was a supporter for the Dardanelle Sand Lizards and was given the first game ball played on the New Keenan Football field; he was a 50 year member of the American Legion Post 69, a charter member of Boyce-Woods VFW Post 3141, and a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church in Delaware. Survivors are his wife of 49 years, Ellen Garner Moles; one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Tami Moles of Delaware, AR; a brother, Ted Moles of Ft. Smith, AR; two grandsons and grandaughter-in-law, Kendall Moles of Dardanelle, AR and Kevin and Tonya Moles of Delaware, AR; one step-granddaughter, Charity Darter of Delaware, AR; one great-granddaughter, Madalyne Blair Moles of Delaware, AR, and several nieces and nephews. Services were May 8, 2000 at the Delaware First Baptist Church with Rev. Wiley Jones officiating. Burial was in Graves Cemetery by Cornwell Funeral Home of Dardanelle, AR. Pallbearers were senior members of the Yell County Mounted Patrol; honorary were Deacons of the First Baptist Church, Delaware, members of the Delaware Rural Fire Department, Yell County Mounted Patrol, Tri-County Rural Water Board and the Arkansas and Mississippi Chapters of the 2nd Marine Division. __________________ Yell County Record, Vol. 101, No. 15, May 10, 2000