Obituaries

Walter Dennis Earley

Walter Dennis Earley, 64, of Watts, Okla., died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.

He was born Aug. 12, 1950, in Salina, Kan., to Dick and Geraldine Earley.

He married Vicki McDerrmott in 1983 in Bentonville, Ark. He had worked at Webb Wheel for 12 years and then was a greeter for Walmart in Siloam Springs. He was an avid reader and a St. Louis Cardinals fan.

He was preceded in death by his mother.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Amos Hearon; his father Dick Earley of Pryor, Okla.; two brothers, Richard Earley of Salina, Kan., and Jon Earley of Illinois; and a sister, Georganna McRoy of Mountain Home, Ark.

Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs, Ark., was in charge of cremation arrangements.

Joyce Paine

Joyce Paine, 82, of Lincoln, Ark., died Aug. 15, 2014, in Springdale, Ark.

She was born April 10, 1932, in Watonga, Okla., to Eldorado and Ethel Morene Jackson Baird.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Claude Paine and a son Cletus Floyd Paine.

She is survived by two sons, John Paine of Kansas, Okla., and Russell Paine of Aydin, Turkey; a daughter, Jullie Wallace of Kansas, Okla.; two brothers, Jack Baird of Farmington, Ark., and Bordon "Sonny" Hessel of Oregan; two sisters, Judy Hayes of Eagle Point, Ore., and Pricilla Bennet of Lynnwood, Wash.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Family members will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove, Ark.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at the Luginbuel Chapel. Interment will be in the Lincoln Cemetery. Graveside services will not be held at the cemetery.

An online guest book is available at www.luginbuel.com.

Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove, Ark., is in charge of arrangements.

General News on 08/20/2014