OBITUARIES: NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

— Teresa Rena Fraley Bastion Ellington Gulledge, born Oct. 6, 1967, in Gravette, died July 22, 2012, in Rogers.

She is survived by six children, Ashley, Austin, Brandon, Dakota, Bree and Madison; parents, Floyd and Marge Fraley; two brothers, Gerald and Dallas Fraley; and one grandchild.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Arrangements are by Benton County Funeral Home in Rogers.

Cleda Orr, 95, of Gravette, died July 29, 2012, at her home.

She was born March 27, 1917, in Centerton, to George and Mamie Hendren McKenzie. She married Walton Orr on July 15, 1933, in Bentonville.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Hurschel Orr; and a sister, Edith Wilkinson.

She is survived by two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and seven great-greatgrandchildren.

A graveside service will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, at Coffelt Cemetery. Arrangements are with Heritage Funeral Home in Springdale.

Patricia Spooner, 61, of Sulphur Springs, died July 26, 2012.

She was born July 11, 1951, in Chicago, Ill. She loved cats and horses.

She is survived by husband, Milton Spooner; mother, Charlotte; son,Michael; daughter, Tina; three brothers; and one sister.

Arrangements were by Epting Funeral Home of Bentonville.

Benjamin James Tucker, 26, of Gentry, died July 25, 2012, at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Siloam Springs.

He was born July 19, 1986, in Rogers, to Dr. Guy E. Tucker and Kathy Murphy Tucker. He was a 2005 graduate of Gentry High School and had attended Northwest Arkansas Community College.

He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Dr. John Murphy and Kathleen Murphy; and paternal grandfather, William Tucker, Sr.

Survivors include his parents, Dr. Guy and Kathy Tucker of Gentry; one brother, Dr. Jeffery Tucker and wife Rachel Tucker of Siloam Springs; one sister, Angela Beshears and husband David Beshears, Jr., of Springdale; paternal grandmother, Henryetta Tucker of Colorado Springs, Colo., and maternal step-grandmother, Connie Jackson of Colcord, Okla.

Funeral services were July 27 at Wasson Memorial Chapel, Siloam Springs, with Ron Shults officiating. Arrangements were by Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs.

Murray Vance Yates, 52, of Sulphur Springs, died July 17, 2012, at hisresidence after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Murray was born Oct. 12, 1959, in Melbourne, Fla., to Murray Clayton and Joyce V. (Hancock) Yates. He resided most of his life in the state of Florida. He made Sulphur Springs his home for the last 10 years. He worked as a ranch hand most of his life. He enjoyed painting and doing woodworking projects. He was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his father, Murray Clayton Yates; a daughter, Jessica Yates;and a brother, Johnny Fender.

Murray is survived by his mother, Joyce Varner and husband John of Sulphur Springs; two brothers, Luke Platt of Florida and Clayton Yates of Georgia; and a sister, Joy Buckner of Florida.

Funeral services were July 23 in the Noel Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes, with David Barber officiating. Burial followed in the Butler Creek Cemetery in Sulphur Springs. Arrangements were by Ozark Funeral Home in Noel, Mo.

News, Pages 4 on 08/01/2012