Mrs. Frances B. Barry, age 96, of Forrest City, died Saturday, June 16, 2001, at Crestpark Retirement Inn in Forrest City.
Mrs. Barry, born June 27, 1904, in Cherry Valley, was the daughter of Frank Bass and Lucy Baber. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church.
In 1929, Mrs. Barry married George W. Barry Sr., and he preceded her in death in 1985. She was also preceded in death by a son, George Bill Barry Jr. in 1999. She is survived by two sons, David Hale Barry of Forrest City and James Edward Barry of Pine Bluff; two sisters, Mamie Chowning of Alexandria, Va. and Martha Smith of Salem, Ore.; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation services for Mrs. Barry will be held Monday, June 18, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Chapel of Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Barry will be Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Stevens Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Forrest Park Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Ingle, age 71, of Cherry Valley, died Friday, June 15, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Ingle, born Feb. 6, 1930, was the daughter of the late Sterling and Nellie Ingle. She was a Baptist.
Mrs. Ingle was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Ingle and a great granddaughter, Alyssa Nicole Houlbert. She is survived by a son, Reggie Ingle of Marion; four daughters, Ellen Peeler of Vanndale, Venetta Ingle of Forrest City, Jackie Ingle McCay of Millington, Tenn., and Connie Ingle of Southaven, Miss.; six brothers, Sterling Newsom Jr. of Hernando, Miss., Charles Newsom of Ratio, James Newsom of Lambrook, Elgin Newsom and Cecil Newsom, both of Crumrod and Carter Newsom of Dundee, Miss.; five sisters, Nellie Bell Laxton of Oklahoma, Addie Norwood of Parker Grove, Allegra Crisel of Hillsboro, Mo., Ernestine Newsom of Buffalo, Mo., and Patsy Dillinger of West Helena; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ingle were held today, Monday, June 18, 2001, at Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral arrangements were by Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home.