Mr. A.A. "Shug" Banks, age 78, of Blytheville, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville.
Mr. Banks was born March 7, 1923, in Memphis and was the son of Charles R. and Mayme Johnson Banks. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a lifelong Mississippi County resident. Mr. Banks was a farmer, ginner and banker, a lifetime member of Mississippi County Farm Bureau and a former partner of the Independent Gin Co. He was also a member of the board of directors of the First Delta Bank. He served has county judge for 10 terms, was past president of the Arkansas County Judge's Association and founder, served first president of the Arkansas Association of Counties, was a director of National Association of County Officials and participated in many other associations.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lucille Pittman Banks of the home; two sons, Charles A. "Chuck" Banks of Little Rock and William B. "Brett" Banks of Tyronza and three grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Banks will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at 10:30 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church in Blytheville, with Rev. Pam Estes officiating the service. Burial will follow in Bassett Cemetery under the direction of Cobb Funeral Home of Blytheville.
The family request memorials be sent in lieu of flowers to the First United Methodist Church in Blytheville or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Mrs. Patricia Ann Moore Berlin, formerly of Forrest City, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. Berlin was a 1957 graduate of Forrest City High School and was the daughter of Adine J. Moore.
She was preceded in death by a brother, John I. Moore of Baton Rouge, La.
Mrs. Berlin is survived by her husband, Dr. Joel Berlin of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two sons, Jimmy Taylor of Alpharetta, Ga. and Maynard Holt, III, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and one brother, Dr. Charles Moore of Metarie, La.., four grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Joe L. Brown, age 88, of Forrest City, formerly of Marianna, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City.
Mr. Brown, a former Lee County School District employee of 38 years, is survived by his wife, Alberta Brown of Forrest City; two daughters, Earnestine Conyers of East St. Louis, Ill. and Era Jean Miller of Marianna and a son, John Brown of Chicago, Ill.
Visitation services for Mr. Brown will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Kennedy Chapel in Marianna. A separate visitation service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Spring Grove M. B. Church in Haynes. Funeral services for Mr. Brown will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at 11 a.m. at Spring Grove M.B. Church with Rev. Cedric Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in Paradise Gardens Cemetery in Edmondson, under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home.
Mr. A.M. Farley, age 95, of Forrest City, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Forrest City.
Mr. Farley was born Nov. 4, 1905, in Nashville, Ark., and was the son of William Farley and Josephine Austin Farley. He was a graduate of Tulsa Business College in Tulsa, Okla. and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in during World War II. He was Gulf Oil Company's regional corporate distributor in 1970, before retiring to Heber Springs. Mr. Farley was a member of First Baptist Church in Forrest City and a resident of Crestpark Retirement Inn since 2000.
He married Lucy Dolley Farley in 1937 and she survives him along with two sisters, Ramadell Byrum and Leeta Lemley, both of Texarkana.
Services for Mr. Farley will be held graveside on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at 2 p.m., at Forrest Park Cemetery under the direction Stevens Funeral Home.