Mrs. Martha Ann Brown Hite, age 68, of Akron, Ohio and formerly of Forrest City, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at the Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service in Akron.
Mrs. Hite was born Jan. 30, 1935, in Caldwell, the daughter of the Raymond Rudolph Brown and Verna Lee Holman Brown. She worked as a pharmacy technician for Baptist Memorial Hospital for many years. She was a member of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, the Business and Professional Women and the Musical Coterie.
She is survived by two sons, Richard Hite and Patrick Hite both of Akron; two daughters, Christine Moore of Akron and Noelle Whitehouse of Cleveland, Ohio; three brothers, Pete Fussel of Forrest City, Morgan Brown of Wynne and Rudolph Brown of Pine Tree; two sisters, Retha McCurley of Forrest City and Fay Hixon of Pine Tree; eight grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by two brothers, William Brown and Jack Brown.
Visitation for Mrs. Hite will be held on Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003, at 10 a.m. at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Newcastle with Rev. John Embrey officiating Burial will follow in Barnishaw Cemetery in Pine Tree.
The family requests that memorials be made to Wesley Chapel
United Methodist Church, c/o June Price, P.O. Box 344, Forrest
City, AR 72336
Mr. Danny Allen Tackett, age 59, of Forrest City, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at Baptist Hospital in Forrest City.
He was born Oct. 23, 1944, in Cherry Valley, the son of George A. Tackett and Lola Ione Clark Tackett. He was a trucker.
Mr. Tackett is survived by four daughters, Sherri Qualls of Forrest City, Eulita Tackett of Illinois, and Cydi Tackett and Melissa Baldwin of Forrest City; two sons, Danny Allen Tackett Jr., California and Chris Tackett of Illinois; three sisters, Florene Hadley of Bergman, Ann Ginn of Dexter, Mo. and Kathlene Champion of Wynne; and eleven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Brandy McMaster, in 1997.
Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mr. Tackett will be Friday, Dec., 12, 2003, at 10 a.m. at Stevens. Burial will follow at Crittenden Memorial Park Cemetery in Marion.