Obituaries

03-12-1945 – 09-27-2022 Sharon Kay Smith Sharon Kay Smith, 77, of Salem, Ark., passed from this life on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Cherokee Village, Ark.

08-21-1963 Robert “Glenn” Crase Sr. of Thayer, Mo.

08-21-1963 – 09-17-2022 Robert “Glenn” Crase Sr. of Thayer, Mo. passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Shady Oaks Nursing Home in Thayer, Mo. on Sept. 17, 2022, at the age of 89 years. He was born on Feb. 13, 1933, in Couch, Mo. to Lawrence and Calma (Sandridge) Crase. He graduated from Couch High school in 1951. After graduating he joined the United States Navy and served in the Korean War with the rank of a Seaman. He spent his active duty enlistment as a gunner’s mate on the ship USS LST 901. He served active duty from 1952 to 1955 and was in the Naval Reserves until 1960. After leaving the Navy he met the love of his life in St. Louis, Mo., Marcella Fay Shy, and they were united in marriage on July 21, 1963, in Pryor, Okla. Of this union they had four children.

06-12-1959 - Sidney Harlan Shankle, 72, of Ash Flat, Ark., passed from this life on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Ash Flat, Ark.

06-27-1933 James Travis Grissom, 89, of Saddle, Ark., passed from this life on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Batesville, Ark.

01-31-1945 James Wiles Best, 77, of Cherokee Village, Ark., passed away Aug. 31, 2022, after a courageous year-long battle with cancer.