Name

John  D.  Garner  

Age

69 

Date and Place of Birth

9/17/1940 Grayson, Arkansas

Date and Place of Death

1/27/2010 Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Date of Funeral

2/6/2010 

Visitation Information

There will be no visitation.  

Funeral Information

Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2010 at St. James Episcopal Church, 32 Prospect Avenue, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 72632.  

Final Resting Place

Cremation  

JOHN D. GARNER, 69, a retired foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, died of cancer at his home in Eureka Springs, AR on January 27, 2010. He joined the Foreign Service after graduation from Oklahoma State University in 1963. He was posted to Lagos, Tunis, Dakar, Douala, Bamako, Abidjan, Paris and Geneva. He was a member of the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Department of State Senior Seminar and retired as a Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service after 31 years of service. In 1991 he was awarded a Superior Honor Award for his work on the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. He served in the Army in 1958 and Army Reserve until 1963. Mr. Garner was born in Booneville, AR, September 17, 1940. He was the son of Eleanor and Dixon Garner, Jr., both deceased and had one sister, Ellen Jean McAlister, deceased. Retiring in 1994, he moved to Eureka Springs where he was very active in several local organizations as a member of the Carroll County Library Board, chairman of the Carroll County Western District Ambulance Commission and president of the Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Association and served as a Volunteer Fire Fighter for thirteen years. He loved to read and travel. He is survived by his wife, Georgette Garner, a retired Foreign Service Officer and one son, Robert Garner, a Lt Col in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Garner requested that the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library "Friends of the Library" as one of two memorials in his name. The second is to the (GKVFA) Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Department of Eureka Springs, AR. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2010, St. James Episcopal Church, Eureka Springs, AR. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.  

Name

Susan  Janean  McMurray  

Age

45 

Date and Place of Birth

3/31/1964 Albany, Missouri

Date and Place of Death

1/17/2010 Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Visitation Information

There will be no visitation.  

Funeral Information

There will be no services at this time.  

Final Resting Place

Cremation  

SUSAN J. McMURRAY, was born March 31, 1964 in Albany, MO, a daughter of Larry and Sue (Weathered) Snow. She died Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 45.  

Mrs. McMurray was employed by the Land O Nod Inn in Eureka Springs. She was very devoted to her whole family and had a love for flowers, animals and her work.  

On June 22, 1987 she was united in marriage with John McMurray who survives her of the home. She is also survived by one daughter, Megan McMurray of Eureka Springs, AR; mother, M. Sue Snow of Compton, AR; father and step-mother, Larry and Barbara Snow of Warsaw, MO; two brothers, Steven Snow and wife Geanine of Compton, AR and Loren Snow of Kansas City, MO; grandmother, Mildred Snow of Princeton, MO; several nieces and nephews; many other relatives and a host of friends.  

No services are scheduled at this time. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.  

Name

Billie  L.  Roberts  

Age

78 

Veteran of

U.S. Army

Served During

Korean

Date and Place of Birth

4/12/1931 Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Date and Place of Death

2/2/2010 Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Visitation Information

There will be no visitation.  

Funeral Information

There are no services scheduled at this time.  

Final Resting Place

Eureka Springs Cemetery  

BILLIE L. ROBERTS, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born April 12, 1931 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a son of John and Bertha Ethel (Evans) Roberts. He departed this life Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at his home in Eureka Springs, at the age of 78.  

Mr. Roberts served in the United States Army during the Korean War.  

On March 6, 1992, Billie was united in marriage with Linda K. Bowles, who survives him of the home. He is also survived by one nephew, Rick Scarrow and one great-nephew, Lucas Scarrow both of Eureka Springs, AR.  

Billie was preceded in death by his parents; one infant brother; one sister, Mary Ann Scarrow; and one brother-in-law, James Scarrow.  

No services are scheduled at this time. Interment will be in the Eureka Springs Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.  

Name

Shannon  Barbara  Shelley  

Age

33 

Date and Place of Birth

1/4/1977 Fort Wayne, Indiana

Date and Place of Death

2/2/2010 Berryville, Arkansas

Visitation Information

Funeral Information

Final Resting Place

Cremation  

SHANNON B. SWINNEY SHELLEY, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born January 14, 1977 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a daughter of Byron A. and Dianna S. (Van Cleave) Swinney. She departed this life Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 33 years.  

Mrs. Shelley was of the Baptist faith and worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant.  

Shannon is survived by two sons, Cody and Derrick Bennett both of Green Forest, AR; husband, Johnny Shelley of Green Forest, AR; two brothers, Michael Swinney of Wichita, KS and Byron Swinney, Jr. of Winfield, KS; one sister, Charmin Moore; three step-brothers, John and Randy Decker and Travis Riley; one step-sister, Melanie Riley; step-mother, Francine Swinney; father and mother-in-law, James and Carol LaViolette all of Wichita, KS; father and mother-in-law, Rick and Carolyne Shelley of Pomona, KS; step-father, Derrick A. Rosenstiel of Green Forest, AR; several other relatives and a host of friends.  

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Sheila Alford; and one brother, Matthew Swinney.  

Memorial donations may be made to Nelson Funeral Service, Inc., for the Shannon B. Shelley funeral service, P.O. Box 311, Berryville, AR 72616. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.