BENTON COUNTY — Brenda Kay Halle
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Brenda Kay Feast Halle, 57, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Oct. 18, 2010, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville. She was born Nov. 30, 1952, in Wichita, Kan., to Bert and Leona Feast.
She served in the Air Force and was an aircraft inspector with the Defense Contract Management Agency.
Survivors include her husband, Edward J. Halle; a daughter, Ashley Schmitz and her husband, Mike, of Ohio; a son, Benjamin Burke of Oklahoma City;
a brother, Richard Feast of Bentonville; her mother, Leona Feast of Pea Ridge;
and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Rogers.
A memorial service with military honors was held by Craig Funeral Home in St. Augustine, Fla.
Betty Jean Walker
Betty Jean Walker, 82, died Oct. 23, at The Maples in Springdale. She wasborn in Seligman, Mo., to E.C.
and Ruth McClain Hooker as the youngest of four children.
She was a 62-year resident of Springdale, and active in local, state and national organizations. She graduated high school in Seligman, then attended both Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, Mo., and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She was a featured singer with a local orchestra while in Springfield. After she came to Springdale, Walker owned and operated the Springdale Credit Bureau and was also the original business manager of Springdale Memorial Hospital (now Northwest Medical Center).
Her local activities included serving on the Washington County Selective Service Draft Board, Beta Sigma Phi and she was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She was active in the Republican Party on the county, state and national level, including serving as a voting delegate to two Republican National Conventions. She was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) in the Department of Defense.
Walker was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister.
Survivors include her husband, William C. “Bill” Walker of the home;
daughters, Jeanne Walker of Louisville, Ken., and Jan Walker of Springdale; her sister, Teena Carpenter of Fayetteville; one grandchild;
and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are David Carpenter, Joe Herriman, Adrian Luttrell, Jim Crouch, Clay Galloway and Paul Bynum Jr.
Honorary pallbearers are Stuart Hooker, Brent Hooker, Kendall Carpenter, Jim Cypert, Pierce Smith, Howard Sutton, Paul Davis, Gene Thompson, Harold Beisel, Andy Penzo, Don Marts, Bobby Hopper, Ken Galloway, Jim Buchanan, and Betty’s chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
The family expressed their deep gratitude to the staff of The Maples at Harbor Meadows, who for five years consistently treated Betty with respect, good humor and loving care. They also thank the kind and supportive staff of Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale.
Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Sisco Funeral Chapel in Springdale.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Sisco Chapel. There will be a private family burial.
To sign the guestbook online, please visit www.siscofuneral.com.
On the Record, Pages 3 on 10/27/2010