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Mary Evelyn (Owens) Forshee, 76, of Fort Smith passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, in Warner, Okla. She was born Sept. 1, 1939, in Tallapoosa, Mo., to the late Richard and Jeanetta Dockins. She was a retired CNA from Brownwood Life Care Center and of the Southern Baptist faith. She was a caring wife, who adored her husband of 57 years, Ronald. She was also a very loving mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Mark Forshee; her daughter, Tracy Fors

William Hackler “Bill” Gullette Sr., 93, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 18, 2016, in Carthage. He was born Jan. 9, 1923, on the Gullette family farm in Van Buren to the late Charles Richmond Gullette Sr. and Carrie Hackler Gullette. He graduated from Van Buren High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the University of Arkansas and earned a master of science degree in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University. He served his count

Dr. Bill A. Simco, 77, of Hernando, Miss., passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Memphis after a three-year odyssey with pancreatic cancer. He was born July 14, 1938, in a two-room white house in Mountainburg to the late Seaph and Jessie France Simco. He graduated from Mountainburg High School in 1956, College of the Ozarks in 1960 and the University of Kansas in 1966. He had a 48-year career at the University of Memphis as a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and co-director of