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Wallace Edwin "Wally" Hays, 79, of Van Buren entered into heaven Friday, June 24, 2016, in Fort Smith. He was born Aug. 31, 1936, to Jim and Wilma (Usher) Hays. He was a graduate of Van Buren High School, a member of First Baptist Church and the Community Bible Class. He worked at Hays Trading Post, Dixie Cup, where he retired after 20 years, and then worked at Breeden Dodge for several years. He was an avid rancher raising cattle. He was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Patricia

Warren Bueker McCollester, passed away Oct. 17, 2015, age 91, of North Dartmouth, Mass., and Branch. Beloved husband of Kathryn N. (Nolting) McCollester for 57 years. Born in California, Mo., to the late Emmett Robert and Clara Elizabeth (Bueker) McCollester, he graduated from Ratcliff High School in 1942 and the University of Missouri in 1950. He served his country during World War II in the Army Air Corps as an airplane mechanic. In 1965, he moved his family to Massachusetts to help start the