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Classmates Obituaries - Letter L
These obituaries correspond with the yearbooks that are listed on this website. Whenever possible, the source of the obituary will be shown as well as the date.
Lambert, Diana Lynn Cash
- Diana L. Lambert, age 67, of Amity, passed away Friday, June
6, 2014.
She was born on June 13, 1946, at Hot Springs, the daughter
of Nolan R. Cash and Vera Iona Jennings Cash. On August 18, 1984 she was
married to Dewey W. Lambert who preceded her in death on September 4, 2010.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Robert Cash;
and her sister, Lucretia Epp.
She was a member of the Shiloh Church
of Christ. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and everything about Christmas.
Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family, especially her
grandchildren, whom she dearly loved with all her heart.
She was a wonderful
wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and will be deeply missed by
everyone who knew and loved her.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,
Sean and Michelle Arington of Colvert, Georgia and Lin and Lilia Arington
of San Antonio, Texas; one stepson, Perry Lambert of Amity; one stepdaughter,
Julie Flowers and her husband, Jeff, of Bismarck; ten grandchildren and
their spouses, Hannah and Chase Crews, Jedd Lambert, Kyle Flowers, Emily
Flowers, Madison and Nick Kain, Sean Arington, Lin Arington, Brent Arington,
Jesse Conley and Jacob Conley; one sister and brother-in-law, Velva Jean
and Doyle Whitesel of Hot Springs; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host
of wonderful friends.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,
June 11, 2014, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood with Rick
Collie officiating.
Interment will be in the Shiloh Cemetery, in Amity.
[from Davis-Smith Funeral Home online obituary] [Class
of 1964]
Lancaster, John H. -
John H. Lancaster, 71, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, died November 17, 2014,
at home. He was born January 23, 1943, in Provo, Utah.
John was a graduate
of Hot Springs High School class of 1960 and of Henderson State University.
He served in the United States Air Force. John was a teacher at Glen Rose
Junior High/High School and retired from teaching in 2006. He was a member
of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he served as Sunday School teacher
and deacon.
John is predeceased by his parents, Jack W. Hurtt and Dr.
Elayne Lancaster; sister Lynn Whelan and daughter Paige Lancaster.
He
is survived by his wife, Frances (Dilliard) Lancaster of Hot Springs and
a nephew Gregory Scott Watts of Orlando, Florida.
A memorial service
will be at 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2014, at Westminster Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Mike Seitz officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church or Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
[from Caruth-Hale Funeral Home online obituary] [Class
of 1960]
Lasky, George Arthur
- DALLAS — George Arthur Lasky, 72, died Monday, November 26, 2012, at his
home in Dallas. George was born in Hot Springs to Albert J. and Hannah Geschmay
Lasky. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jack Lasky.
George is survived by his loving wife, Charlotte; son, Andrew Lasky,
of Houston; and stepsons, Bryan Cytron and Jason Glater, both of Dallas.
George retired from the accounting firm Lasky & Hawbaker CPA Inc. and
associated with Philip Vogel Inc. He was a member of the Hot Springs High
School graduating class of 1958. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma
in 1963. While at OU he was instrumental in forming the Alpha Epsilon Pi
Fraternity and continued with the National Alumnae Fraternity. He was a
member of Temple Emanuel and B’nai Brith. He was a founding member of Accounting
Group International and Temple Shalom. George enjoyed traveling with family
and friends throughout the world.
Honorary pallbearers are Arthur Skibell,
Dorothy Wolchansky, Bruce and Beverly Laves, Susan Goltz Siegel, Ben Botnick,
Roy Saffel, Steven Rosen, and the Hot Springs High School Class of 1958.
The funeral service will be given by Sheldon Kleinman at 2 p.m. on Friday
at the Jewish Rest Cemetery located on Summer and Albert Pike. Visitation
will follow the service at Phil’s Restaurant located at Central and West
Grand.
In lieu of flowers, if you choose to make a donation in his memory,
contributions may be made to the Congregation House of Israel, Hot Springs,
AR; Temple Emanuel, Dallas or the Museum of Southern Jewish Experience,
Jackson, Miss.
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home.
[from Sentinel-Record, November 29, 2012] [Class
of 1958]
Little, Margaret
Elizabeth Clinton Burks - Margaret Elizabeth "Liz" Clinton
Little, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, was born March 13, 1944, in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, to Janet and Roy Clinton Sr. She passed away December
26, 2013, at St. Joseph's/Mercy Medical Center in Hot Springs.
Liz graduated
from Hot Springs High School and the University of Arkansas, earning a bachelor's
degree in Communications and a Master of Arts in Speech and Drama. She was
a proud member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
Liz put her outstanding marketing,
organization, and communications skills into her career, including her work
with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the Harold Ives Trucking
Company, and the UAMS Clinical Skills Center's Standardized Patient Program.
Liz was foremost a dedicated homemaker and talented cook.
In addition
to sharing her boundless love, energy, humor, and caring with her family
and extended family, she also shared the same through years of giving back
to her community as a volunteer for many organizations and causes.
Liz
was most proud of her service to the Junior League of Little Rock and the
Arkansas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, where she was
chairman of the board of trustees. She was also honored with the Jay Randall
Award for her dedication to the UAMS Standardized Patient Program. Liz also
served as a deacon for Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock.
Liz
was predeceased by her parents and her son, Clinton Ward Burks.
She
is survived by her husband, Gene Little, of Hot Springs Village; daughter
and son-in-law, Stacey and Eric Briggs, and granddaughter, Janet Elizabeth
Briggs, of Nashville, Tenn.; her father-in-law, Ron Little, of Hot Springs
Village; and her brothers and their wives, Roy Jr. and Butch Clinton of
Fayetteville, Dan and Joan Clinton of Hot Springs, and Bo and Sissy Clinton
of Little Rock. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews, who will
fondly remember her forever as "A.L."
The memorial service will be at
2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at Liz's lifelong home church, the
First Presbyterian Church, 213 Whittington Avenue, Hot Springs.
The family
asks that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church.
[from Gross Funeral Home online obituary] [Class
of 1962]
Livingston, Eva Burgess - Eva Livingston, 88, of Hot Springs died Monday, April 10, 1995, in a local nursing home. She was born December 21, 1906, in Hot Springs to Maggie and Charlie Burgess and was a lifetime resident of the area. She was a homemaker and Baptist. Survivors include a son, Ed Livingston of Hot Springs; two daughters, Dorothy Howard of Alexander and Nancy Norton of Hot Springs; a sister, June Keith of New Jersey; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Hot Springs Funeral Home chapel. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Center Hill Cemetery. [Sentinel-Record, April 11, 1995] [Class of 1926]
Lockett, Jimmy - Jimmy Lockett, 74, passed away Tuesday,
February 1, 2011. He was born October 18, 1936, in Hot Springs to the late
Thelma Spiva Lockett and Melvin Lockett. He was a member of Lakeshore Drive
Christian Church and a member of Central Arkansas Scale Modelers.
Predeceased
by his parents; step-son, Larry Efird; nephew Tony Goessman.
Survivors
include his wife, Doris Lockett; step-daughter; Diane (Joe) Rogers; sister,
Paulette (David) Green; step- grandchildren, Wayne (Susan) Efird, Brandi
Efird, Kandi Efird; five step-great grandchildren; one niece, Terri (Steve)
Chandler; two step-nephews, Jimmie (Sheila)Goessman, Gary (Melissa) Goessman.
Service will be 2:00 Saturday at Lakeshore Drive Christian Church with Minister
Susan Miller officiating.
Visitation starting a 12 noon until service
time at the church.
Pallbearers are Scott Brown, Steve Chandler, Philip
Chandler, Paul Anderson, Kenneth Childers and Daren Long.
Honorary pallberarers
are David Kenser, Jeff Robinette and Cecil Hayes.
In lieu of flowers
memorials may be made to Lakeshore Drive Christian Church or charity of
one’s choice. [from Hot Springs Funeral Home online obituary]
[Class of 1954]
Longinotti, Katherine
Langley - Katherine Langley Longinotti died March 13, 2012.
She was born November 8, 1916, in Hot Springs to J. O. and Vinnie (Collet)
Langley. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edward D.
Longinotti, her sister Mabel Brown and her granddaughter, Karen Ann Curry.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Gary Curry of Hot
Springs; her sister Betty Rapp of Austin, Texas; a brother-in-law, Percy
Brown of Roseburg, Oregon; a niece, Cheryl Pitcairn of Roseburg, Oregon;
and two nephews, Ron Brown of Mooresville, North Carolina and Jim Rapp of
Alexandria, Virginia.
Katherine was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
She was a charter member of the Hot Springs Junior Auxiliary and a member
of The Sewing Club, a very special group of ladies that were dear to her
heart.
The family wishes to thank the loving care provided by Quapaw
Care and Rehab and Odyssey Hospice.
Services will be held at Gross Funeral
Home Friday at 3:00 p.m. with Father Alan Rosenau officiating. Burial will
be in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Charitable Christian
Medical Clinic, 133 Arbor St, Hot Springs, AR 71901. [from
Gross Funeral Home online obituary] [Class
of 1934]
Lovett, Harry Wayne - Harry Wayne Lovett, 66, of Hot
Springs, died Thursday, January 20, 2005, in a local hospital.
Born April
19, 1938, in Hot Springs to Harry Cecil and Lola Edna Hurst Lovett, he was
a member of the Spa City Razorback Club.
He was predeceased by his parents.
Survivors include one brother, Boyce Lovett of Hot Springs; two nieces,
Belinda Lovett of Hot Springs and Christa Lovett of Claremont, California;
and one sister-in-law, Laurie Lovett of Hot Springs.
Services are 10
a.m. Saturday, January 22, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend
Susan Arnold and the Reverend Charles Ridgway officiating. Pallbearers
will be German Arzola, Robert Cash, Clelon Houpt, Ronald Lovett, Ronnie
Murray, and Charles Tapp. Burial will be in Morning Star Cemetery...
Memorials may be made to Morning Star Cemetery Association, 2524 Malvern
Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901. [Sentinel-Record, Jan. 21, 2005]
[Class of 1956]
Lynch, Betty Leach - (Born November 23, 1932; died February 5, 2009, Dallas, Texas) Has been called home to the Lord after a multiyear struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Widow of the late Francis "Fannie" Lynch. Loving mother to Frank Lynch, Therese McCulley and husband George, and Ed Lynch and wife Terry. Grandmother to Stephen McCulley and Eddy and Tommy Lynch. Betty was born in Chicago in 1932 to Thomas Leach and Leona Byrnes Leach, as the fifth of six children. She moved with her family to Hot Springs, Arkansas, when she was 13 and graduated from Hot Springs High School. Betty had many jobs in Hot Springs including at the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce for about 20 years. Betty's last years were in Dallas, Texas, at Avalon Residential Home. Dallas arrangements are being handled through Restland in Dallas but no Dallas services are planned by the family. A memorial Mass will be held for Betty Lynch on Saturday, February 7, at 10:00 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Hot Springs and a visitation at the church at 9:00 a.m. with local arrangements being made through Gross Funeral Home in Hot Springs. Betty's remains will be interred at Calvary Cemetery with those of her loving husband of 48 years and where both of their parents are buried. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the two nonprofit entities that helped Betty and her family with excellent care in her last years: Avalon Residential Care Homes, 1625 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207 or Heart to Heart Hospice of Texas, 1500 Waters Ridge Drive, Suite 100, Lewisville, TX 75057. [Restland Funeral Home online obituary] [Class of 1950]
Lynch, Carl L. - Carl L. Lynch,
79, of Hot Springs passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014. He was born
on June 23, 1935, in Hot Springs to the late Carl T. and Evelyn Rainwater
Lynch.
He was an active member of First Baptist Church having taught
the four year old Sunday School Class, had driven the church bus, served
on the Historical Committee, cooked for Wednesday night meals and Men’s
Breakfast and worked in the Media Ministry. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Air Force, was a retired Letter Carrier for the Postal Service. After retiring
from the post office, he drove a city bus for the City of Hot Springs. He
served as a Volunteer Firefighter for the Lake Hamilton Fire Department.
He also loved the outdoors grilling, fishing and camping.
He is survived
by his wife, Helen Rowe Lynch of Hot Springs, five children, Carla (Cesar)
Herrera, Kathy Fatahian, Rodney Lynch, Matthew Lynch and Angela Lynch, all
of Utah; brothers Wayne (Marty) Lynch and Carol (Faye) Lynch, all of Hot
Springs, Warren Lynch of Kentucky and Phillip (Pam) Lynch of Utah, one sister,
Mary Wilson of Missouri; ten grandchildren, Adam, Brianna and Brittney Herrera,
Kiana Fatahian, Carl Leroy, Matthew Thomas, Juliee, Emilee, Blake, and Declan
Lynch, all of Utah.
Visitation will be Friday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
at First Baptist Church.
Celebration of Life services will be Friday
at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. John McCallum officiating.
Honorary pallbearers at Guy Akins, Jim Henley, Jerry Pogue, Merrill Rainwater,
Eddie Carter, Rodney and Matthew Lynch and members of the Senior Adult III
Sunday School Class.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church’s Media Ministry.
[from Hot Springs Funeral Home online obituary] [Class
of 1955]