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Submitted: 7/15/18 • Approved: 7/16/18 • Last Updated: 7/19/18 • R1230780-G1230778-S3
Ralph
October 22, 1920 - July 31, 2007
Dr. Ralph T. Eubanks of Little Rock passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007.
Born October 22, 1920, at Cecil, Arkansas, the career speech communications professor led a rich life that began on a farm in western Arkansas and included service as a Marine during World Ward II, numerous college degrees and notoriety as one of the most respected scholars in the field of speech and public address.
His freshman year of college and the University of Arkansas was interrupted by World War II. He joined the United States Marine Corps and served his country in the Southwest Pacific as a Sergeant with VMF124, 1st Squadron of the F4U-1 Corsairs. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant at Quantico, Virginia, October 1944, and trained as a platoon leader with the 4th Marine Division at Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, for "Operation Olympia," the United States invasion of the Japanese homeland. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of Captain.
He finished his delayed undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas in 1949, and earned his Master's degree and PhD from the University of Florida at Gainesville. He served as a professor of Communication Arts at the University of Arkansas for 15 years and as a guest professor at LSU, Henderson State, University College-Dublin, Ireland and Florida State University's Florence, Italy Campus. For 20 years, he was a professor at the University of West Florida. He was founder and chairman of the Department of Communication Arts and for two years was Dean of Alpha College, UWF's College of Arts and Sciences.
He authored and co-authored several college textbooks and numerous articles on public speaking and rhetoric. Honors and memberships included Phi Beta Kappa, Acacia Fraternity, outstanding instructor at the University of West Florida (twice), president of the Southern Speech Communications Association, editor of the Southern Speech Journal and emeritus professor of the Communication Arts at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
He was a lifelong supporter of University of Arkansas Razorbacks and enjoyed an intimate relationship with University of Arkansas athletics that included speech writing for Coach Frank Broyles, friendships with assistant coaches and taking a special interest in the many athletes who enrolled in his classes.
He is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Betty; two children, Linda E. Umphress of Cordova, Tennessee and Ralph C. Eubanks of Little Rock, AR; their spouses, Joe Umphress and Margo Eubanks; two grandchildren, Ashley Umphress Ward and James Rogers Eubanks; two great-grandchildren, Hayden and Avery Ward; sisters, Emogene Crawford of Sedona, Arizona, Lois Lee of Fort Smith, AR, Faye White of Pacific Palisades, California; and a brother, Claude Eubanks of Fort Smith, AR.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Columbia Eubanks and his sister, Mildred McCabe.
The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 3, 2007 at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock with the Reverend Steve Hancock, the Reverend Jim Miller, and the Reverend Robert Lowery officiating.
Graveside service will be at 3:00 p.m., at the New Cemetery, Mulberry, Arkansas.
Betty
November 3, 1921 - September 19, 2013
Betty Carty Eubanks, 91, passed away Thursday, September 19, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
She was born in Mulberry, Arkansas, on November 3, 1921, to Fred Hudson and Mae Kizer Carty.
As a young woman, Betty attended Mrs. Dove's Finishing School and Draughon's Business College in Fort Smith. Through mutual friends, Betty met Ralph T. Eubanks in Mulberry. Betty and Ralph were married on October 31, 1943. They were married for 63 years.
Survivors include two children, Linda and husband Joe Umphress of Cordova, Tennessee, and Ralph C. and his wife Margo Eubanks of Little Rock; two grandchildren, Ashley Ward and her husband Chris of Hernando, Mississippi, and James Eubanks of Little Rock; as well as three great-grandchildren, Hayden, Avery and Addalyn Grace Ward. She also is survived by a sister, Mary D. Carty of Mulberry, and a brother, Jim Carty of Collinsville, Oklahoma.
A highlight of her life was working for the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover in Washington, D.C., during World War II. She also took great joy in Homemakers Clubs and Garden Clubs wherever she lived. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, and was active in Presbyterian Women and the Henker Friendship Sunday School Class.
Betty traveled extensively with her husband, Ralph, following his retirement. Their deep interest in traveling – particularly to foreign countries – opened up a whole new world for them. She especially enjoyed the trip they took to Turkey.
Betty will be remembered as a wonderful wife and mother – sweet and kind, yet with an independent spirit. She enjoyed flower arranging and cooking, and passed on her love of cooking to both her daughter and son.
Betty moved to Parkway Village in 2007. The family wishes to thank her loving caregivers and Arkansas Hospice.
A memorial service celebrating Betty's life will take place at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 27 at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, followed by a 4:00 p.m. graveside service at the New Cemetery in Mulberry, under the direction of Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home of Van Buren, Arkansas.
Contributed on 7/15/18 by billsully060
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