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Additional CALLIS Surnames in MOUNT PLEASANT (HIWASSE) Cemetery
CALLIS, Dennis E.CALLIS, Clark C.CALLIS, LuettaCALLIS, Clark C. (Closeup)CALLIS, Luetta (Closeup)CALLIS, ClaudeCALLIS, ArthulaCALLIS, Claude (Closeup)CALLIS, Arthula (Closeup)CALLIS, MaxineCALLIS, Roger NoelCALLIS, John H.CALLIS, Ann L.CALLIS, Eldon WCALLIS, Mary AliceCALLIS, William BryanCALLIS, Billie JeanPRUITT CALLIS, Billie JeanCALLIS, Kenneth Bryan Additional CALLIS Surnames in BENTON County
CALLIS, Alice C.CALLIS, Andrew J "Pete"CALLIS, Bess MayCALLIS, BenjaminCALLIS, BetsyCALLIS, BruceCALLIS, Clara R.CALLIS, Elbert WCALLIS, ElizabethCALLIS, Eunice A.CALLIS, Fleetie S. (2)CALLIS, Fleetie SCALLIS, Georgia IreneCALLIS, George WCALLIS, GeorgeCALLIS, GoldieCALLIS, Grover C.CALLIS, Infant SonCALLIS, Infant SonCALLIS, InfantCALLIS, Infant SonCALLIS, Jasper N.B.CALLIS, James HCALLIS, John HCALLIS, Joseph H "Joe"CALLIS, Louisa CCALLIS, LouiseCALLIS, Martha BellCALLIS, Martha Bell (2)CALLIS, Martha E. H.CALLIS, Mary J. S.CALLIS, Mary JaneCALLIS, Mary MCALLIS, Mary EllenCALLIS, Newton Oliver*CALLIS, OliverCALLIS, PearlCALLIS, PollyCALLIS, Raymond E.CALLIS, Robert L.CALLIS, Troy OlenCALLIS, W. M.CALLIS, William Ray "Bud"
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Submitted: 6/8/21 • Approved: 6/21/21 • Last Updated: 6/24/21 • R1378501-G1378501-S3
William
March 30, 1929 - June 12, 1969
*Obituary (news article)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, June 13, 1969
Spectacular Springdale Crash Kills Two
SPRINGDALE -- Two men were killed in a spectacular collision between a semi-trailer truck and a car a mile east of here on Hwy. 68 about 10:25 p.m. Thursday.
Dead are Finis R. Oliver, 32, of Dyer, Tenn. driver of the car, and William B. Callis, 40, of Route 1, Hiwasse, driver of the Jones Truck Lines semi-trailer.
The truck ploughed into a roadside tavern alter the collision, destroying the front portion of the frame building and scattering debris over a wide area.
Five occupants of the tavern escaped injury because they were not in the front portion of the building, where pool tables are located. Normally several persons would have been in that area.
Oliver's shattered automobile came to rest upright on a large tree stump with all four wheels off the ground.
State Police said Oliver pulled from the Pleasant Valley road into the westbound truck's path. After the impact, the truck jackknifed and slid sideways into the Grapevine Tavern.
The building was demolished. Spectators on the scene said the building looked like "it had been hit by an explosion."
Callis was thrown from his truck and crushed underneath the tavern's porch roof. Oliver was pronounced dead on arrival at Springdale Memorial Hospital.
Springdale firemen were called to the scene because both diesel fuel from the truck and bottled gas from the tavern's heating system were escaping and fire was feared.
Troopers said the truck traveled 100 feet after jackknifing before striking the tavern.
Deaths of the two men brought Washington County's highway toil for the year to eight, compared with 13 at the same time last year. It was the third time this year that two persons have died in a single accident. Two men died in a Jan. 27 accident and two women were killed near Winslow on March 23.
Funeral arrangements for Callis will be announced by Sisco Funeral Chapel. Oliver's body will be returned to Tennessee for funeral and burial.
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, June 14, 1969
Bentonville — Funeral services for William Bryan Callis, 40, who was killed in a truck-car collision near Springdale Thursday will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Hiwasse Church of Christ. Burial will be in Mount Peasant Cemetery under direction of Callison-McKinney Funeral Home.
Callis was born March 30, 1929 near Hiwasse and had been employed by Jones Truck Lines for the past three years.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Jean Pruitt Callis of the home; one son, Kenneth Bryan of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Sue Boren of Gravette; his mother, Mrs. Tommy Jefferson of Bentonville; four sisters, Mrs. Harold Pace or Owasso, Okla., Mrs. Nadine Boling of Chandler, Ari., Mrs. Lavada Fawcett of Tulsa and Mrs. Imagean Alexander of Ponca City, Okla., and one grandchild.
Billie
August 30, 1930 - August 22, 1993
Contributed on 6/8/21 by wfields55
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