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Submitted: 10/4/21 • Approved: 10/14/21 • Last Updated: 10/17/21 • R1393720-G1393720-S3
Claude
January 19, 1938 - April 5, 2020
Helen
November 19, 1938 - June 15, 2012
*Obituary for Claude Batman, Jr
Claude Harrison Batman, Jr. of Ozone, Arkansas was born on January 19, 1938 in Portland, Oregon to Claude Harrison Batman, Sr. and Vivian Preston Batman. He passed away on April 5, 2020 in Ozone, Arkansas at the age of 82. He was an investment manager and a member of the Journey Church and First United Methodist Church in Clarksville, Arkansas.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Helen Alford Batman.
He is survived by his son, Claude Harrison Batman, III; his daughter, Jana Denise Batman; his daughter-in-law, Beth Batman; his sister, Stat Batman Posey; his grandchildren, Connor Thomas Ward Hill; Kathryn Sample; Joseph Sample; Joshua Miller; and his great-grandchildren, Joshua Camp and Jacob Camp.
A private graveside service will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at Mt. Airy Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas with Reverend Matt Bewley and Reverend Heather Clawitter officiating. Pallbearers will be Connor Hill, Harrison Batman, Robert Caldwell, Matt Moreland, George Overby, and Dan Chapman.
*Obituary for Helen Batman
Helen M. (Marie and Mommy) Batman, age 73, succumbed to a years long illness Friday, June 15, 2012.
She was born Helen Marie Alfred in Gary, Texas on November 19, 1938.
She worked passionately as an interior decorator in Shreveport, La. where she lived for 25 years. She retired at age 57 as an interior decorator after moving to Clarksville, Ark. About six months later, she realized her lifelong dream of opening her restaurant, Helen's Kitchen. People from all over Arkansas lovingly called her "The Pie Lady" for the 11 years that it remained open.
Helen is preceded in death by her son, Gary Ward Riggs of Thomasville, Georgia, her parents Jesse and Marie Alfred and her Aunt and Uncle Dovie and George Sanford all of Texas. She is survived by her soulmate and husband Claude Harrison Batman Jr. of Ozone, Ark., son, Spencer Eugene Riggs of Shreveport, La., daughter, Jana Denise Bryant and her husband Reid and their three children Connor Thomas Ward Hill (10), MaKenzie Ashton Bryant (11) and Matilyn Ryliegh Bryant (4), of Pine Bluff, Ark., step-son, Claude Harrison Batman III and his wife Beth of Oklahoma City, Okla., daughter-in-law, Debbie Riggs Wilson of Thomasville, Ga, chosen/"adopted" children, Mark Schneider of St. Louis, Mo. and Carolyn Moreland of Lamar, Ark.
Her Visitation will be Wednesday, June 20, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. at Hardwicke Funeral Home in Clarksville, Ark. Funeral Services will be Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Clarksville, Ark. Internment at Mt. Airy Cemetery immediately following the Funeral.
Contributed on 10/4/21 by billsully060
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