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Submitted: 6/2/22 • Approved: 6/21/22 • Last Updated: 6/24/22 • R1435251-G1435249-S3
US Army
World War II
October 18, 1922 - August 20, 2014
He was a retired manager from Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Company after 39 years of service. He was an U.S. Army Veteran of WWII of the 29th Infantry serving in the Battle of the Bulge and Omaha Beach. He was a member of Van Buren 1st Assembly of God Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife Vida; two sisters, Ruby Lairmore and Bernice Helton; one brother Wheeler Fountain.
Funeral services will be 2PM Monday, August 25, 2014 at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren with burial at Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren with military honors under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren.
He is survived by two daughters Janice Fountain Costes of Fayetteville and Genelle Newton of Greenwood; four grandchildren Brandon and Aaron Costes both of Fayetteville, Joshua Newton of Grovetown, GA, and Aaron Newton of Fort Smith; three great grandchildren.
Vida
August 21, 1923 - October 29, 2012
Vida Fountain, 89 of Van Buren passed away October 29, 2012 in a local hospital.
She was a homemaker and a retired Beautician. She was a longtime member of the Van Buren First Assembly of God Church.
She is survived by her husband, Mitchell of the home; two daughters, Janice Fountain-Costes of Fayetteville, Genelle Newton of Greenwood; two grandchildren, Brandon & Aaron Costes of Fayetteville; three great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 3:00pm at Ocker Memorial Chapel with Reverend Bobby Johnson and Robert Burris officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
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