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Submitted: 9/27/22 • Approved: 9/27/22 • Last Updated: 9/30/22 • R1451263-G1451262-S3
Charlie
August 20, 1927 - January 22, 2021
C. L. "Charlie" Poynter, 93, a resident of Dover, died Friday evening, January 22, 2021, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock.
He was born on August 20, 1927, at Dover to James Yancy "J. Y." and Grace Lano Kirksey Poynter.
He married Miss Bette Wells and was a successful banker and oil and gas man. He was a life long member and former secretary/treasurer of the Dover United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a son, Charles Kirksey "C. K." Poynter; and all of his brothers and sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Yancy Poynter and his wife, Rita, and Tim Poynter, all of Dover; two daughters, Connie Hawkins and her husband, Bo, of Dover and Cathy Davis of Atlanta, Georgia; nine grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Burial will be in McFadden Cemetery at Dover.
Lorene
October 20, 1930 - June 20, 2015
Bette Poynter, 84, a resident of Dover, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born October 20, 1930, in Clarksville to John Paul and Mittie May Baskins Wells. She graduated high school in Auburn, Indiana and then moved back to Arkansas with her family. She met the love of her life, C. L. “Charlie” Poynter and soon married on May 3, 1952, at Paris, Arkansas. She was a long time member of the Dover United Methodist Church where she was a former Sunday school teacher, a lifetime member of the United Methodist Women (UMW), former president of the UMW and a certified lay minister. She was also a member of the American Quarter Horse Association and the Eastern Star. She loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and horseback riding. In her younger years, she enjoyed barrel racing and rodeos and later became a licensed race horse trainer in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. She operated Poynter Training Stables, where she trained many race horses. She loved to attend horse races and to watch them on television. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Peggy Mock and two brothers, Robert Paul and James L. Wells.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the Dover United Methodist Church with the Rev. Phillip C. Collie II and the Rev. Janet Barrow officiating. Burial will be in McFadden Cemetery at Dover under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Service.
Active pallbearers will be J. Y., Justin and Tim K. Poynter, Bo Hawkins, Jessica Poynter, Cecil Whiting, Steve Tanner, Robert Dimitt
and Josh Feltner.
Contributed on 9/27/22 by Billsully060
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