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Submitted: 12/12/10 • Approved: 4/16/18 • Last Updated: 4/19/18 • R426682-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
Korea
February 4, 1924 - August 7, 2010
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
ELKINS - Charles Roe Stokenbury, 86, of Elkins, Ark., passed away at his home Saturday August 7, 2010. Charles was born February 4, 1924 in Elkins to Roe Dolph and Anna Oakley Buck Stokenbury.
Charles lived his lifetime in Elkins except for serving in the Army in Italy during World War II and the Korean War. He was a farmer at heart and by vocation, a substitute rural mail carrier, a TV and radio repairman, and a staunch supporter of the Elkins Community Center. He has blessed many lives by his service to others.
He was preceded in death by his son, Bennie Ralph, his parents, three infant brothers, Lloyd, Norman and Bill.
Survivors include his wife of 62 plus years, Mary Moore Stokenbury; daughter, Ruby and son-in-law, Barry Wells of Rogers, Ark. He left a great legacy for his six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. His grandchildren are Christopher and Rebekah Wells of Centerville, Utah, Jamie and Casey Loerts of Tahlequah, Okla., Rachel and Blair Martin of Madison, Wis., Stacey and Ephraim Sloan of Elkins, Ark., Sarah and Tim Skoch of Prairie Grove, Ark., and Jacob Wells of Milan, Italy. His great-grandchildren are Matthew, Caleb, and Isaac Wells, Christian Loerts. Olivia Martin, Cora Sloan, Peter and Catherine Skoch, plus expected Baby Sloan and Baby Skoch. His living sisters are: Grace Lawson of Springdale, Ark., Mary Ann and Doyle Duckett of Ozark, Ark., and Sonja and Wade Blevins of Elkins, Ark.; sister-in-law, Ann Stokenbury of Elkins, Ark. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews, other relatives, and a host of very good friends. He will be sorely missed.
Graveside Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Hester Cemetery in Fayetteville with the Rev. Lynville Eaton officiating.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Beard's Funeral Chapel.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.beardsfuneralchapel.com
Contributed on 12/12/10 by judyfrog
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