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Submitted: 6/2/12 • Approved: 6/2/12 • Last Updated: 8/11/12 • R700953-G700951-S3
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US Army
World War II
October 11, 1916 - July 7, 2011
SOURCE: Obituary
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Sunday, July 10, 2011
D.L. Valliant
ROGERS — D.L. "Doc" Valliant, 94, died July 7, 2011, in Rogers, Ark. He was born Oct. 11, 1916, at home near Anson, Texas.
His wife of 55 years, Juanita, died in 1995. He was the fourth and youngest child of the late William and Lena Valliant. His three siblings, Raymond, Alberta, and Harold preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Richard Valliant, daughter-in-law, Carla Maffeo of Potomac, Md., and granddaughter, Joanna Valliant of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is also survived by seven nieces and three nephews.
Mr. Valliant served in the Army in World War II and was a farmer in Texas and Northwest Arkansas, where he moved in 1951.
He was active in the local Soil and Water Conservation District and the Farm Bureau. In 1961, he was made a supervisor of the Benton County District. In 1966, he was elected a vice president in the Arkansas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts for a 12-county area in Northwest Arkansas.
He was an avid gardener and golfer, participating in the Ozark Mountain Golf Association weekly amateur tournaments for 50 years. Through 2010 the OMGA staged the Doc Vallbnt Year-End Tournament, named in his honor.
Services will be held Saturday, July 16, 2011, at 3 p,m., at Stockdale Funeral Chapel in Rogers.
A visitation will be held at Stockdale from 1 to 3 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be at the Rogers City Cemetery at 510 S. 10th St. in Rogers, immediatety following the services.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the New York Center for Autism (http:// www.nycacharterschool.org/).
Arrangements are by Stockdale Funeral Services in Rogers. Online condolences may be made at stockdalefuneral.com.
Juanita
Oct 3 1919 - Feb 19 1995
*Obituary
Rogers Hometown News
Wednesday, March 1, 1995
Juanita Valliant
Juanita Valliant, 75 of Rogers died Feb. 19, 1995, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. She was born Oct. 3, 1919, at Jones County, Texas, the daughter of M.L. Emerson and Jessie Kyle Emerson.
She moved here in 1952 from Jones County. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Rogers.
She is survived by her husband, D.L. Valliant of the home, whom she married on Nov. 17, 1940; a son and daughter-in-law, Richard L. and Carla Valliant of Potomac, Md.; a sister, Mildred Hymer of Breckenridge, Texas; a granddaughter, Joanna Valliant; five nieces and two nephews.
Funeral service was Feb. 23 at Callison-Lough Funeral Chapel in Rogers with the Rev. Ben J. Rowell. Interment followed in Rogers Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 322 North Greenwood, Fort Smith, AR 72901.
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