Martha Lorene HARP

Donald
FIRST LIEUTENANT
82nd Airborne US Army
US Air Force
January 6, 1928 - January 15, 2011

*Obituary (Abstract)
Benton County Daily Record
Sunday, January 16, 2011

SPRINGDALE — Donald Leon Harp, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, was welcomed into glory to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 15, 2011. He was born Jan. 6, 1928, in Springdale, Ark, to Harvard and Roy Harp.

He was the oldest son of four children. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Reland Harp and sister, Judy Harp Vanhoose. He is survived by his brother, Gerald Harp. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Martha Miller Harp and is survived by his present wife. He is also survived by his children.

He loved and was adored by his grandchildren. Don also had four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by lifelong friends, Bill and Louise Ferguson. He was truly a family man and friend to so many.

Don loved his country. He served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne from August 1946 to January 1948, and also served in the Air Force as a first lieutenant from 1951 to 1953.

Don had a heart for commuuity service; he was an Eagle Scout, served as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Springdale and served a term as president. He was a Legion of Honor member and received the George F. Hixson Fellowship Award. He served as president of Springdale Country Club, was on the board of the Associated Wholesale Grocers in Springfield, Mo., served on the Springdale Memorial Hospital Board for 30 years, served on the Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Arkansas Polled Hereford Association and was a Polled Hereford breeder.

One of his greatest loves was serving on the Rodeo of the Ozarks board for 25 years. He was a fullback for Springdale High School and continued to support the Springdale Bulldogs throughout his life. He graduated from the U of A where he served as a member of the Air Force ROTC and graduated with a business/economics degree. He was a supporter of the U of A Razorback Foundation, the Republican Party, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

He loved to hunt and was a Golden Eagle Member of the NRA. When he was 12 years old, he worked in his dad's Cash Grocery where he learned the grocery business. After college and serving in the military, in 1953, he formed a partnership with his father, which later became Harps Food Stores. His brothers, Gerald and Reland Harp later joined him in the business.

In his later years, he developed and ran Harp's Properties. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Springdale, now Cross Church, where he served as an usher, greeter, and member of the finance committee.

The family was blessed to have wonderful caregivers in Don's last days: Roseanne Leverich, Juana Hernandez, Allen Wood and Donna Lasiter.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday night at Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale. The funeral service will be held at Cross Church (formerly First Baptist Church of Springdale) at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, with the Rev. Cliff Palmer and the Rev. Charlie Foster officiating. Interment will be at Friendship Cemetery in Springdale.

Pallbearers will be Tex Holt, Tom Reed, John Gladden, Cecil Phillips, Dr. Jim Rollins and Jim Fuller. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Cook, Jerry Stamps, past and present Rodeo of the Ozarks board of directors and secretary, and Janet Edwards.

Charitable contributions can be made to the Springdale Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 652, Springdale, AR 72765, or the Oklahoma and Arkansas Chapter of Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011.

To sign the guestbook online please visit www.siscofuneral.com.

Martha
September 6, 1933 - December 13, 1994

*Obituary (Abstract)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Wednesday, December 14, 1994

Martha Lorene Harp, 61, of Springdale died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1994, at Springdale Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 6, 1933, at Rogers, a daughter of James Henry Lafayette and Ruby Arletta Morris Miller, she was a homemaker and a former bookkeeper for Harps Food Store. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she had been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member and a greeter.

Survivors are her husband, Don L. Harp of the home; five daughters, all of Springdale; her mother of Rogers; four sisters, Faye Barron and Shirley Whillock, both of Springdale, Jean Ann Valente of Tulsa, Okla., and Donna Vantine of Rogers; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Springdale with Dr. Ronnie Floyd and the Rev. Clifford Palmer officiating. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemetery under the direction of Sisco Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the Daystar Ministry of First Baptist Church, 1709 Johnson Road, Springdale 72764.

Married June 7, 1951

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