Category: Obituaries

Obituary for Richard D. Steel

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Portrait of Richard Steel in high school
Richard Steel

Richard “Ric” Dee Steel, 42, a longtime resident of El Paso, died on March 13, 2000.

He was born December 3, 1957, at Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico. He was a member of the Fayetteville High School class of 1976 and served in the Air Force at the rank of Senior Airman.

Survivors included his mother, Ethel Lawson; his brothers Gordon and Dr. Samuel Steel; his sister Carol Shepherd; and his uncles, Samuel Steel and Judge McFee. He was preceded in death by his father, Dr. James A. Steel, and his brother Jimmy Steel.

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Graveside services were held at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Section M, Site 2671, El Paso, Texas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sierra Hiking Club of El Paso, Texas.

 

Obituary for Brooks Clower

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brooks-clowerWilliam Brooks Clower Jr. died August 5, 2010. He was 52 years old. He was born Oct. 2, 1957, to William B. Clower Sr. and Janet Griffith Clower.

Brooks was a graduate of Fayetteville High School, where he was a member of the football and track teams. He played power fullback, earning him the nickname “Power Clower.”

After graduating from Fayetteville High, he attended the University of Arkansas, where he received his bachelor’s degree in geology. He earned a Master of Science in geology and a Juris Doctor from the School of Law.

He then was employed by Southwestern Energy Co. where he became senior attorney during his 15-year tenure. In 2001 he was recognized for his outstanding service as chair of the Natural Resource Law Section. He then worked for Walmart legal department as an environmental/real estate attorney. He covered a vast territory and worked in a very determined and honorable manner until his resignation in 2003.

He was a member of Central United Methodist Church and served his church as a Sunday school teacher and usher. He coached Little League baseball.

He was preceded in death by his father William Brooks Clower Sr. He was survived by his mother Janet Clower, his best friend, Leigh Clower, as well as their two children, William Brooks Clower III and Evan Asbury Clower. He was also survived by his two sisters Nancy Clower and Anne Clower.

Memorial service was Aug. 11, 2010, at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville under the direction of Moore’s Chapel in Fayetteville. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Hap Hairston, Read Hudson, Dr. Walter Manger, Web Darling, William Brooks Clower III, Hugh Kincaid, Kim Agee and Dr. Paul Nolan.

In lieu of flowers the family asked that donations be made to the University of Arkansas Geology Department, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701 and Central United Methodist Church, 6 West Dickson, Fayetteville, AR, 72703.

Obituary for Lynn Chandler

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Lynn Warren Chandler died Sept. 25, 1976, at Fayetteville. He was born May 15, 1958, at Fullerton, California, the son of Darrell and Audrey Fletcher Chandler.

He was a 1976 graduate of Fayetteville High School and was a mechanic at the time of his death. He died in a one-vehicle accident on East Huntsville Road.

Survivors included his parents of Fayetteville; one brother David of Fayetteville; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fletcher of Fayetteville; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Chandler of Fayetteville and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Eva Adams of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

He is buried at Hester Cemetery in southeast Fayetteville.