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Opha COUNTS

Opha COUNTS, a son of Marion COUNTS, of Second Creek, came to Cal DUFF's Sunday morning, January 15, and told Mr. DUFF his little boy was very sick and the mother said for him to kill a quail and bring it over to make some broth for the sick child. Mr. DUFF picked up his double barrell shotgun, put in two shells, and as he breeched the gun one barrel fired, contents passing through a stool bottom chair, tearing the lower round out, then hitting the calf of COUNT's left leg. Dr. Fred CASTO was called at once and dressed the ugly wound. Mr. COUNTS was moved early Monday morning to his father's home where he died Wednesday at noon. The sad accident was quite a shock to both localities. Mr. COUNTS was 20 years old. (Friday, January 27, 1922).

Orley Marie DONOHEW

RIPLEY - Orley Marie Donohew, 75, of Ripley died July 17, 1999, in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness. She was a homemaker and attended Longview Community Church, Evans. Surviving: husband, Chester; son, Larry Jackson of Ripley; daughters, Linda Parsons and Lucinda Ranson, both of Fairplain, Loretta Hatcher of Kenna; brothers, Clydie CASTO of Fairplain, Dexter CASTO of Leon, Delbert CASTO of Ripley; sisters, Lillie Smith of Huntington, Evalena Young of Ripley; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at CASTO Funeral Home, Evans, with the Rev. Gerald Sayre officiating. Burial will be in Longview Cemetery, Evans. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.  (Charleston Gazette, Jul. 19, 1999)

Jimi Louise (CASTO) DOUGLASS
Jimi Louise Douglass, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, died on June 12, 2001, at the age of 86 years. She was born on May 21, 1915, in White Oak, Oklahoma, and in 1935, she married Virgil Douglass. In 1990, they settled in Eureka Springs, and in 1991, he preceded her in death. Mrs. Douglass was an active member of the United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs, Garden Club and the Hospital Guild of Eureka Springs Hospital. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Richard Russell, a son, Bill Douglass, all of Eureka Springs, five grandchildren, Valerie McKinley of Bothell, Washington, Jacquelyn Russell of Honolulu, Hawaii, Leigh Buzzini of Boise, Idaho, Matthew Douglass and Kate Douglass, both of New York City. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 2001, at the United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs, and interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2001. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the building fund of the United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs. Local arrangements are by the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita. Obituary from the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 332 N Scraper St, Vinita, OK 74301, (918) 256-5555 submitted by Katy Edmonson