General Information

Birth
31 JAN 1931
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
13 JAN 2013
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Gladys Marie Hess

81 a resident of Springdale passed away January 13, 2013 in Fayetteville at the Willard Walker Hospice Home. She was born January 31, 1931 in Springdale the daughter of Oscar S. and Bessie E. Cohea Harlan.

Gladys and Albert Bernard Hess met at Farmington High School, later married and lived in several cities in Arkansas, including Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock and Hickory Ridge. They then moved to Columbia, Missouri and later to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Finally they moved back to Springdale where they retired in 1996.

She was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters, Mildred Warford of Fayetteville and Lois Doster of Farmington.

Gladys had been a member of three churches in Northwest Arkansas, Unity Baptist in Farmington, Elmdale Baptist and First Landmark Baptist Churches of Springdale.

Survivors include two sons, Daryl Hickman and wife Ginger of Springdale, Rex Hess and wife Sue of Champaign, Illinois; two daughters, Dena Kroll and husband Ken of Columbia, Missouri and Lynette Hess of Arlington, Texas; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Parents

Oscar Sylvester Harlan
- Father
1878 - 1937
Birth
9 MAR 1878
Batesville, Mississippi
Death
17 SEP 1937
Burial
Rose Cemetery, Washington County, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Bessie Elizabeth Cohea
- Mother
1891 - 1972
Birth
6 OCT 1891
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
10 FEB 1972
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Rose Cemetery, Washington County, Prairie Grove, Arkansas

Spouses

Albert Bernard Hess
- Husband
1929 - 1997
Birth
13 MAY 1929
Tontitown, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
24 MAR 1997
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas
Hickman
- Husband

Children

Dena Hess
- Daughter
Lynette Hess
- Daughter