Billy Gene Rankin

Service for Bill Gene Rankin, 48, of Rockaway Beach, Iowa, who died Monday, will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs. He was born Dec. 9, 1961, in Gravette to James Terry Rankin and Vera Beth Calkins. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his mother of Gentry; wife Laura Rankin; children Justin Rankin, Billy Rankin and Jessica Lee Rankin, all of Canada; brothers Rick Brown of Portland, Ore., James Rankin of Fort Lewis, Wash., Tommy Calkins of Gentry, and Randy Bryson of Decatur; sisters Rhonda Calkins of Bella Vista, Valerie Ratliff of Bentonville, Tonja Tag and Taria Hannold, both of Gentry, and Beverly Harris of Decatur. Burial: Decatur Cemetery