"Mr. John D Bartlett, age 87, a resident of Horatio, Arkansas, died Thursday, June 7, 2012 in the Brookewood Rehab/Nursing Home in De Queen, Arkansas.

He was born July 13, 1924 in Horatio. He was a Lab Technician and X-Ray Tech for the De Queen Clinic and Hospital for over 42 years. He was a life long guitar, banjo and mandolin picker. He loved playing music, going to Turkey Track Bluegrass Festival, camping, and attending church. He was a World War II vet, having served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. He was a retired member of De Queen Lions Club. He never met a stranger!

Mr. Bartlett was preceded in death by his parents, John Lewis and Laura Exa Litchford Bartlett; his wife, Freida Sue Poole Bartlett; his brothers, James O. Bartlett, Ed Bartlett and Fay Bartlett; his sister, Jane Bartlett Frady and step-daughter, Kay Mc Kaughan.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Jo Vaughn Bartlett; his daughters, Kimberley Ann Bartlett Huckaby and Leslie Kay Bartlett Neeland; one sister, Mazie Bartlett Doss; step-children, Cheri and Ronnie Stephens, Donnie and La Donna Vaughn, and Pam Tidwell;

his grandchildren, Chad and Laurie Stephens, Vaughn and Tabby Stephens, Jennifer and Joey Roth, Jackie Vaughn, Scarlett Brown, Misty and Brad Kinnet, April DeLeon, Will and Erin Gray, Kyle Gray, and Tony and Janice Neeland; 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Funeral Services for Mr. Bartlett will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 11, 2012 in the Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Virgil Romine, John Gutierrez and Ralph Staggs officiating. Burial will follow at the Chapel Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the funeral home."