Obituaries

Aubra Anthony Sr., 73, senior v.p. and director of Anthony Forest Products Co., El Dorado, Ar., died of brain cancer Jan. 28, 1996, in El Dorado.

A native of Thornton. Ar.. he started in the sawmill of the family-owned business, eventually assuming control of the company from his father.

He was active in the Southern Forest Products Association and the Arkansas Forestry Association.

Arthur G. Weiss, 36, a trader for Tampa International Forest Products, Tampa, Fl., died of cystic fibrosis Jan. 15 in Tampa.

He started with Tampa International in 1985.

Frank Norris, 73, retired general manager of Prague Lumber, Prague, Ok.. died of a stroke Jan. 2 in Colorado Springs, Co.

Born in Covington, Ok., he was a veteran of World War II and had worked in many capacities for Prague Lumber.

He was a past president of the Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association and a former Mid-America Lumbermen's Association board member.

Drake Harden Rogers, 75, president of H.J. Munnerlyn, Inc., Bennettsville, Ok., died of congestive heart failure Nov. 7 in Bennettsville.

Born in Bennettsville, he purchased H.J. Munnerlyn in 1970.

Clinton Lancaster, 63, mgr. of Midsouth Reload, Nicholasville, Ky., died of cancer Jan. 12 in Nicholasville.

Born in Versailles, Ky., he joined Stratton Lumber Co. as a truck driver in 1966 and worked up to yard supervisor before becoming mgr. for Stratton's subsidiary in 1995.

His son, Larry Lancaster, works for Palumbo Lumber, Lexington, Ky., and his son-in-law, Barry Archer, is an employee of Stratton.

Laurn Champ, 73, former Oklahoma regional mgr. for the MidAmerica Lumbermens Association, died of bone marrow cancer Jan.24 in

Wichita, Ks.

Born in Schulte, Ks., he worked for family-owned Whetzel Lumber Co., Goddard, Ks., for many years and Mid-America Lumbermens for eight years.

He was past international president of Hoo-Hoo International.

Robber Kills Scotty's Worker

A gunman killed a 76-year-old employee of Scotty's, Jacksonville, Fl., after robbing the store.

William Butler was helping a driver unload supplies from a tractortrailer when the assailant forced them inside the store and demanded money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the gunman fired, striking Butler several times and a coworker once,

Butler died before he reached the hospital, while Emory Thornton, 65, remained in serious condition with a gunshot wound in the lower abdomen.

The driver and two other workers on,f,gty were not shot. The killer remailsaLlg:ge.

Butler, a five-year Scotty's employee, loved to work and hadn't considered retirement.