HOPE, Ark.—Douglas Ward Brantley, 73, of DeAnn, Ark., died Saturday, July 12, 2008, at his home.

Mr. Brantley was born April 12, 1935, in Greenville, N.C. He was a former steel worker and Meyers truck driver, a cattle farmer, an Army veteran and a member of Cattlemen’s Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars of North Carolina, Teamsters Union, North American Hunting Club and Midway United Methodist Church, Prescott, Ark.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Sams Brantley of DeAnn; his mother-in-law, Bertha Ree Sams of Emmet, Ark.; one niece, Rheana Jester of DeAnn; three nep...

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