Dr. Douglas R. Beechel, age 66, of Cotter, Arkansas, died Sunday, April 22, 2007. He was born July 21, 1940, in Sterling, Illinois, to Darrell and Esther Johnson Beechel. On June 23, 2001, he married Sharon L. Beesley in Cotter. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Dr. Beechel was also a retired dentist.

Survivors are: a son: Scott D. Beechel and wife Susie: Fort Worth, Texas; 2 daughters: Deborah (Kisch) Odland and husband Tom: St. Paul, Minnesota and Kristin Cooper and husband Chris: Lenexa, Kansas; 2 step-daughters: Vicki Owens Cowling and husband Mark: Round Rock, Texas; and Stacy Owens Bohannan and husband Jim: Springdale, Arkansas; father: Darrell Beechel: Mountain Home, Arkansas; and1 sister: Delores McRae and husband Paul: Houston, Texas He was preceded in death by his mother.

Sharon L. Beechel, age 67, of Cotter, died Sunday, April 22, 2007. She was born August 17, 1939, in Southgate, California, to Martin Luther and Elizabeth Metz Edwards. Mrs. Beechel was the owner of Headliner Salon in Mountain Home.

Survivors are: her mother: Elizabeth Edwards: Mountain Home; daughters: Vicki Owens Cowling and husband Mark: Round Rock, Texas; and Stacy Owens Bohannan and husband Jim: Springdale, Arkansas; stepchildren: Deborah Odland and husband Tom: St. Paul, Minnesota; Kristin Cooper and husband Chris: Lenexa, Kansas; and Scott D. Beechel and wife Susie: Fort Worth, Texas. She was preceded in death by her father and a sister: Carolyn Sue Rowbotham.

Their grandchildren are: Lauren and Morgan Cowling: Round Rock, Texas; Kailee Bohannan: Springdale, Arkansas; Derek Whitehouse: West Point, New York; Timothy Stockburger: Fayetteville, Arkansas; Patrick Bohannan: Springdale, Arkansas; Katie and Allie Kisch; Kristina and Maria Odland: St. Paul, Minnesota; Guthrie and Wyeth Cooper: Lenexa, Kansas; Sarah, Emily, Anna and Faith Beechel: Ft. Worth, Texas; and 2 great-grandsons: Cain and Christian Stockburger: Fayetteville, Arkansas.

A memorial service for Dr. and Mrs. Beechel will be at their home, 426 Valley Airport Drive, Cotter, Arkansas, at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 28, 2007, with Pastor David Mattson and Bishop Ray Postelwait officiating. A celebration of Dr. and Mrs. Beechel’s lives will follow. Interment will be private. Memorials may be made to Christ by the Lake Lutheran Church. Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.