Stories from Wednesday, April 30, 2003

A 13-month-old Mountain Home child was killed Sunday morning after being mauled by a wolf-dog hybrid at a home in Boise where his mother was staying. Andre "Harry" Angel Thomas, son of Raul Lopez and Starla Thomas, of Mountain Home was pronounced dead at a Boise hospital...

A Mountain Home woman died last Wednesday morning in a trailer fire at 401 Cedar Street in Mountain Home, which was started by her 4-year-old son playing with a Zippo lighter he had found. Ella Elaine Waltman died from inhaling smoke and hot gases in the fire, from which her son, James, and her husband, Kim, escaped...

A crowd of well over 200 people turned out last week for a special candlelight vigil in support of local troops serving in the war zone in Iraq. Sponsored by the Chamber's Military Affairs Committee, the vigil last Tuesday saw several speakers and singing groups providing entertainment for the event, as the crowd escaped the light rain by huddling under the sheltered picnic area at Carl Miller Park...

Ella Elaine Waltman, 27, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, in a house fire. Graveside services were held Monday, April 28, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Andre "Harry" Angel Thomas, one-year-old son of Raul Lopez and Starla Thomas, died Sunday, April 27, 2003, at a Boise hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Irene Green Williamson, 87, died April 22, 2003. Memorial graveside services were held Saturday, April 26, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel. She was born in DeQueen, Ark., on Jan. 22, 1916. She was the middle child of Robert (Burt) Green and Nodie Morgan Green. She grew up in Ogden, Utah, with her two sisters...

Ryan Little, 89, of Owyhee, Nev., died Sunday, April 27, 2003, at a hospital in Elko. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at the Human Resource Center in Owyhee, Nev. Burial will follow at Miller Creek Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Riley C. McCarroll, 77, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at a Boise hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 29, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Riley was born July 17, 1925, in Plainville, Kan., the son of Benjamin F. and Thelma R. (Brown) McCarroll...

Virginia Walker Eckert, 87, died Saturday, April 12, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at Mountain View cemetery at 2 p.m. on Saturday May 3. Virginia was born Nov. 20, 1915, to Gilbert C. Walker, Sr., and Lena M. Walker, a pioneer Elmore County family, at The Walker Ranch on Cold Springs Creek...

Ryan and Kristina Miller, Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Bennett Ryan Miller was born April 10, 2003. He joins siblings Brittnie and Bailey.

Randy Garcia and Amanda Gentle, Twin Falls, announce the birth of Alixandria Joyce Garcia on Feb. 25, 2003. She joins another daughter, Kyanna Nichole.