PRAIRIE GROVE — Donald Lee “Butch” McCarthey,

age 77, of Prairie Grove, Ark., passed from this life Wednesday, September 15, 2021. He was born December 17, 1943, in Abilene, Texas, a son of the late Lee McCarthey and Willie Mayfield McCarthey. “Butch” was the retired owner and operator of D. & S. Refrigeration in Farmington and a former member of the Fayetteville Elks Lodge.

Also preceding him in death was a son, Roger McCarthey and a great-grandson, Kody Choate. Survivors are his wife, Eileen Francies McCarthey; his children, Terri McCarthey, Tina Shook, David McCarthey, Shasta Momin; his siblings, Wanda Collett, Sondra Smith, Karen Ballard, Ronnie McCarthey; ten grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.

Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 20, at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville by Nelson Berna Funeral Home. To place an online tribute, please visit: www.bernafuneralhomes.com .