Kari Spiker - Eastern Times Register

Obituaries

November 19, 2024

Kari Spiker

Aug. 22, 1956 – Nov. 8, 2024

Kari Spiker, 68, of Sallisaw, died on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Fort Smith, Ark. She was born on Aug. 22, 1956, in Douglas, Ariz., to Clarence Newton and Carrie (Palmer) Allen.

No formal service is planned at this time. Cremation is under the direction of Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.

Survivors include her companion, Don Akin of the home; three sons, Christopher Young of Tennessee, David Isbell of Sallisaw, and George F. Newton of Georgia; several grandchildren; her mother, of Sallisaw; one brother, Roy Dean of Alabama; and other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father.

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