The Mountain Home community is mourning the loss of a long-time resident and one of the area’s most prominent attorneys. Frank J. Huckaba died Saturday at the age of 85.
A Korean War veteran of the United States Army, Huckaba began his law career after passing the Arkansas Bar examination by serving as a clerk for Arkansas Supreme Court Justice George Rose Smith. He later served three years as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Tampa, Fla., and in Washington.
Huckaba and his family relocated to Mountain Home in 1965 where he began his law practice, which continued for 50 years. In 1975, Huckaba was appointed by Gov. David Pryor as a chancery judge. He also served as a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention from 1978 to 1980.
Huckaba was appointed by the Arkansas Supreme Court to the Board of Law Examiners, and he served as a special chief justice of the court. He was also a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney, a president of the Baxter County-Marion County Bar Association, an active member of the Arkansas Bar Assocation and a chair of numerous Arkansas Bar committees.
Huckaba was also active in the local community. He was a Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow. In addition, he served on the boards of the Mountain Home School District, Serenity and Worthen Bank, and he was on the professional advisory council of the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation.
A public memorial service for Frank Huckaba will be announced at a later date. Graveside services will be private.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Joy May Sanders Huckaba, in December 2019.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Mountain Home or the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation.
Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.
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