Obituaries

Obituaries for December 26, 2010

Audrey Star Burns Ackley

Audrey Star Burns Ackley died on Dec. 21, 2010 at the home of her daughter in Austin, Texas, having celebrated her 100th birthday in September. She was preceded in death …
Jennie M. Anderson

Jennie Mai Anderson, 82, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., died Dec. 22, 2010. Survivors include: husband, Charles; four children, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and a brother and sister. …
Larry F. Arendale

Larry F. Arendale, 76, of Heber Springs, Ark., retired United States Air Force and owner of Larry's Famous Hamburgers passed away Thursday. Survivors: wife, Wanda Arendale; daughters, Deborah (Charles) Lomerson, …
Laura Mae Baugh

Laura Mae Bray Baugh, 90, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Funeral services will be Monday, 3 p.m. at Harmony Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be in Roselawn …
Lucille Sparkman Bettis

Lucille Sparkman Bettis, 91, of Fayetteville died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 in Fayetteville. She was born Aug. 22, 1919 in Guy, Ark., the daughter of Marvin and Flora Bell Lane …
Frank Allen Boerner

Frank Allen Boerner, age 60, resident of Morrilton, formerly of North Little Rock, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. He was born Nov. 5, 1950 in Little Rock, Ark., a …
Orville E. Brewer

Orville Edward Brewer, 81, of Little Rock passed away on Dec. 21, 2010. He was born to the late Alden and Lillian Garrity Brewer in Wheeling, W. Va. Orville, a …
Jimmy Capps

Jimmy Capps, 82, of Star City, died Wednesday at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at Griffin Funeral Service in Star City. Graveside …
Billy Cole

Billy D. Cole, 83, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Thursday Dec. 23, 2010. Visitation will be 11-1 p.m. Monday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Services will …
Samuel L Cole

Samuel Leavis Cole, 69, of College Station, departed this life Dec. 20, 2010. Preceded in death by father, Robert Cole; mother, Mary Kennedy; sister, Mary Doles. He leaves to cherish …
Earl Lemart Coleman

Earl Lemart Coleman, 96, of Little Rock departed this life Dec. 24, 2010. Earl once served as deacon at Lewis St. Church of Christ, he was a song leader, loved …
Bernard Cotter

Bernard Francis Cotter, 90, of Sherwood, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. He retired from the North Little Rock Post Office after 25 years of service and was a member …
Mable Ruth Denton

Mrs. Mable Ruth Denton (Mother Dear), 75, of Pine Bluff, departed on Thursday Dec. 23, 2010. Born July 10, 1935 in England, Ark., to the late Isaac Peoples and Fannie …
George Albert Dilbeck

George Albert "Gay" Dilbeck, 63, Montgomery, Ala., passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 in Montgomery, Ala. He was born on April 1, 1947 to Gloyd A. Dilbeck of McAlester, Okla., …
Kristin Byrd Eaton

Kristin Byrd Eaton, December 23, 2010. Kristin grew up and graduated from high school in Pine Bluff, Ark., and attended Arkansas State University. She was a former manager of Camera …
Lori Hopmann Floyd

Lori Hopmann Floyd, 50 of Berryville, Ark., and formerly of Dumas, Ark., died Dec. 21, 2010. Lori was born Nov. 20, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas and the daughter of …
Jesse F. Gifford

Jesse F. Gifford, 84, of Hot Springs Village died Dec. 23, 2010. Born Feb. 12, 1924 in Melissa, Texas to Escor and Josephine Gifford. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. …
Sharon Woods Gilliam

Sharon Woods Gilliam of Leola, Ark., went to heaven to be with her Lord on Dec. 24, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents Ada Louise and James …
Martha Jane Pickett Goates

Martha Jane Pickett Goates, age 97, Atkins, passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Elmwood Cemetery by Harris Funeral Home …
Bill J. Graddy

Bill Graddy, age 83, of North Little Rock, fell asleep in the Lord Dec. 24, 2010. He was the son of the late Buford Sr., and Willie (Bowling) Graddy. Bill …
Cansade M. Haney

Cansade Haney, 99, of Malvern passed away Dec. 23, 2010. She is survived by a host of nieces and nephews. Visitation is Sunday, Dec. 26 from 2-4 p.m., Regency, Malvern. …
Wanda Lee Harper-Schubert

Wanda Lee Harper-Schubert, long time resident of Hot Springs, Ark., died on Dec. 21, 2010, after a brief illness. She was born in 1924 in England, Ark., and her parents …
Helen Lianos Lord Helmich

Helen Lianos Lord Helmich, 94, of Little Rock, passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. She was born in Little Rock to George and Victoria Valhaudreas and was a member of …
Dianne Holada

Dianne Holada, 65 of Conway, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Born in Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 11, 1945, she was a daughter to the late Irwin and Dorothy (VanEycke) …
Larry Jenkins Sr.

Larry Jenkins Sr., 56, Little Rock, passed Dec. 20, 2010. Survived by wife, Patricia Jenkins, five children; Larry Jr., Tamelle, Yahmiah, Trameria, Tamika Jenkins. Four brothers, six sisters and a …
Texas Blaze Johnson

Texas Blaze Johnson, 7, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Born May 23, 2003 in Searcy, Ark. Texas was a very special young man and had impacted many people during his …
Vanda Johnson

Vanda Johnson, 62, of Sherwood was born in Prattsville, Ark., on Dec. 4, 1948 and passed away on Dec. 21, 2010. She is survived by her husband of 40 years …
Myrtle Kirkland

Myrtle "Aunt Mat" Kirkland, 92, of Little Rock passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. She was a retired Post Master and a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church, AARP and …
Keith Lavelle Lee

Keith Lavelle Lee, 39, of North Little Rock, departed this life December 2010. He leaves to cherish his memories: mother, Mary Holmes; brothers, Curtis Foster, Craig Foster, Sr. (Lisa), Marcus …
William Matthews

William Clarence Matthews, 86, of Sherwood passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. He was born Feb. 3, 1924 in Atkins, Ark., to the late Charles L. and Jane A. Matthews. …
Troy McKnight

Troy "Cotton" McKnight, 72, of Smackover died Thursday. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday in Young's Chapel. Burial will follow at Smackover Cemetery under the direction of Young's. …
Sheryl Messer

Sheryl Messer, 39, Sherwood, passed Dec. 20, 2010. Visitation Dec. 26, 2010 2-6 p.m., Gunn Funeral Home. Funeral service Dec. 27, 2010 11 a.m., Lewis Street Church of Christ. Services …
Mary Catherine Miller

Mary Catherine Miller, 77, of New Edinburg, died Thursday. She is survived by her two sons, Lewis Smith and his wife Diana of Fayetteville, Dennis Davis and his wife Phyllis …
Ray L. Murders

Ray L. Murders, 83, of Jessieville, Ark., died Dec. 23, 2010. Funeral service will be 1 p.m., Monday at Caruth Village Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation …
Robert Lynn Oswalt

Robert Lynn Oswalt, 56, of West Memphis, Ark., passed away Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 at Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis. Mr. Oswalt was a graduate of Arkansas State University; …
Eugene Burl Owens

Eugene "Burl" Owens, age 80, of Glenwood, died Friday. Services will be 2 p.m., Monday in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood with Bro. Dennis Owens and Bro. James …
Mary Lavada Paige

Mary Lavada Paige, age 83, died Tuesday. Survivors, daughter, Marie (Tom) Watson, sons, Ed (Linda) Paige, sister, Lucy Foster, six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, special family, Wendell and Jackie Beall, Joshua, …
Beulah Othell Hoaney Qualls

Beulah Othell Hoaney Qualls, 86 of Evening Shade died Friday Dec. 24, 2010 at Ash Flat. Funeral Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010 at 2 p.m., at the Cave City Church of …
Christa Maria Reichelt

Christa Maria Reichelt, 81 of Dumas, Ark., died Dec. 19, 2010. She was born Feb. 6, 1929 in Breslau, Germany. Funeral Services held 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 in …
Thurman Reves

Thurman Reves, age 70 of Cabot passed away Dec. 24, 2010. Born Jan. 26, 1940 in Batesville to the late Owen and Margaret Reves. Survived by two sons, three daughters, …
Linda Ridgeway

Linda Ridgeway, 63 of Searcy passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. She is survived by her children, son, A. J. King and daughter, Kim Hale both of Searcy; other relatives …
Ada Robertson

Ada Robertson, 92 of El Dorado passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, at Young's Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior …
William Robinson Jr.

William Robinson 82, of Little Rock, Ark., passed away on Dec. 19, 2010. He's survived by his wife, Hazel Robinson; son, Calvin Williams; daughters, Vicky Jackson and Jacqueline Robinson all …
Helmer C. Shaw

Helmer C. Shaw (babee) departed this life on Dec. 22, 2010 at St. Vincent hospital to begin a life of eternal peace and happiness. His spontaneity for life, his genuine …
Florene Singleton

Florene Singleton, age 89 of Dodge City, Kan., formerly of Mena, Ark., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 in Dodge City. Funeral services will be Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 at …
Ashley Mariah Sliffe

Ashley Mariah Sliffe, 21, Perryville, passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Funeral services: 10 a.m. Monday, at Perry Baptist Church with burial at Perryville Cemetery by Harris Funeral Home of …
Bettye Boileau Stegall

Born to Marcel and Lela Boileau on July 14, 1946 in Warren County, Tenn., Bettye Boileau Stegall, longtime resident of Germantown, Tenn., passed away after a sudden and short illness …
Steven J. Stone

Steven Joe Stone, 62, retired US Army colonel, died on 9 December 2010 from brain cancer. Internment will be March 15, 2011 at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. …
Harold Stringer

Harold Lee Stringer, 55, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Thursday Dec. 23, 2010. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Monday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Services will …
Kathryn T. Strong

Mrs. Kathryn T. Strong, age 82, of Texarkana, Ark., died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, in a local hospital. Mrs. Strong was born Nov. 4, 1928, in Taylor, Ark., and had …
Retha Florence Allen Tate

Retha Florence Allen Tate, 104, of Longview Texas, died on Dec. 23, 2010. Services will be Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 at 2 p.m., in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home …
Benny Tatum

Mr. Benny Tatum, 49 of Dumas, Ark., died Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. Funeral will be Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Dumas with …
William "Bill" Christopher Throop

William "Bill" Christopher Throop, 47, died Dec. 22, 2010 in Little Rock, Ark., with his wife and best friend, Wynne Dee, by his side. Bill was born Feb. 5, 1963 …
Willie Thomas Williams

Willie Thomas "W.T." Williams 83, of Clinton, Ark., left this earth for his eternal home with the Lord on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. He was born April 10, 1927 at …
Gerald Wood

Gerald "Tubby" Van Wood passed away on Dec. 23, 2010. Visitation will be 11-1 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 28 at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral home in Jonesboro, Ark., with graveside services beginning …
Danny Earl Woosley

Danny Woosley, age 55 of Cabot, passed away Dec. 23, 2010. Born Aug. 9, 1955. Preceded in death by adoptive father, grandparents and father and step-mother. Survived by mother, three …
William S. Yancey

William Yancey, 90, of Malvern died Dec. 21, 2010. Survivors are daughters, Brenda Wilson, Becky Simpson, Billie Bennett; son, Byron Yancey; sisters, Bunnie Terry, Lorena Bennings; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. …

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