Obituaries

Obituaries for February 13, 2011

Jeanette M. (Jackson) Shie

Jeanette M. (Jackson) Shie, 81, of Vilonia, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9th. She was born Dec. 17, 1929. A Graveside funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14 …
Margaret A. Baker

Margaret A. Baker, 79, of Hot Springs Village, Ark. died Feb. 10, 2011. Born Dec. 18, 1931 in St. Louis, Mo. to Raymond and Catherine Belford. Visitation/Rosary on Monday from …
Dudley R. Baxter

Dudley R. Baxter, 84, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, at Saline Hospital Hospice House in Bryant. He was a retired builder and Southern Baptist minister. Mr. Baxter was a …
Elbert Lee Bean

ELBERT LEE BEAN, age 68, of Alexander went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 after a battle with cancer. He was born in Benton, Ark. on …
Gary A Bell

GARY A. BELL, of Roland, Ark., beloved father and husband, went to be with the Lord Feb. 9, 2011. A man dedicated to service, he volunteered for the Lake Maumelle …
Lorene Berniece Bench

Lorene Berniece Bench, 79, passed away Feb. 11, 2011. Survivors: husband, Utah Bench; daughter, Sharon Hite; grandson, Gary Martin; sisters, Lucille West and Betty Simpkins; nephews and nieces. Visitation Sunday, …
Gerald Berry

E. Gerald Berry, age 70, of Benton, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. He was born March 24, 1940 in Fordyce, Ark. Mr. Berry was a U.S. Navy Veteran and …
Virginia Beth Bloodworth

VIRGINIA BETH BLOODWORTH passed away peacefully surrounded by family at UAMS on Feb. 10, 2011. Beth was born on Feb. 23, 1969 to Ann and Tom Bridgers of Little Rock, …
Edna Blubaugh

Edna Blubaugh, 97, of Searcy died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Visitation will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 in the chapel of Roller-Daniel Funeral Home with funeral services beginning …
Sterling Lee "Pookie" Bolden

STERLING LEE "POOKIE" BOLDEN, 41, of Little Rock, passed away on Feb. 3. He is survived by his children, Bradley and Brittany Bolden of Laurel, Miss; parents, Darlene Jackson (Stanley) …
Thelma Onita Calliham

Thelma Onita Calliham of Mena, formerly of Watson, Okla. passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 in Mena. A memorial service will be Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 at 2 p.m. at …
David Ray Clements

David Clements, 91, of Vilonia, passed away Feb. 10, 2011. He was born in Lima, Ohio to Eugene and Mary Drew Clements. He is survived by his wife, Carrie Clements …
Ruth (Snukie) Clifton

Ruth (Snukie) Clifton, 89, Malvern died Feb. 10, 2011. Born July 29, 1921. Visitation 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 14, 2011 at Atkinson Funeral Home. Graveside service is 2 p.m. Feb. …
James Cofer

James Thomas "Doc" Cofer, 89, Benton, died Thursday. He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Elaine Cofer; granddaughter, Kim Cofer and many dear family and friends. Visitation, 9 to 10 a.m. …
Lorene Cooper

Lorene Cooper, 86, of Jonesboro, died Friday. Survivors include her son, James Cooper; grandchildren, Jill, Scott and Shawn Cooper; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held 1 …
Florence Cotton-Jones

FLORENCE COTTON-JONES, 64, Little Rock passed Feb. 8, 2011. Survived by children; Chris Perry and Kashawnda Lynch; six grandchildren. Family hour Feb. 18, 2011 7:15-8:15 p.m. Gunn Funeral Home. Funeral …
Donald W. Dalsing

DONALD W. DALSING, 72, of Jacksonville, Ark. passed away Feb. 11, 2011 in Little Rock, Ark.. He was born Aug. 27, 1938 in Longton, Kan. to the late George Wayne …
Mildred Allan Neal Dickey

MILDRED ALLAN NEAL DICKEY, fondly known as Millie by her friends and Mimi by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, went to be with her Lord Feb. 9. She was born in …
Evan C. Doughty

Evan C. Doughty, 82, Hot Springs Village died Feb. 7, 2011. Born Sept. 19, 1928 in Ogdensburg, Wis. to Mark and Ethel Doughty. Visitation on Feb. 14, 2011 from 1-2 …
Rose Marie Lucas Dozier

ROSE MARIE LUCAS DOZIER, 65, of North Little Rock passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. She was born Dec. 31, 1946 in Little Rock, Ark. to the late Andrew J. …
Richard Nolan Drake

Memorial services for Richard Drake, 65, will be held Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 at 3 p.m. at Central Avenue Christian Church in Humboldt, Tenn. Richard died at his residence on …
Robert James Endres

Robert James Endres, 59, of Springfield, died at 2:25 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at St. John's Hospice. He was born April 21, 1951 in Springfield to George Peter and …
Zerah Ervin

ZERAH ERVIN, 9l of Jacksonville passed away Feb. 9, 2011. Survived by daughter, Annella (Greg) Bowman; grandchild, Alicia (O.T.); great-grandchildren, Michael, Britni, Briana; a host of nephews, nieces, relatives, and …
Charles Fain Fiser

CHARLES FAIN FISER, 89, of North Little Rock, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. He was born March 2, 1921 to James Fain and Ola Nation …
Raymond Craft Fitzgibbon

RAYMOND CRAFT FITZGIBBON, age 97, of Little Rock, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. He was born Nov. 16, 1913, and preceded in death by his parents, D.W. Fitzgibbon and …
Gene Gibbins

GENE GIBBINS, 86, of Little Rock, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Gene was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Harold and …
Leroy Goss

LEROY (BOB) GOSS, age 77, died Feb. 7, 2011. He was born April 27, 1933 to Jesse and Martha Goss in Trenton, N.J. one of ten children. Five siblings preceded …
Bobbie May Guire

Bobbie May Guire, age 37, of Tulsa, Okla., formery of Mena, Ark., passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 in Tulsa. Ms. Guire was sent for cremation under the direction of …
Carla Hawthorne

Carla Denise Hawthorne, age 56, of Benton, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. She was born July 1, 1954 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Carla was employed at UPS. She was …
Charles Henry Hayslip Jr.

Charles Henry Hayslip Jr., 39, of Williford died Friday. Survivors: Wife, Misty Hayslip; parents, Charles Hayslip, Patricia Hayslip; son, Ret Silvia; grandmother, Lucille Faulkenberry; sisters, Teresa White, Lisa Ockey. Memorial …
Lovie Mae Hester

Lovie Mae Hester, 77, of Blytheville, Ark. passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will be in …
Fannie Jefferson Jordan

FANNIE JEFFERSON JORDAN, 77, of Little Rock passed Feb. 10, 2011. Survived by five children, Donnie (Gwen) Jordan, Brenda Jordan-Sloan (Dwight), David Jordan (Carolyn), Lee Jordan Jr. (Natae), Kirk Jordan …
Claude Jones

Claude Jones of Harrison, died Feb. 10, 2011. He was 77 years old. He was born on July 22, 1933 at Alpena, Ark. Funeral service will be Saturday, Feb. 19, …
Pat (Price) Juras

Pat (Price) Juras, 58, of Jonesboro died Friday. Survivors are husband, Ronald; mother, Mrytle Morley; son, Robbie (Jenny); daughter, Kristy; five brothers; three sisters and three grandchildren. Services are Tuesday, …
Verita Kay Keel

Vertia Kay Keel, 59, of Jefferson, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. She was retired from the State Employment Security Division and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived …
Janis Coleen Lewis

Mrs. Janis Coleen Lewis, known as "Aunt Willie", of Largo, Fla., formerly of Mena, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 in Largo. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Feb. 16, …
Magdalena Lieblang

Magdalena Lehn Lieblang, 89, of Morrilton, died Feb. 10, 2011. Survivors: son, Frank Lieblang; daughter, Eva Zengler; one sister; 12 grandchildren, great and great-great grandchildren. Memorial service: 3 p.m. Friday, …
Bob Luther

Bob Luther, 78, of Mountain View entered into rest on Feb. 7, 2011 in Little Rock, Ark.. Bob was born May 2, 1932 in Mountain View, Ark. to Thurlow E. …
Opal Donaldson Lynch

Opal Lynch, 89, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. A memorial gathering will be Monday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow …
Shirley Jones Lynch

On Feb. 10, 2011, Shirley Jones Lynch, age 77, longtime resident of Pine Bluff, Ark. died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. Mother, sister, wife and confidant to …
Robert Madison

ROBERT MADISON, 91, Little Rock passed Feb. 9, 2011. Survived by daughter, Doris Jean Madison; sisters, Elizabeth Lane, Bernice Stewart. Family hour Feb. 15, 2011 6-7 p.m. Gunn Funeral Home. …
Freddie Lee May

Freddie Lee May of Sheridan, Ark. was born Dec. 22, 1936 in Sheridan, the son of the late Victor Dow May Sr. and Bertha Elizabeth McCool May. He was a …
Annie McBride

Annie McBride, age 97, of Mena, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 in Mena. Services are Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at 10 a.m. at the First Freewill Baptist Church …
Roe McCranie Jr.

Roe McCranie Jr. age 78 of Cabot, passed away Feb. 11, 2011. He was born Oct. 16, 1932 in Brodie, Ark. to the late Roe and Mary McCranie Sr. He …
Eloise McGhee-O'Neal

Mrs. Eloise McGhee O'Neal, 75, of Almyra, passed away, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church by Reverend Carlton Phillips at …
Grady McGowan

GRADY McGOWAN, 92, of Little Rock, formerly of Arkadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Survived by: sister, Lou Ethel Nauden; niece, Willie J. Davis (Solomon); great niece and nephew, Dawn …
William J. "Joe" Nelson

William J. "Joe" Nelson, age 67, passed away at home Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 after a long illness. He was born Sept. 25, 1943, in Memphis, Tenn. He was a …
Jack C. Newman

Jack C. Newman, 82, Conway, died Friday, Feb. 11. Survivors: wife, Erma Dee Newman; children, Gary Newman (Debra), Arkadelphia, Angie O'Keefe, Sherwood, Dea Ann Green (Noah), Conway, Connie Page (Bob), …
Macil Marvell Null

Macil Marvell Null 75, of Bee Branch, Ark. passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Floyd Wayne Null; two sons; one daughter; …
Erwin Edgar Ostrom

Erwin Edgar Ostrom, 80, of Cleveland, Ark., died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at Volman Cemetery. Family will receive friends 2-4 …
James Marvin "J. M." Park

James Marvin "J. M." Park, 80, of Cabot died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. J. M. was born to the late Marvin and Sue Worthington Park on Oct. 10, 1930. He …
Harold W. Peace

Harold W. Peace of Emerson, Ark. passed away on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 at the Homer Memorial Hospital in Homer, La. He was born on Aug. 12, 1922 in Atlanta, …
Sister Xavier Perona

Sister Xavier Perona, 90 of St. Scholastica passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Evening praise will be 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at St. Scholastica Monastery Chapel. Funeral Mass …
Marcia Peterson

MARCIA GAY PETERSON, 77, of North Little Rock, Preceded in death by: Her mother and father Ceona and Harry Driggs and her life long friend Mary Bass. Living relatives: Her …
Roseann Beverly Phelps

Mrs. Roseann Beverly Phelps, 68, of Mountain Home, died Thursday. Visitation will be from 12-9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 at Roller Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 2 …
Eugenia Kay Pitts

EUGENIA "KAY" PITTS, age 70, passed away at her home after a lengthy illness, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2011. Born April 27, 1940 in Little Rock, Ark., to Lillie Belle …
Ludy Belle Riley

LUDY BELLE (PRICHARD) RILEY, of Little Rock, loving mother and grandmother passed from this earth on Feb. 9, 2011. She was born in Monticello, Ark. in 1922. She was raised …
Bobby Dee Russell

BOBBY DEE RUSSELL of Jacksonville, formerly of Duck Hill, Miss., died on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 at home at the age of 80. Bobby was born on March 24, 1930 …
Mildred Notley Smith

Mildred Notley Smith, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Feb. 7, 2011 following a lengthy illness. She was born and raised in Dallas, graduating …
Robert Lee Smith

ROBERT LEE SMITH of Little Rock passed away on Monday, Feb. 7. Robert was one of Jehovah's Witness. His wife of 50 years, Alice Marie Smith, preceded him in death …
Betty Jean Spaulding

Betty Jean Collins Spaulding, 63 of Texarkana, Ark. passed away Feb. 11, 2011 in Texarkana, Ark. Visitation, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 between the hours of 3-5 p.m. at Herndon-Pharr Funeral …
Marty Standridge

Marty Standridge, 50, of Russellville, husband of Marsha Standridge, died Saturday. Memorial service is 2 p.m., Tuesday at the Shinn Chapel with private burial in Hoskins Cemetery by Shinn Funeral …
Ruby Haynes Stewart

Ruby Stewart, 82, of Pine Bluff died, Feb. 10, 2011. Funeral services will be Tuesday, 2 p.m. at First Apostolic Church of Sheridan. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery by …
Barbara Sutton

Barbara J. (Costley) Sutton, 77, Benton, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9. Survivors: husband, James O. Sutton; son, Philip Sutton; daughters, Linda Acree and Donna Cox; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. …
Pauline Tipton

Pauline Tipton, age 88, died Feb. 10, 2011. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14 at Boyd Funeral Home Chapel, Lonoke. Visitation; 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral …
Ira Leon Turner

Ira Leon Turner of Conway, age 64, passed from this life Feb. 9, 3011. He was a tank commander at age 19 and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, …
Oswald Weise Jr.

OSWALD WEISE JR., age 90, of Little Rock, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. He was born March 14, 1920 in Benton, Arkansas to the late Manie and Oswald Weise. …
Isabella Williams

Mrs. Isabella Williams, 89, of Pine Bluff, passed away, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Her services will be Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church by Reverend James …
Kattie Mae Williford

KATTIE WILLIFORD, 80, of Little Rock, Ark. passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. She was born June 24, 1930 in Palestine, Ark. to Roy and Elsie Reeves Burrow. In addition …
Dois Shook Willis

Dois Lefay Shook Willis, 84, of Bryant, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born Oct. 1, 1926 in Monticello, Ark. She was …
Cero S. Wilson

CERO S. WILSON, 75, of Little Rock passed away peacefully Tuesday. He is predeceased by wife, Delores and survived by sons, Hakeem (Cero, III) Shabazz, wife April of Kansas City, …
Peggy Sue Wilson

Peggy Wilson, age 70, of Arkadelphia died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. She was born in Delight, Ark. the daughter of James Quinton and Opal Marie Beard Childers. She was a …
Nancy Belle Plowman Woodson

NANCY BELLE PLOWMAN WOODSON passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. She was born in Little Rock, Ark. on April 12, 1939 to …
Mary Louise Workman

Mary Louise Workman, 84 of England, Ark.went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. She was born in England, Ark. on March 30, 1926 to Claude Carroll …
James O. Wynn, Jr.

ORANGE: Dr. James O. Wynn Jr., 84, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 after complications following a hip surgery. Dr. Wynn was born in Nassau Co., N.Y., the son of …

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