Obituaries

Obituaries for March 23, 2011

Myrtis Linda Baker

Myrtis "Linda" Baker, 80 of Vilonia, died Monday. Born September 12, 1930 in Donaldsonville, Ga. to the late James and Bessie Baxter. Served in the Marines during Korean Conflict. Preceded …
Daniel Joe Beavers

Daniel Joe Beavers, 64, of Mountain Home, died March 20 in Mountain Home. Memorial service at Kirby Funeral Home Chapel, Friday, 10 a.m. Private Burial. Survived by wife, Pamela, one …
Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett, age 68, died Sunday. Survivors, wife, Charmell Bennett, children, Wesley Bennett, Bill Bennett Jr., Antonio (Edith) Bennett, Cyndy Reed, Scherry Bennett, mother, Loretta Bennett, brothers, Jerry Bennett, Jimmy …
Marylan Doyel Berry

Marylan Doyel Berry, 81, of Mt. Ida, went home on March 21, 2011. She was born September 19, 1929 to James R. and Mary Huddleston Doyel in Oden, Arkansas. She …
Lily Elyse Brogdon

Lily Elyse Brogdon, infant daughter of Grant and Schree Holder Brogdon, died Saturday, March 19, 2011. Private graveside services were conducted at Fakes Cemetery near McCrory with Thompson-Wilson Funeral Directors …
Alene Downs Burnside

Alene Downs Burnside, 88, of Lake City died Monday March 21, 2011. Visitation will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Funeral services will …
Eulale Cameron

Eulale Cameron, 87, of Rector, Ark., passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. Services are Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 1 p.m. in the Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home in Piggott …
Bob Carter

Bob Carter, 63, of Marshall died in Little Rock Monday. Survived by wife Carol, four daughters, five grandchildren, one sister. Services Thursday, 2 p.m. at Roller-Coffman Chapel in Marshall with …
Beth Davidson

Beth Davidson died on March 15, 2011 in Ft. Myers, Florida. Born Lalla Elizabeth Chidester in Camden, Arkansas in 1915, to Frank B. Chidester Jr. and Pauline Thornton Chidester. Attended …
Thomas Davies

Thomas W. Davies, 39, of Bauxite died on Sunday March 20, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center surrounded by immediate family. Tom was born April 21, 1971 in Little Rock, Arkansas …
James A. DeLancey

James A. DeLancey, 82, of DeWitt, went to be with the Lord on March 21 , 2011. James was born May 31, 1928 to Edna and Pink DeLancey. In addition …
Charles DeRoche

Charles A. DeRoche Sr., 78, of North Little Rock passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. He served in the United States Navy on the USS Great Sitkin and was retired …
Linda "Linn" Drayer-Leavy

Linda "Linn" Drayer-Leavy, 54, of North Little Rock passed away March 21, 2011. She leaves to cherish her memory children, Dawonna (Jackie) Prayor, David (Tina) Drayer, Cedric (Dawn) Drayer, Charles …
Mary Dugger

Mary Dugger, 71, Newark died Monday. Survivors: husband, James son, Ernest Dugger; daughters, Sherry Roberts, Deborah Besancon; brother, Ronnie Joe Qualls; sisters, Ruth Money, Ernestine Allwhite; sister-in-law; brother-in-law; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. …
Jason Lee Ellis

Jason Lee Ellis, 30, of Mountain Home, died March 18 at UAMS in Little Rock. Funeral Service, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Kirby Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. Survived by …
Rebecca Ann Etheridge

Rebecca Ann Etheridge, 71, of Dermott, AR passed away March 19, 2011. A Memorial Service will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Temple Baptist Church in Dermott, …
May Joan Field Tompkins

May Joan Field Tompkins, 88, Barnard, Missouri passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Parkdale Manor, Maryville, Missouri. Joan was born May 14, 1922 in Brentford, England, the daughter of …
Neaumatta Abilene Edwards Fountain

Neaumatta Abilene Edwards Fountain, 86, of Big Fork, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at her home. Funeral services are Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Big …
Joyce Lousie Furr

Joyce Louise Darter Furr, 78, of Conway, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011. She was born April 29, 1932 in Atkins, Arkansas to the late Sam and Tessie Lee Causey …
Ruby Jewell Gay

Ruby Jewell Gay, 83, of Fairfield Bay, Ark., formerly of Camden, Ark., died Sunday, March 20, 2011. Funeral service was Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Proctor Funeral Home with burial …
Michael Roland Golleher

Michael Roland Golleher, 54, of De Valls Bluff, died Monday, March 21, 2011. He was a former employee of Lennox Corporation. Mike was preceded in death by his father, Johnny …
Kathy Dean Gordon

Kathy Gordon, 53, of Cabot, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 20, 2011. She was born June 6, 1957 in Searcy, Arkansas. Kathy was a loving wife, …
Ruby Scogin Gregory

Ruby Scogin Gregory, 86, of Monticello, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. She was born June 21, 1924 in Drew County. She was the widow of E. Lee Gregory, retired …
Betty Carolyn Hamilton

Betty Carolyn Hamilton, 66, of Pleasant Plains died Sunday. Survivors: husband, Don Hamilton; mother, Elsie Farris; son, Donny Hamilton; daughters, LaDonna Deere, Dianna Knight; five grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m., Wednesday, …
Luberta Hampton Anthony

Luberta Hampton Anthony of Little Rock went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 20, 2011. She's the daughter of the late William and Mary Hampton. Survivors include: …
Bill D. Harper

Bill D. Harper, 81, of Mountain Home died March 20 in Mountain Home. Service and Burial will be private by Kirby & Family Funeral Home. Survived by wife, Dorene, one …
Jim Harrell

Bro. James L. (Jim) Harrell, Jr., age 65, of Benton, took his heavenly flight to his eternal home March 21, 2011. He was born in Alameda, California on July 7, …
Cecil Doyle Harrell

Cecil Doyle Harrell, age 67, of Benton passed away March 21, 2011. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home (501-315-4047), Benton. …
Don Harris

Don Harris, 53, of Newport, formerly of Batesville, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Jonesboro. Services Friday, March 25, 2011 at 10 a.m., Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel. Burial, Palestine …
Mildred Ernestine Hayes

Mildred Ernestine Hayes, 81, of Jacksonville, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow …
Sarah Laverne Herrod

Laverne Herrod, age 74, of Beebe, died Monday, March 21, 2011. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Westbrook Funeral Home. Graveside services …
Henry Hoffman

Henry Hoffman, 56, Pine Bluff passed March 17, 2011. Graveside services March 23, 2011 Graceland Cemetery. Services entrusted to Gunn Funeral Home, 1806 W. 6th Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601. …
Julius "Coach" Hogrefe

Julius "Coach" Hogrefe, 78, of London, died Sunday. Funeral is 10 a.m., Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church with burial in Augsburg Cemetery, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. Visitation: 5-7 …
Mary Hooten

Mary Hooten, 75, of Hot Springs died Saturday. Survivors: sons, Dale (Lori) Hooten, David Hooten and Greg Hooten, siblings, Edgar Walls and Alice Bilches, grandchildren and extended family. No services …
Louise Horridge

Louise Horridge was born September 18, 1923, in Center Point, Ark., to John and Becky Lipscomb, and passed away March 20, 2011 in Dallas, TX. She was a member of …
James E. Hughes

Rev. James E. Hughes, 77, of Little Rock, Ark. departed this life on March 19, 2011. He was an AME pastor for 40 years and an educator for 15. His …
Dorothy Hughes Richards

Dorothy Hughes Richards, 74, of Little Rock, Ark. went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 20, 2011. She was born to Evie Rhodes and Mary Cobb Rhodes …
Janice Ireland

Janice Marie Ireland was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 1938; daughter of Fielding Watson (Bud) Ireland and Ruth Peters Ireland. She died on Sunday, March 20, 2011. Janice …
Billy Ervin Kee

Billy Ervin Kee, age 77 of Haskell, Arkansas passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the Conway Regional Medical Center. Billy was a veteran of the United States Army …
Florine Kennard Montgomery

Mrs. Florine Kennard Montgomery, 76 of Batesville, died, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Services will be Thursday, March 24, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Batesville by Reverend W.R. "Smokie" …
Betty Klippert

Betty Klippert, 82, of El Dorado, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. A graveside service will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2011 …
Irene Louise Land

Irene Louise Land, 92, of Conway and formerly of Judsonia and North Little Rock, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 20, 2011 in Conway. She was born February …
Vera Lee

Vera Lee, 79, Little Rock passed March 16, 2011. Visitation 6-7 p.m., March 23, 2011, Gunn Funeral Home. Graveside Services 11 a.m., March 24, 2011 Arkansas Memorial Garden. Services entrusted …
Betty Sue Litaker

Betty Sue Litaker, 78, of St. Joseph, Mich., formerly of Wilburn, Ark. passed away March 17, 2011. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday at Heber Springs Funeral Home with …
Susan Daigle Mathews

Susan Daigle Mathews passed away peacefully on March 21, 2011 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La. at the age of 66. She is …
Mary Elizabeth McGetrick

Mary Elizabeth McGetrick, 93, of Springdale, died March 20, 2011 at Hindsville. She was born July 17, 1917 in Judsonia, Arkansas to Robert Martin and Nellie Mae Von Berg Porter. …
Ted Meek

Services for Ted Meek, 96, of Helena will be 2 p.m., Friday, Roller-Citizens. Visitation-Thursday, 5-7 p.m., Roller-Citizens. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, West Helena. Survivors: four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren. …
William C. Miller

Colonel William C. "Bill" Miller of Little Rock relocated to heaven on March 20, 2011. He was born at Portia, Arkansas on April 14, 1925 to the late Fred and …
Jean Moon

Jean Moon, age 71, of McRae, died March 21, 2011. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Graveside services 10 a.m., Thursday …
Patricia Ann Moore

Patricia Ann Moore, age 77, of Russellville died Monday, March 21, 2011. Survivors include her children, Michelle Gordon, Melanie Paulman, Scott Moore, Kristen Hoffman. Memorial Graveside Services will be held …
Frank D. Moses

Frank D. Moses, 97, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at his home. Born December 24, 1913 at Fairmount. He was preceded in death by two wives, Laura and Lucy, …
Suzzie Patrick Moss

Suzzie Patrick Moss, 53, of North Little Rock, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. She was born November 20, 1957 in Delhi, Louisiana to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Otis Patrick, …
James "Jimmy" Neal

James "Jimmy" Neal, precious husband, Daddy and "Pop Pop", age 86, of Benton, formerly of Russellville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at the Saline …
Burhl Nietiedt

Burhl Nietiedt of Cabot, formerly of New London, Mo., passed away, March 18, after a motorcycle accident near his Arkansas home. Services will be 1 p.m., March 26, at James …
Marvin Lee Norman

Marvin Lee Norman, 78, of Gassville died March 20 at Mountain Home. Funeral service, Kirby Funeral Home Chapel, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Burial in Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery. Survived by wife, …
Brenda Bagwell Pendleton

Brenda Jean Pendleton, 56, of Pine Bluff M died Monday. Services 11 a.m., Thursday, at Watson Chapel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. Visitation 10 a.m. until service time. The family …
A. Scott Pettit

A. Scott Pettit, 50, of Little Rock, passed away March 18, 2011. He was born in Little Rock to Kenneth A. and Joan Marshall Pettit, and was the owner of …
Jacquelyn Pettus Green

Jacquelyn Pettus Green, 48, of Little Rock, departed this life March 18, 2011. Preceded in death by her father, Mayso S. Green; niece, Jazmeen Green. She leaves to cherish her …
Felix Poche

Felix N. Poche, 91, of North Little Rock passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enjoyed visiting with friends and …
Earlean Poe

Earlean Poe, 67, Woodson, passed away Sunday March 20, 2011. Survivors are daughter, Cynthia Taylor of Woodson, two brothers, Arthur and Jerry Poe, Little Rock, sister, Eddie Jean Thomas (David), …
Ruth Hogan Powell

Ruth Hogan Powell, 88, wife of former Arkansas Gazette editorial editor and columnist James O. Powell, passed away on Friday afternoon, March 18, 2011 in Little Rock. She was one …
Aida Pruitt

Aida Pruitt, of Pickney, Michigan formerly of Beebe, died February 22, 2011. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and matriarch of five generations, most residing in Michigan. The love for …
Felicia Rochelle Reed

Felicia Rochelle Reed, 39, of Scott passed away Thursday March 17, 2011. She was born September 17, 1971 to Bobby Mosby and the late Lottie Mae Langhorn. She was preceded …
R.C. Reed

R.C. Reed, 67, of Little Rock, departed this life March 18, 2011. Preceded in death by his brother, Jr. Reed. Survived by: wife, Mary Ann Reed; children, Richard C. Reed, …
Bernard Jay Rogers

Bernard Jay Rogers, 66, of Mountain Home, died March 18 in Mountain Home. Funeral service was Tuesday, Kirby Funeral Home. Entombment in Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery. Survived by wife, Cindy, …
John B. Rohrer Jr.

John B. Rohrer Jr. 65, of Conway died Sunday, March 20, 2011. He was born April 26, 1945 in Lancaster, Pa. to the late John B. and Mae Rohrer. He …
Naoma Delene Sayler

Naoma Delene Sayler, 61, Austin, passed away March 21, 2011. Survivors include her parents; two children; five siblings; and three grandchildren. Visitation 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday, March 23 at Wood's Arkansas …
Helen Marie Simpson

Helen Marie Simpson, 66, of Sheridan passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011. She was born June 9, 1944 in Gravel Ridge, Arkansas to the late Jim and Jennie Moore McGill. …
Hubert W. Smith

Hubert W. Smith, 85, Formosa Community, Arkansas died Monday, March 21, 2011. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three sisters, one brother. Visitation at …
Richard "David" Spikes Jr.

In loving memory of Richard "David" Spikes Jr., of Lakewood, Colo. who died March 18, 2011 after a long illness in The Denver Hospice, Denver, Colo. He was born in …
James Brown Stanley

James Brown Stanley, age 75, of Crossett, Ark. passed away on March 20, 2011. Graveside services were held at 4 p.m., Monday, March 21, 2011 at Simms Cemetery with Bro. …
Carl Alfred Tate

Carl Alfred Tate, 80, died Saturday, March 19, 2011. A celebration of life will be held 2 p.m. at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro with Leon Minick officiating. Burial …
Gladys Moore Whitley

Gladys Moore Whitley, age 87, moved to Heaven on March 21, 2011. She blessed all those with whom she crossed paths and left an imprint on the hearts of all …
Billie Putman Wiles

Mrs. Billie Putman Wiles, age 95, a resident of De Queen, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at her home. She was born August 25, 1915 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. She …
Dorothy Branch "Bop" Williams

Dorothy Branch "Bop" Williams, 60, of North Little Rock. Family hour: 6-7 p.m., Friday at Robinson Mortuary Chapel. Funeral Service: 3 p.m., Saturday at Friendly Chapel, 116 S. Pine St., …
Ruby Dell Williams

Ruby Dell Williams, 71, of Little Rock, Ark. departed on March 20, 2011. She leaves to cherish her memories: husband of 45 years, Hyman E. Williams; five daughters, Rhonda (Joe) …
Marie V. Winters

Marie V. Winters, 82, of Hot Springs Village died March 20, 2011. Born December 17, 1928 in Hardin County, Illinois to James and Helen Volkert. Mass of Christian Burial, Thursday …

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