Obituaries

Obituaries for November 27, 2011

Dorothy Lorene Atchley

Dorothy Lorene Atchley, age 86 of Bryant, Ark., formerly of Sheridan, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. She was born Dec. 8, 1924, in Prattsville, Ark., to the late James Alison …
Pearlie Mae Bell

PEARLIE MAE BELL, 92, of Little Rock, Ark., (Mableton, Ga.), died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at home. She is survived by her sons, Glenn L. Bell, James Bell, of Mableton, …
DeForest A. "Dee" Bennett

DeForest A. "Dee" Bennett, age 85, of Mountain Home, died Friday. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, at the Roller Funeral Home Chapel. He is survived locally by a …
John Henry Berkemeyer

John Henry Berkemeyer, age 86, of Atkins, Ark., passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. He was born June 19, 1925, in Atkins, Ark., a son of Clemens Adolph Berkemeyer and …
John C. Bittle

John C. Bittle, 78, of Hot Springs, passed away Nov. 15, 2011. He was born March 17, 1933, in Searcy, Ark., to Joshua and Armanda Elliott Bittle. John was a …
Paul B. Blackman

Paul B. Blackman, 85, Hot Springs, Ark., died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. He was born June 29, 1926, in Wesson, Ark., to the late Dewey and Ruby Taylor Blackman. He …
Jeanne Boyce

JEANNE BOYCE of Little Rock went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Nov. 26, 2011. She was born in Shelley, Idaho, on Nov. 11, 1928, …
Garland "Pete" Bradshaw III

Garland "Pete" Bradshaw III, 63, of St. Joe, formerly of Gillette, died Thursday, at home. He was a rural mail carrier for Dumas, Gould, and St. Joe. A memorial will …
Priscilla Brown

PRISCILLA JOHNSON BROWN, 82, of Little Rock, Ark., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20. A celebration of her life will be on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, 11 a.m., at Cross …
Doye Bull

Doye Bull was born Nov. 23, 1926, to Leonard and Antha Humbard Kiper near Green forest, Ark., and died Nov. 19, 2011, in Ozark, Ark. She raised her family with …
Terry Washington Bunch

Terry Washington Bunch, 40, of Lonoke, departed this life Nov. 20, 2011. He leaves to cherish his memory: father, Johnny Bunch (Rita); mother, Aretha Washington; siblings, Tandeka Perry (Alex), Damel, …
Kenneth L. Burchfield

Kenneth L. Burchfield, age 63, of Greenbrier, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Conway. He was born Aug. 26, 1948, in Indianola, Miss. Kenneth was a master plumber. He was …
Hazel Carmichael

Hazel May McKinney Carmichael, 87, of Searcy, went to be with the Lord Nov. 25, 2011. Graveside services are 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 28, at Center Hill Baptist Cemetery, directed …
Maggie Grace Clairday

Maggie Grace Clairday, one month, died Nov. 25. Funeral service will be Monday, Nov. 28, at 10 a.m., at Howard Memorial Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 27, from …
Charles Digby

Charles Digby, of Campbell, Mo., passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Services are Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at 2 p.m., in the Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home in Piggott, Ark., …
Carey Dobbins Sr.

CAREY DOBBINS SR. passed on Nov. 17, 2011. Loving memories left to children, Carey (Melanie) Dobbins Jr., Cory (Angela) Dobbins, both of Conway, and Pete Dobbins, of Iowa. Seven grandchildren, …
Audrey Joyce Huebner Dreyer

Audrey Joyce (Huebner) Dreyer, 80, of Hot Springs, died Nov. 24, 2011. Born Feb. 27, 1931, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Otto and Adele Huebner. Service of remembrance on Nov. 27, …
Syble DuVall

Syble Golden DuVall, age 88, of Morrilton, Ark., passed away Nov. 24, 2011. She was born in Hattieville, Ark., a daughter of Joe Carl Golden and Essie Ruth Mason Golden, …
Lawrence Parker Elliott

Lawrence Parker Elliott, 91, of Camden, Ark., passed away Nov. 26, 2011, in Marshall, Texas. He was born Nov. 14, 1920, in Stephens, Ark., to Porter and Emma Lee Elliott. …
Walter Earl Ely Jr.

WALTER EARL ELY JR., formerly of Greenville, Miss., died Nov. 19, 2011. Preceded in death by parents, Walter Earl Ely and Ruby Blackwell Ely; and sister, JoAnn Day Sorey. Survived …
Bernice Shaver Engles

Bernice Shaver Engles, 81, died Nov. 22. Funeral service: Sunday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m., at Howard Memorial Funeral Chapel. Burial: Reeves Cemetery under the direction of Eddie's Family Funeral …
Robert L. Farnam

ROBERT L. FARNAM, 65, of Little Rock, passed away Nov. 21, 2011. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of passing. He was born to Fred Hobert …
Mildred Owens Ferguson

Mildred Owens Ferguson, 86, of Hot Springs, formally of Pocahontas and Little Rock, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. She was born June 13, 1925, …
James Forte

JAMES L. FORTE JR., 40, of Little Rock, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. He was the pastor of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church #3, …
Mary Amanda Green Gilliland

Mary Amanda Green Gilliland was born in Searcy, Ark., on May 26, 1910. She died Nov. 23, 2011, at age 101. Amanda was the fifth child and only daughter of …
Donzel J. Goodner

Donzel J. Goodner, of East End, Ark., was born Nov. 3, 1935, at Buckner, Ark., the son of the late Roy and Mary Doris Miller Goodner. He was a member …
James Leonard Green

James Leonard Green, 82, of Sheridan, Ark., was born Sept. 5, 1929, in Sheridan, the son of Minor Jewell Green and Edna Maybell Crook Green. He retired after 30 years …
Shelby B. Hackett

SHELBY B. "BUDDY" HACKETT, passed into eternal peace on Nov. 25, 2011. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, John Robert and Ella Savelle Hackett, of Little …
Dorothy Janes Hampton

Dorothy Janes Hampton, age 94, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at home in Lake Village, Ark. A mass of Christian burial for Dorothy Janes Hampton will be held on Tuesday, …
Cecil Harlan

Cecil Harlan, 72, of Fort Smith, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at his home, following a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was the former owner of Tri-State Speedway and …
Hattie Dietz Heiman

Hattie Dietz Heiman, 79, of Dumas, Ark., passed away Nov. 24, 2011, in Pine Bluff, Ark. She was born Jan. 20, 1932, in Atlanta, Ga., to the late Irving Dietz …
Ramona Hodges

Ramona Hodges, of Jonesboro, age 71, died Nov. 22, 2011. Visitation will be Tuesday, beginning at 2 p.m., at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 531 E. College, Jonesboro, Ark., followed by …
Mable L. Horton

MABLE L. HORTON, 82, of Little Rock, departed this life Nov. 20, 2011. Preceded in death by her husband, John Horton; daughters, Doris Adams, Mattie Johnson, and Jackie Perkins; grandchildren, …
Billie Joyce Inman

Billie Joyce Inman, 80, of DeWitt, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. She was born July 1, 1931, in Arkansas County to Robert and Blanche Claybourn Inman, who preceded her in …
Diane Lynn Jones

Diane Lynn Jones, 55, of Kensett, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Searcy. Visitation will be Monday, 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., at Powell Funeral Home, in Searcy. Graveside funeral …
Ina Mae Jones

Ina Mae Jones, 78, of Waldron, died Nov. 23, 2011. Graveside services were Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at 10 a.m., in the Highland Cemetery in Cherry Hill, Ark., with Mitch …
Jona Kathleen Jones Boyd

Jona Kathleen "Kathy" Jones Boyd, 57, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1954, in Hot Springs, the daughter …
Doris Jeanne LaVasque Melton

Doris Jeanne LaVasque Melton, 83, of Naples, Fla., passed away on Nov. 13, 2011. She was born on Nov. 28, 1927, in Morrilton, Ark., to Clyde Payne and Theresa Florence …
Weldon Eli Lewis IV

WELDON ELI LEWIS IV, age 35, entered into rest on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. He fought a courageous battle for 12-and-a-half years after an auto accident in July of 1999. …
Evelyn T. McCoy

EVELYN T. McCOY, 89, Little Rock, died Friday. She was born June 5, 1922, in Clarksville, Texas. Evelyn was a retired Clerical Worker for AT&T. She was preceded in death …
John G. Moore

John G. Moore, 86, of Morrilton, died Wednesday, Nov. 16. Survived by brother, Paul "Pete" Moore Jr.; sisters, Hazel Boyarski, Margaret Creamer. He will be buried in Morrilton, next to …
Thompson Buddy Murray

Thompson Bernard (Buddy) Murray Jr., 85, of Wynne, was surrounded by his loving family when he died in Little Rock at UAMS early Friday morning, Nov. 25, 2011, of a …
June Loretta Norman

JUNE LORETTA "RHET" NORMAN, 72, of North Little Rock, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. She was born June 5, 1939, in Searcy, Ark. June was retired from the …
Ray Gilman Phillips

Ray Gilman Phillips, age 86, of Cabot, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. He was born May 4, 1925, in Manchester, N.H., to the late Ray …
Ben Powell

Ben Powell, 73, of Jennings, La., died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Funeral services, 10 a.m., Tuesday, at the First Baptist Church, with burial in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation is …
Heather Ann Push

Heather Ann Push, 35, died Nov. 21, 2011, at home. Survived by her parents, Acie and Krista Push; one son, one daughter, one brother, and two sisters. Memorial service is …
Anna Lee Ransom

Anna Lee Ransom, 76, of Gentry, Ark., died Nov. 24, 2011, at Siloam Springs Nursing and Rehab, Siloam Springs, Ark. Born Sept. 20, 1935, in Siloam Springs, Ark., she was …
Jessica Magan Robertson

Jessica Magan Robertson,13, of Sheridan, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Survivors, parents, Roger Dale Robertson Jr. and Mandy Elizabeth Parker Robertson; one brother; two sisters. Visitation, Tuesday, from 1 - …
Julia Ann Rushing-Campbell

JULIA ANN RUSHING-CAMPBELL, 61, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life Nov. 23, 2011. Preceded in death by son, Matthew Campbell; father, Roosevelt Jones; mother, Addie Miller-Jones; brother, Tony Jackson. …
Mary Beth Raines Scroggins

Mary Beth Raines Scroggins, age 65, of Monticello, Ark., died Thursday, Nov. 24, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. Graveside services are 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 27, at …
Alvin Lee Smith

Alvin Lee Smith, 62, died Nov. 24, 2011, in Mountain View. Survived by his wife, son, daughter, brother, and sister. Private family services will be at a later date. Roller …
Joshua Stewart

JOSHUA STEWART, 29, of North Little Rock, passed away Nov. 22, 2011, at his residence. He was born on May 4, 1982, in Cottage Grove, Ore.; he was the son …
Bertha M. Stroud

Bertha Mae Stroud, 94, died Nov. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Batesville. Survivors: son, Roy Stroud; two daughters, Mary Johnson and Geneva Rorex; brother, Thurman Richardson; sister, Verlee Smith. …
Eulene Tabor

Eulene Tabor, 79, of Mayflower, passed away Friday, Nov. 25. She was born Oct. 2, 1932, to the late Earl Clifton and Ollie May (Stovall) Edmonds. Eulene was also preceded …
Peggy Henley Taylor

Peggy Henley Taylor, 62, Warren, Ark., passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Services will be 10 a.m., Nov. 28, 2011, at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, 621 West Chestnut, Marianna, Ark., 870-295-2528. …
Mary Ethel Ward

MARY ETHEL WARD, age 95, died on Nov. 23, 2011. She was born on July 15, 1916, to Lora Igou Cornelison and John A. Cornelison, at Henniger, Ala. She was …
Kirkland "Kirk" Jerome Williams

Kirkland "Kirk" Jerome Williams, 50, of Pine Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Services will be Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at Brown Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Fredrick Smith …
Thomas Jerremiah "Jerry" Woods

THOMAS JEREMIAH "JERRY" WOODS, 62, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life Nov. 25, 2011. Jerry was musically talented, serving as musician at New Zion Grove for 35 years. Singing …

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