Obituaries

Obituaries for January 18, 2013

  • Maxine Temple West

    Maxine Temple West, age 87, of Warren, Arkansas died Thursday, January 17, at JRMC, Pine Bluff. She was born July 24, 1925 in Bradley County, Arkansas a daughter of the …

  • Major Dundy Akenhead

    Major Dundy Akenhead, age 93, of Pine Bluff, Ark died Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Major joined the United States Army in 1943, and served in the European Theatre. He took …

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    Sarah Elizabeth Allison

    Sarah Elizabeth Swicegood Allison was born July 26, 1951, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with her Lord January 14, 2013, Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas. …

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    Bailey Anthony

    Bailey Anthony went to be with Jesus on Jan 14, 2013. Her memorial service will be held Jan 19th at 3 at the Erath County Cowboy Church, 4945 US Hwy. …

  • Bobbie B. Atherton

    Mr. Bobbie B. Atherton ("B.B.") of Little Rock passed away on January 15, 2013. Born August 2, 1921, in Sterling, Kansas, B.B. was retired from the U.S. Navy, having served …

  • George Denton Bailey

    George Denton Bailey, 92, of Little Rock, died Monday, January 14th, 2013. He was born July 27, 1920 in New Bethel Community, Columbia County, Ark. Survivors include wife, Anne Wyatt …

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    Earl D Baker

    Earl D. Baker, 84, business owner and entrepreneur of Searcy, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at U.A.M.S. in Little Rock. He was born March 14, 1928 in Searcy, an only …

  • Paul Bateman

    Paul Wayne Bateman, 59, of Pine Bluff, died Monday, January 14, 2013. A Memorial Gathering will be Friday, 6 p.m. at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel. Online condolences: FullerFunerals.com.

  • Louise Belknap

    Louise Ross Belknap, 97, of Monticello, Ark., and formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, January 12, 2013 in Monticello. Born in Chalybeate, Miss. to Walter and Lillian Ross, …

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    Gearald R. "Jerry" Bemus

    Gearald R. "Jerry" Bemus, 74, of Little Rock, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. He was born May 25, 1938 in Oswegatchie, New York, a son of Ray and …

  • Leonard Borden

    Leonard Borden, 76, of Russellville, died Wednesday. Funeral is 2 p.m., Friday at Second Baptist Church with burial in Rest Haven Memorial Park, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. Memorials: …

  • Earlene Mann Branton

    Earlene Mann Branton, 82, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013. A Funeral Service will be held January 19, 2013 at 10 a.m. Fountain Memorial Funeral Home of Lafayette is in charge …

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    Delbert Jay Brooks

    Delbert Jay Brooks, 37, of Bald Knob, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in Bald Knob. He was born September 23, 1975 in Searcy. Delbert was an avid outdoorsman who loved …

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    Joe Bruick

    Deacon Joe Bruick, 77, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 after a long and vigorous battle with cancer. He was born January 21, 1935 in Conway, Arkansas. He and his …

  • Marjorie Burress

    Marjorie Burress, 82, of Lexington, S.C., passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2013, at her residence. She was born October 13, 1930, in Arkadelphia, Ark. to the late Jewell Artist and …

  • Jason De Shun Byes

    Jason De Shun Byes, 33, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Monticello, died January 7, 2013. He was born on December 6, 1979. Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. …

  • James Larry Carman

    Mr. James Larry Carman, 70, of Blevins, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Visitation, Thursday, January 17, 2013 between 6-8 p.m. at Herndon-Pharr Funeral Home. Services, Friday, January 18, …

  • Paulette Marshall Christmas

    Ms. Paulette Marshall Christmas, 49, of Pine Bluff passed Friday, January 11, 2013. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Mt. Carmel MBC by Rev. Anthony Craig …

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    Frederick Church

    Frederick Church, 79, of Mabelvale passed away January 16, 2013. Frederick was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on February 25, 1933 to Frederick and Josephine Church. Frederick loved sports, coaching …

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    Bill Davenport

    Bill Davenport, 86, of Pine Bluff passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Born March 13, 1926 in Little Rock, Arkansas, he was a son of …

  • Juanita Mae Denison

    Juanita Mae Denison, 89, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in Fort Smith. She was born Augsut 5, 1923 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the …

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    Lakhbir Singh Dhillion

    Lakhbir Singh Dhillion, 72, of Little Rock, passed away January 4, 2013. He leaves to cherish his memory; wife, Manjit Dhillion; sons, Hirjit Singh, and Harminder Singh Dhillion; and a …

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    Jack McCoy Dowdy

    Mr. Jack McCoy Dowdy, 82, of Little Rock, Arkansas peacefully was called home and entered into the presence of our Lord on Tuesday, January 15. A celebration of his life …

  • Jackie Echols

    Jackie Echols, age 64, of Acorn, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Echols was sent for cremation under the direction of the Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. …

  • Fred Forbush

    Fred Forbush, age 76, of Mabelvale, passed away January 12, 2013 at his home. He was born October 23, 1936. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bill and …

  • Mary Louise Galloway

    Graveside services for Mary Louise Fischel Galloway, 82, of Memphis, formerly of Helena-West Helena, Ark. are 12 noon Saturday, Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation; 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Roller-Citizens. Survivors: two sons, …

  • John Watson Gardner

    John Watson Gardner, of North Little Rock, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 at Hospice Home Care on Bowman Road in Little Rock, Ark. He was born Oct. 20, 1942 …

  • Benjamin I. Goforth

    Benjamin I. Goforth, age 16, of Arkana and Midway, Arkansas, died Tuesday. Graveside Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Arkana Cemetery. Survivors: father: Bennie Goforth; mother: Janie Williams; brother: Zachary Williams; sister: …

  • Robert Hardnett, Sr.

    Mr. Robert Hardnett Sr., 67, of Pine Bluff passed Sunday, January 13, 2013. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Kings Highway MBC by Rev. Aaron Johnson. …

  • Freddie Lee Harrison

    Freddie Lee Harrison, 90, passed away January 12, 2013 in Round Rock, Texas. Freddie was born on February 14, 1922 in North Little Rock to William and Lula Harrison. He …

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    Bonnie Lea Wyman Watkins Hendrix

    Mrs. Bonnie Lea Wyman Watkins Hendrix, 80, of Hamburg went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Hendrix was born in …

  • Guy D. "Butch" Hendrix

    Guy D. "Butch" Hendrix, 69, died on Thursday, January 17, 2013. He was born November 11, 1943 at the Hospital in Bauxite. Butch retired from Alcoa as a heavy equipment …

  • Linda Jo Henson

    Linda Jo Henson, 60, of Blytheville, died January 15. Secretary, Blytheville Fire Department over 25 years. Survivors, sons, Joseph, Terrance, Cody Henson; brothers, Jesse and Joe Isebell Jr.; sisters, Wanda …

  • James "Lil Babe" Hillard

    Funeral services for James "Lil Babe" Hillard, 90, of Pine Bluff, passed Jan. 10, will be Saturday, 11 a.m., Barnett Chapel MBC. Burial: P.K. Miller Cemetery. Services by Perry Funeral …

  • Charles "Chicken" Hodge

    Charles "Chicken" Hodge, 74, Diamond City, AR, died January 15, 2013, Little Rock. He was retired Senior Lineman for Entergy and ordained minister. Survived by wife, Mary Rose Hodge, son, …

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    Juanita Hoofman

    Juanita Hoofman, 95, of Little Rock, met her Lord and Savior January 13, 2013. Juanita was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma on December 1, 1917 to William and Katura Daniel. Juanita …

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    Henry Etta Horton

    Henry Etta Horton, 80, Arkadelphia, passed Tuesday. Survivors: siblings: Samuel Horton, Donald Horton, Mattie Armstrong, Jerry Horton, Barbara Smith. Services Saturday, 11:00 a.m. at Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Body …

  • Marjorie Hunter

    Services for Marjorie Hunter, age 77, of Magnolia will be 2 p.m. Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Bailey Funeral Home in Magnolia. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery under …

  • Ellis Jack Ingle

    Ellis Jack Ingle, age 70, of Hickory Plains, Ark. went to be with the Lord on January 16, 2013. He was born January 29, 1942 in Des Arc, Arkansas. He …

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    Louise Irby

    Louise Irby, 89, of Conway went to be with Jesus on January 17, 2013. She was a faithful wife to the late Rev. Eugene Irby for over 63 years. She …

  • Curtis Lee Jacobs

    Curtis Jacobs of Monticello, died January 14th. He leaves to cherish his memory wife, Katie; children, Shaquetta Hunter, Turkessa Hanson, LaJanice, Fredrick, Marcus and Mario Jacobs; Nephew/son, Brett Ware; siblings, …

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    Robert J. Johnson

    Robert J. Johnson, 61, of North Little Rock, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He leaves to cherish his memory; wife, Virgie Johnson; children, Robert Jr., Rodney and Jasmine Johnson; …

  • Eva Jones

    Eva B. Jones, 86, of North Little Rock passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013. She is survived by her daughter, Aleta Jefferson and husband, James, of Paron. She was preceded …

  • Laddie Jones

    Laddie "Buck" Jones died January 11, 2013. Survivors: daughter, Joyce Anne; son, Kenneth Ray; sisters: Katherine Pruitt, Jessie Dean Jones, Mamie Jenkins; sisters-in-law; brother-in-law; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; forty-eight nieces, …

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    Opal Jeanettia Jones

    Opal Jeanettia Jones, 89, of Hot Springs died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Hot Springs. Born Dec. 18, 1923 in Logan County to Wallace and Harriet Cameron Duncan, she was …

  • Donald Wesley Jordan Sr.

    Donald Wesley Jordan Sr., 72, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He was born August 4, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri. Donald served his country in the U S Army and …

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    Helen Jewell "Judy" Knowles Bohannan

    Helen Jewell "Judy" Knowles Bohannan, 91, of Pine Bluff, died Jan.15, 2013. Survivors: son, Woodrow Malvern "Woody" Bohannan, Jr. (Betsy Rice), Judith Jan Wheeler, Sally Ann Scott (Herb); three grandchildren, …

  • Madelyn Elizabeth Lambi

    Madelyn Elizabeth Lambi, born September 8th, 1979, died suddenly in her home Thursday, January 10th, 2013 in Astoria, New York. She is survived by her parents, Jon Lambi of Little …

  • Hugh B Lane

    Hugh B. Lane, 82, of Mountain View, Arkansas passed away on January 12, 2013. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Masonic Temple in Mountain …

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    Tyree Leeks

    Tyree Leeks, 66, of Little Rock, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013. He leaves to cherish his memory; wife, Pearline Leeks; children, Patrick and Shree Leeks; siblings, Lee Andrew Rollins …

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    Charles E. Lewis

    Charles E. Lewis, 58 of Conway, passed from this life on January 14, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Roller- McNutt …

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    Clara Manning

    Clara Opal (Jones) Manning, 96, of Bryant passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013. She was a member of Assembly of God Church in North Little Rock since 1948. She is …

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    Kenneth Dwayne Marshall

    Kenneth Dwayne Marshall, 38, of Little Rock, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He leaves to cherish his memory; mother, Shirley Marshall; siblings, Priscilla Davis, Delois Hubbard and Corthnelious Marshall …

  • Lloyd Meadows, Sr.

    Mr. Lloyd Meadows, Sr., 69, of Pine Bluff passed Friday, January 11, 2013. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Brown Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Isom …

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    Earnest Miller

    Earnest Alman Miller Sr., 65, of Houston, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He was born September 1, 1947 in Little Rock to David Lee and Margaret Louise Miller. …

  • Molly Manning Naylor

    Molly Manning Naylor, 80, of West Memphis died Wednesday. Mrs. Naylor was born on January 5, 1933 in Swifton Arkansas to the late Claud Elwood and Nettie Manning. She was …

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    Currin McNairy Nichol

    Currin McNairy Nichol Jr., 84, of Pine Bluff, passed away Monday, January 14, 2013. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, June Cross Nichol of Pine Bluff; children, Ellen Cross …

  • Mary (Matheny) Nuss

    Mary (Matheny) Nuss, born April 20, 1923 in Cord, Arkansas, passed away January 8, 2013 in Papillion, Nebraska. Mary lived most of her life in Arkansas. She was a dedicated …

  • William Huston Reed

    William Huston Reed, age 83, of Pine Bluff, died Wednesday. Survivors: wife, Elouise Reed; daughters, Carolyn McGahhey (Billy), Nancy Spencer (Gary); a brother; two sisters; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Graveside …

  • John Edward Rhodes

    John Edward Rhodes, age 67 of McRae, passed away January 14, 2013 Searcy, Arkansas. Survived by wife and five sons. Visitation will be Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 1 to …

  • Hazel Avery Rice

    Hazel Avery Rice, 88, of Warren died Jan. 8, 2013. Parents, Dave and Mamie Avery. Survivors children, Eddie Rice Jr., Mary Haynes, Rogenia Rice, Brunsey Rice, Ulysses Rice, Warren, Minnie …

  • Ross Cleveland Rogers

    Ross Cleveland Rogers, 86, of Hampton died Thursday January 17, 2013 at his home. Born September 29, 1926 at Hampton, he was a son of the late D.N. and Beulah …

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    Julie Ruth Shuptrine-Hepp

    Julie Ruth Shuptrine-Hepp of North Little Rock, Ark, passed away January 15, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her brother, Tom Lange and her …

  • James Michael Teel

    James Michael Teel, age 39, of Morrilton, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Funeral services: 10 a.m. Saturday, January 19, at Harris Chapel with burial at Fitch Cemetery. Family hour: 6 …

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    Julia A Terry

    Ms. Julia Ann Terry, 57, of Little Rock passed away on January 12, 2013. She was born October 7,1955 to David and Margaret Terry. She attended and graduated from the …

  • Harold (Hal) L. Thompson

    Harold L. (Hal) Thompson, Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2013. Hal was born March 6, 1928 and is survived by two sons, five grandchildren, and two …

  • Revon Estell Thompson

    Mrs. Revon Estell Thompson, 86 of Prescott, Arkansas went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born August 10, 1926 in Prescott, …

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    Easter Lois Tidwell Harris

    Easter Lois Tidwell Harris, 74, Arkadelphia, passed Sunday. Survivors: Gary Harris, Esperanzia Williams, Jerry Harris, Derrick Harris, Billy Ray Cooper, Ramona Fobbs; 20 grandchildren; one sister, Shelia Tidwell. Services Saturday, …

  • Gene Edd Tilley

    Gene Edd Tilley, age 58, of Morrilton, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Funeral services: 2 p.m. Saturday, January 19, at the Harris Chapel. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery …

  • Charles Treadway

    Charles H. Treadway, 90, of North Little Rock died Wednesday, January 16, 2013. He is survived by four children and preceded in death by wife, Elsie Treadway. A graveside service …

  • Ruth Anna Waltz

    Ruth Anna Waltz, 88, of Mountain Home died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Survivors include a daughter, Jean Riggs of Bull Shoals, Ark. A funeral will be held 12 noon Monday, …

  • Melvin White

    Melvin Edward White passed away January 15, 2013. Visitation will be held Friday, January 18th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Roller Farmers Union Funeral Home of Jonesboro. Chapel …

  • Janiece Williams

    Janiece Williams of Keene, Texas, formerly of Ward, Arkansas went to be with the Lord January 15, 2013. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Friday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral services …

  • Carol Zirbel

    Carol Zirbel, 77, Harrison, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013. Memorial service is 10 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the First Lutheran Church. Arrangements under the direction of Roller-Christeson …

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