Obituaries

Obituaries for January 15, 2017

  • Charles Jerry Aaron

    Charles Jerry Aaron of Mountain View, Ark. died Jan. 11, 2017. Survived by wife, Patricia; children, Charles, Cheryl, and Keitha. Visitation is Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 9:30-11 a.m. First Assembly …

  • Harriette Allison

    Harriette Allison, age 61, died Jan. 14, 2017 at her home. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at Grace Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Horeb Cemetery. Visitation …

  • Norma Lodema Ash

    Norma Lodema Ash of Rogers passed away on Jan. 10, 2017. She was born on July 9, 1918 in Pine Log Community, Ark. (near Lost Bridge), to the late Joe …

  • Thumbnail of John Edward Atkins

    John Edward Atkins

    JOHN EDWARD ATKINS, 85, of Little Rock passed away Jan. 10, 2017. John was born Nov. 14, 1931 to Edward Carl and Gladys Pool Atkins. He was raised in Chidester, …

  • Joni Barksdale

    JONI BARKSDALE, born 11/9/1939, departed us in body only 1/13/2017. The gift that she gave us is the gift, we would like to give to you. LOVE. Memorial service: Sunday …

  • Thumbnail of Claudine Baugh

    Claudine Baugh

    Claudine Clayton Baugh, 89, of Morrilton, Ark., died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at the First Assembly of God in Morrilton. Burial …

  • Flora Bogy

    Flora Bogy, 93, widow of Charles Bogy, passed away peacefully Tuesday. Flora is survived by daughter Charlene Bogy Outlaw of Americus, Ga., three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren. Visitation …

  • Bennie Sue Bradley

    Bennie Sue Stroud Bradley, 79, of Atkins, passed Jan. 14, 2017 at Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home in Russellville. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at …

  • Robert George Branch

    Robert Branch, 95, of Mountain View, Ark., died Jan. 12, 2017. Robert is survived wife, Mary Branch. Visitation is Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 from 10-11 a.m. at First United Methodist …

  • Thumbnail of Del Lewis Brannon

    Del Lewis Brannon

    Del Lewis Brannon, known to most as "Pepsi", 89, passed away Jan. 13, 2017. He was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., March 31, 1927 to the late Del C. Brannon …

  • James Noble Bryant

    James Noble Bryant, 70, died Jan. 13, 2017. Survived by wife, Pat; three daughters; eight grandchildren and two sisters. A memorial service will be on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at …

  • Betty L. Burradell

    Betty L Burradell, age 90, passed away in Rogers on Jan. 13, 2017. She was born Jan. 16, 1926 in Beaver, Ark., to Hugh Densmore and Ica Don (Bouyear) Weston. …

  • George D Campbell

    GEORGE D. CAMPBELL, 71 of Jacksonville, Ark., passed from this life on Dec. 14, 2016 at North Metro Medical Center. He was born on Jan. 29, 1945 to Harold and …

  • B.J. Caraway

    Graveside for B.J. Caraway, 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at New Hope Cemetery in Bloomburg, Texas with Bro. David Baxley officiating. Visitation 4-6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017 at …

  • Cheryl S. Cisne

    CHERYL S. CISNE, 67, of Little Rock passed away at home Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. She was born to the late Gin and Doris Shelby in El Dorado, Ark. May …

  • Margaret E Clary

    Margaret Clary of Shannon Hills, Ark., passed on Jan. 11, 2017. She was born Jan. 8, 1919. A private service will be held at a later date. Arrangements provided by …

  • Patricia Elaine Cleaver

    Patricia Elaine Cleaver, 82, Witter, Ark., died Jan. 13. Survivors: four sons, Michael Cleaver, Winter Springs, Fla., Mark Cleaver, Yakima, Wash., David Cleaver, Chesterfield, Virginia, Barry Cleaver, Huntsville, Ark. Services …

  • George Lafayette Clement

    Dr. George Lafayette Clement age 98 of Lawrence, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 in Lawrence, Kan. Graveside rites will be held at Pine Crest Cemetery, in Mena, Ark., …

  • David Cooper

    David Cooper, 66, of Mena, died Jan. 11, 2017. Survived by wife, Shirley Cooper, brother Roy Gene Cooper, sister, Mary Cooper Sumter. Services entrusted to Gunn Funeral Home 4323 W. …

  • Thumbnail of Danny Wellman Crace

    Danny Wellman Crace

    DANNY WELLMAN CRACE passed on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. He was born on Jan. 23, 1945 to Ivol and Lorean (Smiley) Crace in Marshall, Ark. He is preceded in death …

  • Thumbnail of Janice Daniel

    Janice Daniel

    BooBoo, a.k.a. JANICE DANIEL, 68, of North Little Rock, Ark., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. She is preceded in death by her parents, E.G. …

  • Thumbnail of Deloyse Dolphus

    Deloyse Dolphus

    DELOYSE "DEE DEE BROWN" DOLPHUS, 67, of Little Rock, Ark., transitioned Jan. 11, 2017. Deloyse leaves to cherish her memory: sons, Robert L. Dolphus and Richard Brown; siblings, Clarance Brown, …

  • Earl Dean Dunham

    Earl Dean Dunham Sr. 72 of Lowell, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in his home. He was born Sept. 5, 1944 in Wichita, Kan., to Earl Dewey Dunham …

  • Adella Jean "Jeanne" Rogers Duryea

    Adella Jean "Jeanne" Rogers Duryea, age 76, of Atkins, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. The family received friends 5-6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at the funeral home. Burial will …

  • Charles Theophilus Edmondson M.D.

    Charles Theophilus Edmondson M.D., 93, of Fayetteville, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home. He was born Aug. 12, 1923 in Locust Grove, Ark., to Leo …

  • Patsy Sellers Fant

    Services for Patsy Sellers Fant, 89, of Rondo are 10 a.m., Tuesday, Rondo Baptist Church. Visitation, Monday, 5-7 p.m., Roller-Citizens, Marianna. Burial-Sunset Memorial Park, West Helena. Survivors: four children, six …

  • Thumbnail of Elizabeth Fulkerson

    Elizabeth Fulkerson

    Elizabeth Fulkerson, 89, of Morrilton, passed away Jan. 10, 2017. Preceded in death by her parents, George and Walsie Jackson Long, and her husband, Audie Fulkerson, she is survived by …

  • Viola Jean Garton

    Dr. Jean Garton, 87, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 4, 1929 and died on Dec. 23, 2016. Memorial service: 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2016, Friends in …

  • Thumbnail of Beulah Mae Gaugh

    Beulah Mae Gaugh

    Beulah Mae Gaugh, 84, of Van Buren, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Fort Smith. She was born on Aug. 24, 1932 in Malone, Texas, to William and Floy …

  • James E. Glass

    Lt. Col (Ret) James "Jim" E. Glass Jr. age 73 of Fordyce passed away Jan. 11, 2017. Born Aug. 12, 1943 in Hot Springs, Ark., to the late James E. …

  • Thumbnail of Charles Grable

    Charles Grable

    CHARLES GRABLE, age 60, of North Little Rock, went to be with our Savior, Jesus Christ, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. He was born on July 14, 1956 in Conway, Ark. …

  • Stephen Graham

    STEPHEN GRAHAM, 69, of Little Rock died Jan. 10, 2017. Services entrusted to Gunn Funeral Home 4323 W. 29th Little Rock, Ark. 72204 (501)660-4323.

  • William Howard Hardin Jr.

    William Howard Hardin, Jr., 86 of Springdale passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Survivors: Linda Manes and husband Larry, John Hardin, Wayne Hardin, Sheila Asbury, Carl Hardin, Jr., three grandchildren, …

  • Thumbnail of Robert "Bob" Scott Harmon

    Robert "Bob" Scott Harmon

    ROBERT "BOB" SCOTT HARMON, 69, of Sherwood passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. He was born Dec. 28, 1947 in Little Rock, Ark., to James and Bonnie Glenn Harmon. Bob …

  • Thumbnail of Gladys Marie Spencer Harp

    Gladys Marie Spencer Harp

    Gladys Marie Spencer Harp, 76 of Springdale, died peacefully at home Jan. 13, 2017. She was born Jan. 3, 1941 in Geary, Okla., to Carl Spencer and Viola Mae Thrasher …

  • Thumbnail of Benford Barnett Harris

    Benford Barnett Harris

    Benford Barnett Harris, 88 of Wellington, Fla., died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 in hospice care. He was born Sept. 24, 1928 in Wesson, Ark., to Oliver Graden and Nettie Evelyn …

  • Thumbnail of Charley Hix

    Charley Hix

    Charley Hix, 88, of Batesville, Ark. passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. He was born April 21, 1928, to the late Malcom "Pete" Hix Sr. and Elizabeth Hix. Charley was …

  • Thumbnail of Bill Walton Hoffman

    Bill Walton Hoffman

    BILL WALTON HOFFMAN, who passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 wrote his own obituary and requested that nothing be changed. Born 29, Oct., 1927 in Little Rock, Ark., to Louie …

  • Ronald Jesse Hooley

    Ronald Jesse Hooley, 72, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed from this life Jan. 11, 2017 in Springdale. He was born Dec. 1, 1944, in Hanford, Calif., to Roy James and Oma …

  • Cecil Gary Hughes

    Cecil Gary Hughes,age 66, of Heber Springs died Jan. 13, 2017. Services will be 2 p.m.,Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at Heber Springs Funeral Home.Visitation: noon to service time at the …

  • Thumbnail of Kenneth Wayne Jenkins

    Kenneth Wayne Jenkins

    KENNETH WAYNE JENKINS went to be with his heavenly Father on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. He was born on July 4, 1943 in Sylvan Grove, Ala., to the late Trecy …

  • Thumbnail of Geraldine "Gerry" Edna Leslie

    Geraldine "Gerry" Edna Leslie

    GERALDINE "GERRY" EDNA LESLIE died Jan. 12, 2017 in Little Rock. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, James "Jim" Waller Leslie Sr. She was born …

  • Thumbnail of Carl Edward Lewis

    Carl Edward Lewis

    LEWIS, CARL EDWARD, 76, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at his home in Little Rock. He is survived by wife of 55 years, Sallie (Reed). Children: Denice …

  • Edward Franklin Lewis

    Edward Franklin Lewis, 92, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. He leaves his wife of almost 70 years, Margaret Lavene Lewis; his two sons, Bill Lewis and his wife Verla …

  • Thumbnail of Paul Christopher Jarod Mader

    Paul Christopher Jarod Mader

    MADER, PAUL CHRISTOPHER JAROD (age 30) of North Little Rock, Ark. On Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Beloved son of Burton E. and Bettie-Rae (Jeffers) Mader. Loving brother of, Franchelle Mader …

  • Thumbnail of George W. Myers

    George W. Myers

    George W. Myers, age 69, of St. Vincent, Ark., passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. He was born Feb. 26, 1947, in Morrilton, Ark., a son of the late Henry …

  • Billy Don Nail

    Billy Don Nail, 78, died Friday. Survivors: Wife, Elizabeth; daughter, Kathy Robertson; five brothers, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Visitation 1-3 p.m., Sunday, Cotton Plant First Baptist Church. Funeral 3 p.m. …

  • Thumbnail of Matthew Dale Norman

    Matthew Dale Norman

    MATTHEW DALE NORMAN, 54, of Little Rock, passed away Jan. 12, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Phoebe Dale Darby Norman, brother, Daniel Norman and …

  • Thumbnail of John Rae Osmundsen

    John Rae Osmundsen

    JOHN RAE OSMUNDSEN, 72, died in his Little Rock, Ark., home Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. He was born to Harold and Ella (Simpson) Osmundsen and raised in Chicago, Ill. He …

  • Peggy Jo Platt

    Peggy Jo Platt, age 74, of Searcy, Ark., passed away Jan. 12, 2017. She was born in Gillett, Ark., on Sept. 11, 1942. Peggy was preceded in death by her …

  • Thumbnail of Velma Mae Pulliam

    Velma Mae Pulliam

    Velma Mae Edwards Pulliam, 83, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on Jan. 11, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Funeral services are to be …

  • Thumbnail of Dorothy Mae Redmon

    Dorothy Mae Redmon

    DOROTHY MAE REDMON, 63, of Little Rock, Ark., transitioned from this life on Jan. 11, 2017. She was preceded in death by: John Holmes, Johnny Holmes, Kathy Lewis, Edrienna Spencer, …

  • Thumbnail of Charles Eugene Reed

    Charles Eugene Reed

    Charles Eugene Reed, age 87, of West Fork, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 in Fayetteville. He was born July 18, 1929 in Winslow, Ark., the son of Fay J. and …

  • Frances Rogers Sanders

    Frances Rogers Sanders, 82 of Horn Lake, Miss., passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 in Fayetteville, Ark. She was born March 18, 1934 in Panola County, Miss., to William Otis …

  • Daniel Lowell Simpson

    Daniel Lowell Simpson, 37, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., died Jan. 9, 2017. Mr. Simpson was born June 25, 1979 in Little Rock, Ark., to Lowell and Linda Simpson. Survivors …

  • Raymond Smith

    Raymond Smith, 65, died Jan. 11, 2017. Survivors: wife, Debbie Smith; sons, Matthew Smith, Ronnie Smith, Kenneth Dunlap, Curtis Dunlap, Dustin Lane; brother, Sonny Smith; sisters, Linda Conrad, Sandra Tarter, …

  • Thumbnail of Charlie Sorrels

    Charlie Sorrels

    Charlie Sorrels, 62, of Atkins, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born May 28, 1954, son of the late Carl and …

  • Cornel Lee Stacy

    Cornel Lee Stacy, 72, died Jan. 11. Memorial service and visitation will be Saturday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. at Dolph Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Survivors: …

  • Thumbnail of Betty Stewart

    Betty Stewart

    BETTY E. STEWART, 94, a longtime resident of North Little Rock, Ark., passed away at Paris Regional Medical Center, Paris, Texas on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. She was preceded by …

  • Myrna Ballman Strong

    Myrna Kathryn Ballman Strong, 78 of Malvern died Jan. 13, 2017. She was the widow of Homer Benton Strong Jr. Survivors children, Lori Sander and David Strong. Siblings Ray Ballman …

  • Jerry Dee Sumler

    Jerry Dee Sumler, 51, of Austin died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. He was born Nov. 11, 1965 in Conway to the late Jeff and Ellen Rees Sumler. He worked for …

  • Thumbnail of Kenneth Wayne Terry

    Kenneth Wayne Terry

    Kenneth Wayne Terry, 57 of New York City, N.Y., transitioned Jan. 8, 2017. He was preceded in death by: Braylon Robinson, Lacy Gordon Sr., Monroe (Geretha) Terry, and Charles (Margaret) …

  • Thumbnail of Robert Dale Vaughn Sr.

    Robert Dale Vaughn Sr.

    Robert Dale Vaughan Sr. of Keaau, Hawaii passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2017 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock. He was born in North Little Rock, Ark., to …

  • Thumbnail of Fred S. Vorsanger

    Fred S. Vorsanger

    Former Fayetteville Mayor, honorary Razorback and World's #1 Grandpa Fred Vorsanger passed away on Jan. 12, 2017. He will be sorely missed and remembered by the many people whose lives …

  • Donald Lee Wade

    Donald Lee Wade, age 70, in Morrilton, Ark., passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. He was born Sept. 21, 1946 in Morrilton, a son of the late Harold Wade and …

  • Thumbnail of Marion M. Reid Washburn

    Marion M. Reid Washburn

    Marion M. (Reid) Washburn, 85, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 at Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Ark. She was born Nov. 7, 1931 in Detroit, Mi., …

  • Thumbnail of Christopher Williams

    Christopher Williams

    Christopher (Critter) Williams, departed this earth on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the age of 45. Critter was the loving husband of Kim Williams. He was the proud father of five …

  • Thumbnail of Elsie Gordon Williams

    Elsie Gordon Williams

    ELSIE GORDON WILLIAMS, of Little Rock, transitioned this life on Jan. 9, 2017. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Freddie Tyson and Beatrice Gardiner Tyson Thomas; three …

  • Talmadge O.D. Winfrey

    Rev. Talmadge O.D. Winfrey, 86, of Tuckerman, died Thursday. Survivors: wife, Estalene; two sons, Danny Winfrey, and Donald Winfrey and wife, Tammy; one brother, Tom "T.W." Winfrey; seven grandchildren; eighteen …

  • Thumbnail of Glenda Wolfe

    Glenda Wolfe

    Our beloved wife and mother, Glenda Wolfe, lost her battle with lung cancer on Christmas Day 2016. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, David; son, Justin; mother, …

  • Thumbnail of Townsend Durant Wolfe III

    Townsend Durant Wolfe III

    TOWNSEND DURANT WOLFE III, retired director and chief curator of the Arkansas Arts Center, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Jan. 14, 2017. He was born in …

  • Billy Wayne Yarbrough

    Billy Wayne Yarbrough, 74, of Crossett, Ark., died Friday. Funeral at 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at Jones Funeral Home Chapel. Interment at Pinewood Memorial Park under direction of …

Upcoming Events