Obituaries

Obituaries for December 10, 2010

  • Vernon E. Adams

    Vernon E. Adams, age 69, of Bonnerdale, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood with Bro. David …

  • Tressie Allen

    Tressie Allen, 89, of Newport died December 8, 2010. Survived by daughter, Linda Adams (Guy Dale) of Newport; grandchildren, Deanna Crowley, Danita Ryan, Allen Dale Adams; great-grandchildren, Danin Ryan, Hunter …

  • Mary V Bain

    Mary V. Bain, age 81, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Hatfield First Baptist …

  • Jack Baldridge

    Jack Baldridge, 85, Rose Bud, died Tuesday, December 7. He is survived by his wife, Helen Baldridge, and three sons, Stanley, Randy and Barry Baldridge; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. A …

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    Janis Karen Robinson Baldwin

    Janis Karen Robinson Baldwin, 66, of Little Rock died Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on January 4, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Henry …

  • Martha Kathryn Benedict

    Martha Kathryn Benedict, 92 of El Dorado, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010. She was born August 9, 1918, in Lonsdale, Arkansas, to the late Clint Fuller, Sr. and Sarah …

  • Katherine Bradley Brown

    Mrs. Katherine Bradley Brown, 88, of Star City, died, Friday, December 3, 2010. Services will be Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Polk Chapel Baptist Church in Yorktown by Reverend Lee …

  • Elizabeth M. Briggs

    Elizabeth M. Briggs, 76, passed away December 4, 2010. Son, Charles F. (Lorraine) Spenser; stepdaughters, Marlene Wentworth, Janet Simons, Debbie White; sisters, Laura Fries, Nancy McKaig; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. …

  • Betty Boyd Buerkle

    Betty Boyd Buerkle, age 82, of Tyler, Texas passed away December 8. She was born March 11, 1928 at St. Charles, Ark. She was preceded in death by her parents, …

  • Patricia Camp Farris

    Patricia Camp Farris, of Hot Springs, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Patsy was born in Conway on May 8, 1927 to Bennie Lois and Edward Earl Camp. She married …

  • Dorothy Dixon Cole

    Dorothy Dixon Cole, 91, of Bigelow, passed away December 9, 2010. She was born in Switz City, Indiana, the daughter of James Marion and Anna May Dixon Cole. She was …

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    Ralph Wayne Doty

    Colonel Ralph Wayne Doty (USAF Ret.), age 89, of Sevierville, Tennessee, (a native of Attala County, Mississippi) passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010. Mr. Doty retired from the U.S. Air …

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    Shirley Mavis Fairburn Ebert

    Shirley Mavis Fairburn Ebert was born on December 9th, 1918 in Lowell, Massachusetts to George C. Fairburn and Beulah Sturtevant Fairburn. She died December 3, 2010, age 91, in Little …

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    Evelyn H. Ellison

    Evelyn H. Ellison, 90, of Little Rock passed away on Tuesday, December 07, 2010. She was born on November 23, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late Joel C and …

  • Allen E. Epley

    Allen E. Epley, 70, of Conway, died on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2010 in Crestlawn Memorial Park with Reverend Betty Sue …

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    John Floyd

    John "Papa" Floyd Jr., 93, of Little Rock, Arkansas went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 7, 2010. On January 10, 1917, in Cotton Plant, Arkansas he was …

  • Emma Mae Harrell Harrell

    Mrs. Emma Mae Harrell, 82, of Dumas, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. Peters Rock Baptist in Dumas with …

  • Terry Lynn Henderson

    Terry Lynn Henderson, 44, of Bono, formerly of Newport, died Thursday. Survivors: wife, Sonya (Gregory) Henderson; children, Austin, Hillary, Janna Gail, Hannah, and Jennifer Henderson; father, Roy Henderson; sister, Anna …

  • Loretta Jane Henessee

    Loretta Jane Henessee, 74, passed away December 7, 2010. Sons, Ellis Wayne and Johnie Eldon Henessee; daughters, Barbara Jane Osborne, Jerrie Ann Grimes; mother, Agnes Burrow; stepson, Billy Henessee; brother, …

  • Leveda Hickman

    Leveda Hickman, 86, of Flippin died Wednesday December 8, 2010 at home. Visitation 6-8 p.m., December 10, 2010 at Roller Funeral Home .Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, …

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    LaWanda Kaytrell Higgins

    Mrs. LaWanda Kaytrell Higgins, 55, of Pine Bluff, passed away, Thursday, December 2, 2010. Her services will be Saturday, December 11, 2010 at New Jerusalem Baptist Church by Reverend Edward …

  • Eugene Huber

    Eugene Huber of Paris, Arkansas died Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Rosary will be 7:45 p.m., Thursday, December 9, 2010 at St. Benedict Church in Subiaco. Mass will be 10 a.m., …

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    Algie Otis Johnson

    Algie Otis Johnson, 77, Sparkman. Survivors children, Fredrick Johnson, Brad (Amy) Johnson, Carolyn Thomas, Shelia Hughes, Romona Hamlin, siblings, Odessa Nelson, Frankie Plummer, George Delamar, Oliver Delamar, fourteen grandchildren. Services …

  • Paul Dean Jolly

    Paul Dean Jolly, 81, Casa died Tuesday. Survivors, wife, Joan Jolly; children, Billy and Joe Jolly, RoseAnn Mashburn; siblings, John, Thurman and Finis Jolly, Aline Loven. Funeral services will be …

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    Kenneth Jordan

    Kenneth Jordan, 57, of North Little Rock, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010. He was a graduate of Channelview High School, Channelview, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Mary …

  • Gordon John Kennett

    Gordon John Kennett, of Berryville, Arkansas, was born February 28, 1917 at Chicago, Illinois. He passed away December 4, 2010. He was 93 at the time of his passing. On …

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    Michael Alan Lassiter

    Michael Alan Lassiter passed on at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida on December 7, 2010 at the age of 47. Michael loved the ocean, making Florida his home. He …

  • Geraldean Lewis

    Geraldean Lewis, Woodson, passed December 3, 2010. Funeral Services December 11, 2010, 12 noon, Woodson COGIC. Visitation December 10, 2010, 1-5 p.m. Services entrusted to Gunn Funeral Home, 4323 W. …

  • Paula Lynn Loibner

    Paula Lynn Loibner, age 63, of Rison, Arkansas, died, Tuesday. Funeral services are 2 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2010 at the Rison Church of Christ with burial in the Bell …

  • Benjamin Lynch

    Benjamin Lynch, 50, of Butterfield died December 8. Survivors, wife, Elaine; sons, Bengy Jr., Brett Flanders, Matthew Flanders; mother, Martha Myers; father, Billy Ray Lynch; grandmother, Imogene Redden; grandchild, Freya …

  • Frances Marbury

    Mrs. Frances Marbury, 76, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at her home. She was born June 2, 1934, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Carl and Ruby Ridling Billingsley. …

  • Carl Anne Matkin

    Carl Anne Matkin, 82, of Fayetteville, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Butterfield Trail Village Health Care Center. She was born June 24, 1928 at Little Rock, the daughter of …

  • Mary McElrath

    Mary McElrath, 74, of Cave City, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. A memorial service will be Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 1-3:30 p.m., at the Cornerstone Baptist Church located near Mt. …

  • James O. Mitchell Jr.

    James O. Mitchell Jr., 69, of Benton, Ark., passed away on Tuesday Dec. 7 2010. He was born Oct. 8, 1941 in Memphis, Tenn., the son of the late James …

  • Earl Clyde Morgan

    Earl Clyde Morgan, age 74, of Hardy, Ark., died Wednesday, Visitation will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday at Hardy Fist Baptist Church. Funeral service will be …

  • Ernest Layfette Morton

    Mr. Ernest Layfette Morton, 75, Hope, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Funeral Services: 2 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2010, Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel, Hope, Arkansas. Burial Avery Chapel …

  • Bobby Jessie Nolen

    Bobby Jessie Nolen, 75, of Malvern, passed away Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Funeral service will be 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11 at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Rev. J.O.T. Lea …

  • Donald G. Phillips

    Donald G. Phillips, 74, of Sidney died Tuesday. Survivors: wife, Lula Phillips; sons, Paul Phillips, Tim Kauke; daughters, Luann Phillips, Rebecca Kauke, Tammy King; 10 grandchildren Funeral services: 2 p.m., …

  • Harrison E. Ross

    Mr. Harrison E. Ross, 86, Hope, Arkansas, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010. Funeral Services: 2 p.m., Saturday, December 11, 2010, Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel, Hope. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery, …

  • W. J. "Jack" Rutledge

    W. J. "Jack" Rutledge, 83, of Conway, Arkansas, died December 8, 2010, at Conway Healthcare and Rehabilitation. He was born September 4, 1927, in Oil Trough, Arkansas, a son of …

  • Christiana Ryan

    Christiana Ryan, 91, of Conway, Ark.. passed away December 2,in Oklahoma City, OK. She was born in Conway, September 10, 1919. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, at Sinai …

  • Malena Sue Selman

    Malena Sue Leopard Selman, 36, of Sheridan, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m., Saturday at Buie Funeral Home in Rison with burial in New Hope Cemetery. Visitation is 6 to …

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    Josephine Smith Gray

    Josephine Smith Gray of Kansas City, Missouri formerly of Little Rock, AR., was born on January 20, 1933, to Frank James and Luella McKissick Smith in Goodwin, Arkansas she was …

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    Amy Fay Spoon

    Services were held on Thursday, December 9, 2010, for Amy Fay Spoon, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, who went to meet her Savior on Monday, December 6, 2010, at her …

  • Anna Bess Stegall Smith

    Anna Bess Stegall Smith passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010, after recurring bouts with pneumonia. She was born October 27, 1918, near El Dorado in Union County, Arkansas. She was …

  • Precious Cherub Strickland

    Precious Cherub Strickland, infant daughter of Shayla Strickland, of Cabot went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. In addition to her mother, Precious is survived …

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    Glorie Jean Stueart Hastings

    Gloria (Susie) Jean Stueart Hastings, age 64, of Little Rock, Arkansas entered the gates of heaven Wednesday, December 8, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gillie Milton …

  • Sammie Thomas Sr.

    Sammie Thomas Sr., 56, Conway departed this life November 27. Survivors, wife, Vera Thomas; daughters, Katrina Williams, Stephanie Thomas; sons, Sammie Jr., Kenneth, Stevie Thomas; five sisters; five brothers. Funeral …

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    Carrol Lynch Ward

    Carrol Lynch Ward, born January 15, 1936, in Fifty Six, Arkansas went home to his Lord and Savior on December 9, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 49 …

  • Donny A Webb

    Donny A. Webb, age 51, of Nashville, passed away, Wednesday, December 8, 2010 in Texarkana. Graveside services will be Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Cemetery …

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    Janie carolyn Wesley

    Janie (Carolyn LaFlora) Wesley, 62, of Little Rock, AR passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010. Janie was born March 18, 1948 in Pine Bluff, AR, to the late Garland and …

  • Phyllis Courtney West

    Phyllis Courtney West, 63, of Rogers formerly of Blytheville passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with …

  • Helen White

    Helen Jean White, age 80, of Benton, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010. She was born August 2, 1930 in Delight, Arkansas to the late William E. and Amorette A. …

  • Floyd "Peanut" Wilson

    Floyd "Peanut" Wilson, 72, of Malvern died December 8, 2010. Survivors, wife, Barbara Wilson; son, Kirby Wilson; daughter, Cendy Jackson (Jon); mother, Flossie Wilson; brother, Charles Wilson (Dora); and granddaughter, …

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    Sedric A. Wirt

    Sedric A. Wirt, 78, of Sherwood, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his home. He was born September 21st, 1932 in Little Rock to Sedric M. and Cordie …

  • Nina Beatrice Yeargain

    Nina Beatrice Yeargain, 82, of Clarksville departed December 8. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her beloved husband, Calvin, of 62 years, and her son Charles Wayne, three grandchildren …

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