Obituaries

Obituaries for March 4, 2011

Jim Adkins

Jim Adkins, 85, formerly of Harrisburg, died Tuesday in Memphis. He was the son of John Pink and Hazel (Hall) Adkins. Funeral services are 2 p.m., Saturday at Jackson's Harrisburg …
Ronald Lee Anderson

Ronald Anderson, 46, California passed February 24, 2011. Survived by mother, Annie Anderson, brothers; Fredrick Stallings, Levertis Stallings, Micheal Anderson, sister, Helen Stallings. Funeral Service March 5, 2011, 1 p.m., …
"Terri" Octavia Baldwin

"Terri" Octavia Baldwin, age 73, of Warren, Ark. died Wednesday March 2, at Bradley County Medical Center. Graveside services 1:30 p.m., Saturday March 5, at Union Hill Cemetery in Ingalls, …
Betty Barber

Betty Barber, age 85, a resident of Springdale, Arkansas and formerly of Palestine, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. Betty was born …
Viola Bass

Viola Bass, 85, of Wilmot, died Thursday, February 24, 2011. She is survived by three sons: Jimmy, Albert "A.B." and Lamar Bass; one daughter: Mary Brooks; two brothers, Jimmy Lee …
Janey Howard Bergen

Janey Marie Howard Bergen, age 75, of Mountain Home, Ark., died February 28. Visitation is 6 until 8 p.m., Friday, March 4 at Roller Funeral Home. Funeral services will be …
Thurman Beshears

Thurman Beshears, 88, formerly of Wynne, died Friday. Survivors wife, Geneva; three sons; two daughters; one brother; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday, 2 p.m. at Thompson-Wilson Wynne Funeral …
Lillian Ruth Barnard Chambless

Lillian Ruth Barnard Chambless, 70, our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, entered her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. She was born on March 19, 1940 in Prescott, Arkansas …
Nina Dell Chaney

Nina Dell Chaney, 76, of Dermott, died Thursday. Survivors are four sons, one brother, one sister, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m., Friday at the …
Emma L. Clem

Emma L. Clem, 72, passed away March 2, 2011. Survivors: son, Michael (Michelle) Clem; daughter, Connie Parker; brother, Danny V. Elliott; sisters, Verna Posey and Joan Bledsaw; grandchildren, Devon Leon …
Phillip Louis Connors

Phillip Louis Connors, 33, Jacksonville, passed away March 1, 2011. He was born March 19, 1977. Survivors include his parents, four children, and six siblings. Visitation Friday, March 4, 10 …
Carlos Ante Contreras

Carlos Ante Contreras, 55, of Searcy, passed away February 25, 2011. Survived by wife, Andrea Amador, daughters, Sindi and Nereyda Ante, son, Alfredo Ante, grandson, Kayden Luna-Ante, all of Searcy. …
Alfred Crenshaw Jr.

Alfred Crenshaw Jr., 37, of Conway passed Feb. 22, 2011. He is survived by his father, Alfred Crenshaw Sr.; and one son, Patrick. Visitation Friday, March 4th, 12 noon - …
Elnora Davis

Elnora Davis, age 97, (wife of James Davis) passed away Feb. 27, 2011. Survivors include a brother, Jonathan Binns of Pine Bluff; sister, Daisy Murrell of Little Rock; caregivers, Essie …
Seth E. Dickerson

Seth E. Dickerson, age 88, of Mountain Home died Tuesday. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses of Mountain Home. He is survived …
Steven Paul Donaldson

Steven Paul Donaldson, 44, of Crossett, Ark. died March 3, 2011. Funeral services at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Meridan Baptist Church. Interment at Hickory Grove Cemetery under …
John Douglas

John Douglas, 83, of Bella Vista, Arkansas died on Feb. 26, 2011. Preceded in death, Faye Douglas, his loving wife of 49 years; his parents, Velma Elizabeth Stanfield and Stanley …
Floyd E. Duke

Floyd E. Duke, 92, of Jacksonville passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. He was born October 18, 1918, in the Oak Grove Community to Howard and Jennie Gunnell Duke. He …
Webber Benton Early, Jr

Mr. Webber Benton Early Jr., 53 of Pine Bluff, died, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Services, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Second Baptist Church in Wabbaseka by Reverend Graylin Wilson at …
Pauline Smith Edmondson

Pauline Smith Edmondson, 87, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at a nursing home in Batesville. She was born Saturday, March 10, 1923 in Pleasant Grove, Arkansas to W. T. …
Elvis W. Erby

Elvis W. Erby, age 67, died March 2. Memorial services will be 10 a.m., Saturday at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Western Grove. Survivors include his wife, Lynn; three sons; …
Arthur Evans

Arthur "Monkey" Evans Sr. died February 28th. Survivor's Children Carolyn Thomas, Ricky, Arthur Jr., Micael, Stephen and Terry Evans; three brothers, four sisters, 19 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation today 5-7 …
C. J. Evants

Rev. C.J. Evants, 87, of Wynne died Monday. Survivors are his wife, Sallie Evants, one son, two daughters, two brothers, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Services were Thursday at 11 a.m. …
Martha Aline Grady

Martha Aline Grady, 90, of Hazen, died March 2, 2011. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2011 at Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. Funeral services …
Adrianne D. Green

Funeral services for Adrianne D. Green, 30, of Pine Bluff, died March 1 will be Saturday, 2 p.m., Mt. Carmel MBC. Burial: Forrest Lawn Cemetery by Perry Funeral Home. Survivors …
Philip J Greening

Philip J. Greening, age 94, of Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away on the evening of Tuesday, March 1, 2011. He was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, on August 2, 1916, …
Flossie Grider

Flossie Grider, 88, of Marvell, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Helena. Mrs. Grider was born May 6, 1922 in Connell's Point, Arkansas to the late Charlie Moore …
Lawrence "Larry" Hall

Lawrence "Larry" Hall, age 67, of Bull Shoals died February 21, 2011. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Saturday at Twin Lakes Cremation Society & Funeral Home. He is survived …
Vera Marie McAlister Harden

Vera Marie McAlister Harden of Jacksonville, died March 2, 2011 at the age of 90. She was born July 23, 1920, on Linker Mountain, near Dover, in Pope County, Arkansas. …
Wille Marguerite Harrison

Willie Marguerite Deaver Harrison died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in Arkadelphia. She was born on September 6, 1920 to David and Allie Stacks Deaver. Marguerite grew up in the Hill …
Clay Henley

Clay Henley, age 78, of Springfield, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Survivors include his wife Ruth Lee Ledbetter Henley of Springfield. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Friday, …
Rush F. Hobbs

Mr. Rush F. Hobbs age 90, Forrest City, went to be with our Lord on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Mr. Hobbs was born June 13, 1920 in Forrest City, the …
Evelyn M. Howell

Evelyn M. Howell, 93, passed away March 2, 2011. Daughters, Marcia (James) Clayton, Thelma Saxe, and Rebecca (Kim) Anott; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Visitation Sunday, 2 p.m., First …
L.V. Hudgens

L.V. Hudgens, 79, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011. He was an Army veteran and a retired Life of Georgia insurance agent. Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Helen; one …
Julia Diane Hutto

Julia Diane Hutto, age 43, of Little Rock, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2011. She was born January 31, 1968 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was …
Louise Jefferson

Louise Jefferson, age 81 of Crossett, died Monday, February 28th. She is survived by four sons, Johnny, Lionel, Dennis and Wayne Jefferson; four daughters; Rose Sims, Patricia Matheney, Constance DeBerry …
Ronda Lynn Jernigan James

Ronda Lynn Jernigan James, 32 of Plumerville, passed away Wednesday, March 2. Survivors: father; Ronald Jernigan; mother: Christy Rogers Dycus; husband: Jeffery; sons: Daeron and Blake; Grandparents; sister. Graveside Services: …
George Leon Johnson

George Leon Johnson, age 67, of Havana, passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Funeral service 10 a.m., Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Havana Assembly of God Church. Burial: Guinn Cemetery. …
Duane Allen Jones

Duane Allen Jones, age 89, of Lowell, formerly of Kansas, retired from Russellville died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in Fayetteville. Survivors, children, Jim Jones, Becky Davis; brother, Bud Jones; sister, …
Darin Leroy Kinion

Darin Leroy Kinion, 45, of Batesville, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at Little Rock. Visitation was Thursday, March 3, 2011, 6 until 8 p.m., Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel. There …
James Robert Lawrence

James Robert "J.R." Lawrence Jr., 88, Of Hiram, Georgia, formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas died Wednesday. Survivors; wife, Juanita Lawrence; daughter, Sherrie Carpenter; sons, James. Lawrence; Thomas Lawrence; Robert Lawrence; sisters, …
Autree McCall

Autree McCall, 88 of North Little Rock went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. She was a member of Reed Memorial CME Church in Little …
Francis Irene McJunkin Weaver

Francis Irene McJunkin Weaver passed away on the morning of March 2nd. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Weaver; her mother Lorie Ellen McJunklin; her father …
Thomas Tee Murphy

Thomas Tee Murphy, age 61, died March 1, 2011. Thomas was a Baptist and an employee of Riceland Foods. Services 2 p.m., Friday, Eastside Baptist Church, DeWitt, Ark. Burial in …
Kenneth Ray Palmquist

Kenneth Ray Palmquist, age 55, of Bryant, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born November 30, 1955, in Austin, Texas, the son …
Robert Patton

Robert Patton, 62, of Crossett, died Friday, February 25th. He is survived by one son, Thad Woods; one daughter, Christina Patton; two brothers, Leroy and John Patton; two sisters, Robbie …
Georgia Mitchell Puddephatt

Georgia Mitchell Puddephatt, 98, lifetime resident of Pine Bluff, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Trinity Village Medical Center. Her survivors include her son, W. Don (Susan) Puddephatt of Pine …
Doyle D. Reynolds

Doyle D. Reynolds, 86, of Melbourne, died Tuesday. Survivors: daughters: Dearrlean Bartell; Mavis Jacobson, Sharlene Radach, nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Ednas Reynolds. Services: 10 a.m., Saturday, Fairview Missionary Baptist …
Gerald Frank Rucker

Gerald Frank Rucker, 69, of Shirley, Arkansas passed away Monday, February 28, 2011. He is survived by his wife, and one sister and nieces, nephews. Memorial Service will be 10 …
Grover Short

Grover Lee Short, 84, of Redfield passed away March 2, 2011 in Little Rock; he was born on May 20, 1926 in Bigelow, Arkansas; he was the son of the …
Jacquelyn Ann Skyrme

Jacquelyn Ann "Jackie" Skyrme, 56, of England, Arkansas went to be one of God's special angels Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011. She was born in Franklin, Texas on December 6th, 1954 …
Ronald Dale Smith

Ronald Dale Smith, 47, of Clinton, Arkansas died Friday, February 25, 2011. He is survived by his mother and step-father, two brothers a nephew, aunts and uncles; many cousins and …
William James Smith

William James "Bill" Smith, 69, of Little Rock died Monday, February 28, 2011. Bill was born on April 9, 1941 in Columbus, Nebraska, a son of the late Loretta Pfeifer …
Philip "P.S." Smith Phillips

Graveside services for Mr. Philip "P.S." Smith Phillips will be held Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Hunter's Chapel Methodist Church, located on Hwy. 9, South of Malvern, …
Carolyn Ann Sprinkle

Carolyn Sprinkle, 61, Lead Hill, died Monday, February 28, 2011. Funeral 2:00, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Lead Hill First Baptist Church, under the direction of Roller-Christeson Funeral Home. Visitation …
Arthur Richard "Rick" Story III

Arthur Richard "Rick" Story III, 56, of Panama City, Florida passed away on January 25, 2011. He was born and raised in North Little Rock and graduated from North Little …
Frank Swett

Frank Swett, 71, of Pine Bluff died Wednesday. Survivors: daughters, Dena Swett Evans and Cheryl Temple; grandchildren, DeAnna Hemphill, Jennifer Smith, Alecia Hemphill and Luke Temple; and caregiver, Verdia Mae …
Randy Taylor

Randy Taylor, 84, of Hardy, formerly of Wynne, died Wednesday at his home. Survivors wife, Wanda; son, Timothy; daughter, Samantha; five brothers; four sisters; two grandchildren. Visitation: Saturday, 6-8 p.m. …
Brinda Irene Thomas

Brinda Irene Thomas, age 66, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Hot Springs. Ms. Thomas was sent for cremation under the direction of the Beasley-Wood Funeral …
Leon Weathersby

Leon Weathersby, 59, of Lonoke passed away Monday, February 28, 2011. He leaves to cherish his memory; wife, Rosie Weathersby; children, Quincy Weathersby, David Hall; grandchild, Paris Weathersby; siblings, Stave, …
Kevin Hays White

Kevin White, 56, of Marion died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Survivors are son, Clinton White, daughters, Keri Rae Arant and Angel Danae Pelts, brother, Charles Hugh …
Bryanna LeAnn Summer Williamson

Bryanna LeAnn Summer Williamson of Pleasant Plains, two months and 15 days, was born Dec. 14, 2010 at Searcy, Ark. and passed away at Batesville on March 1, 2011. Graveside …

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