Obituaries

Obituaries for February 5, 2012

Lynn Ashley

Lynn Ashley, 56, formerly of Florida, and Texas died Jan. 26, 2012. Lynn was born in Atlanta, Ga. to William Hugh and Maurine (Lane) Ashley and lived in Jacksonville, Fla. …
Beatrice Comfort Ashun

BEATRICE COMFORT ASHUN, born July 16, 1920 in Ghana and departed to Glory Jan. 14, 2012 in Little Rock. She leaves behind many children; grandchildren; great-grandchildren and other loved ones. …
David F. Barton

David F. Barton, 81, of Russellville, formerly of Plantation, Fla., passed away, surrounded by his family on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at his home. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. …
Aileen Bringle Benton

AILEEN BRINGLE BENTON, 83, of Little Rock died Feb. 2, 2012. She was born Dec. 20, 1928 in Little Rock, Ark. She is preceded in death by her parents, William …
Wayne E. Berger

Lt. Col. (Retired) WAYNE E. BERGER, 65 of Little Rock, Ark.., entered into eternal rest Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. He was born Aug. 12, 1946 in Fort Smith, Ark.., and …
Christi L.E. Blain

CHRISTI L. E. BLAIN, age 40, of Little Rock, passed away on Feb. 2, 2012. She was born in North Little Rock, Ark. on March 25, 1971. Ms. Blain is …
Andrew Crafton "Drew" Blankenship

Andrew Crafton "Drew" Blankenship died Saturday, Jan. 28 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born to Koehler and Pam Blankenship of Dell, Ark., on Oct. 22, 1968 …
Willie Bell Block

Willie Bell Block, 84, of Monticello, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. She was born May 14, 1927 in Drew County. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel, …
Jack Bowden

Services for Jack Bowden, 73, of West Helena are 2 p.m., Monday, Roller-Citizens. Visitation, 6-8 p.m., Sunday, Roller-Citizens. Burial-Turner Cemetery, Turner, Ark. Survivors: wife; five children; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; …
Barbara Ouzts Buie

Barbara Ouzts Buie of Prattsville, Ark. was born May 12, 1944 in Natchitoches, La., the daughter of the late E.C. Ouzts and Pearl Stewart Langley. She was a member of …
Donna Ruth Chatten

Donna Ruth Chatten, age 67, died Tuesday. A 50-year-resident, Cleburne County, she worked in home health care. Survivors are sons: Travis, Ida, Charles,Letona, Kevin and Jessie in Heber Springs; daughter: …
Chuck Colflesh

Chuck Colflesh, 81, of Atkins, died Friday in Russellville. Funeral is 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lemley Funeral Chapel. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday. In lieu of flowers: PBA "People for a …
Donald Gene "Donnie" Copeland

Donald Gene "Donnie" Copeland, age 74, of Warren, Ark. died Friday, Feb. 3, at home. Born March 16, 1937 in Gravelly, Ark. a son of the late Fred Greene Copeland …
Patricia Lee Hunter Curry

Patricia Lee Hunter Curry, 81, of Booneville, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Fort Smith, Ark. She was born Nov. 13, 1930 in Amarillo, Texas to Earl Roland …
Eleanor Hunter Echols

Eleanor K. Hunter Echols died on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at the Woods of Monticello. She is the widow of Lamar Hunter, who died in combat in WW II and …
Earl Sonny Edmonson

Mr. Earl (Sonny) Edmonson, age 80, of Benton passed peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. He was born March 23, 1931 in Bauxite. Earl …
Jane Carol Frey

Jane Carol Ables Frey, 78, of Cabot passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. She was born July 11, 1933 in Harrell to Doyle Columbus Ables and Tenalia Porter Ables and …
Glenn Gathright

Glenn Gathright, 76, Pine Bluff, Ark., died Friday. Survivors: Wife, Theda Gathright; daughter, Kay Gathright, Damascus; son, Ken Gathright, Denver, Colo.; sisters, Annette Gathright, Virginia Owen, The Villages, Fla.; two …
John Taylor "Johnny" Goode Jr.

JOHN TAYLOR "JOHNNY" GOODE JR., 52, of Little Rock passed away Thursday morning after a lengthy courageous battle with cancer that was first diagnosed five years ago. Johnny retired last …
James E. "Rock" Hagans

James E. "Rock" Hagans, age 85, of Morrilton, Ark., passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. He was born Aug. 14, 1926, in Eldon, Mo., a son of Abe Hagans and …
George H. Harrison

Pastor GEORGE H. HARRISON SR., 72, of Little Rock, Ark., died Jan. 30, 2012 at Baptist Hospital accompanied by family. He was preceded in death by his father, Fred Douglas …
Agnes Roberts Harwell

AGNES ROBERTS HARWELL, 92, of North Little Rock, went to be with her Savior Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. She was born Dec. 24, 1919 in Augusta, Ark. to Ila and …
Howard L. Himmelbaum

HOWARD L. HIMMELBAUM, age 71, of Little Rock, Ark. died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. "There are stars whose light reaches the earth only after they themselves have disintegrated and are …
Don L. "Sonny" Johnson

Don L. "Sonny" Johnson, 73, of Hamburg, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Graveside services and burial will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Arkadelphia Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the …
Elsie Knight

ELSIE KNIGHT, 93, of Little Rock, Ark., died peacefully on Jan. 23, 2012. She was born on June 1, 1918 to George and Amelia Arceneaux in New Orleans, La., and …
Jeffrey Craig Lewis

JEFFREY CRAIG LEWIS, age 63, of Maumelle, Ark. passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. He was born Sept. 24, 1948 in Los Angeles, Calif. to the late Edward Freeman Lewis …
Mary K. Livingston

Mary K. Legge Livingston of Fordyce died Friday Feb. 3, 2012 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born Aug. 17, 1917 at Princeton, she was the daughter of the late …
Billie Monroe

Billie Monroe, 71, of Arkadelphia, died Friday at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday at Welch Funeral Home in Arkadelphia. Memorials to the Clark County Library …
Verena Ellen Moore

Verena Ellen Moore of Arkadelphia went to be with the Lord today, Feb. 2, 2012, after a short battle with cancer. Verena was born in Friendship, Ark. in 1922 to …
Odelle Morris

Odelle Yingling Thomas Morris passed away in Searcy, Ark. on Jan. 30, 2012 at the age of 96. Born in Russell, Ark. on April 30, 1915, she spent her youth …
Erma Clarice Noble

Erma Clarice (Wilson) Noble, 107, of Rogers, formerly of North Little Rock, died Feb. 3, 2012. She was born on Sept. 25, 1904 in Bayou Meto Township, the youngest of …
Avon G. Phillips Sr.

AVON G. PHILLIPS SR., 89, of North Little Rock, Ark., died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. He served in the Navy during WWII, was the former Lonoke County Clerk, and retired …
James Powell

James Powell 66, of Clinton, Ark. died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. He was born July 3, 1945 at Fairbanks, Ark. Graveside service and burial will be held 9 a.m. Monday, …
Addie Bell Robertson

ADDIE BELL ROBERTSON, 92, of Little Rock left this world of suffering and pain to be with her Lord on Feb. 3, 2012. She was born on Jan. 10, 1920. …
Betty Salisbury

Betty Salisbury, 92, a resident of Harrison died Jan. 28. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, St. James Episcopal Church, Eureka Springs. Committal later in Minnesota. Survivors include her daughters …
Ronald Lee Schaal

Ronald Lee Schaal, 63, of Sheridan, Ark. died Thursday. Survivors: Son, Ronald; daughter, Lacey; loving partner, Marilyn; father, John; two step-daughters; two grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; three sisters. A memorial service …
Onis Smith

ONIS SMITH, 101, of North Little Rock passed away on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. He was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church. One of the first electricians to bring …
Dorothy J. Smith

Dorothy J. Smith, 89 of Sardis, passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Little Rock. She was born on June 20, 1922 in Little Rock, Ark. to Dewey Crook and …
Juanita J. Stevens

JUANITA J. STEVENS, 87, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Mary (Glynn) Reynolds, formerly at Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center. She was born Nov. 22, …
Johnny Mark "Sonny" Threlkeld

James Mark "Sonny" Threlkeld 69 of White Hall, Ark. passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Visitation: 5–7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at Buie Funeral Home of Sheridan. Graveside Service: …
Berta J. Trivitt

Berta J. Trivitt, age 65 of Flippin, Ark. passed away Feb. 3, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Dale Trivitt. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, …
Jim L. Wheeler

Jim Wheeler, 76, a resident of Russellville died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Russellville. He was born June 19, 1935, at Pottsville to Frank …
Holly Dabbs Whitcome

Holly Dabbs Whitcombe of Rogers, Ark., went home to be with her heavenly father on Feb. 3, 2012. Holly was born on July 28, 1956, to E. R. (Babe) and …
Howard Gene White

Howard "Gene" White, age 81, of Albany, N.Y., formerly of Kirby, died Thursday. He was born on April 28, 1930 in Seminole, Okla., the son of Howard White and Sylvia …
Alberta Robertson Williams

Mrs. Alberta Robertson Williams, 93, of Pine Bluff passed Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Graveside service will be Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 in Lincoln Memorial Garden Cemetery by Brother Abraham Carpenter …
Corey Joe Young

Corey Joe Young, 18, of Cave City died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 at his home. Service: Monday Feb. 6, 2012 at 2 p.m., First Missionary Baptist Church. Burial: Saddle Cemetery; …

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