Obituaries

Obituaries for May 3, 2012

Betty Frank Arnold

Betty Frank Arnold, 74, of Wooster, died Sunday, April 29, 2012. Survivors include her husband, Robert Alvin Arnold, Sr.; sons: Robert Alvin Arnold, Jr.(Doris) and William "Billy" Arnold (Debbie). A …
Verlee Halton Austin

Verlee Halton Austin, 82, Sparkman, died Sunday. Survivors: sons, Daniel Austin and Eric Austin; 10 grandchildren; siblings, Eddie Mae Halton, Maelene Harrison, Loretha Eason, H.B. Halton, Freddie Halton. Services Saturday, …
Marilyn Rebecca Ballard

Marilyn Rebecca (Becky) Ballard, loving mother, grandmother and aunt passed away on April 29, 2012. Becky was born and raised in Nashville, Ark. and worked at BlueCross BlueShield in Little …
Karl Brown

Karl Brown, age 56, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Jonesboro, Ark. Graveside services will be Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. …
Rev. George Earle Butler

Rev. George Earle Butler died Monday, April 30, 2012. Visitation will be at Proctor Funeral Home Friday, 6-8 p.m. Services 10 a.m., Saturday at Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Memorials to …
Robert Clark

Robert Clark, 74, Glen Rose died Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Survivors, wife, Opal Faye Clark; daughters, Ginger Wiley, Kelly Rice; brother, James Clark; sister, Polly Barger; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. …
Wilma Fay Coffman

Wilma Fay Coffman, age 67, of Russellville died Sunday, April 29, 2012. Survivors: husband, Gary Coffman; son, Donny Coffman; brothers, J.B. Underwood, Jack Gist; sisters, Betty Raney, Monnie Richards, Linda …
Dura Cook

Dura (Tidwell) Cook, 88, of McRae, Arkansas, died May 1, 2012. Family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Thursday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 10 a.m., Friday, …
Carlton B. Cox

Carlton B. Cox, 77 of Searcy, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Between 1952 and 1960, he served his country honorable in both the …
Ann Patton Dawson

Ann Patton Dawson, 74, passed away on May 2, 2012. She was born in Fort Smith, the community she loved and devoted so much of her life serving. She was …
Carrell "CD" Donahue

Carrell "CD" Donahue, 88, of El Dorado, died May 1, 2012. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time May 4, at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home Chapel. Funeral services will …
Catherine Sue DuVall

Catherine DuVall, 77, of Russellville, died Tuesday. Funeral is 10 a.m., Friday, at Happy Valley Assembly of God near Atkins, with burial at St. Joe Cemetery, by Shinn Funeral Service. …
George Henry Eagen

George Henry Eagen of Little Rock, passed away April 25, 2012. He was born to Dorothy Laing Eagen, and George Leonard Eagen, on January 23, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. He …
Hosea Evans

Hosea Evans, 69, of Little Rock departed this life Monday, April 30, 2012. He is survived by two daughters, Carol (George) Smith, Sandra (Ira) Williams, one son, Rodney (Leresa) Evans; …
Greg Fitcher

A visitation for family and friends of Mr. Greg Fitcher, 32, of Hope, will be 2-4 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope. Arrangements are by …
Martha L. Gibson

Martha L. Gibson of Moro, Arkansas passed away Monday, April 30, 2012. Leaving behind one son, one daughter three grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, May 4, …
Cora Bell Gidding

Cora Bell Gidding, 101, of Arkadelphia, died April 26, 2012. Survivors: children, Willie Dorsey and Maggie Thomas; 68 grandchildren. Services service 11 a.m., Friday Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Services …
Justus Grandy

Justus Grandy, 88, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, Calif. She was born November 18, 1923 in Wilmar, Ark. Graveside service will be 11 …
Jannie Katherine Greenfield

Jannie Katherine Decker Greenfield of Jacksonville, Ark. passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012. She was born April 11, 1930 in St. Louis, Okla. to Eddie Decker and his wife, Edna …
Freda Greenway

Freda M. Greenway, age 91, of Jonesboro, died Monday, April 30, 2012. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Wednesday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, 1900 West Washington Avenue in Jonesboro. Funeral …
John Randall Haas

John Randall Haas of Houston Texas, formerly of El Dorado Arkansas, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012. Visitation: 7-9 p.m., May 3, at Heights Funeral Home. Memorial service: 10 a.m., …
Ann Hale

Ann Hale, 69, of Russellville, died Wednesday, May 2nd. Graveside service is 2 p.m., Friday, May 4th, at Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain. Visitation is 6-7 p.m. on Thursday at …
Helen Bernece Hamilton Bullard

Helen Bernece Hamilton Bullard, age 97, died May 1, 2012 at the Arkansas Hospice Care Center, St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. She had been a resident of the …
Mary Beth Howe

Mary Beth Howe, 81, died Monday. She is survived by stepbrother, Daniel Poindexter; cousins, Jack Harris and Pat Clay. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Friday in House-Gregg Funeral Home …
Mable L. Johnson

Mable L. Johnson, 84, of Little Rock, Arkansas took her wings Friday, April 27, 2012. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Bobbie Claborne. She leaves to cherish her …
Jerry Wendell Kelso

Jerry Wendell Kelso, 81, of Enola, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Conway Regional Medical Center. Born October 19, 1930 in McGintytown, he was the son of James Franklin and …
Nelson Ray Kramer

Nelson Ray Kramer, age 82, of Batesville died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at a Batesville Hospital. Funeral services Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2 p.m., Harrison Street Church of Christ. Burial, …
Mary Lillie Love Bennett

Mary Lillie Love Bennett, age 97, passed away May 2, 2012 at Quitman. Born February 8, 1915, to the late Samuel B. and Ethel Trawick Love of Quitman. Married to …
Stanley McClelland Sr.

Stanley McClelland Sr., 48, Gurdon, died Saturday. Survivors: son, Stanley (Tara Gulley) McClelland; grandchild Skyla McClelland; fiance' Cynthia Gulley; mother, Artha Lee McClelland; siblings, Danita Marks, Beverly Young, Connie Allen, …
Margaret McDade

Margaret McDade, 65, of Arkadelphia, died Friday, April 20, 2012. Survivors include her children, Scott Langston, Jeffrey McDade, Glen McDade and Tina McDade. Graveside services are 1 p.m., Friday at …
Sandra Frances Newell

Sandra Frances Newell, 70, died May 2, 2012, after a long, hard fought battle with ovarian cancer. Sandra is a Little Rock native born on April 22, 1942. She is …
Marie E. Nichols

Marie E. Nichols, age 99, of Little Rock, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. She was born September 22, 1912 in North Platte, Nebraska …
Jesse Leonard Pace Jr.

Jesse Leonard Pace Jr., 77, passed away on April 29, 2012 in Willard, Missouri where he had been visiting his daughter, Laurie and her family. Leonard had been battling cancer …
Flossie Mae Parker

Flossie Mae Parker, 90, of England, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012. She is survived by two sisters. Visitation: Friday, 6-8 p.m., Wilson-Robison Funeral Home; Services, 12 noon, Saturday, …
Rhodell Peer

Rhodell Peer, 58, of little Rock, departed this life April 29, 2012. Preceded in death by parents, Robert and Marion Peer; brother, Robert Peer, Jr. He is survived by son, …
Jackie Whitehead Pitts

Jackie Whitehead Pitts, age 82, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 in Mena. Graveside services will be Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Cherry Hill …
Gertrude McRae Pogue

Graveside service and burial for Mrs. Gertrude McRae Pogue, 82, formerly of Royal, Arkansas, will be 2 p.m., Friday, May 4, at DeAnn Cemetery in Prescott, Ark. Service will be …
James E. Poore Sr.

James E. Poore, Sr., 79, passed away May 2, 2012. Survivors: wife, Melba Poore; son, James E. (Susan) Poore Jr.; son-in-law, Steve Basart; half-brother, Larry Thomas; five grandchildren; and six …
Shirley Sue Reeves

Shirley Reeves, 66, of Marshall died Monday in Marshall. Survivors: husband, Rodger Reeves, son, Lance Clark, daughter, Tammie Wood, three grandchildren and 10 siblings. Visitation: 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Roller-Coffman Funeral …
Kathryn Roberts

Kathryn Roberts, age 80, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be Friday, May 4, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. at the Beasley-Wood …
Margie Vallery Royster

Margie Royster, 58, of Jacksonville, Arkansas died April 27, 2012. She was born November 6, 1953 in Hollandale, Mississippi to the late Earl and Rosa Vallery. She was the third …
Jaunita Rummel

Jaunita Rummel, age 72, of Glenwood, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012. On July 22, 1956, she married Jesse Rummel. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, in the Kingdom Hall …
Merle Beth Seemel

Merle Beth Seemel, 91, of North Little Rock passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Woodland Hills Healthcare Center in Jacksonville, Ark. Merle was born in Batesville, Ark. to the …
Charles M. Shelton

Charles M. Shelton, 79, died April 30, 2012 at his home. Memorial service is May 5 at Parthenon Baptist Church at 2 p.m. The son of William and Della Shelton …
Roger Dale Shirley

Roger Dale Shirley, age 61, of Greenbrier, Arkansas (previously of North Little Rock), passed away April 28, 2012. He was born August 9, 1950, in Little Rock to Paul and …
Orville Leon Stout

Orville "Leon" Stout, 96, of Conway, Arkansas, entered into rest Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in the care of Conway Regional Health System and Arkansas Hospice. Mr. Stout was born September …
Dorothy "Cricket" Elfreda Strothers Wilhite

Dorothy "Cricket" Elfreda Strothers Wilhite, age 78, of Acorn, Arkansas, passed away April 30, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. at …
Mary Elizabeth Sweat

Mary Sweat, 71, of Mtn. View passed away April 29, 2012. She was born January 29, 1941 to Chester and Fannie Sweat. Survived by a son, Stanley, three grandchildren, three …
Mary Anna Sweatt

Mary Anna Sweatt, 78, of Alexander passed away on Monday, April 30th, 2012. She was born in Newark Arkansas to the late Alton and Hazel Pearl Tilley on May 6th, …
Nola E. Titsworth

Nola E. Titsworth, 76 of Fort Smith passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Little Rock. She was born April 14, 1936 in Bedford, IA to the late Knowles and …
Hannah Louise Toms

Mother Hannah Louise Toms was born November 1, 1933. She departed this life April 29, 2012. She leaves to cherish her memory; daughter, Lela Harris, grandchildren, Tommie (Anthony) Burks, Latecious, …
Wealthy Elizabeth Tyler

Wealthy Elizabeth "Gigi" Tyler, 87, of Little Rock passed away on Monday, April 30th, 2012. She was born in Shenandoah, Iowa to the late William and Maude Estella Johnson on …
Linda Wood Waggoner

Linda Wood Waggoner, 59, of Altheimer, died Monday. Survivors: husband, Jerry Waggoner; son, Christopher Waggoner; sister, Virginia Shuffield; brothers, Dewayne Wood, Jack Wood, and Charles Wood; and granddaughter, Cedar Waxwing …
Audous Eugene Ward

Audous Eugene Ward was born in Conway, Arkansas on August 30, 1950 to Other Audous and Willie Lucille Burroughs Ward, from Damascus, Arkansas. He died on May 1, 2012. He …
Mattie Louise Ware Davis

Funeral for Mattie Louise Ware Davis, age 95, of Little Rock, Ark., who died Thursday, will be 11 a.m., Saturday at New Millennium Church, 6120 West 32nd St., Little Rock, …
Marion Robert Weis

Marion Robert Weis, 76, of Little Rock, passed away May 1, 2012. Graveside services will be today, Thursday, at 10 a.m. at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little …
Horace Manning (H.M.) Williamson

Horace Manning (H.M.) Williamson, 88 of Searcy passed away Tuesday May 1, 2012. He was born November 24, 1923 in Grubbs, Arkansas, to the late Henry M. and Pearl Coe …
Norma Lou Young

Norma Lou Young, age 77, Clarksville, died Tuesday. Born, February 16, 1935. Daughter of the late Charlie and Ruby Adams Timmons. Member of the First Assembly of God Church, pianist …
Thomas Young

Thomas Young, 68, of Little Rock, departed this life April 29, 2012. He is survived by wife, Victoria Young; daughter, Tina Young; brother, Jerry Young; other family and friends. Visitation: …

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