Obituaries

Obituaries for January 7, 2015

Iva Goodwin Ashmore

Iva Goodwin Ashmore, age 95, Pine Bluff, a retired nurse's aide, died Friday, January 2, 2015. Survivors: sons, Billy G. Jones, Harold G. Jones; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial Services: …
Patricia Ruth Bales

Patricia Ruth Bales, age 86, of Mountain Home died Wednesday. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, January 9, 2015, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. She is survived by a …
Philip Beall

Philip (Buddy) Beall, age 82, of Sherwood died peacefully January 6, 2015. He was born September 3, 1932. He was a member of Sylvan Hills Church of Christ and a …
Gary Frank Bonds

Gary Bonds, 52, of Fairfield Bay, passed away January 4, 2015 in Shirley. He was born April 21, 1962 to Jesse Lee and Clotene Yancey Bonds. He is survived by …
Helaine Monica Miller Brown

Helaine Monica Miller Brown, age 96, died peacefully in her home on January 4, 2015, after a long and bountiful life. Born in Chicago, Ill. on March 4, 1918, Helaine …
Nita Mae Bryant

Nita Mae Bryant, 75, of Russellville, died January 4, 2015. Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2015 at Humphrey Chapel. Burial will be at Pisgah …
Merline Taylor Waters Burton

Merline Taylor Waters Burton (Big Mama) died Saturday January 3, 2015 at Conway Regional Medical Center. She was born March 11, 1933 in Kensett, Ark. to Jesse & Princess Lear …
George Butler

George Butler, IV of Little Rock, born August 15, 1965 passed December 29, 2014. Survived by three children, Samatha, Dominique and Ciara Butler; two brothers; six sisters; three grandchildren. Family …
Evernell "Nell' Launius Clark

Evernell "Nell" Launius Clark, 91, of Fordyce died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born May 17, 1923 in Dallas County, Arkansas. She …
Ola Faye Condley

Ola Faye Condley, 79, died Saturday. Service will be 10 a.m., January 8, 2015, at the Welcome Home Free Will Baptist Church near Hector. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery, by …
Garrett Dougals Cowsert IV

Garrett Douglas Cowsert IV, 25 Sherwood, born February 13, 1989, died, December 30, 2014. Preceded in death by grandfathers, G.W. Kerns and Garrett Cowsert Jr; grandmother, Elizabeth Cowsert. Survivors: father, …
Peggy Daniels

Peggy Daniels, 78, of North Little Rock went to heaven to join the love of her life and her high school sweetheart and husband of 45 years, Ed Daniels. She …
Bobby Davenport

Bobby Davenport, age 68, of Conway, Ark. passed away January 3, 2015. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Weems Family Funeral Services in Carlisle. Funeral services …
Wildra Carlynn Davis

Wildra Carlynn Davis (Lewis) of Bryant, passed away on January 4, 2015. She was born November 16, 1942. She loved bass fishing, bingo, watching sports, was a basketball player in …
Virgil William Depew

Virgil William Depew, 74, of Mena, passed away Jan. 4, 2015 in Mena. Mr.Depew was sent for cremation under the direction of the Bealsy Wood Funeral of Mena.
Jamie Diemer-Smith

Jamie Diemer-Smith, 57, of Little Rock, passed away December 27, 2014. Survivors: sons, Eric and Seth Diemer; husband, Mike Smith; and mother, Bernadine Hardin. Memorial Service: 1 p.m. Saturday, January …
Avis M. Ervin

Avis M. Ervin, 77, of Russellville, died Tuesday. Memorial service is 10 a.m., Friday at the Shinn Chapel, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. The family will conduct a private …
Steven Earl Faulkner

Steven Earl Faulkner age 56, of Cabot, went to be with his Lord on January 5, 2015 in Little Rock. Born November 4, 1958 in Osceola to Carl and the …
Helen Freeman

Helen Freeman, 66, of Oil Trough died Monday. Survivors: son, David Millsap; Daughters, Deanna Lawson, Darlene Latham; six grandchildren; one brother, one sister. Graveside Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Sunnyside Cemetery …
Otis Hall

Otis Hall, 84, passed away Jan. 4, 2015. Arrangements by Signature Funeral Services, 5359 Knight Arnold Road, Memphis, Tenn. 38115. (855) 546-0910. Visit www.signaturefuneralservices.com to share a memory of Otis …
Charles A Hays

Charles A Hays, Sr., 70, of El Dorado passed away January 5, 2015 surrounded by his loving family at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. He was born June …
Randall Clayton "Clay" Hendricks

Randall Clayton "Clay" Hendricks, 56, of McKinney, Texas passed away January 2, 2015. Visitation will be at Young's from 6–8 p.m. tonight. Services will be at Young's Chapel in El …
Roy Don Higgins

Roy Don Higgins, 66, of Traskwood passed away on January 5, 2015 with his family by his side. He was born on February 1, 1948 to the late, Donald and …
Mary Gordon (Hixson) Hodges

Mary Gordon (Hixson) Hodges, 83, of Paris, Arkansas died Monday, January 5, 2015. Visitation from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, January 7 at Roller Funeral Home in Paris. Funeral at 2 p.m. …
Sybil Lewis Hogan

Sybil Lewis Hogan, age 97, of Conway passed away at Conway Regional Hospital on Monday January 5, 2015. She was born May 2, 1917 in Sparkman, Ark. to the late …
Lynn Ryan Holler

Lynn Ryan Holler, 77, of Bentonville, formerly of Augusta, passed on Saturday after battling cancer. Born in Gregory to Julius and Vera Holler. Preceded in death by siblings Doris Blaylock, …
Harry Lynn (Hootie) Hoover

Harry Lynn (Hootie) Hoover died December 31, 2014 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on September 9, 1925 in Texarkana, Ark. to his parents, Sim and Lattie Hoover. He was …
Robert Wayne Horton

Wayne Horton of Wheatley, Arkansas passed away December 31, 2014. Services for Mr. Horton will be held Thursday, January 8, 2014 at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in Marianna, Arkansas at 2 …
Kenneth Harold Huckaby

Kenneth H. Huckaby Sr., 85, of Benton, Arkansas passed away Sunday, January 4th, 2015. Ken was born January 5th, 1929 in England, Arkansas to Sam and Clara (Keeling) Huckaby. Ken …
Albert Dean Jones

Albert Dean Jones, 67, of Little Rock, AR passed peacefully on January 5, 2015. Preceding him in death both parents, Elijah and Lucille Jones; two brothers, Wendell and Alvin Jones. …
David Lewis Logan

David Lewis Logan went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 4, 2015. He was born February 5, 1949, the son of Virginia Rose and Robert Logan. He is …
Robert D. Love, Sr.

Robert D. Love Sr., 89 of El Dorado, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. tonight at Young's. Funeral services will be held at 2 …
Bertha L. Lovelace Scott

Bertha L. Lovelace Scott, age 90 of Scott, Arkansas born April 9, 1924, and passed away December 30, 2014. She retired from the Veterans Administration Hospital after 30 years of …
Glendon "Gabby" Masters

Glendon "Gabby" Masters, 85, Dardanelle died Monday, January 5, 2015. Funeral services: 2 p.m., Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Cornwell Chapel in Dardanelle. Burial will be in Brearley Cemetery. Visitation: …
Sybil Ford McClendon

Sybil Ford McClendon, born January 22, 1932, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015. She grew up in Atlanta, GA. Married Johnnie McClendon and came to live in Arkansas in 1950. …
Arlene Lavonne Norman

Arlene Lavonne Norman died Saturday. Survivors: Samuel Moulton, Rikka Stanford, Jennifer Wolgast, Rena Moulton, Lei Hill, eight step-children, nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 29 step-grandchildren, 25 step-great-grandchildren. Funeral: Thursday, 2 …
Roberta Agnes Norris

Roberta Agnes Norris, 79, of Little Rock, passed away December 26, 2014. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota to Robert and Dorothy Chirhart, she was a Registered Nurse at UAMS and …
John Henry Parker

John H. Parker Sr. 75 of Williston, Tenn. passed January 4, 2015. Loving memories left to wife: Dancy McKinney-Parker, children: John H Parker Jr., Al'Anthony McKinney, Johnna Kaye (Kenneth) Evans, …
Charles Elton Patterson

Charles Elton Patterson, El Paso, born July 27, 1954, passed away January 5, 2015. Preceded in death by father, Charles; two daughters, Cynthia and Renee; sister, Jeannie. Survived by wife, …
Kenneth Arthur Peterman

Kenneth Arthur Peterman, age 77, of Cabot, went to be with his Lord on January 2, 2015 in North Little Rock. Born September 8, 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts to the …
Elmer Gene Ray

Elmer Gene Ray, 86, of Little Rock, Arkansas, met by his loving wife, Laura on Monday, January 5, 2015, who had preceded him in death. He was born April 19, …
Edith Irene Reesnes

Edith Irene Reesnes, 89, of Searcy, went to be with her Lord on Monday, January 5, 2015. She was born Thursday, April 2, 1925 in Roseau, Minnesota to the late …
Thomas Alton Robertson Jr.

Lt. Colonel Thomas Alton Robertson Jr. (United States Air Force, Retired), of Benton, originally of Amity, aged 71 years and nine months, a fifth generation Arkansan, passed away on 2 …
Richard Allen Sexton

Dr. Richard Allen "Rick" Sexton passed on December 30, 2014. He was born in Alpena, Michigan on May 3, 1968. He grew up in Jacksonville, Ark. and graduated from Sylvan …
Charles "Bucky" Sharpe Jr.

Mr. Charles "Bucky" Sharpe Jr., 73, formerly of Hope, passed away at his Marion home on January 5, 2015. Mr. Sharpe was born in Texarkana, Texas on November 25, 1941, …
Elouise Shults

Elouise Harris Smith Shults, 81, of Pine Bluff died January 5th in Sherwood, Ark. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shaffer Funeral Home in Ozark. Visitation will …
Laurie Ann Skodzenski

Laurie Skodzenski, 31, of Sheridan, died Sunday, January 4, 2015. Survivors are her mother, Becky Brooks; brother, Michael Hurst; and sister, Lindsey Linder. Services are Thursday, January 8, 2015, 2 …
Margaret Williamson Smalzel

Margaret Williamson Smalzel, 81, died Dec. 30, 2014 in Piedmont, California. She passed away peacefully after a long period with Alzheimer's disease. Margaret was born to the late Adrian and …
Bertha P. Smoot

Bertha P. Smoot, 92, of Beebe, Arkansas, died Monday, January 5, 2015. She was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas December 11, 1922. With her family, she moved to Devalls Bluff, and …
Lewis Stocker

Mr. Lewis Stocker, 71, of Pine Bluff passed Monday, December 29, 2014. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2014 at Rose Hill Baptist Church by Reverend George …
Patricia Stone

Patricia Stone, 74, of Little Rock went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, January 6th. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She is predeceased by husband, …
Robert Michael Taylor

Robert Michael Taylor, 63, of Little Rock, left this life on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. Mike spent his life loving his family, his …
Douglas Bruce Thompson

Douglas B. Thompson, 72, of Mena passed away January 3, 2015 in Mena, Arkansas. Mr Thompson was sent for cremation under the direction of the Beasley Wood Funeral Home of …
Marguerite Watkins Tullos

Marguerite Watkins Tullos, 100, of Little Rock, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015. She was born in Mt. Ida, Arkansas on October 19, 1914 to William and Ada Whittington Watkins. On …
Geraldine Urbani

Geraldine Urbani, 89, of Little Rock, passed away January 5, 2015. The Rosary will be this evening, Wednesday, January 7 at 7 p.m., preceded by visitation beginning at 6 p.m. …
Eddy Dixon Valentine

Eddy Dixon Valentine, 70, of Dermott, Ark. died Monday, January 5, 2015. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Griffin-Culpepper Funeral Service in McGehee, Ark. Funeral will …
Jan Marie Van Hise

Jan Marie Van Hise departed her earthly abode to dwell in the House of Our Lord on January 2nd, 2015 at the age of 61. She was born in Coral …
Charles Van Ness

Charles Watson Van Ness. A lifetime lover of theater, golf, duck hunting and especially people, Charles Watson Van Ness, 86, died Sunday evening, Jan 4, 2015. Born April 26, 1928, …
James Vess

James Carl Vess, 96, was born February 2, 1918 in Little Rock and died Tuesday, January 06, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Florence …
Arlis Ray Weaver

Arlis "Ray" Weaver, 78, of Batesville, died Saturday. Survivors: wife, Beverly; sons, Mike, Dennis, and David Weaver; daughters, Sherry, Kathy, Jane, Rhonda, Diana, and Lisa ; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; sister; …
Wendy Westerman

Wendy Dell Westerman, 51, of North Little Rock passed away Tuesday, January 06, 2015. She was a CNA at Riley's Oak Hill Manor and volunteered at local animal shelters. Her …
Jo Anne McClure White

Jo Anne McClure White of Sparkman, Ark. was born May 3, 1950 in Okolona, Ark. and died Sunday, January 4, 2015. She was preceded in death by her son, Aron …

Obituaries for January 7, 2015

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