Obituaries

Obituaries for January 22, 2015

Samuel "Sam" Scott Abbott

Samuel "Sam" Scott Abbott, 51, of Perry, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 18, 2015. He was born January 29, 1963 in Memphis, Tnn. Sam was preceded …
Dewey Allen

Dr. Dewey Allen, age 91, of Malvern, retired dentist died Monday. Memorials service: 1 p.m., Friday, Jam. 23, 2015, First United Methodist Church, Malvern. Rev. LaVon Post officiating. Survivors: daughter, …
Marguerite Allen

Marguerite Allen passed away January 15, 2015, a resident of Canyon Lake, Calif., where she had lived with her husband, Bill, for the last 20 years. She was born Marguerite …
Oscar Allen

Oscar Allen, 82, of Little Rock, departed this life January 18, 2015. He leaves to cherish wonderful memories; wife, Eunice Allen; children, Sandra, Eugene, Steve, Karen, Tracy Steven; 10 grandchildren; …
Sheila June Barnes

Mrs. Sheila Harris Barnes, 82, of Crossett, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 peacefully at her home. She was born December 6, 1932 in Greenhill, Ark. to Verlee and Eddie Harris. …
Marvin Stanley Bates

Marvin Stanley Bates, 53, of Ash Flat, died on Monday, January 19,2015 in Batesville, Ark. A graveside service will be held at the Bates Cemetery on Thursday, January 22, 2015 …
Alice Margaret Bauer

Alice Margaret Bauer died Tuesday, January 20th, 2015. Visitation and rosary will be held at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 at 7 p.m. Funeral mass Friday, January …
Gary Lee Bennett

Gary Lee Bennett, 63, of Malvern went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 19, 2015. Visitation: Friday, January 23, 2015, 5-7 p.m., Atkinson Chapel. Services: Saturday, January 24, …
James Beyer

James Beyer, age 65, of Searcy, died Monday, January 19, 2015 in Searcy. Visitation will be Friday from 6 until 7 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow …
Forrest Eugene Brady

Forrest Eugene "Gene" Brady, 84, of Lonoke, passed away January 20, 2015. He was a retired lineman from AP&L/Entergy, served in the Air Force during the Korean War, a member …
Sherman D. Bridgeford

Sherman D. Bridgeford of Little Rock, born August 25, 1953 passed January 19, 2015. Survived by wife, Wanda Faye Bridgeford; son, William Perry Mitchell; four brothers; three sisters. Family hour …
J.C. Brooks Jr.

J.C. Brooks, Jr., 76, of Little Rock, passed away January 21, 2015. Born in Little Rock to J.C. Brooks, Sr. and Maxine Newcomb Brooks, he was a graduate of Little …
Irvin Dale Brown

Irvin Dale "Pop" Brown, age 75, of Benton, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2015 at Arkansas Hospice and Home Care in Little Rock. He was born October 10, 1939 in …
Ronald Lee Brown

RONALD LEE BROWN, 43, of Little Rock, departed this life on January 9, 2015. He was preceded in death by: grandparents, Annie and Andrew Jackson Sr., James and Callie Tucker-Williams, …
Thomas Brown

Thomas E. Brown, 86, of North Little Rock passed January 15, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tommy and Mary Brown and brothers, Eddie Starkes and James …
Sue Ann Buchanan

Sue Ann Buchanan, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), 78, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died Saturday, January 17, 2015 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sue Ann was born in Mountain View, Missouri, on …
Dennis E. Cavette

Services for Dennis E. Cavette, 68, of Marvell are 10 a.m., Friday, Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home, Marvell. Visitation: Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Bob Neal & Sons. Burial: Sunset Memorial …
Lon Lamont Charleston

Lon Lamont Charleston, 40, passed away January 16, 2015. He was born January 23, 1974. He was preceded in death by his father, Eddie Charleston. He is survived by his …
Alma P. Cooper

Alma P. Cooper, age 61, of Caddo Gap, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, January 23rd at Copeland Ridge Cemetery near Curtis with …
Lelia Donnell Francisco Crabtree

Lelia Donnell Francisco Crabtree, 90, of Eudora died January 20, 2015. She was born February 20, 1924 in Prescott, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Allen Theodore Francisco and James …
Judith Gail Davis

Judith Gail Davis, 75, of Malvern died Sunday, January 18, 2015. Visitation will be held Friday, January 23 from 6-8 p.m. at Regency Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday, January …
Velma McSpadden Davis

Velma McSpadden Davis, 84, of Bradford departed this life Wednesday, January 21, 2015. She was born November 13, 1930 to Loyd and Nancy (Wheeler) McSpadden. She was a member of …
Eva Nell Harmon Dempsey

Eva Nell Harmon Dempsey, 99, of Trinity Village Assisted Living in Pine Bluff died January 17, 2015. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 23, in the Chapel of …
Josephine Nancy Dillahunty

Josephine Nancy Harris Dillahunty, 98, of Huntsville, died January 19, 2015 at Huntsville. Survivors: two brothers, Jim (Gladys) Harris and Bob (Dee) Harris; sister, Roberta Appleton; many nephews and nieces; …
Leslie Dean Drake

Leslie Dean Drake, 54, of Little Rock passed away January 12, 2015. He was born in Mainz, Germany on July 15, 1960 to the late Glen E. and Dorothy (Woodall) …
John Frahm

John Frahm passed away Jan. 1, born in Pipestone, 1937. Survived by wife Elise, son, John L. Frahm, daughter, Katie Roberts, both of L.R., Ark. and a son, Jim Frahm …
Sandra Kay Hammond

Sandra Kay Hammond, 67, of Little Rock, passed away January 20, 2015. She was born on January 15, 1948 in Little Rock to Leon and Jean Rushing and was a …
Era Sibyl Helmbeck

Era Sibyl Helmbeck, of Sherwood, left this life on January 16, 2015 to be with her husband William G "Will" Helmbeck; her daughter, Polly Reinold; her brothers, E.J. "Bill" and …
John D. Henderson

John D. Henderson, 74, of Greenbrier, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 20, 2015. He was born September 13, 1940 in Greenbrier, Ark. to the late John E. …
Mose Hooks Sr.

MSGT MOSE HOOKS SR., 84, of North Little Rock passed on Jan. 14, 2015 at Baptist Hospital- NLR. Family hour: Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. at Robinson Mortuary Chapel, LR. Service: Saturday, …
Meredith Chichester Ives

Meredith Chichester Ives of Little Rock, died Jan 20, 2015. She was the daughter of Bernice Atkinson Lorenz and Gustav Lorenz Sr. and J.A. "Bill" Chichester. She was predeceased by …
Harry Arthur Johnson

Harry "Art" Johnson, 72, born June 4, 1942, died Sunday. Preceded in death by parents, Jess and Anna Johnson; son-in-law, Carl Clasen. Survivors: wife, Melody; children, Art Livingston, Christina Balch …
Charles Randall Jones

Our beloved husband, brother, uncle and friend, Charles Randall Jones, passed from this world and into the next on Monday, January 19, 2015. Randy was born in Little Rock, Ark. …
Teddy Joe Kennedy

Funeral for Teddy Kennedy, 80, 10 a.m., Friday, January 23, at Brazzel/Cornish Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry G. Westmoreland and Rev. Herbert Adams officiating. Burial Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Rosston. …
Norma Kesterson

Norma Kesterson, 76, Dierks, Ark., died, January 20, 2015 in Little Rock. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Friday, January 23, 2015, in Fellowship Baptist Church, Dierks, Ark., burial in …
Joe Landers

Joe Philip Landers, 81, passed away on January 20 in the home he built in Little Rock. He was born May 1, 1933, to Elbert and Katie Puterbaugh Landers, in …
Agnes Ann McGarrah

Agnes Ann McGarrah, 88, of Springdale, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Maples Nursing Home. Agnes was born on August 22, 1926 in Snowball, Ark., a daughter of …
Eugene Charles McGlashen

Eugene Charles McGlashen, 90 of Prairie Grove, Ark. passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in Fayetteville. He was born November 27, 1024 in Imlay City, Mich. to Floyd McGlashen and …
Jerry Helen Landers McKay

Jerry Helen Landers McKay, age 88, passed away January 17, 2015 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Daughter of Simes and Effie Landers, Jerry spent most of her early life in Freeport …
Virginia Mae Nicholson

Virginia Mae Nicholson, 82, of Concord died Monday, January 19, 2015 at Batesville. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Faith Full Gospel Church …
Velma Jane Norman

Velma Jane Norman, 83, of Benton passed away Monday, January 19. She was born in El Paso, Arkansas on November 28, 1931 to the late Ardie and Ida Oakley. Mrs. …
David Balch Ogden

David Balch Ogden (Air Force Veteran), age 65, lost his battle with cancer on November 12, 2014. He was born on February 9, 1949 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Mahlon …
Catherine Elizabeth Ort

Catherine Elizabeth Ort, 95, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 18th, 2015. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Martin and Maria Dratnol. Catherine's parents …
Dennis Gerald Pigman

Dennis Gerald Pigman, November 28, 1939-January 18, 2015. Dennis was on staff at First Assembly of God in North Little Rock and McArthur Assembly of God in Jacksonville. Dennis is …
Edward Leroy Poitra

Edward Leroy Poitra, 81, of Nashville, Arkansas, died, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in Nashville, January 23, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Nashville Funeral Home with Michael Collins officiating. Interment will …
Michael Foy Reed

Michael Foy Reed, 54 of Monticello died Saturday, January 10, 2015. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Griffin Funeral Chapel with Bro. J.C. Patterson and Lee Bellows …
Billy "Bud" Reeves

Billy "Bud" Reeves, 84, died Tuesday morning. Private family viewing with open funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors: brothers: James, Charles, Homer, Roger …
Lugene Roberts

Lugene Roberts, 63, of Little Rock, departed this life on January 21, 2015. He leaves to cherish wonderful memories; wife, Mae Roberts; children, Toanisha Christopher, Teresa Banks, Yvonne Gatlin, Francis …
Jayce Chandler Ross

Jayce Chandler Ross, met the eyes of Jesus on Monday, January 19, 2015. He was born Monday, January 19, 2015 in Little Rock, Ark. Jayce is survived by his parents, …
Robert Eugene Shank

Robert Eugene Shank, 91, of Huntsville, died January 18, 2015. He was a member of First Baptist Church-Huntsville. Survivors: wife, Peggy; sons, Robert and William; five stepchildren and several grandchildren. …
Jeffery Thomas Shehan

Jeffery Thomas Shehan, 56, of Dermott, died Friday. Survivors are wife, Linda Capps Shehan, one son, three brothers, two sisters, three grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews. Memorial …
Barbara J. Stafford

Barbara J. Stafford, 81, of Little Rock passed away Saturday, January 17th. She is predeceased by parents Jack and Marie Hinkson, son , Jack Jones, daughter, Janet Jones and grandson, …
Mary Catherine Stakem

Mary Catherine Stakem, age 70, died on January 14, 2015, at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. Memorial graveside services will be at Arlington Memorial Park at 2 p.m. on …
Bernard Ricks "Bernie" Stockton

Bernard Ricks "Bernie" Stockton, 76, of Rogers passed away Tuesday, January 20th. He was born November 24, 1938 to the late Cleo Bernard and Elizabeth Meriam Ricks Stockton in Hutchinson, …
Floyd Edward Summerville

FLOYD EDWARD SUMMERVILLE, 64, of Little Rock departed this life on Jan. 14, 2015. Funeral service: Friday, 10:30 a.m. at Robinson Mortuary Chapel, LR. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary, 1201 …
Anita Bradley Sweeney

Anita Sweeney, age 72, of Benton, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015. She was born October 27, 1942 in Benton, Arkansas to Juanita and Burton Bradley. Other than her parents, …
Stephanie R Thomas-Jackson

Stephanie R. Thomas-Jackson 43, of Little Rock, departed this life on January 18, 2015. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Reda B. Harris; step-grandmother, Ola Mae Smedley; stepfather, …
Lola May Trousdale

Lola May Trousdale, age 90, of Hot Springs passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at her home. Graveside Service will be Saturday, January 24 at 2:00pm at First Baptist Church …
Merl Tufford Jr.

Merl Tufford Jr., 88, North Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away on January 19, 2015 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. Funeral services will be held at Sylvan Hills First …
Monroe Watson

Funeral service for Monroe Watson of Little Rock will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 23, at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, 12th and Schiller in Little Rock, with interment in Rest …
Allen Wayne Watson II

Allen "Skip" Wayne Watson II, 37, of Benton, formerly of West Fork, died January 4, 2015 in Benton. He was born May 10, 1977 in Fayetteville to Wayne and Diana …
Danny Lee Wheeler

Danny Lee Wheeler, 42, of West Fork, died January 20, 2015. Survivors: parents, Leon and Delta Bryant Wheeler; brothers, David Wheeler, Darrell Wheeler and Dwayne (Holly) Wheeler; two nephews and …
Raymond Jackson Wilbanks

Raymond Jackson Wilbanks, 90, of Little Rock, passed away January 20, 2015. Born in Little Rock to Rueben Jack and Leona Brown Wilbanks, he was a U.S. Navy WWII and …
Thomas Henry Wortham

Thomas Henry Wortham, M.D. was born January 12, 1927 in Waldo, Arkansas to Daisy Nell Alsobrook Wortham and Marvin Winston Wortham. Dr. Wortham died on January 20, 2015. He was …
Danny Wright

Danny Wright, 63, of Camden died Monday, January 20, 2015 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born December 30, 1951 in Santa Rosa, Calif. He is preceded …

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