Obituaries

Obituaries for March 1, 2016

James Lloyd Anders

James Lloyd Anders, 76, of Pine Bluff died Saturday. Visitation is Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services are Wednesday at 1 p.m. at …
Paul Atkinson

Paul Atkinson, Jr. 90, died February 29, 2016. Born in Little Rock in 1925, he was the son of Paul and Gypsy Atkinson. He managed TG&Y stores for 15 years. …
Charles M. Bass

Charles M. Bass, age 78, of Exeter, Missouri, passed away from this life on February 28, 2016, at his home in Exeter. Mr. Bass, son of Chester and Effie (Sanders) …
Roy Hubert Belt

Roy Hubert Belt of Bearden, was born November 17, 1941 and died February 29, 2016 at the age of 74. Graveside service 12 noon, Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Salem …
Inez Moore Boaz

Inez Boaz, 101, of Pine Bluff, died Saturday. Survivors: daughter, Nancy Paschal; grandchildren, Mark Featherston (Mady-lyn), Carol Featherston Wilfert (Robert), Paul Paschal (Michelle), Christie Paschal Barron, Kathryn Ann Paschal (Dan …
Bentley Leon Brinkley

Bentley Leon Brinkley, 78, of Paragould, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016. He was born May 7, 1937, in the Childress community of Monette, Arkansas, and resided in Potosi, …
Winfred Brown

Winfred "Win" Brown left this world for a better world on Sunday, February 28, 2016. He died at his home in Bentonville, AR following a brief illness. He was born …
Patricia Ann Bumpers

Patricia Ann Bumpers, 82, passed away February 27, 2016. She was born November 20, 1933. She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Memphis, Tenn., as well as served …
Virginia Campbell

Virginia Campbell "Ginny", 68, of Leander, Texas, passed from this life February 20, 2016 at her home. She was born September 1, 1947 in Mena, Arkansas to the late Winston …
John Earl Cogburn

John Earl Cogburn, 77, of Shady, Arkansas passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Shady. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 2 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church. …
Harlon Duren

Harlon Duren, 85, of Kirby, died Saturday, February 27, 2016. He was born October 9, 1930, in San Angelo, Texas, the son of Gilbert Harlon Duren and Lou V. Ross …
Tommy Elkins

Tommy Elkins, 77, of Bismarck passed away February 28, 2016. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 1 from 6-8 p.m. at Regency Funeral Home. Services will be held Wednesday, March 2 …
Carol Ellen Felix

The family of Carol Ellen Felix is celebrating the life of their mother who passed away on February 27, 2016 at the age of 73. She was born in Little …
Joe Garner Fraser

Joe G. Fraser, 92, of Clinton, Arkansas departed this life Sunday, February 28, 2016. He was born September 2, 1923 at Clinton, Arkansas to Hubbard and Vesta (Waddell) Fraser. He …
Bonnie Jean Gardner

Bonnie Jean Gardner, 85, of Sunny Slope, Arkansas went home to be with the Lord Sunday, February 28, 2016. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 at …
Tommie Lee Glaspie Sr.

Tommie Lee Glaspie Sr., 70, of Little Rock, Ark. departed this life February 23, 2016. He was preceded in death by: parents, Clarence Glaspie Sr. and Versie Glaspie; brothers, Robert …
Virginia Phillips Glenn

Virginia Phillips Glenn, 91, of North Little Rock passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016. She was a Registered Nurse and worked at several local hospitals. She was a member of …
David Hayre

David Hayre, age 55, of Winslow passed away Friday February 26, 2016 in Fayetteville. He was born August 29, 1960 in Fayetteville to William and Bessie Henson Hayre. He had …
Anthony Isiah Jackson

Anthony "Tony" Isiah Jackson, 49, of Little Rock, Ark. departed this life on February 22, 2016in Lithonia, Ga. He was preceded in death by parents, Yvonne Fielder Jackson and Andrew …
Charles William Jones

Charles William Jones, 86, of Centerton died February 25th 2016. His memorial will be held on March 6th at 12:30 p.m. at New Life Apostolic Church of Rogers Arkansas. He …
Robert L Jones

Robert Jones, 88, of Bella Vista passed away February 28, 2016. Born October 26, 1927 in Dianold, Nebraska to Clark and Velma Jones. Survivors his son, Darrell Jones of Bella …
Ruth Augusta Knobloch

Ruth Augusta Knobloch, 93, of Sherwood, passed away February 28, 2016. She was born in Glendale, New York to Hermann and Anna Kolb Thomsen and was a floral designer. Preceded …
Clarence Joseph Kuhn

Clarence Joseph Kuhn of Maumelle, Arkansas joined the Lord on February 27, 2016. Clarence was born on July 12, 1917 in Quincy, Illinois to parents Theodore and Ann Kuhn. Clarence …
wayne Edward Lawrence

Wayne Edward Lawrence passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016, at the age of 79. He was born Thursday, December 10, 1936 to Louie and Easter Lawrence. He grew up in …
Ronald Dean Lee

Ronald Dean Lee, 68, of Batesville, died Sunday. Survivors: wife, Norma Lee; sons, Ivan, Adam, and Brandon Lee; daughters, Melanie Williams, Michelle Polston; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; mother, Agnes Lindsey; …
Theresa Wright Lynn

Theresa Wright Lynn of Searcy, Arkansas, passed from this life on February 26, 2016. She was born to James and Thelma Wright on December 7, 1962. She is survived by …
James Herbert Matthews

James Herbert Matthews, age 82, of Sparkman, passed from this life on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Courtyard Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born August 24, …
Thomas Charles McCoy

Thomas Charles McCoy, 83, of Searcy, died Saturday in Searcy. Visitation is Wednesday from 12 noon until 1 p.m. at Foothills Church of Christ. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 …
Dorothy Wall Medlin

Dorothy Wall Medlin, 95, of El Dorado, Arkansas, passed away after a brief illness on February 26, at her home with her daughter, Nancy, at her side. A memorial service …
Ernest Joseph Mertin

Ernest Joseph Mertin, 78, of Subiaco, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Clarksville, Arkansas. Visitation: 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Roller Funeral Home in Paris. …
Keith Neagles

Kevin Neagles, 54, died Friday. The graveside service is at 2 p.m. Wednesday. He will be buried next to his mother in McFadden Cemetery in Dover, officiated by Fred Teague, …
Margaret "Marge" Gortney Oberste

On Sunday, February 28, 2016, Margaret "Marge" Gortney Oberste peacefully graduated from this life at 91 years of age, and went to her heavenly home to be with the Lord. …
John Orsak

John Orsak, 77, of Palm Desert, Calif. passed away on Monday, February 15th. He was born on March 5th, 1938 in Flatonia, Texas to John Orsak and Mary Margaret Doherty …
Bobby Gene Parsons

Bobby Gene Parsons, 86, died Saturday. Born July 2, 1929 to Theodore and Ethel Ponder Parsons in Springdale, Arkansas. Survivors: Gary Parsons, Jeff Parsons, Cheryl Parsons, 10 grandchildren, Rosalee Estep. …
Wanda Lee Phillips

Wanda Lee Phillips, 84, passed away on February 26, 2016 in Russellville. She was born on January 30, 1932 in Watts, Oklahoma. She is survived by her husband David and …
Ethel Lee Pippen

Mrs. Ethel Lee Pippen, 92 of Hamburg, Ark. passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. She was a native of Jones, …
Margaret Susan "Peggy" Probst

Margaret Susan "Peggy" Probst, 54 years old, died of complications from a tumor on February 24, 2016 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Peggy, born November 24, 1961 in Fayetteville, was daughter of …
Gary Timothy Rabatin

Gary Timothy Rabatin died peacefully with his family in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the age of 57. Gary was born on December 31, 1958 in …
David Allen Rainey

David Rainey, 56, passed away at his home on February 28, 2016. A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 3 at Memphis Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. …
Mildred Lucile Ray

Mildred Lucile Ray, 88, of Cabot, died Sunday, February 28, 2016. She was born July 12, 1927 in Searcy to the late John Hopper and Gladys Gather Hoper. Mildred was …
Thomas Eli Reeves

Thomas Reeves of Damascus died February 28. Survivors wife Elizabeth; sons, Michael Woodham, Thomas II, Paul, Russell and Ronald Reeves; daughters, Becky Long, Glenda Sherrill, Donna Parsons, Elizabeth Gatton, Nancy …
Richard Carl Retzloff

Richard Carl Retzloff, age 72, died February 14, 2016, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his father, Howard Retzloff and his mother, Ilo Retzloff. He leaves behind, …
Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts, 61, of Wesley died Sunday, February 21, 2016 at his home. He was born September 19, 1954 in Buckeye, Arizona to Charles and Shirley Young Roberts. He is …
Naomi Fern Bouck Rousseau

Naomi Fern Bouck Rousseau, 96, died February 26, 2016. She was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, January 25, 1920, to Gladys Marie and Everett Kelsey Bouck, the second of their five …
Oscar "Buddy" Rowland

Oscar "Buddy" Rowland, age 90, of Benton passed away Sunday February 28, 2016. He was born May 3, 1925 in Benton. Buddy was retired from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation …
Paul Runsick

Paul Neely of Harrisburg, 89, died Saturday. Survivors: wife, Lillian; son, Larry Neely; daughters, Linda Hesse, and Shirley Mack; step-son, Jimmy "Mugs" Goodman, and wife, Margaret; brother, Joe Neely; sister, …
Beulah Lucille Sherman

Beulah Lucille Sherman, 81, widow of Grover Eugene Sherman, died Saturday. Survivors are daughter, Glada Case (Charles); sons, Larry Sherman (Frankie) and Gary Sherman (Leah); and many other relatives. Funeral …
Shirley Lee Shields

Shirley Lee Shields, 69, of Benton, Arkansas passed away February 28, 2016. She was born June 24, 1946 in Cleveland, Arkansas to the late Thomas Jefferson and Weda Mae Bryant. …
Dorthy Willa Bohannan Silmon

Dorthy Willa Bohannan Silmon, 88, of Springdale Arkansas went home to be with the Lord on Saturday February 27, 2016. She was born on February 10, 1928 in Lowell, Arkansas …
Lawrence Sloan

LAWRENCE SLOAN, 89, of Little Rock moved to his heavenly home on Feb. 24, 2016. Lawrence was a believer in hard work, he worked for Little Rock Basket and Crates …
Morris Stacks

Morris Stacks, 72, of Woodson, Arkansas passed away on February 28, 2016. He was born September 12, 1943 in Woodson to Griffin Stacks and Lottie Beattie Stacks. He is survived …
Emma Jean Staton

Emma Jean Staton, 65, of Little Rock was born on October 11, 1950 in Carlisle and passed away on February 28, 2016. She was a member of First Baptist Church …
Barbara Ann Stith

Barbara Ann Stith, 48, of Cotton Plant, died Friday, February 12 at White County Medical Center in Searcy. Her son, a daughter, her companion, her father, two brothers, two sisters, …
Ruby V. Stracener

Ruby V. Marker Stracener, 94, of Monte Ne, Ark. died February 27, 2016 at her home surrounded by family. She was born February 13, 1922 in Healdton, Okla. to Luther …
Jeremy Vance Townsley

Jeremy Vance Townsley, 36, died February 25. Funeral service will be Tuesday, March 1 at 2 p.m. at Howard Memorial Funeral Chapel in Melbourne. Burial will be at Reeves Cemetery …
James Franklin Treat

James Franklin Treat, 83, of Leslie died Saturday in Marshall. Survivors: wife, Louise Treat, sons Michael, Stephen "Phill" and Russell, daughter, Elise Morando, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. …
Katherine Love Truax

Katherine Love Truax, age 87, of Gillett died February 27, 2016. She was born August 16, 1928 in Shongaloo, LA to Ira Allen and Ida Tyree Love who preceded her …
Billie Sue Tune

Billie Sue Tune, 91 of Fayetteville, Ark. passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Fayetteville. She was born November 15, 1924 in Russellville, Ark. to Carl and Flora (Burris) Tucker. …
JB Turner

JB Turner, age 88, of Jacksonville, passed away, Saturday, February 27, 2016. He was born on June 4, 1927, in Tinsman, Arkansas, to Horace and Bessie Green Turner. JB was …
Ruth Grounds Walker

Ruth Grounds Walker, 89, of Ashdown, Ark. passed away February 28, 2016. Mrs. Walker was born November 30, 1926 in Hugo, Okla. to Dan and Eula Grounds. She was a …
Ricky Lee Wells

Ricky Lee Wells, 59, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. He was a roofer and member of Ash Flat Church of Christ. Survivors include his mother, Eudena Horton; daughter, Dusty Lee …
George W. Wheeler

George W. Wheeler, 74, of Mabelvale passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2016. He was born in Cotton Plant, Ark. on February 18, 1942 to William Thomas and Gladys R. …
Julia Kitchens Wilke

Julia Kitchens Wilke, 83, of Winfield, passed away Feb. 25, 2016, in Houston, Texas. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church of Winfield, Kansas. Visitation …
Beatrice Margella Williams

Beatrice Margella Williams, 93, of Jonesboro passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Jonesboro Healthcare. Service will be Wednesday, March 2 at 2 p.m. at the Roller-Farmers Union Funeral …
John Andrew Williams

John Williams, 89, died February 28, 2016. Proctor Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Services will be 1 …

Obituaries for March 1, 2016

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