Obituaries

Obituaries for May 22, 2016

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    Odessa M. Ables

    ODESSA M. ABLES, 84, of North Little Rock, passed away May 20, 2016. She was born in Humphrey, Ark., on Sept. 27, 1931 to Robert Newton and Mamie (Chaney) McGinity. …

  • Shirley Austin

    Shirley Austin, 78, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016. She was born on Nov. 29, 1937 in Morrilton. Graveside service will be 10 a.m., Monday, May 23, …

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    William Lee Barbour, Jr.

    William Lee Barbour, Jr., passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 19, 2016, a few months shy of his 96th birthday. He was born to William Lee Barbour and Beulah Blankenship …

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    George Patrick Birdsong Sr.

    GEORGE PATRICK BIRDSONG SR., 63 passed away suddenly on May 17, 2016. He was born on Nov. 22, 1952. George grew up in North Little Rock, Ark. He graduated from …

  • Dorothy Monroe Stephens Blackmon

    Dorothy Monroe Stephens Blackmon, 82, died May 20, 2016. Survivors include her children, Crosby Stephens, Cindy Hornbrook, and Joe Stephens. Visitation will be May 23 from 5-7 p.m. at Essex …

  • Louise S. Bloesch

    Louise S. Bloesch, 93, of West Helena, Ark., passed away Friday, May 20,2016. Mrs. Bloesch is survived by son, Emil "Scootr" Bloesch, Jr.; grandaughter, Gina Devers (Jeff). Graveside Services will …

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    Jim Bosley Jr.

    JIM BOSLEY JR., 85, of Little Rock, Ark. passed Sunday, May 15, 2016. His survivors include: wife of 62 years, Everlena Bosley; three daughters and one brother. A celebration of …

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    Barbara Jane Lewis Bradley

    Barbara Jane Lewis Bradley, 78, of Charleston, Ill. (formerly of North Little Rock, Ark.) passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 in Urbana, Ill. after a recent cancer diagnosis. Barbara was …

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    Shirley Loretta Brooks

    SHIRLEY LORETTA BROOKS, age 80, of Little Rock passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016. She was born Jan. 26, 1936 in Little Rock to the late James Slay Matthews and …

  • Earnest Byrd

    Earnest Byrd, 56, Malvern died, May 20, 2016. Survivors, mother, Margaret Byrd; daughter, Reanon Milotte (David); brother, Russell Byrd (Rebecca), nephew, Bryan Byrd. Visitation Monday, May 23, 2-3 p.m. at …

  • Thumbnail of Verla Mae McHughes Claghorn

    Verla Mae McHughes Claghorn

    Verla Mae McHughes Claghorn, born May 11, 1931, departed May 21, 2016. She is survived by one brother, George McHughes and Martha of Ferndale; one niece, Jeanne; one nephew, Jerry; …

  • Edward Richard Coe

    E. Richard Coe, age 79, of Heber Springs passed away May 16, 2016 at Springhill Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. Memorial service honoring Richard's life will be held 11 …

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    Jerald A. Collie

    Jerald A. Collie, 66, died May 20, 2016. Born in Little Rock to William L. Collie and June Cochran Collie, he was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam and a …

  • Barbara Majors Copeland

    Barbara Jean Majors Copeland, age 54 of Monticello, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at her home. She was born Feb. 13, 1962. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Monday, …

  • Lawanda Cornwell

    Lawanda Cornwell, 74, of Newport, died Thursday. Survivors: sons, Ronnie and Earl Cornwell; brothers, Albert and Alvin Mullins; sisters, Fay Whaley, Freda Scoggins, and Reda Cornwell; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; …

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    John Howard Cusick

    JOHN HOWARD CUSICK, 80 of Little Rock, Ark., passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016. He was born Aug. 17, 1935 in Little Rock, Ark. to John Henry Cusick and Irene …

  • Evelyn Chastain Dabbs

    Evelyn Chastain Dabbs, age 94, died on May 20, 2016, in Cartersville, Ga. A Cartersville native, she was born on April 14, 1922, the first of seven children of Homer …

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    Betty La Nell Davenport

    Betty La Nell Davenport, 87, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 at Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas, Ark. She was born Oct. 19, 1928 in McAlister, Okla. to Vera Hurst …

  • Kathy Gail Duncan

    Kathy Gail Duncan, age 52, passed away Saturday. Survivors: mother Nellie Thomas, three brothers, Doyle, J.C., Donald, sister Pat Garner, three sons, Dustin Davis (Angel) Timothy Paige Carroll (Courtney) Kaleb …

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    Thomas Frederick Dungan

    THOMAS FREDERICK DUNGAN, 77, of North Little Rock passed away Friday, May 20, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Burford Dungan; son, Thomas Frederick Dungan Jr. (Dana); …

  • Andrew Webb Ferrell

    Heaven received a new angel, Andrew Webb Ferrell of Pine Bluff, Thursday, May 19, 2016. He was also born May 19, 2016 at UAMS in Little Rock, son of Scott …

  • Ronald William Frazier Sr.

    Ronald William Frazier Sr., 73 of Vilonia, died Wednesday May 18, 2016. Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2016 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Visitation …

  • George Garrison

    George Garrison, 77, died Thursday. Survivors: wife, Debbie Garrison; children: Mike, Richard, Brian Garrison, Lisa Amos, Stacey Adams; siblings: William, Fred, Larry Garrison, Rebecca Morris, Stella Owens; seven grandchildren, five …

  • Mariam Alice Harvill

    Mariam Alice Harvill, 88, of Rison, died May 21, 2016. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Tuesday at Rison Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Varnell Cemetery at Rison. Visitation is …

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    Dr. Charles R. Haynie

    The earthly life of DR. CHARLES R. HAYNIE, Dentist, ended on Friday, May 20, 2016 with his family by his side. Over the last 10 years, Charlie discussed Jesus and …

  • Nettie Mae Heard

    Mrs. Nettie Mae Heard, 88, of Pine Bluff, Ark., passed Monday, May 16, 2016. Funeral Service will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at New Bethel Baptist Church in …

  • Barbara Hegwood

    Barbara Hegwood, age 77, of White Hall, died Saturday, May 21, 2016. Funeral services will be Monday, May 23, 2016, 1 p.m. at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be …

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    Bettye Jean Henderson

    Bettye Jean Montgomery Henderson, age 84, of Morrilton, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016. She was born on Aug. 13, 1931 on Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, Ark., the daughter of …

  • Sharon Lee Hipps

    Sharon Lee Hipps, 78, of Atkins, died Monday, May 16, 2016. The graveside service will be Tuesday, May 24, at 2 p.m. in Shiloh Cemetery. Memorials may be made to …

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    Oscar Earl Hollinger

    Oscar Earl Hollinger, age 79, of Monticello, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born Dec. 15, 1936 in Dermott, Ark. …

  • Thumbnail of Lonnie Earl Holmes Sr.

    Lonnie Earl Holmes Sr.

    LONNIE EARL HOLMES SR., 61, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life May 20, 2016. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary, 1201 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, LR (501) 371-0111. …

  • Ruth Evans Hopson

    Funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Evans Hopson, age 81, of Prescott will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, 2016 at Mt. Ephesus Church in Prescott with Dr. B.C. Thomas officiating. …

  • Thumbnail of Dorothy M. Jackson

    Dorothy M. Jackson

    Dorothy M. Jackson, 89, Conway, departed this life May 18. Survivors children Ralph Jackson Jr., Eric Jackson, Thedorice "Peaches' Thompson, Sonya Haynes, Tonya Brockman; step-mother, Ethel Lee Senior Wade; siblings …

  • Karen Lee Jeason

    Karen Lee Jeason, age 67, of Glenwood, died Friday, May 20, 2016. She was born May 2, 1949, in Detroit, Mich. Visitation will be Monday, 2-4 p.m., at the funeral …

  • Roger James Joseph

    Roger James Joseph, 60, of Hindsville passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at his home. He was born May 11, 1956 in Kansas City, Mo., to James Joseph and Grace …

  • Lee Kinley

    LEE KINLEY, 72, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord on May 20, 2016. Celebration of life: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 10:00 at Little Rock Church of …

  • Sandra Arlene Mauldin

    Sandra Arlene Mauldin, 60, of Quitman, Ark., passed away Friday, May 20, 2016. Survived by her husband, three daughters, four grandchildren, and three brothers. Visitation: 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Sunday, May …

  • Maynard Eugene McDonald

    MAYNARD EUGENE MCDONALD, age 69, died May 18, 2016. He is survived by his wife Edith McDonald, daughter Brandy McDonald, step-sons, William Marshall and Joseph Yarberry and two grandchildren, Joseph …

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    Kenneth Lee Moore Jr.

    Kenneth Lee Moore Jr., age 42, of Elkins passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 in Fayetteville. He was born May 25, 1973 in Bastrop, Texas, the son of Kenneth Lee …

  • David Allen Munson

    David Allen Munson, age 50, of Pine Bluff, died Thursday, May 19, 2016. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 2:30 p.m. at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel. Visitation will …

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    Frank Vincent Pampalone

    Frank Vincent Pampalone, age 66, of Bentonville, passed away May 16, 2016. He was born in Yonkers, N.Y. on Jan. 26, 1950, son of Vincent and Filomena(Paliotta) Pampalone. Frank joined …

  • Thumbnail of Rudolph Charles "Rudy" Patten

    Rudolph Charles "Rudy" Patten

    Rudolph Charles "Rudy" Patten died unexpectedly Wednesday May 11, 2016 in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 44. Rudy is survived by his daughter, Erin Patten, his parents, Donald …

  • Roger Payne

    Roger Payne, age 63, of McRae died May 20, 2016. He is survived by his mother, Janell Payne and two brothers, Randy and Richard Payne. A private memorial service will …

  • Gene Arnold Petersen

    Gene Arnold Petersen, 81, passed May 20, 2016. Visitation will take place Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Roller Crouch Chapel in Mountain View, Ark. from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services are …

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    Robert Charles Peterson

    ROBERT CHARLES PETERSON, age 66, of Jacksonville passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016. He was born March 12, 1950 in Little Rock to the late Charles E. Peterson and …

  • Bonnie Faye Simpson Polk

    Bonnie Faye Simpson Polk, age 77, of 116 Holly Court, Bostic, died, Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at the Hospice House of Forest City. A native of Russellville, Ark., she was …

  • Thumbnail of Bettyelu Steele Coats Reese

    Bettyelu Steele Coats Reese

    Bettyelu Steele Coats Reese, 87, passed away May 19, 2016, in Rogers, Ark. Betty was born in Lima, Ohio. Very loved by family and friends, but Alzheimer's finally took its …

  • Diana Joyce Reiter

    Diana Joyce Reiter, 66, of Rogers passed away May 18, 2016. Born October 7, 1949 in Inglewood, Calif., to Walter and LaVina Gammon Wallace. Survivors two sons Robert and Brian …

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    Mack Revis

    Mack Revis, age 79, left this life to be with our Lord and Savior on May 16, 2016. He was born in Hope, Ark. on Feb. 8, 1937 to Thomas …

  • Thumbnail of Arlee E. Robinson

    Arlee E. Robinson

    ARLEE E. ROBINSON, 68, of Little Rock, departed this life on May 16, 2016. He was preceded in death by: wife, Erma Robinson; parents, Wiley and Inola Robinson; brothers, Wiley, …

  • Thumbnail of Kimberly  Ann Saneda

    Kimberly Ann Saneda

    KIMBERLY ANN SANEDA, age 45 of Little Rock, passed away May 20, 2016 at Baptist Hospital. She was born on Jan. 5, 1971 in Little Rock, Ark.; she was the …

  • Doris Kathrine Schumann

    Doris Kathrine Schumann, 90, of Mountain Home passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 in Mountain Home. She was born July 15, 1925 in Chicago, Ill. Services are private under the …

  • Coy Lynn Scott

    COY LYNN SCOTT, 53, of Little Rock died May 17, 2016. Survivors, parents, Ike and Louise Scott; sister, Charlotte Scott of Malvern. Visitation Sunday, May 22, from 3-5 p.m. Regency. …

  • Edith L. Smith

    Edith L. Smith, 90, of Jonesboro, passed away at her home Friday. She was born Oct. 10, 1925 at Webers Falls, Okla., to Harrison and Irena Ball. Visitation will be …

  • Thumbnail of Dana LaVoyne Burrows Sparks

    Dana LaVoyne Burrows Sparks

    DANA LAVOYNE BURROWS SPARKS passed away in Little Rock from complications of pneumonia. Born on Nov. 5, 1925 in Tipton, Okla., she was the daughter of Jennie Briscoe Burrows and …

  • Mary Katherine (Betts) Surguine

    Mary Katherine (Betts) Surguine, 86, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2016, in Franklin, Ind. She relocated to the Franklin United Methodist Community in 2013 from Bella Vista, Ark., where …

  • Glen Allen Turney

    Glen Allen Turney was born Jan. 31, 1925 in North Little Rock, Ark., and died peacefully at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., on May 20, 2016 at the age …

  • Thumbnail of Ethel  Mae Ward

    Ethel Mae Ward

    ETHAL MAE WARD, born March 24, 1937 passed May 15 2016. Survived by husband Udell Ward, Sisters, Dovie Louise Shack, Dorothy Jean Jacobs, Stella Ann Cupps all of Little Rock; …

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    Milton Carl Washington

    MILTON WASHINGTON, 63, of Little Rock passed on Thursday. Services pending. Gillespie & Kelly (2420 Arch; 501-376-7892/612-5607) will be serving the Washington families. For more information see Wednesday's obituaries and …

  • Vernon Don Whiteside

    MMC Vernon Don Whiteside, 81, of West Fork, passed away on May 19, 2016 at his home. He was born on Nov. 21, 1934 in Mammoth Springs, Ark., to Leslie …

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    Virginia Ann Whitford

    VIRGINIA ANN "JENNY" WHITFORD age 70, of Jacksonville, known by many as "Mom," passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016. She retired from Bar Management with over 30 years of …

  • Gilbert Ray Wilkerson

    Gilbert Ray Wilkerson, 85, Bella Vista, Ark., died May 19, 2016. He was born Jan. 14, 1931 to Gilbert and Violet Wilkerson. A Graveside Service will be at 2 p.m. …

  • Lonnie S. Williams

    Lonnie S. Williams, 70, of Conway, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in Duluth, Ga. Funeral service is 2 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2016, at the Church of Jesus Christ of …

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    Patricia Mae Wood

    PATRICIA MAE WOOD, 73, of Maumelle, Ark., formerly of Fort Smith, passed away on May 19, 2016 in Maumelle. She was born Jan. 20, 1943 in Fort Smith to Idus …

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