Obituaries

Obituaries for December 17, 2017

Evalyn Inez Rowland Abbott

Evalyn Inez Rowland Abbott went to be with the Lord on Dec. 13, 2017. She was born April 12, 1931, in Mountainair, NW, to Loy and Virgie Rowland. She was …
James Vern "Yankee" Acosta

James Vern "Yankee" Acosta, 69 of Dumas, passed away Dec. 15, 2017. Visitation held from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 17, Griffin Funeral Home. Funeral Services held at 2 p.m., Monday, …
Frances Hindman Arnold

Frances Hindman Arnold, age 91, passed away on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 in Rogers, Ark. She was born in Ouachita County, Ark., to William James Hindman and Ethel Riffe Hindman …
Willie Wesley Averett

Willie Wesley Averett, 90, of McGehee, Ark., died Dec. 14, 2017. Visitation will be 1-2 p.m., Dec.18, 2017 at Griffin-Culpepper Funeral Service, McGehee, Ark. Funeral Services will follow at 2 …
Betty Lee Baker

Betty Lee "Bet" Baker, 92, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. She was born March 14, 1925, in San Antonio, Texas, to the late Robert and Emma Morris. After graduating …
Inice Ann Beeks

Inice Ann Beeks, 74, passed Dec. 15, 2017 Survivors husband, Preston E. Beeks; children, Sherrie Langehennig, Carolyn Rex, William Beeks, and Camille Wheeler; sister Nancy Atchley and 10 grandchildren. Visitation …
Simone St. John Black

Simone St. John Black of Sheridan, Ark., was born Oct. 17, 1939, in New Edinburg, Ark., the daughter of the late Harvey Chester St. John and Mary Adell Moseley St. …
Lloyd Ray Bottoms

Ray Bottoms, 60, died Friday. Survivors: Daughter, Lori Rae; two grandsons; brothers, Roger and Gary Bottoms; sister, Kim Lee. Visitation: Monday, 6-8 p.m., Powell Funeral Home in Bald Knob. Graveside …
Charlene Faye Boyd

Charlene Faye Boyd, 74, of Prairie Grove died Dec. 3, 2017 at Washington Regional. She was born Oct. 2, 1943 in Fayetteville the daughter of Sylvia and Charles Collins. As …
Emily Lucille Burns

EMILY LUCILLE COLE BURNS passed away peacefully at 105 years old on Tuesday Nov. 21, 2017. Daughter, Bettie, survives her along with her five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, niece Barbie Gilbert …
Ed Larry Carlin

ED LARRY CARLIN, 80, of Sherwood, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2017. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m. Dec. 19, at Smith-Sherwood Funeral Home, (7700 Hwy 107, …
Claire Francis Carlson

Services for Claire Francis Carlson of Bull Shoals, Ark., will be private. Claire died Dec. 9. An artist, survived by her daughters, Susan Myers, Jeanne Carlson and Patricia Allingham. Arrangements …
Russell Wayne Coats

Russell Coats, 62, of Hattieville, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Funeral services: 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church with Bro. Danny Ward and Sister Sheila Gardner …
Thomas W. Cole

Mr. Thomas W. Cole Jr. age 82, of Forrest City, Ark., died Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Mr. Cole was born Sept. 14, 1935 in Widener, …
James E. Crook

James E. Crook, age 77, of Bryant, passed away on Dec. 13, 2017. He was born on June 4, 1940. A celebration of life will be at Dial and Dudley …
Joseph (JR) Davidson

JOSEPH (J.R.) DAVIDSON of North Little Rock, passed away peacefully in his home on Dec. 14, 2017, at the age of 95. He was born Aug. 14, 1922, in Stella, …
Willie Joe Davis

Reverend WILLIE "JOE" DAVIS, 83, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life on Dec. 11, 2017. He was proceeded in death by his parents; Clarence and Helen Davis; loving wife …
J. E. Deen

J.E. Deen, 87, of Bentonville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Survivors include his daughter, Brenda Townzen and her husband, Gary of Rogers. Private interment will be held at a …
Michael Robert Demster

Michael Robert "Bubba" Demster, 51, of Cave City, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Funeral services, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the Qualls Funeral Home Chapel in Cave …
Loetha Dennett

Loetha Dennett, 87, of Garfield passed away on December 11, 2017. She was born on April 1, 1930 in Wann, Okla. to the late Toy and Mary Louise Hancock. She …
"Eddie" Jewell Edward Denton

Derby - Denton, "Eddie" Jewell Edward, 82, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. He was born Feb. 24, 1935, to Virgie and John Denton in Wheeler, Ark. He was a loving, …
Arther Dozier

Arther Dozier, age 75 of Siloam Springs, passed away Dec. 12, 2017. Arther was born to Sam and Marcella Dozier in Twin Oaks, Okla. He work for many years as …
Howard Eugene Drake, Jr

Howard Eugene Drake Jr., 75 year old resident of Siloam Springs, Ark., died Dec. 14, 2017, in his home. Born Feb. 22, 1942, in Wichita, Kan., he was the son …
Eddie Driver Sr.

Eddie Driver Sr., age 87 of Augusta, died Dec. 10, 2017. Survivors: five sons, three daughters, one brother and two sisters, host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: Saturday noon-1 p.m. …
Jennifer Marie Dyer

Jennifer Marie Dyer, age 49, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. She was born on Feb. 13, 1968, in Bakersfield, Calif., to Robert and Dorothy Rogers Heffner. She is …
Lucille Ezell

Lucille Ezell, 87, a resident of Farmington, passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 in Fayetteville. She was born May 7th, 1930 in Arkhoma, Okla., the daughter of Benjamin H and …
Susan Elizabeth Farque

SUSAN ELIZABETH CUPP FARQUE, age 65, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. She was born in Malvern, Ark., to the late Elvus A. and Elizabeth G. Cupp. She graduated from Malvern …
Frances Turner Ford

FRANCES TURNER FORD, 60, of North Little Rock, passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. She was born Feb. 8, 1957, in Memphis, Tenn., to John and Ann Turner. She is …
Shelby W. Gasaway

Shelby W. Gasaway, 81 of Dumas died Dec. 15, in Pine Bluff, Ark. He was a Farmer and Baptist. Visitation will be Monday, Dec. 18 5-7 p.m., 1St Baptist Church …
Donald Ray Grimm

Donald Ray Grimm, 87, of Pine Bluff, died Dec. 16, 2017, in Pine Bluff. Born Oct. 11, 1930, in Wellsburg, W. Va., a son of Clarence Elsworth and Molly Crump …
Sylvester Charles Guist

Sylvester Charles Guist, age 62, a resident of Fayetteville, Ark., was received by the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, while at home. He was born March …
Marie Harrell

MARIE HARRELL, 78, of Little Rock, passed away Dec. 15, 2017. She was born Sept. 1, 1939, in Forrest City, to the late Herman and Fannie Lee Lambert. She is …
Jean Hartley

Jean Prather Hartley, 49, of White Hall, passed away, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2 p.m. at Cranford Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Wednesday …
Glen Hayes

Glen Hayes, 66, of Montrose, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, at his residence. Memorial services are 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral arrangements …
Annie Helms

Annie Helms, 90, Arkadelphia, passed Dec. 13, 2017. Survivors: husband, Henry; children, Gwendolyn Hoxey, Henry, Kim, Brian and Pamela Helms; grandsons, Roland Gosey, Lamont, Andre and Armen Hoxey, Damien, Christopher …
Marlene Mary Hemphill

Services for Marlene Mary Hemphill of Mountain Home, Ark., are private. Marlene died Dec. 8, 2017, in Flippin, Ark., at the age of 85. A homemaker, survived by her sons, …
Georgia Lynn Hickey

GEORGIA LYNN HICKEY, 62 of Little Rock passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2-4 p.m., at Griffin Leggett Healey and Roth Funeral Home, …
Syble R. Highfill

Syble R. Highfill, 91, of Bella Vista, Ark., went to a better place Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at Highlands Health Care & Rehab of Bella Vista. She was born to …
Marion Spencer Hines

MARION SPENCER HINES, 96, passed away Dec. 13, 2017, with his family at his side. Born in Paducah, Ky., to Robert and Marie Faulkner Hines, he was a U.S. Navy …
Kimberli Jo Holden

Kimberli Jo Holden, 53, of Hot Springs passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. She was born in Searcy, Ark., on Dec. 9, 1964, to H. N. and …
Marie Hollingsworth

Marie Hollingsworth, age 89, of Augusta died Dec. 14, 2017. Survivors: Husband, Quinton Hollingsworth Sr., son, Quinton Hollingsworth Jr., one granddaughter, two great-grandchildren. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Sunday Dec. 17, …
Larry Wayne Hunt

Larry Wayne Hunt, 65, of Pea Ridge, Ark., passed away Thursday Dec. 14, 2017 at Northwest Medical Center of Bentonville. He was born July 9, 1952 in Great Bend, Kan., …
Kenneth Isbell

Kenneth Isbell, 78, of Bryant died Dec. 15, 2017. Survived by his wife, Betty; daughter, Tracy (Keith) Thompson; grandchildren, Ethan and Erin; siblings: Don, Judy, Kaye, and Sherry. Visitation: Dec. …
Clarence Junior Jewell

Clarence Junior Jewell, 83, of Vandervoort, Ark., died Dec. 14, 2017. Services are Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at 2 p.m. at the Vandervoort First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in …
Pauline Barton Johnson

PAULINE (POLLY) BARTON JOHNSON, 101, widow of Michael Neal Johnson, passed away on Dec. 13, 2017. Polly was born to Cephas Conley Barton and Mary Aiken Barton in Hamburg, Ark., …
Patrick Keating

PATRICK KEATING, 66, of Jacksonville, died Dec. 13, 2017. He was born Oct. 15, 1951, in Ironton, Ohio. Survived by daughter, Vanessa Baugher, her children Hayli and Koen. Visitation is …
Carol Ann Lovett

Carol Ann Lovett, age 75, of Ward, Ark., went to be with her Heavenly father on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Carol was a loving mother and grandmother who loved her …
Farrell K. Lowe

Farrell K. Lowe, 58, a resident of Paris passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in Clarksville. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at the …
Margarette June Lunsford-Sanders

MARGARETTE JUNE LUNSFORD-SANDERS, 79, of Sherwood, Ark., went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert …
Emily Kay Matocha

Emily Kay Matocha, 85, of Huntsville, Ark., died Dec. 14, 2017, at her home. She was born June 7, 1932, at Watsonville, Calif., the daughter of Kay Bardram and Amanda …
Joyce S. May

JOYCE SYLVIA DROWN MAY, of Little Rock, passed away Dec. 14, 2017. She lived a full life of 94 years, born Jan. 27, 1923, to parents Tom and Ethyl Drown …
Ruth Frances McCall

RUTH FRANCES MCCALL, 99, left her Earthly home and entered Heaven on Dec. 13, 2017. She was born on Feb. 13, 1918 to her parents she cherished, Ernie Hall McCall …
Austin McCaskill

AUSTIN MCCASKILL SR., lived a long and full life spanning nearly a century. He passed away on Dec. 15, 2017, outliving nearly all of his friends, but leaving behind a …
Dale W. Mitchell

Services for Dale W. Mitchell, 88 of Magnolia, Ark., will be Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia. To sign the online guestbook …
LaVerne Young Major Mosley

LAVERNE YOUNG MAJOR MOSLEY, age 102, of Little Rock, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2017, at Pleasant Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation. She was born Nov. 2, 1915, in Little …
Harold Dean Musteen

Harold Dean Musteen of Kingston, Ark., died Dec. 11, 2017, at Washington Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 21, 1945, in Prairie Grove, …
Billy E. Naylor

BILLY E. NAYLOR, 82, of North Little Rock passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. He was born April 14, 1935 in Vilonia, Ark., to James and Ada Coker Naylor. He …
Henry Sidney (Jack) Neel

Henry Sidney (Jack) Neel Jr., 90, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Fayetteville after a brief illness following a fall at home. He was born in Little Rock on Oct. …
Elizabeth Plowman

ELIZABETH PLOWMAN, age 80, of Little Rock, died on Dec. 13, 2017. A full obituary will be published in advance of her music-filled memorial service, which will be mid to …
Larry Joe Robertson

Larry Joe Robertson, age 71, of Alpine, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Amity First Baptist Church with interment in Alpine Cemetery under …
Robin Robinson

ROBIN ROBINSON, 60, of Little Rock passed away Wednesday Dec. 13, 2017. She is preceded in death by her parents Robert and Barbara Robinson, a sister Carmen Robinson and maternal …
Robert Rowland

Robert Hodge Rowland, 82, of Hot Springs, formerly of Pine Bluff, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. He was born Nov. 23, 1935 in Pine Bluff, son of Elmo and Annie …
Karen Marlene Russ

KAREN MARLENE RUSS, devoted wife of Ronald Steven Russ and daughter of Paul Madej and Joyce Linderman, died peacefully after a long illness on Dec. 15, 2017. She was born …
Robert Joel Sammons

Robert Joel Sammons, 87, of Jonesboro, passed away Friday. He was born in Jonesboro Nov. 25, 1930, to Cyrus Corree and Ida Belle Ketchum Sammons. He worked 25 years for …
Joseph Ernest Santo Jr.

Joseph Ernest (Joe) Santo Jr., 88, of Benton, Ark., passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at First United Methodist Church …
Johnny F. Scamardo

Johnny F. Scamardo, 72, was born Feb. 17, 1945 in Fort Smith, Ark. He served 26 years in the Air Force retiring as a Sr. Master Sergeant and a Vietnam …
Richard Scruggs

Richard Scruggs, 61, of Pine Bluff, passed away Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. He was born in Pine Bluff, Aug. 11, 1956, to the late Grover Cleveland Scruggs Jr. and Wanda …
Willie Jewell Sheppherd

Mrs. Willie Jewell Sheppherd, 95, of Parkin, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in West Memphis. Visitation is 1-2:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at Thompson-Wilson Wynne Funeral Home. Graveside services …
Mary Bernice Simmons

Mary Bernice Simmons, age 88, of Springdale, Ark., passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Bernice was born on Oct. 7, 1929 in Clarita, Okla., to Thurman and Mary Ramay. She …
Virginia Patricia Rhea Smith

Virginia Patricia Rhea Smith, 85, of Cabot, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Virginia lived an amazing life of adventure throughout the world with her loving husband, Clinton Smith Sr. …
Ronald James Snelson

Ronald James Snelson, 70, of Mena, Ark., died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Services are Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at 2 p.m. in the Beasley Wood Chapel with Brother Ron Tilley …
George Spencer

George Spencer was born May 10, 1953, to George B. Spencer and Martha Nell Jowers Spencer. He died Dec. 11, 2017, of complications from a fall while hiking in his …
Paul Eugene Stalter

Paul Stalter of Cabot, Ark., was born June 2, 1942, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was called to his heavenly home on Dec.13, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. …
Clarence V. Stewart

Clarence V. Stewart Jr., 90, of Rogers, passed away Dec. 16, 2017, in Rogers. He was born Sept. 11, 1927, in Covin, Ala., the son of Clarence V. Stewart Sr., …
David Stroud

David Stroud, of Westville, Okla., died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 at Willard Walker Hospice House located in Fayetteville. He was born Nov. 20, 1958. He is survived by his daughter: …
Eddie Wayne Thomas

Eddie Wayne Thomas Sr., 82, of Hardy, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Dec. 11, 2017, at Lakewood Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born July 5, 1935, in Tennessee, …
John Anderson Thomas

John Anderson "Andy" Thomas, 68, passed away Friday. Funeral is 11 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Connect Church and under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. Burial …
Josef Albert Villiger

JOSEF ALBERT VILLIGER of North Little Rock peacefully passed away Dec. 15, 2017 at the age of 90. He was born on April 10, 1927 in Rothenburg, Switzerland to Josef …
Ulysses Walker, Sr.

Mr. Ulysses Walker Sr. 85 of Lakeview, Ark., passed away, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 in Tennessee. He was born March 10, 1932 in Clarendon, Ark., to the late Roy and …
Donna Faye West

Donna Faye West, 85, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away on Dec. 12, 2017. She was a homemaker and member of First United Methodist Church and in Ft Smith, Ark. Funeral …
Rhett Wheeler

Rhett Lewis Wheeler, 64, of Bryant, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. He was born Dec. 19, 1952, in Pheonix, Ariz., to Ted Wheeler and Shirley Rafter. A memorial service …
Gary Wayne York

Gary Wayne York, a loving husband, father, and an amazing papa, was 57 years old when he died on Dec. 15, 2017. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. …

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