Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Lois Ellen Hubbard
Feb 20, 2013
Lois Ellen Henderson Morgan Hubbard, 79, of Fordyce died Wednesday, February 20, 2013. She was born January 2, 1934 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church for 58 years where she served as bulletin editor and secretary. Lois had previously owned and operated Hubbard's Jewelry Store in Fordyce and had worked at the Arkansas Soil...
Wyona Jane Reese
Feb 17, 2013
Wyona Jane Posey Reese, 72, of Holly Springs died Sunday February 17, 2013 at Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab in Arkadelphia. Born November 28, 1940 at Holly Springs, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Gevernia Mays Posey. She was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Posey. Survivors...
Verna Mcgriff Barlow
Feb 14, 2013
Verna McGriff Barlow, 95 of Hot Springs, died Thursday, February 14, 2013. She was born August 9, 1917 in Fordyce to the late Jim and Vashtie McCollum. She was preceded in death by her husbands Leo McGriff and Pete Barlow, and grandson Mark McGriff Johnston. She is survived by her daughter, Bobbie Johnston of Hot Springs; grandson, Greg Johnston of...
Nellie Joan Hopkins
Feb 10, 2013
Nellie Joan Hopkins, 77, of Bearden died Sunday, February 10, 2013 at her home. She was born August 2, 1935 in Ouachita County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Griffin and Georgia Luzader Griffin; and brother, George T. Griffin. She is survived by her husband, James A. Hopkins of Bearden; one son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Janet...
Noel Bradley Barner
Feb 10, 2013
Noel Bradley Barner, 78, of Camden died Sunday, February 10, 2013 at his home. He was born November 22, 1934 in Dallas County, Arkansas. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Camden. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jud Harrison Barner and Katie Bradley Barner; and brother, Jud Harrison Barner Jr. He is survived by his...
John Hamilton Ferguson
Feb 10, 2013
John Hamilton Ferguson, 89 of Fordyce, died Sunday, February 10, 2013. He was born October 1, 1923 in Wilmar, Arkansas to the late Erie Everette and Francis Elizabeth Ferguson. When the U.S. was drawn into the Second World War, John volunteered his services and fought for his country in the European Theater until victory was secured. John was a Staff...
Loretta Epps
Feb 6, 2013
Loretta E. Epps, 96, of North Little Rock died Wednesday February 6, 2013. Born July 27, 1916 at Fordyce, she was the daughter of the late Henderson and Edna Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, George B. Epps. She is survived by her son, George R. Epps and wife, Anne of Winston, GA; daughter, Nancy Eoff of...
Inez Courtney
Feb 1, 2013
Inez Courtney, 81 of Fordyce, died Friday, February 1, 2013. She was born December 18, 1931 in Holly Springs, Arkansas to the late Joe Doyle and Etta Lee Livingston. She was preceded in death by her husband Alvin Courtney. She is survived by two sons, Richard Courtney of Thornton and Robert Courtney of Fordyce; a daughter Dianna Slater of Oregon;...
Herschel F. Thornton
Feb 1, 2013
Herschel F. Thornton, 89, of Hampton died Friday, February 1, 2013 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born February 4, 1923 in Columbia County, Arkansas. He was a retired logging contractor and a retired associate minister for Victory Church in Camden. He is preceded in death by his parents, Odis Roy Thornton and Lora Pearce Thornton; daughter,...
Georgia Louise Stringfellow
Jan 31, 2013
Georgia Louise Stringfellow, 90, of Hampton died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at her home. Born April 3, 1922 in Fordyce, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Cecil Norman Bowers and Athen Dean Smith Bowers. She is also preceded in death by her husband; Alfred E. Stringfellow; daughter, Paula Gail Stringfellow; and brother, Robert Bowers. She was a member...
George M. Gorman
Jan 25, 2013
George M. Gorman, 68, of Hampton died Friday January 25, 2013 at the John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado. Born March 28, 1944, he was a son of the late Edward and Lesta Mae Gorman. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church and retired from Long's Sheet Metal after 42 years. He was preceded in death by...
Doris Shambley Kirkham
Jan 24, 2013
Doris Shambley Kirkham, 84, of Camden died January 24, 2013 at Ouachita County Medical Centerin Camden. Born August 29, 1928 in Holly Springs, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Mary House. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Clinton Shambley and Elvin Kirkham; five sisters, Bernice Wells, Helen Gurnsey, Effie Leal Chamberlain, Georgia Chamberlain,...
William Lee Ingram
Jan 20, 2013
William Lee Ingram, 83 of Hampton, Arkansas, the son of Marguerite Haynie and William Oscar Ingram of Prescott, Arkansas was born July 20, 1929 and passed away January 19, 2013. He graduated from Cale H.S. in 1948. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Dresser Ind. In 1986, started his own business B&I Maintenance. Lived...
James Haywood "Woody" Nutt
Jan 19, 2013
James Haywood "Woody" Nutt, 89, of Hampton died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at his home. He was born May 21, 1923 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a retired forester and an entrepreneur. He was also a Navy World War II veteran and a member of the First Family Church of the Living God. He is preceded in death by...
John David Smith
Jan 18, 2013
John David Smith, 80, of Fordyce died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born March 7, 1932 in Dierks, Arkansas. He was a retired mechanic for the Dallas County Road Department and was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Fordyce. He is preceded in death by his parents, Harry Smith and...
Jerry Donald Dykes
Jan 18, 2013
Jerry Donald Dykes, 81 of Tulip died Friday January 18, 2013 at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. Born August 12, 1931 in Somerset, KY, he was a son of the late Ramoan and Jennie Cundiff Dykes. He was a retired welder and an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Dykes...
Ross Cleveland Rogers
Jan 17, 2013
Ross Cleveland Rogers, 86, of Hampton died Thursday January 17, 2013 at his home. Born September 29, 1926 at Hampton, he was a son of the late D.N. and Beulah Harrison Rogers. He was an Elder at Campground Presbyterian Church, an Army veteran of World War II, and a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant...
Reba Mae Ballard
Jan 14, 2013
Reba Mae Ballard, 80 of Fordyce, died Monday, January 14, 2013. She was born January 5, 1933 in Lake City, Arkansas to the late William and Clara Fullington Noland. She was also preceded in death by her husband Glen. Survivors include daughter Renee (Scott) White, her husband Joe, and in-laws Max and Jean Johnson. The family wishes to thank the...
Rufus Huff
Jan 13, 2013
Rufus W. Huff, 88, of Fordyce died Sunday January 13, 2013 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born September 7, 1924 at Moro Bay, he was a son of the late Robert G. and Carrie Vines Huff. He was a carpenter and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, where he received the Bronze Star Medal. He was...
Joyce Hammond
Jan 12, 2013
Joyce Hammond, 68 of Hampton, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 in Little Rock. She was born March 6, 1944 in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late Marvin and Ida Jarrett Hammond. She was also preceded in death by a sister Marlene Hammond. She is survived by her daughter Dianna Swett of Hampton; son Dennis Lumbley of Memphis, Tennessee; sister Reba Rhea...
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