Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Dorothy Helen Ray Reeder Fallin

Dorothy Helen Ray Reeder Fallin

Jan 8, 2013

Dorothy Helen Ray Reeder Fallin, 83, of Junction City died Tuesday, January 8, 2013. She was born October 12, 1929 in Sparkman, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of West Main Missionary Baptist Church in Sparkman. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie V. Ray and Winnie Bell Ray; husbands, Robert Richard Reeder and Andrew Jackson...

Thelma Quarles Lewis

Thelma Quarles Lewis

Jan 7, 2013

Thelma Quarles Lewis, 88, of Camden died Monday, January 07, 2013 at Silver Oaks Nursing Home in Camden. She was born June 21, 1924 in Ouachita County, Arkansas. Thelma was a retired waitress and a member of First Baptist Church in Camden. She is preceded in death by her parents, John Michael Quarles and Minnie Ozella Pierce Quarles; brother, Arville...

Bill Steve Jones

Bill Steve Jones

Jan 3, 2013

Bill Steve Jones, 61, of Fordyce passed away Thursday January 3, 2013 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born December 2, 1951 in Fordyce, he was a son of the late James and Helen Jones of Ramsey. He worked for Kroger's and was retired from Georgia Pacific. He was a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. He was...

Nancy Jane Harvill

Nancy Jane Harvill

Jan 1, 2013

Nancy Jane Jones Bowen Harvill, age 34 years old. She graduated from Fordyce High School in 1997. Nancy was a sweet, kind, loving and gentle lady who never met a stranger. She was a loving mother and friend. Nancy always had a smile on her face; she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was born May...

Mary Hearne

Mary Hearne

Dec 30, 2012

Mary E. Hearne, 78, of Little Rock died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock. She was born August 2, 1934 in Dallas County, Arkansas. She was a retired legal secretary for the Friday Law Firm. Mary viewed the world through the eyes of an artist and was blessed with the ability to transfer her views...

Kenneth Nistendirk

Kenneth Nistendirk

Dec 27, 2012

Kenneth H. Nistendirk, 86, of Hampton died Thursday December 27, 2012 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Born June 25, 1926 at Warrenton, MO, he was a son of the late Hugo J. and Lorine A. Busekrus Nistendirk. He was a member of Campground Presbyterian Church and was a woodworker and artist. He was preceded in death by his...

Ellis Coleman

Ellis Coleman

Dec 23, 2012

Ellis Coleman, 86 of Hampton died Sunday December 23, 2012 at his home. Born December 30, 1925 in Calhoun County, he was a son of the late George and Cora Gorman Coleman. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He retired after 45 years with International Paper Co. He was preceded in death by his...

Thomas Jacob Ainsworth

Thomas Jacob Ainsworth

Dec 20, 2012

Thomas Jacob Ainsworth, 18, of Fordyce died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born August 19, 1994 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was a senior at Fordyce High School and attended Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Beatrice Clemons, Terry Bryant and Tony Wagnon. He is survived...

Lorene Dykes Brandon

Lorene Dykes Brandon

Dec 17, 2012

Lorene Dykes Brandon, 91, of Kingsland died December 17, 2012 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born December 16, 1921 in Kingsland, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church in Kingsland. She is preceded in death by her parents, William "Will" Dykes and Ludie West Dykes; husband, Johnnie Brandon; brothers,...

Adiele And Marley Crutchfield

Adiele And Marley Crutchfield

Dec 6, 2012

Adiele B. Crutchfield, age 6, and Marley C. Crutchfield, age 4, of Arkadelphia tragically died Thursday, December 6. 2012. Adiele was born in El Dorado July 31, 2006 and was a first grader at Perritt Elementary School in Arkadelphia, and was also a girl scout. Marley was born January 9, 2008 in El Dorado was attending pre-k at Perritt Elementary...

Lloyd Kenith Burson

Lloyd Kenith Burson

Dec 5, 2012

Lloyd Kenith Burson, Sr., 80, of Hampton died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at his home. He was born July 14, 1932 in Kilgore, TX. He was a retired oil field consultant, a Navy Korea veteran and a member of First Baptist Church in Hampton. He is preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Jackson Burson and Alma Elizabeth Bounds Burson;...

Sue Guynn Freel

Sue Guynn Freel

Dec 5, 2012

Sue Guynn Freel, 93 of Fordyce, went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Sue was born August 14, 1919 to Robert and Gertrude Ward in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fordyce and the First Baptist Church of Nashville for 46 years where she served her Lord faithfully and...

Kyle Green

Kyle Green

Dec 2, 2012

Kyle Green, 25 of Fordyce, died Sunday, December 2, 2012. He was born June 12, 1987 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Mike and Vickie Green of Cuba, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Clarence Edward Laws and Blake Waybon Green. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Chelsi Green of Fordyce; son, Remington...

James H. Reddin

James H. Reddin

Dec 1, 2012

James H. Reddin, 84, of Hampton died Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. He was born May 7, 1928 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a retired school teacher and principal, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army serving in Korea, and he was also a member of Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church in...

Beatrice Hannegan Ivy

Beatrice Hannegan Ivy

Nov 28, 2012

Beatrice Hannegan Ivy, 102 died Wednesday November 28, 2012. She was born in Blanntown, AR May 23, 1910 to Tom and Millie Holmes Hannegan. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Larkin Ivy, son Rodney Ivy, 3 brothers Frank, Roy and Joe T. Hannegan, 2 sisters Nora Waldrip and Minnie Williams. "Miss Bea" as she was known to...

James Ricky Harris

James Ricky Harris

Nov 25, 2012

James Ricky Harris, 58 of Fordyce, died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at his home. He was born September 11, 1954 to J.D. and Dorothy Harris. He is also survived by his wife, Dianne Harris of Fordyce; his daughter Monica Harris of Bearden; three step-children: Donna Pomerleau of Malvern, Ralph Cochran of Fordyce, and Tony Burdine of Bearden; and his sister...

Patsy S. Widner

Patsy S. Widner

Nov 24, 2012

Patsy S. Widner, 71, of Hampton died Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Life Touch Hospice Center in El Dorado. She was born November 15, 1941 in Carthage, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Missionary Baptist Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, Theodore S. Crawford and Mellie Rowland Crawford; husband, Winston C....

Johnny Carl Peebles

Johnny Carl Peebles

Nov 20, 2012

Johnny Carl Peebles, 21 of Little Rock, died Tuesday, November 20, 2012. He was born December 14, 1990 to Johnny Ray and Rhonda Renee Jarvis Peebles of Sparkman. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Carl and Nita Peebles. He is survived by his parents; maternal grandparents Norman and Clydean Jarvis of Little Rock; his fiancé, Logan Faye...

Rosie Mae Pennington

Rosie Mae Pennington

Nov 18, 2012

Rosie Mae Pennington, 63 of Bearden, died Sunday, November 18, 2012 in Pine Bluff. She was born November 9, 1949 in Camden, Arkansas to the late Jack and Vera Doherty. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Lewis and Mike Doherty and two sisters, Shirley and Emmogene Doherty. She is survived by her husband, James Pennington of Bearden;...

Walter Ware Bass

Walter Ware Bass

Nov 15, 2012

Walter Ware Bass died November 15, 2012, in Roseburg, Oregon, at the age of 93. He was born on January 22, 1919, to D. Walter Bass and Alice Ware Martin Bass in Thornton, Arkansas. Walter grew up in nearby Fordyce, graduating from Fordyce High School in 1936. He always dreamed of returning to Fordyce someday as he regarded it as...

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