Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Velma Lea Nutt
Jul 18, 2012
Velma Lea Lindsey Nutt, 89 of Mabelvale, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in Little Rock. She was born February 3, 1923 in Bearden, Arkansas to the late Richard L. and Emma A. Wilkins Lindsey. She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a communications specialist in Navy Intelligence and was a member of Geyer Springs Baptist Church...
Marion Jack Garlington
Jul 18, 2012
Marion Jack Garlington, 81, of Sherwood died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 1, 1930 in Bunn, Arkansas. He was a retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and a retired mail carrier for the United States Post Office. He is preceded in death by his parents, Marion Sill and...
Ronald E. Allen
Jul 15, 2012
Ronald Emery Allen, 65, of Kingsland died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 15, 1946 in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was a retired pipe fitter, and a Marine serving in the Vietnam War. He is survived by one son, Mark Allen of Kingsland; one daughter, Melissa Schultz of Manhattan, IL; one brother,...
Donald Gray
Jul 14, 2012
Donald Gray, 88 of Camden, Arkansas died Saturday, July 14, 2012. He was born February 6, 1924 in Rison, Arkansas to the late Marion and Mable Milner Gray. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ila Rhea Hooder Gray. He is survived by two sons, David Gray of Gilbert, Arizona and Paul Gray of Fir Oaks, California; a sister,...
Fay Nutt
Jul 14, 2012
Fay Nutt, age, 80, of Fordyce, Arkansas died July 14, 2012 at his home. He was born July 12, 1932 at Holly Springs, Arkansas. He was retired from Dallas County Road Department and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Albert and May Nutt; brothers, Clyde, Fred and Houston Nutt; sister, Ludie...
Thomas M. Gotcher, Sr.
Jul 13, 2012
Rev. Thomas M. Gotcher Sr., 68, of Fordyce, went home to be with the Lord on Friday July 13, 2012 at his home in Fordyce. Mr. Gotcher was born in Little Rock, AR to the late Mark Reed & Lavana Bland Gotcher. Brother Gotcher was an ordained Assembly of God Minister for over 35 years, pastoring in Sherwood, Lonoke, Rogers,...
Larry Randle Green, Sr
Jul 11, 2012
Larry Randle Green, Sr. of Fordyce, Arkansas, lost his courageous battle against cancer on July 11, 2012, at Dallas County Hospital in Fordyce. He was born March 13, 1942 in Bucksnort, Arkansas. He was 70 years old. He was a retired craftsman and he used his skills in his own general construction business. He served over 20 years in the...
Daron Lynn Evans
Jul 11, 2012
Daron Lynn Evans, 58 of Woodberry died July 11, 2012 at his home. Born June 1, 1954 at Hampton, he was a son of the late Vernon and Erma Jean Watson Evans. He was a member of Woodberry Baptist Church. He is survived by his brother, Donnie Evans and wife, Candy of Hampton; sister, Sharon Wilson and her husband, Gary...
Jack Arthur Harper
Jul 5, 2012
Jack Arthur Harper, 84, of Fordyce, died Thursday July 5, 2012. Mr. Harper was born in Thornton, AR on May 1, 1928. He was a retired lumber grader for D.J. Barnes Lumber Co., & a member of the Temple Baptist Church. He was survived by his son, Terry Harper & his wife Gay of Maumelle, AR; a grandson, Kipp Harper...
Ronald Ellis Green
Jul 1, 2012
Ronald Ellis Green of Wynne Arkansas born on December 26, 1939 went to be with the lord on Sunday, July 1, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife Jean Carolyn Green, his parents Robert D. and Zelma Green, his brother Robert Edward Green, his sisters Joy Shocklee and Betty Cheatham both of Magnolia, AR, brother Tom Green of...
Mary Ellen Jones
Jun 28, 2012
Mary Ellen Jones, 67, of Fordyce, died Thursday June 28, 2012. Mrs. Jones was born in Fordyce, AR, on November 4, 1944 to the late James Parham & Edna Helen House. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Fordyce, & a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Eugene Jones, of...
Bobby Charles Crouse
Jun 25, 2012
Bobby Charles Crouse, 50, of Thornton died Monday, June 25, 2012 at his home. He was born October 5, 1961 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his father, Charlie Crouse and one brother, Michael Wayne Crouse. He is survived by his wife, Karen Crouse of Thornton; one son Brad Crouse of Thornton; one daughter Brandy Crouse of...
Phillip Dewayne Erwin
Jun 24, 2012
Phillip Dewayne Erwin, age 48 of Ivan, departed from this life on June 24, 2012 in the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden following a long illness. Phillip was a truck driver and a member of the Westside Church or Christ in Camden. Born on September 3, 1963 in Rison he is the son of Phillip Daris and Joleta Jacobs...
George Earl Griffis
Jun 24, 2012
George Earl Griffis, 80, of Bearden died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Pine Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center in Camden. He was born October 2, 1931 in Waldo, Arkansas. George was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Wise Griffis; daughter, Sharon Kay Griffis; eight brothers, Burral Griffis,...
Lewis Sheridan Freer
Jun 24, 2012
Lewis Sheridan Freer, 77 of Ivan died Sunday June 24, 2012 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born October 14, 1934 in Fordyce, he was a son of the late Phillip Sheridan and Ellen Morgan Freer. Mr. Freer was the owner and operator of Freer Packing Co. in Ivan. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold...
Barbara Lee Neal
Jun 22, 2012
Barbara Lee Neal, 78 of Kingsland, died Friday, June 22, 2012 in Fordyce. She was born July 2, 1933 in Kingsland, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Neal. She is survived by two sons, Paul Michael Neal of Montgomery, Alabama and Tony Neal of Kingsland; two grandsons, Luke and Jake Neal both of Kingsland; a great...
Kenneth Sterling Ables
Jun 19, 2012
Kenneth Sterling Ables, 79, of Hampton died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at his home. He was born May 22, 1933 in Hampton, Arkansas. He was a retired dragline operator and attended Antioch Baptist Church in Hampton. He is preceded in death by his parents, Henry Terrell and Faye Cleo Parker Ables; one daughter, Ginger Bader and two brothers, Dana Ables...
Peggy Charlotte Bryant
Jun 14, 2012
Peggy Charlotte Bryant, 64, of Fordyce, passed away June 14, 2012. She was born on November 13, 1947 in Smackover, AR, to the late Preston Cranford and to Lena Cranford. Peggy was a hard working lady, owning several stores in her 31 years of retail. After retiring shortly, she accepted a job at a Foster Home, (Grandma's House), then she...
James Clifton Sanders
Jun 9, 2012
James Clifton Sanders, 88, of Sherwood passed away June 9, 2012. He was born September 15, 1923, in New Edinburg, AR, to the late James Oscar and Bertha Rogers Sanders. James was a U.S Army WWII veteran who served in both Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. After leaving the service he became a civil service electrician and worked for...
Kimberly Ryder Morris
Jun 8, 2012
Kimberly Ryder Morris, 37, of Thornton died Friday, June 8, 2012 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born March 23, 1975 in Memphis, TN. She was a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Bearden. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, J.S. and Ruth Ryder, Curtis and Juanita Krumrey, William Ray Parker;...
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