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Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Mary Lou Burford
Jan 16, 2012
Mary Lou Alford Burford, 85, of Evadale, TX died Monday January 16, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, James David (J.D.) Burford and her parents, Thomas and Colette Tribes Alford. She is survived by her daughter, Katie Bullock of Evadale, TX and two grandchildren, Adam Bullock of Austin, TX and Laura Bullock Reeves of Durango, CO. Graveside...
Carolyn Faye Mcconnell Chambliss
Jan 16, 2012
Carolyn Faye McConnell Chambliss, 65, of Camden died Monday, January 16, 2012 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born September 20, 1946 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a retired program coordinator for Employment Security Division in Camden. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leslie McConnell and Mary Belle Gatling McConnell. She is survived by four...
Stanley Wayne Burford
Jan 13, 2012
Stanley Wayne Burford, 72, of Jacksonville, died Friday January 13, 2012 at his home. Mr. Burford was born in Rosebud, AR on December 30, 1939 to the late James Adrian & Alice Marie Nelson Burford. He was a retired Security Guard for Baptist Medical Center, & a Methodist. Mr. Burford honorably & faithfully served his country in the United States...
Howard Glenn Nichols, Jr.
Jan 9, 2012
Howard Glenn Nichols, Jr., 70, of Galveston, TX died Monday, January 9, 2012 at his home. He was born July 17, 1941 in Pine Bluff, AR. He was a retired real estate broker and a 26 year member of First Colony Church of Christ in Sugar Land, TX and most recently a member of Broadway Church of Christ in Galveston....
Christine Haynes Reynolds
Jan 8, 2012
Christine Haynes Reynolds, 94, of Hampton died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born August 2, 1917 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, W.W. Haynes and Emma Williams Haynes; husband, Taft O'Neal Reynolds; two...
Gerald Totty
Jan 8, 2012
James Gerald Totty, 65 of Fordyce, died Sunday, January 8, 2012. He was born August 20, 1946 in Eudora, Arkansas to the late Cecil and Theda Eva Gage Totty. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Cecil Gene and Charles Wayne Totty. Gerald was a deacon and faithful member of Southside Baptist Church for 35 years. He was...
Durwood Strahan
Jan 5, 2012
Harold Durwood Strahan was born on July 15, 1929 in Forester, Arkansas the youngest of four children born to Henrietta Stone Strahan and Pratt Harl (P.H.) Strahan. Durwood served in the US Army from 1955 to 1957 in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Durwood passed away on January 5 at age 82. Durwood was predeceased by his parents who he cared for...
Emma J. Livingston
Jan 4, 2012
Emma J. Livingston, 75, of Thornton, died Wednesday January 4, 2012 at her home. She was born in Bearden, AR, on January 12, 1936 to the late Robert D. & Ella Doherty. Mrs. Livingston was a Baptist & a retired cook for the Thornton School District. She is survived by her three sons, Bill Livinston & his wife Joella of...
Robert "Bob" Delbert Murphy
Jan 3, 2012
Robert "Bob" Delbert Murphy, 79, of Fordyce died Tuesday January 3, 2012 at his home. Born May 13, 1932 at Parkdale, he was the son of the late Hayward Delbert and Lula Mae McAllister Murphy. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Korea, and a carpenter. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lou Murphy....
Judy Kay Oliver
Jan 2, 2012
Judy Kay Reddin Oliver, age 65, passed away on January 2, 2012 at Baptist Health Medical System in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on September 3, 1946 in Hampton, Arkansas at her family home. Judy's parents, Otis H, Reddin and Nina Alpha Thomason Reddin as well as her eldest son Kenneth Scott Nowlin and one granddaughter, Mystery Elizabeth Nowlin,...
Patti Kleinbeck
Jan 2, 2012
Patti Kleinbeck, 68, of Fordyce died Monday, January 2, 2012 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born June 22, 1943 in California. Patti was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church in Chambersville and was a retired court clerk for Dallas County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ivan and Ferne Kleinbeck. She is survived by...
Vera A. Wells
Jan 2, 2012
Vera A. Wells, 98 of Fordyce, died Monday, January 2, 2012. She was born January 29, 1913 in Cleveland County to the late Joel C. and Fannie E. Hillman Rogers. She was preceded in death by her husband Coyle D. Wells; daughter, Barbara Barnes; brothers, Ottis, Orvis, Odell, and Olen Rogers; and sister Victoria Morehead. She is survived by her...
Betty Thompson
Dec 28, 2011
Betty Jean Chamberlin Thompson, 74, of Fordyce died Wednesday December 28, 2011 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born January 16, 1937 at Sciotoville, OH, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Elizabeth Author Chamberlin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence E. Thompson, and a grandson, Joshua Hughes. She is survived by two...
Lacretia Hodge
Dec 26, 2011
Lacretia Hodge, 74, of Hampton died Monday, December 26, 2011 at John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado. He was born May 4, 1937 in Grubbs, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, King James Mabry and Ruth Block Mabry; son, Boyce James Moore; sister, Betty Mabry. She is survived by her husband, Neal Hodge of Hampton;...
Wana Wood Brown
Dec 23, 2011
Wana Wood Brown, most recently of Atlanta, Georgia, died peacefully on December 23, 2011. She was born on September 22, 1917 and grew up in southern Arkansas. She lived most of her adult life in Little Rock. Mrs. Brown was a dedicated first grade teacher for 37 years in the Little Rock Public School System, retiring as Primary Education Supervisor....
Lerfon Ray Purifoy
Dec 20, 2011
Lerfon Ray Purifoy, 66, of Bearden died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born August 7, 1945 in Union County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Irvin Ruth Purifoy and Alta Mae Earl Purifoy; wife, Helen Purifoy; infant son, John Wayne Purifoy; infant daughter, Shirley Jean Purifoy; brothers, Alvis Purifoy and...
Joe T. Dunn
Dec 15, 2011
Joe T. Dunn, 86, of Hampton died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born December 19, 1924 in Delhi, Arkansas. He was a retired business owner and an Army World War II veteran. Joe T. was very active in the community serving on the Calhoun County Ambulance team, Democratic Central Committee for fifty...
Ralph Howard Tucker
Dec 13, 2011
Ralph Howard Tucker, 73, of Kingsland died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at his home. He was born November 9, 1938 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, P.H. Tucker and Loraine Haire Tucker. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, a retired barber and was currently a salesman for KBJT radio in Fordyce. He is...
Mary Janet House
Dec 7, 2011
Mrs. Mary Janet House, 77, of Sparkman died Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. She was born June 6, 1934 in Powellton, WV. She was a retired Registered Nurse and an Army veteran. She was preceded in death by her parents, Comfort Burgess Hardin and Mary Elizabeth Hardin; son Daniel Edward House; brother, Bill Hardin...
Chester Garlington
Dec 6, 2011
Garlin Chester Garlington, 90, of Bleeker died Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at his home. He was born September 5, 1921 in Bleeker, Arkansas. He was a retired carpenter, a member and deacon of New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Spencer Garlington and Emma Fennison Garlington; wife, Audrey Virginia Wilson Garlington; three brothers...
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