Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Nathaniel Harrison Berry
Aug 7, 2012
Nathaniel Harrison Berry, 92 of Ivan, Arkansas, died Tuesday, August 07, 2012 at his home. He was born October 30, 1919 in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late Edgar and Rosie Ella Sessions Berry. We was a retired forester for Georgia Pacific where he worked for 28 years. He was also an Army World War 2 veteran and was a P.O.W....
Victor Leon Oliger
Jul 31, 2012
Victor Leon Oliger, 89, of Kingsland died Tuesday July 31, 2012 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born July 30, 1923 in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Lee and Annie Orton Oliger. Mr. Oliger was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church where he served as deacon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as...
Judith Annette Mcqueen
Jul 30, 2012
.Judith Annette McQueen, 54, of Fordyce, AR, died Monday July 30, 2012. She was born in Pine Bluff, AR, on December 19, 1957. Mrs. McQueen was an Assembly of God, & a homemaker. She is survived by her father, Bobby Hickerson, of New Edinburg, AR; a son, Jason Marlow of Susanville, CA; a daughter, Sherry Couch of Fordyce, AR; four...
Elsie Evelyn Harper
Jul 24, 2012
Elsie Evelyn Harper, 86, of Fordyce, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, peacefully in her sleep. Mrs. Harper was born in Manning, AR, to the late Otis & Eva Tate Lawrence. Mrs. Harper was a loving & devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, & great great grandmother. She was a store manager for over...
Jimmy Wayne Jones
Jul 23, 2012
Jimmy Wayne Jones, 67, of Thornton, died Monday July 23, 2012, at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born in Thornton, AR, on November 10, 1944. He was a retired History Educator, & a member of the Southside Baptist Church. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife of 33 years, Jamie Jones; a son, Richard Jones & his...
Robert L. Russell
Jul 23, 2012
Robert L. Russell, 69, of Kingsland died Monday, July 23, 2012 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born October 7, 1942 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was a retired district manager for the Democrat Gazette and an Army veteran. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence Edward and Vera Haynie Russell; and one sister, Iris Cearley....
Inez Gilbert
Jul 22, 2012
Mae Inez Gilbert, 93, of Bearden went to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born October 15, 1918 in Spiro, Oklahoma. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Bearden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Luther and Vera Bryan...
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...
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