Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Mary Bernice Barrow
Nov 20, 2011
Mary Bernice Barrow, 88, of Little Rock passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011. She was a member of St. James United Methodist Church of Little Rock. She is survived by two sisters: Vera Flower Simonson and Jessie Ruth Wilbourn; three children: Carolyn Barrow Henry and Mike Barrow of Little Rock; Ted (Debbie) Barrow of Willow Park, Texas. Grandchildren include Gena...
Harold Wayne Clayton
Nov 19, 2011
Harold Wayne Clayton, 75, of Fordyce, died Saturday November 19, 2011. Mr. Clayton was born in Holly Springs, AR, on December 4, 1935 to the late Willis & Reba Seale Clayton. He was a Truck Driver, & a Mason. Mr. Clayton honorably & faithfully served his country in the United States Navy. He is survived by his wife Stefanie Clayton...
Cathy J. Smith
Nov 18, 2011
Cathy J. Smith, 60, of Kingsland, died Friday November 18, 2011 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was born in Leslie, AR on November 2, 1951, to the late Archie & Rosa Mallick Connett. She was employed by the Fordyce Police Department as a Dispatcher. She is survived by her husband Dean Smith of Kingsland, AR; a son...
Jack Dempsey Garlington
Nov 13, 2011
Jack Dempsey Garlington, 89 of Bearden, died suddenly Sunday, November 13, 2011 at his home. Retired from International Paper Company, Jack was married to Annie Virginia Mosley for 57 years. She preceded him in death a little over a year ago. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Joe Ethridge. The youngest son of the late Claudia and...
Robert Gary Beene
Nov 12, 2011
Robert Gary Beene, 53, of Fordyce, died Saturday November 12, 2011. He was born August 29, 1958 in Lewisville, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parenty, Huey P. Beene and Birdie Parker Berry. He is survived by one brother, Gerald L. Beene of Louisiana and two sisters, Darlene Beene and Ronda Traband both of Fordyce. There will be...
James B. Nix
Nov 11, 2011
James B. Nix, 80, of Kingsland, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at his home. He was born January 22, 1931 in Sparkman, Arkansas. He was member of Kingsland Baptist Church and a retired lineman for TDS. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Wesley Nix and Jamie Rogers Nix. He is survived by his wife, Frances Nix of...
Rachel Lea Jones Wilson
Nov 11, 2011
Rachel Lea Jones Wilson, 84, of Fordyce died Friday, November 11, 2011 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born January 17, 1927 in Cale, Arkansas. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church and retired from Fordyce Picture Frame. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee Jones and Nancy Trusty Jones; husband, Walter T. Wilson; brother,...
Edward Lee Brown
Nov 7, 2011
Edward Lee Brown, 78, of Little Rock, AR died Monday November 7, 2011 at his home. He was born in Kingsland, AR on October 6, 1933 to the late Arthur Lee & Lucy Wright Brown. Mr. Brown was a retired mechanic for Strickland Transportation & UPS. He honorably & faithfully served his country in United States Army. He is survived...
Johnnie S. Garlington
Nov 4, 2011
Johnnie S. Garlington, 78 of Fordyce, died Friday November 4, 2011. He was born May 15, 1933 in Bunn, Arkansas to the late Marion Sill and Norma Sue Keeton Garlington. He was a retired sawyer from Georgia Pacific, a Navy veteran serving during the Korean War, and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church of Fordyce. He was also preceded...
Kenneth D. Keeton
Nov 4, 2011
Kenneth D. Keeton, 68 of Fordyce, died Friday, November 4, 2011 in Little Rock. He was born July 4, 1943 in Fordyce to the late Henry Dallas and Annie Maude Spears Keeton. He was the owner of Keeton Motor Company and at age 24, he was the youngest GM dealer in the country. He served in the National Guard where...
James C. Mclean
Nov 2, 2011
James C. McLean, 83, of Hampton, died Wednesday November 2, 2011 at the Hospice Home Care in Little Rock, AR. Mr. McLean was born in DeKalb, TX on December 11, 1927 to the late Lawrence & Lena McLean. He was a member of the Hampton Church of Christ and a retired Grocery Store Owner. He served as an Alderman for...
Loria Clifton Grice
Nov 2, 2011
Loria Clifton Grice, age 86, a Veteran of World War II, passed away on Novembver 2, 2011. He was born on October 3, 1925 in Banks, Arkansas to the late Hudie and Beulah Grice. He is survived by two daughters, Gloria Jean Bryant and her husband Bob Bryant of Nacogdoches, TX; Deborah Slayton Temple and her husband Scott Temple of...
Mary Helen Arnold
Oct 29, 2011
Mary Helen Arnold, 78 of Bearden, died Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital in Little Rock. She was born June 14, 1933 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden. Mary Helen had served on the Bearden School Board, Bearden City Council, Ouachita County Equalization Board and Democratic polling committee for Bearden....
Eula Mae Todd
Oct 28, 2011
Eula Mae Todd, 70 of Fordyce, died Friday, October 28, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born March 17, 1941 in Benton, IL. She was a Baptist and a retired C.N.A. for Dallas County Nursing Home. She is preceded in death by her parents, John R. Todd and Zella Todd Sellers; husband, Elmer Todd, Sr.;...
Georgia Mae Waldrop
Oct 27, 2011
Georgia Mae Waldrop, age 89 of New Edinburg died Thursday October 27, 2011 at The Greenhouse Cottages of Southern Hills in Rison. She was born February 20, 1922 in New Edinburg to the late Leonard Otto Waldrop and Nina Bea Spears Waldrop. She was a retired employee of International Paper Bag Plant Division in Camden. She was preceded in death...
Gary Alan Quarles
Oct 26, 2011
Gary Alan Quarles, 64, of Memphis, TN died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born January 16, 1947 in Camden, AR. He was preceded in death by his father, Hershel "Bud" Quarles. He is survived by his mother, Ida Mae Hollis Quarles of Memphis, TN; daughter, Kimberlee (Jerry Wayne) Caldwell of Burlison, TN;...
Infant Maci Joyce Nash
Oct 25, 2011
Maci Joyce Nash, infant daughter of Wayne Nash and Megan Daniel of Hampton, died Tuesday October 25, 2011 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. She is also survived by her grandparents, Shannon Loftis, Charles Loftis, Donovan Daniel, and Lora Daniel, all of Hampton, Stephanie Evans of Bearden, Gary Nash of Mississippi; aunts, Halley Molock, Brittany Loftis;...
Debbie Colvert
Oct 21, 2011
Debbie Lynn Colvert, 58 of Bearden, died Friday, October 21, 2011. She was born February 18, 1953 in Camden, Arkansas to the late Leonard W. and Marie H. Jones. She was also preceded in death by her niece, Diane Turner. She is survived by her brother, Randy Jones of Chidester; sister, Mary Grace Colvert of Bearden; niece, Vicky Marie Haisty...
Frances Marion Vaughan Jackson
Oct 19, 2011
Frances Marion Vaughan Jackson of Bearden, Arkansas passed away on October 19, 2011 at the age of 94. She was born February 6, 1917. She is preceded in death by her husband, Lovic Richard Jackson, in 1957, her parents, James Wylie Mack Vaughan and Maud Byars Vaughan and a son, William Homer Jackson, in 2008. She is survived by children,...
Alvin Rogers
Oct 15, 2011
Alvin Rogers, 81 of Manning, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 2, 1930 in Manning, Arkansas. He was an Army veteran and a retired logger. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Felix Rogers and Mary Repsie Garrett Rogers; brother, John Wilson Rogers and sister, Ida Mae Kauffman....
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