Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Michael Wayne Crouse

Michael Wayne Crouse

Aug 18, 2010

Michael Wayne Crouse, 44, of Bearden died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at his home in Bearden. He was born May 13, 1966 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was an automobile mechanic. He was preceded in death by his father, Charlie Crouse; brother, Charlie Crouse, Jr., sister; Charlene Crouse; grandparents, Lide Pate and Violet Watson and Bertha Barner. He is survived by...

Glenn Anthony

Glenn Anthony

Aug 18, 2010

Glenn Anthony, 70, of Bearden died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at his home. He was born November 8, 1939 in Bearden. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden and was a retired mail carrier. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Ozella Quarles Anthony; daughter, Tammy Anthony; sister, Maxine Harrell and granddaughter, Brandi...

Wandine Marks

Wandine Marks

Aug 16, 2010

Wandine Marks, 77, of Camden died Monday, August 16, 2010 at Silver Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center in Camden. She was born May 8, 1933in Calhoun County Arkansas. She was a member of Hillside Baptist Church in Camden and was retired from Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Quitman and Anna Mitchell...

Rex Wise Hearnsberger

Rex Wise Hearnsberger

Aug 16, 2010

Rex Wise Hearnsberger, 84, of Little Rock, born September 3, 1925 in Fordyce, AR, passed away on August 16, 2010 in Little Rock, AR. As a navy medic attached to the 2nd Marine Division, he was the youngest of six brothers who all served in combat during World War II. He accompanied the 1st American troops into Nagasaki, Japan after...

Josephine E. Otis

Josephine E. Otis

Aug 16, 2010

Josephine E. Otis, 80, of Bearden died Monday, August 16, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock. She was born June 14, 1930 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden and she also worked for the City of Bearden for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer...

Betty Jo Rowland

Betty Jo Rowland

Aug 13, 2010

Betty Jo Rowland, 84, of Hampton, died Friday August 13, 2010 in the Springdale Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Calhoun County on May 21, 1926 to the late Joe Riley & Nellie I. Stringfellow. Mrs. Rowland was a retired office manager for Avant Gravel Company, & a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Ruby Beatrice Barker

Ruby Beatrice Barker

Jul 31, 2010

Ruby Beatrice McClain Barker, 91, of Fordyce, died Saturday July 31, 2010 at the Dallas County Medical Center. She was born in Dallas County, on April 2, 1919, to the late Ragus & Betty McClain. Mrs. Barker was retired from Allied Telephone Company, was a member of the Eastern Star, and was the last lifetime charter member of the Temple...

Avonell House Nutt

Avonell House Nutt

Jul 29, 2010

Avonell "Nell" House Nutt, 91, of Glenwood, formerly of Fordyce, died Thursday July 29, 2010 at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. Born March 23, 1919 at Holy Springs, she was a daughter of the late Winfield Johnson House and Amanda Carlee Key House. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of...

Marie Emerson

Marie Emerson

Jul 25, 2010

Marie Emerson, 72, of Fordyce died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born January 8, 1938 in Hamburg, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Dunn; her husband, Jackie Emerson, Sr.; son, Paul Wayne Emerson; sister-in-law, Connie Emerson and brother-in-law, Bill Emerson. She is survived by her mother, Maudie Dunn...

Eula Posey Nance

Eula Posey Nance

Jul 22, 2010

Eula Posey Nance, 95 of Camden died Thursday July 22, 2010 at Silver Oaks Nursing and Rehab in Camden. Born December 21, 1914 in Clark County, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Pearl Windom Posey. She was a homemaker and a member of Cullendale Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husband Marcus Kenneth...

Louise Wood

Louise Wood

Jul 18, 2010

Louise Wood, 69 of Calion, Arkansas died Sunday, July 18, 2010. She was born December 10, 1940 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Ray Wood; her mother, Isebell Ables Laws Reynolds; her father, Sidnie Reynolds; two daughters, Lela Kaye Perkins Smith and Stacy Lynn Perkins. She is survived by her son, Tommy Olan Perkins,...

Lois C. Raney

Lois C. Raney

Jul 18, 2010

Lois C. Raney, 82, of Fordyce died Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born March 27, 1928 in Dallas County. She was a homemaker and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard C. McMahan and Julia Garlington McMahan; her husband, Rex Raney...

Infant Christina Michelle Morris

Infant Christina Michelle Morris

Jul 15, 2010

Infant Christina Michelle Morris, went to be with the Lord on Thursday July 15, 2010. She is survived by her parents, Loren & Amy Morris of Benton, AR; a brother, David Morris of Benton, AR; a sister, Isabel Morris of Benton, AR; her grandparents, Bill & Brenda Jucket of Kingsland, AR, Diana Morris of Benton, AR; & her great grandparents,...

Oma Jean Hardman

Oma Jean Hardman

Jul 12, 2010

Oma Jean Hardman, 77, of Fordyce, died July 12, 2010. Mrs. Hardman was born in Dallas County, on December 16, 1932 to the late Judson Edward & Bertha Mae Hearne. She was a member of the Mount Paron Primitive Baptist Church & a retired cashier for Kroger. She is survived by her two sons, Jerry Hardman & his wife Kathy...

Algernon Sidney Holderness, Jr.

Algernon Sidney Holderness, Jr.

Jul 11, 2010

Algernon Sidney Holderness, Jr., 72, died on Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Bellaire, Texas. He is survived by his loving daughters Claire Crockett Holderness of Brooklyn, New York and Julia Simms Holderness of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a grandson, Soroush Crockett Vakhshoori. Funeral services will be held at the Oakland Cemetery in Fordyce, Arkansas on Saturday, July 17 at 2 p.m....

George Harold Childs

George Harold Childs

Jul 9, 2010

George Harold Childs, 69, of Kingsland died Friday July 9, 2010 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was born May 31, 1941 in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was the son of the late George William and Lois Irene Cook Childs. He was a forester, farmer, cattleman and logging contractor. Above all, he was a beloved husband, son, father, grandfather, friend...

Annie Virginia Garlington

Annie Virginia Garlington

Jul 7, 2010

Annie Virginia Mosley Garlington, 73 of Bearden, passed away July 7, 2010. Annie was born September 29, 1936 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Ruby Mosley, her brothers, George, Jr., Jimmy, and Roy Mosley, one grandson, Joe Ethridge. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Jack Garlington of Bearden, her daughters,...

W.C. Benson

W.C. Benson

Jul 5, 2010

W.C . "Dub" Benson 72, child of God, was called home by his heavenly Father on July 5, 2010 after a lengthy battle with complications from colon cancer surgery. Born February 13, 1938 as the youngest of six children to William Collie and Bessie Benson, Dub was raised near Hampton, Arkansas where he graduated from high school in 1955. After...

Doshia Hollis Harrell

Doshia Hollis Harrell

Jul 5, 2010

Doshia Hollis Harrell 90, of Harrell died Monday July 5, 2010 at Farmerville Nursing and Rehab at Farmerville, LA. She was born May 20, 1920 at Fountain Hill. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Eula Estelle Sivils Hollis. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Fay Harrell; son, Hollis Harrell; brother Cecil Hollis;...

Netia Glorine Mitchell

Netia Glorine Mitchell

Jul 3, 2010

Netia Glorine Mitchell, 78 of Bella Vista, formerly of Kingsland, died July 3, 2010 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, AR. Glorine was born Dec. 20th, 1931 in Hot Springs County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond L. Mitchell of Kingsland, by her parents, Carl E. and Ollie Morehead of Sheridan, by three brothers, Jimmy Morehead,...

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