Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Betty Earnest Dunn
Jan 12, 2010
Betty Frances Earnest Dunn, 72, of Hampton died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. She was born May 4, 1937 in Tinsman, Arkansas. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hampton and a retired postal clerk. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Beulah Brown Earnest; her husband, Randal R....
Sallie L. Reddin
Jan 9, 2010
Sallie L. Gardner Reddin, 100 of Hampton died January 9, 2010 in the Silver Oaks Nursing & Rehab Center in Camden. She was born October 2, 1909 in Tinsman, Arkansas to the late John Franklin and Sarah Ann Watson Gardner. Her mother died during childbirth and she was raised by her grandparents, Thomas and Martha Watson. She was a life...
Dennis L. Warnack
Jan 8, 2010
Dennis L. Warnack, 51, of Bearden died Friday, January 08, 2010 at his home. He was born July 17, 1958 in Murfreesboro, TN. He was a floral designer and a member of the Church of Christ in Bearden. He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Buford Warnack and one brother, Terry Warnack. He is survived by his mother,...
Pearl Yardley
Jan 7, 2010
Pearl Yardley, 83, of Thornton, died Thursday January 7, 2010 at St. John's Place Nursing Home in Fordyce. Mrs. Yardley was born in Shannon County, MO on October 17, 1926 to the late John Henry & Bertha Adkins Counts. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethesda Baptist Church. She is survived by her two sons, Eugene Yardley...
Tracy Lynn Gray
Jan 7, 2010
Tracy Lynn Gray, 43, of Fordyce, died Thursday January 7, 2010. Tracy was born in El Dorado, AR on July 12, 1966. She was a teacher at Fordyce Elementary School, & a member of the First Baptist Church in Fordyce. She is survived by her husband of 18 years, Kevin Gray of Fordyce, AR; two sons, Talon & Taggart Gray...
Carolyn M. Garner Mckinney
Jan 6, 2010
Carolyn M. Garner McKinney, 72, of Kingsland died Wednesday January 6, 2010 at her home. Born February 14, 1937 at Kingsland, she was a daughter of the late Albert Lee and Willie Mae Ashlock Garner. She was a homemaker and a member of the New Edinburg First United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister,...
Mamie Eva Rowen Brown
Jan 6, 2010
Mamie Eva Rowen Brown, 95, of Hampton died January 6, 2010 in the Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center in Sheridan. She was born March 25, 1914 in Hampton, AR to the late Morris E. and Susie L. Files Rowen. She was a life long resident of Calhoun County. She lived with her family on a farm in Tinsman, AR. She...
Paul Edward Thompson
Jan 6, 2010
Paul Edward Thompson, 61 of Sparkman, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at his home. He was born January 21, 1947 in Sparkman to the late Virgle Neal and Sallie Leona Abbott Thompson. He is survived by two brothers, Virgle Thompson of Sparkman and Dule Abbott of Fordyce, and one sister, Emma J. Erwin of Chidester. A memorial service will be...
Charlotte Elizabeth Filigenzi
Jan 3, 2010
Charlotte Elizabeth Filigenzi, 87 of Fordyce, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 in Wagnon Place Nursing Home in Warren, AR. Born December 6, 1922 in New Castle, PA, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Rose Gaspare of New Castle. She was married to Samuel A. Filigenzi, who died November 1990, in Las Vegas, NV where he and his...
Jimmy Samuel Mosley
Dec 28, 2009
Jimmy Samuel Mosley, 68, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009, at Saint Francis Hospital in Bartlett, TN. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church since 1991 and active in his Sunday School Class. He retired from Union Pacific Railroad after 34 years of service and had enjoyed the past eight years of retirement with his family. He is survived...
Juanita Faye Wood
Dec 27, 2009
Juanita Faye Wood, 74, of Bearden died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born August 26, 1935 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thurmond Joe and Lillie Belle Garner Wilson; infant son, Lonnie Joe Cox and sister, Janice Coston. She is...
Gladys Bell Smith
Dec 13, 2009
Gladys Bell Frazier Smith, 93 of Fordyce, died Sunday, December 13, 2009. She was born February 27, 1916 in Kingsland, Arkansas to the late Cyril Julian Frazier and Rachel Lee McCoy Frazier. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She is also preceded in death by her husband T.P. Smith, son Elmer T. Smith,...
Orval D. Nix
Dec 10, 2009
Orval D. Nix, 85, of Alexandria, LA died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, LA. He was born November 17, 1924 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Temple Baptist Church in Cullendale, AR. He is preceded in death by his parents, Neely C. and Ruth Wells Nix;...
James Varhn Hornaday
Dec 9, 2009
James Varhn Hornaday, 68, of Thornton, died Wednesday December 9, 2009. Mr. Hornaday was born in Calhoun County, on September 7, 1941 to the late A.J. & Mary Catherine Hornaday. He was a member of the Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, & a retired carpenter. He is survived by his two daughters, Kristy Webber of Katy, TX, Landa Russell of Fordyce,...
Delilah Jean Stell
Dec 8, 2009
Delilah Jean Stell, 57, of Lonoke died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born July 11, 1952 in Monroe, LA. She is preceded in death by her parents, Edward Asbury and Helen Maxine Williams Stell. She is survived by two sons, Christopher Wagley of Malvern and Timothy Wagley of Ward; one brother, Kenneth...
George William Childs
Dec 8, 2009
George William Childs of Kingsland, 93, passed away Tuesday December 8, 2009 in Fordyce, Arkansas. George was born on January 12, 1916 in Kingsland, Arkansas to Fred and Louise Childs. He was the third of four sons, James Henry, Fred Travis, George William, and Ralph Horton. George graduated from Kingsland High School in 1934 and four years later he married...
Wallace B. Gorman
Dec 6, 2009
Wallace B. "Cathair" Gorman, 79, of Hampton died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born April 20, 1930 in Hampton Arkansas. He was a member of Calion Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Noah and Alice Wilson Gorman and his wife, Mary Louise Loper Gorman. He...
Virginia Coonrod
Dec 5, 2009
E. Virginia Silliman Coonrod, 86 of Grapevine, TX died Saturday, December 5, 2009. She was born September 6, 1923 in Woodberry, Arkansas to the late Emery Edward and Lora Belle Morrison Silliman. She was the co-owner and bookkeeper for Coonrod Jewelry. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd L. Coonrod; two brothers, Cornelious Silliman and Thomas Lee Silliman;...
Charles William Axsom
Dec 3, 2009
Charles William Axsom II, 64, of Fordyce, died Thursday December 3, 2009 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Mr. Axsom was born in Pine Bluff, AR on January 6, 1945. He was a retired fork lift driver, & a member of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Kingsland. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Axsom of Fordyce,...
J.O. Ward
Dec 1, 2009
J. O. Ward, 44, of Fordyce died Monday, December 1, 2009 at his home. He was born August 28, 1965 in Warren, Arkansas. He owned and operated a logging business. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Everett and Rose Reynolds Ward and one brother, Allen Ward. He is survived by two sons, Steven Ward of East Camden...
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