Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Edna Annette Crook
May 27, 2010
Edna Annette Crook, 77, of Fordyce, AR died Thursday May 27, 2010 at her son's home in Gurnee, IL. Born on April 4, 1933 in Warren, AR to the late James Hiram & Pearlie Dee Langford of Kingsland, she was preceded in death by her husband Aubrey R . (A.R.) Crook Jr. and her son Steven Alan Crook, her brother...
Hershel Loyd Burks
May 26, 2010
Hershel Loyd Burks, 64, of Fordyce died Wednesday May 26, 2010 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born September 2, 1945 at Pine Bluff, he was a son of the late Vester and Bessie Anderson Burks. He worked as a baker for 28 years before retiring. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by a son,...
Jimmie Hodnett
May 24, 2010
Jimmie Hodnett, 79, of Fordyce died Monday May 24, 2010 at his home. He was born August 12, 1930 in Tinsman, Arkansas. Jim was retired from Rock Island Railroad, he was a Marine serving during the Korean War and was also a member of the V.F.W. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carrol Hodnett and Willie Bowen Whitehead;...
William H. Davis
May 23, 2010
William H. "Harry" Davis, 76, of Fordyce, died Sunday May 23, 2010 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Mr. Davis was born in Tinsman, AR on March 27, 1934 to the late Earner & Pauline Davis. He was a retired forester from Georgia-Pacific & was a member of the Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce. He is survived...
Betty Gene Burgett
May 23, 2010
Betty Gene Burgett, 83, of Bearden died Sunday, May 23, 2010 at Ouachita Nursing & Rehab in Camden. She was born February 17, 1927 in Thornton, Arkansas. She was a retired realtor and a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Annie Jones Evans and her husband, Bill Goldberg. She is...
Bobby F. Rowland
May 20, 2010
Bobby F. Rowland, 70 of Rison, departed this life Thursday, May 20, 2010. He was born July 31, 1939 in Tinsman, AR to the late Erwin and Viola Rowland. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church in Bearden, AR. Mr. Rowland was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Rowland; his brother, Junior Rowland; and a sister, Lillie Mae...
Etta Dean Bryant
May 17, 2010
Etta Dean Bryant, 78, of Kingsland, AR and Nacogdoches, TX went to be with the Lord in the early hours of May 17, 2010 at Garrison Nursing Home in Garrison, TX. Born April 6, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas to the late Watt Bryant and Virgie Kea Bryant, she was an avid Bible reader and faithfully attended both Fordyce and Kingsland...
Donn R. Poole
May 17, 2010
Donn Poole, age 63, of Hampton, AR died on May 17, 2010 at the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, AR. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert Emon & Ellen Rose Witherington Poole both of Hampton, AR. He was born on September 27, 1946. Donn was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Hampton, AR where...
Betty Maroney Benson
May 17, 2010
Betty Maroney Benson, 75, of Hampton died Monday May 17, 2010 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. Born January 2, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Docia Thompson Maroney. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Nolan "Shoaty" Benson, a son and daughter-in-law Steve and Danita Benson. She is survived...
Ruth Child Clark
May 11, 2010
Ruth Child Clark, 98, of Hot Springs died Tuesday, May 11, 2010. She was born February 28, 1912 in Toledo, Iowa. She was a homemaker and a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Hot Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Mabel McEltree Child and her husband Robert H. Clark. She is survived by two daughters,...
Ronnie L. Moore
May 3, 2010
Ronnie L. Moore, 52, of Bearden died Monday, May 3, 2010 at Allegiance Specialty Hospital in Little Rock. He was born December 21, 1957 in Paris, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver and he attended Fellowship Baptist Church in Bearden. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jessie and Rosie Scribner Moore; two brothers, David and Donald Moore....
Orion Williams
Apr 30, 2010
Orion Williams, 90, of Hampton died Friday, April 30, 2010. He was retired from International Paper in Hampton, a member of Union Grove Assembly of God Church and also a World War II Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Belle Anders Williams and his wife, Mattie Madera Williams. He is survived by two sons...
Kitty Corrine Nutt
Apr 28, 2010
Kitty Corrine Robertson Nutt, 90, of Fordyce died Wednesday April 28, 2010 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born September 22, 1919 at Rison, she was a daughter of the late Albert Blackaby and Hallie Norton Robertson. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fordyce and was active in numerous social and civic clubs....
Mildred Elizabeth Hurst Berry
Apr 27, 2010
Mildred Elizabeth Hurst Berry, 79, of Ivan passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at her home. Mildred Berry was born February 12, 1931 at Fordyce, Arkansas to Ed and Jewel Sloop Hurst. She married Nathaniel Harrison Berry in 1950. Mrs. Berry was a retired LPN and worked over twenty years at Dallas County Hospital. She was a member of Broadway...
Lawrence A. Berman
Apr 27, 2010
Lawrence A. Berman, 80, of Fordyce died Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born April 18, 1930 in New York, NY. He was a retired printer, an Army veteran and a member of First Baptist Church in Fordyce. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Selma Ryder Berman. He is...
Cleveland Eugene Williams
Apr 23, 2010
Cleveland Eugene "Buddy" Williams, 77, of Hampton, died Friday April 23, 2010 at the John R. Williamson House in El Dorado, AR. Mr. Williams was born in Hampton, AR on March 10, 1933 to the late Walter & Gordie Webb Williams. He was a retired Iron Worker & a member of the Canaan Baptist Church in Harrell, AR. He is...
Ruth Evelyn Morgan Kauffman
Apr 22, 2010
Ruth Evelyn Morgan Kauffman, 82, of Fordyce died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born December 21, 1927 in Dallas County. Ruth Evelyn was a homemaker, a retired schoolteacher and a member of First Baptist Church in Fordyce. She was also a member of the Fordyce Culture Club, Paul Harris Fellow and a model...
William E. Bryant
Apr 14, 2010
William E. Bryant, 86, of Hampton passed away April 14, 2010 at his residence. He was born July 2, 1923 in Hampton the eldest son of Roy and Marie Porter Bryant. William was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific. He worked at Mustang Caterpillar in Houston, Texas for 27 years. William's passion was his garden...
James Windell Raney
Apr 14, 2010
Senator James Windell (Jim) Raney of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born May 8, 1934, in Dallas county in the community of Ivan, Arkansas, the son the late James Tillman "Buck" Raney and Helen Von Malcom. Senator Raney died April 14, 2010, in Sheridan at the age of 75. Before he became ill, he was an active member of First Landmark Missionary...
George H. Martin
Apr 10, 2010
George H. Martin, 75, of Hampton, died Saturday April 10, 2010 at the Bradley County Medical Center. Mr. Martin was born in Chattanooga, TN on February 13, 1935 to the late George William Martin Jr. & Lillian F. Ulrickson Martin. He was a retired truck driver, & a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Chattanooga, TN. He is survived...
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