Rickey Lee Dempsey
Jul 27, 2009
Rickey Lee Dempsey, 57, of Hampton died Monday July 27, 2009 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas at El Dorado. Born May 6, 1952 at Hampton, he was a son of the late Harold L. and Barbara Nowlin Dempsey. He managed the Hampton Motel and was a jailer and auxiliary deputy for the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. He is...
Mavis Sue Gray
Jul 22, 2009
Mavis Sue Boyd Gray, 64, of Fordyce died Wednesday July 22, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Born January 21, 1945 at Ada, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late James Elmer and Mavis Lillian Sawyer Boyd. She was also preceded in death by a son, Doyle Gene Allen and two brothers, Ronnie Darwin Boyd and Cecil...
James E. Berry
Jul 21, 2009
James E. Berry, 87, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at his home in Fordyce. He was born September 1, 1921 in Fordyce. He was a member of West 4th Church of Christ, a retired boiler operator for the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Mr. Berry was also a World War II Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar...
Dale Reddin
Jul 19, 2009
Bobby Dale Reddin, 69, of Fordyce died Sunday, July 19, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born October 9, 1939 in Tinsman, AR. He was a retired area foreman for the Arkansas Highway Department in Dallas County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Doyle and Bertha Hand Reddin; brother, Carlton Reddin, sister, Reba Reddin...
Theda Marks Childress
Jul 16, 2009
Theda Marks Childress, 88, of Fordyce, died Thursday July 16, 2009 at her home. She was born in New Edinburg, AR on January 5, 1921 to the late John & Minnie Atkins Livingston. Mrs. Childress was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Fordyce. She loved to cook & do yard work. Mrs. Childress was a retired salesperson for Watson's...
Ellen G. Rothwell
Jul 14, 2009
Ellen G. Rothwell drew her last labored breath on July 14, 2009. She was the last surviving child of the late John and Selma Sandine. She was born November 18, 1915 in Rison, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Rothwell, a son, William Gray, and 9 brothers and sisters. She was a retired seamstress and a...
Martha Evelyn Gwin
Jul 12, 2009
Martha Evelyn Gwin, 85 of Fordyce, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at her home. She was born September 16, 1923 in Dallas County to the late Ed and Bertha Gill Hearne. She was preceded in death by three brothers: Raymond, Cecil, and Judson Hearne and two sisters, Eddie Mae Lowe and Alla Merle Raney. She is survived by her husband,...
Roger Haston Ragan
Jul 12, 2009
Roger Haston Ragan, 56, of Bearden, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born August 25, 1932 in Kilgore, TX. He was preceded in death by his father Omega Ragan. He is survived by one son, Christopher Ragan of Hampton; one daughter, Crystal Ragan of MS; three brothers, Bruce Ragan of Fordyce, Jerry...
Retta Marie Gill
Jul 12, 2009
Retta Marie Parker Gill, 79, of Fordyce died Sunday July 12, 2009 at Senior Suites in Broken Arrow, OK. Born December 8, 1929 at Hampton. She was a daughter of the late William H. and Lillian Womble Parker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Davis Gill, and nephew, James Barner. Survivors include two sons, Terry Wayne Gill...
Opal K. Morgan
Jul 7, 2009
Opal K. Morgan 95, of Fordyce died July 7, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Born January 9, 1914 to parents Charles and Florence Wardlaw Kellogg, Opal was the widow of Vesta Morgan. She was a former owner and operator of a hair salon. She was a member of Fordyce United Methodist Church and the U.M.W. Wesleyan's Circle. She...
William Riley Carroll
Jul 7, 2009
William Riley Carroll, 62, of Fordyce died Tuesday July 7, 2009 at his home. Born November 6, 1946, he was a son of the late Horace and Opal Clement Carroll. He was also prceded in death by a brother, Hugh Carroll. He was a member of Oak Park Church of the Nazarene in Pine Bluff. He was also a licensed...
Jean Peeples Ross
Jul 6, 2009
Jean Peeples Ross, 77, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at her home in Thornton, Arkansas. She was born August 18, 1931 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Thornton. She was preceded in death by her parents, Talmage and Vera Wood Peeples and one brother, John Peeples. She is survived by...
Virginia Nell Mccallister
Jul 6, 2009
Virginia Nell McCallister of Kingsland died Monday, July 6, 2009, at her home. She was born April 16, 1932 and was a retired CNA. Mrs. McCallister was preceded in death by her husband, Dodson McCallister; a daughter, Gail McCallister; a great-grandson, Xavier Laws and her mother and father. Survivors include her children, Joyce Lum of Kingsland, Lynette and Spence Steadman...
Orie Thomas Selman
Jul 6, 2009
Orie Thomas "Buddy" Selman, 82, of Fordyce, died Monday July 6, 2009. Mr. Selman was born in New Edinburg, AR on April 25, 1927 to the late John and Evie Word Selman. He was a retired truck driver and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. Mr. Selman is survived by his wife Jean Selman,...
Charlene Estes
Jul 2, 2009
Charlene Lowe Estes, beloved mother, grandmother and friend entered into rest on July 2, 2009 in Houston, Texas. Charlene was born on October 2, 1930 in Warren, Arkansas to Erwin S. and Lucy Russell Lowe who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death, her brother Billy Ray Lowe and husband, Jimmy Ray Estes of New Edinburg, Arkansas. Jimmy...
Alton Jackson Doss
Jul 1, 2009
Alton Jackson Doss, 96, of Fordyce, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was born to Bessie Trammell Doss and Andrew Jackson Doss on June 3, 1913. He was preceded in death by Erma Smith Doss, his wife of 58 years and the mother of his children. He is also preceded in death by an infant son, A.J. Doss Jr.,...
Leroy Franklin Rhoades, Jr.
Jun 30, 2009
Leroy Franklin Rhoades, Jr., age 72 of Fordyce, passed away at St. John's Place in Fordyce, Arkansas on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. He was born in New London, Ohio on May 24, 1937. He lived in LaGrange, Ohio until moving to Fordyce last August. He served in the U.S. Army for four years. He was retired from the Keystone School...
Franklin Benjamin Wallingsford
Jun 29, 2009
Franklin Benjamin Wallingsford, 91,of Hampton, went to be with his Lord on Monday, June 29, 2009. He was born a seventh son of a seventh son on July 6, 1917 in Tinsman, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Wallingsford and Mary Childers Wallingsford, six brothers and two sisters. He was also preceded in death by one...
Margie Lee Hogue
Jun 28, 2009
Margie Lee Sindle Hogue, 73 of Sparkman, Arkansas died Sunday, June 28, 2009. She was born January 2, 1936 in Tinsman, Arkansas to the late Aubrey and Gladys Marie Sindle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Thomas Hogue. She is survived by one son, Thomas Anthony Hogue of Sparkman, AR; two daughters, Mary Hogue-Rampley and Linda Diane...
Jean Rowland
Jun 26, 2009
Jean Rowland, 72, of Rison, died Friday, June 26, 2009 at St. John's Nursing Home in Fordyce. She was born September 26, 1936 in Cleveland County, a daughter of Bill Riggins and Jessie McLaughlin Riggins. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church near Bearden. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Rowland of Rison; son, Owen Rowland of Huntsville;...
