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Arnold Castleberry
Mar 27, 2009
Arnold Castleberry, 86, of Bearden passed away Friday March 27, 2009 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born October 11, 1922 to Odom Castleberry and Bonnie Arnold Castleberry. Arnold proudly served in the Air Force during World War II. He was a devoted member of White Oak Assembly of God Church in Bearden and loved singing in...
Clifton Smith
Mar 25, 2009
Clifton Smith, 91, of Fordyce, died Wednesday March 25, 2009 at his home. Mr. Smith was born in Bradley County Arkansas, on September 19, 1917 to the late George & Artie Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fordyce. He was a retired mechanic, welder, 32nd Mason, and he loved to hunt & fish. Mr....
Beulah Alice Mckeowen
Mar 23, 2009
Beulah Alice Overton McKeowen, 87, of Tulip, died Monday March 23, 2009 at her home. Mrs. McKeowen was born in Tulip, AR on December 5, 1921 to the late James Walter & Amy Lucy Lawrence Overton. She was a homemaker & a member of the Tulip Methodist Church, where she served as the Secretary & Treasurer. She is survived by...
Nancy C. Doss
Mar 22, 2009
Nancy C. Brantley Doss, 67, of Fordyce died Sunday March 22, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born March 21, 1942 in New Edinburg. She had worked as a clerk at Mad Butcher in Fordyce for twenty-one years and she was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. She was preceded...
Anne Louise Mauldin
Mar 21, 2009
Anne Louise Mauldin, 80, of Fordyce died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born December 12, 1928 in Dierks, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Dickerson and Rosie Stevenson Dickerson, husband, Rufus Willie Mauldin and three brothers, Junior Dickerson, Kelly Dickerson and Carl Dickerson. She is survived by five sons,...
Eva Inez Spears
Mar 20, 2009
Eva Inez Spears, 89, of Fordyce died Friday, March 20, 2009 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. She was born July 16, 1919 in Cleveland County. She was a homemaker and attended Smith Chapel Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, Delbert Trantham and Jennie Ozment Trantham and husband, Walter C. Spears....
Louis Clinton Howard
Mar 19, 2009
Louis Clinton "Sonny" Howard, 68, of Little Rock died Thursday March 19, 2009 at his home. Born February 17, 1941 in Longview, TX, he was a son of the late Louis and Nona Newton Howard. Mr. Howard was a member of Geyer Springs Baptist Church and a Mason. He was a retired driver of Yellow Freight. He was preceded in...
Infant Richard Allen Holland Iii
Mar 18, 2009
Infant Richard Allen Holland, III, of Carthage was born March 18, 2009 in Benton and died March 18, 2009. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Richard Erby, Jr., Herbert Allen Holland,Sr and Lola Faye Haggar. He is survived by his parents, Herbert Allen Holland and Chinnetha Erby Holland of Carthage; brother, Christopher Allen Holland of Benton and grandmother, Mary...
Charles Randall Gilliam
Mar 12, 2009
Charles Randall Gilliam, 50, of Fordyce, died Thursday March 12, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Mr. Gilliam was born in Warren, AR on July 9, 1958. He was retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Fordyce. Mr. Gilliam was a member of the CASA Advisory Council,...
Rebecca Jo Livingston
Mar 11, 2009
Benton Funeral Home, Inc. Rebecca Jo Livingston, 60, of North Little Rock, formerly of Camden, died Wednesday March 11, 2009 at the North Ridge Nursing Home in North Little Rock. Mrs. Livingston was born in Macon, GA on July 19, 1948 to the late Joseph Benjamin & Hope Strickland Welch. She was a retired clerk for the Arkansas Department of...
Dorothy Sue Mccann
Mar 6, 2009
Dorothy Sue McCann, 69, of Thornton died Friday, March 6, 2009 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born January 1, 1940 in Hope, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Bearden Missionary Baptist Church in Bearden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon Skinner and Obera Horton Skinner. She is survived by...
Elizabeth Green Beck
Mar 2, 2009
Elizabeth Green Beck, 79, of Fordyce died Monday March 2, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born June 19, 1929 in Hampton. She was a retired LPN and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church for 47 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Claude Green and Tennie Reynolds Green; son, Ronald...
Nell Humphries
Feb 24, 2009
Nell Humphries, 68, of Sherwood died Tuesday February 24, 2009 at St. Vincent Medical Center North in Sherwood. Nell (Gran) was the heart of her family. She will be sorely missed by all whom she had touched. Throughout her life she exemplified love and self-sacrifice. Nell is once again walking free from pain, hand in hand with her beloved husband...
Minnie Reba Owens
Feb 24, 2009
Minnie Reba Barron Owens, 68, of Dension, TX died Tuesday February 24, 2009. Mrs. Owens was born in San Antonio, TX on February 3, 1941 to the late James Cleveland & Rowena Koonce Barron. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fordyce. She is survived by her husband, Billy R. Owens of Denison, TX; two sons...
Hurley Alvin Adams
Feb 24, 2009
Hurley Alvin Adams, 100 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009. He was born September 29, 1908 in Bradley County to the late Selvin and Cynthia Reddin Adams. He was a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church of Fordyce. He is survived by 2 sons, James Adams and wife Lois of Kemp, Texas, Leon Adams and wife Shelba of Thornton,...
Donnie Jean Mcclain
Feb 23, 2009
Donnie Jean McClain, 74, of Bearden died Monday February 23, 2009 at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. She was born June 5, 1934 in Charleston, MO. She was owner/operator of the Flower House in Bearden and was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Lois...
Denny Turner
Feb 21, 2009
Denny Turner, 82, of Hampton died Saturday February 21, 2009 at Courtyard Rehabilitation & Health Center in El Dorado. He was born June 1, 1926 in Ellisville, Arkansas. He was an Army World War II veteran and a retired master electrician. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dinnis Turner and Gertrude Johnson Turner and his wife, Ramona Strickland...
Michael O'Farrell
Feb 18, 2009
Michael O'Farrell, 60 of Bismarck, Arkansas, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009. He was born February 8, 1949 in Patterson, NJ to the late Wilfred and Eileen O'Farrell. He was preceded in death by his wife Joan Carolyn O'Farrell and one step-son, Vincent Null. He is survived by two step-daughters, Stephanie Hammett of Hot Springs, Arkansas and Renee Long of Magnet...
Vaudie Jane O'Mary
Feb 16, 2009
Vaudie Jane O'Mary, 94, of Hampton died Monday February 16, 2009. She was born July 25, 1914 in Marion County, Alabama. She was a homemaker and a member of Hampton Primitive Baptist Church for 75 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Washington McWhirter and Lina Jane Bobo McWhirter; her husband, William T. O'Mary; son, Roy B....
James Hardy Castleberry
Feb 16, 2009
James Hardy Castleberry, 73, of Sparkman died Monday February 16, 2009 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born January 11, 1936 in the White Oak Community. He was a member of White Oak Assembly of God Church and was retired from Bearden Lumber Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jake and Nettie Jones Castleberry,...
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