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Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Billy Dean Doherty
Oct 31, 2009
Billy Dean Doherty, 64 of Bearden, died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home. He was born September 14, 1945 in Bearden to Odie Doherty and the late Doyle James Doherty. He was preceded in death by two brothers, James Doherty and James Dale Doherty; two grandchildren, Timothy Justin Doherty and Tyler Lee Doherty. He is survived by his wife,...
Georgia Carolyn Peterson
Oct 30, 2009
Georgia Carolyn Sheffield Peterson, 92, of Mt. Belvieu, TX died Friday October 30, 2009 at Triumph Healthcare in Baytown, TX. Born April 26, 1917 at Hope, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Ora Lee King Sheffield. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Tom Cottrell, Clancy Cornish, Tom Peterson; daughter, Helen Irene May; brother, John...
Norma Dene Hornaday Durmon
Oct 28, 2009
Norma Dene Hornaday Durmon, 89 of Gunnison, Colorado, formerly of Fordyce, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009. She was born June 21, 1920 in Fordyce to the late Walter Rhodes and Rosa Kauffman Rhodes. She worked nearly all her years at Holt's Builders Supply in Fordyce and was a graduate of Fordyce High School. She was preceded in death by her...
James C. Blann
Oct 25, 2009
James Carroll "Buddy" Blann, 75, of Jersey died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born December 11, 1933 in Hampton. He was retired from Jet Asphalt. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Mollie Porter Blann; wife, Francine Macy Blann; son, Kenneth Wayne Tomlinson; three brothers and five sisters. He...
James Relda Spears
Oct 23, 2009
James Relda Spears, 88, of Fordyce, died Friday October 23, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mr. Spears was born in New Edinburg, AR, on November 24, 1920 to the late Jim Ruben & Ludie Jeffress Spears. Mr. Spears honorably & faithfully served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was a member of...
Virgil Lee Golden
Oct 16, 2009
Virgil Lee Golden, 85, of Kingsland, Arkansas died Friday, October 16, 2009 in Hampton, Arkansas. He was born March 17, 1924 in Kingsland. He was a retired master plumber, a Navy World War II veteran and a member of Kingsland Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, E.R. and Lucy Gates Golden; two brothers and...
Travis L. Smith
Oct 14, 2009
Travis L. Smith, 78, of Hampton died Wednesday October 14, 2009 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas at El Dorado. Born July 23, 1931 at Smackover, he was a son of the late Clarence W. and Myrtice Elizabeth Thompson Smith. He was a retired painting contractor and an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents; three...
Winston Curtis Widner, Sr.
Oct 6, 2009
Winston Curtis Widner, Sr., 69 of Hampton, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at his home. He was born May 15, 1940 in Carthage, Missouri to Betty Hunt Widner and the late Curtis L. Widner. He is survived by his wife, Patsy Widner of Hampton, Arkansas; his mother, Betty Hunt Widner of Wichita, Kansas; his sons, Winston Widner, Jr. and Brent...
Florence Louise Williams
Oct 5, 2009
Florence Louise Williams, 76, of Hampton, died Monday October 5, 2009 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. She was born in Blue Mountain, AR on September 30, 1933 to the late Fred Smith & Welda Keathley. Mrs. Williams was a retired Nurses Aid & a member of the Canaan Baptist Church in Harrell. She is survived by her husband,...
Lillian E. Bray
Oct 4, 2009
Lillian E. Bray, 89, of Bearden passed away Sunday, October 4, 2009 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born July 27, 1920 in Dallas County. She was a homemaker and a member of Bearden First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Katie Yeager Moore, husband, Everett Bray; son, Bobby Bray and...
Irwin Harris Colvert
Oct 1, 2009
Irwin Harris Colvert, 71, of Thornton, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at his home. He was born May 17, 1938 in Camden. He was a salesman for Hol-N-One Donut in Fordyce and a member of First Baptist Church in Thornton. He served in the US Navy Reserve and was also Calhoun County Judge in 1978 and 1979. He was preceded...
Marvin E. Potter
Sep 27, 2009
Marvin E. Potter, 77, of Fordyce, died Sunday September 27, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Mr. Potter was born in Wagoner, OK on July 27, 1932 to the late Joseph Randolph & Ada Bell Haley Potter. He was a Baptist & a retired technician for Canteen Vending Service Company. Mr. Potter is survived by his wife...
Betty Bryant Lisemby
Sep 27, 2009
Betty Bryant Lisemby, 83 of Fordyce, died Sunday, September 27, 2009. She was born September 8, 1926 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to the late Montie and Allie Tipton Bryant. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Elbert W. Lisemby of Fordyce; one son, Larry Lisemby and wife Anna of White Hall; two daughters, Pamela Simmons and husband Kerry...
J.C. Singleton
Sep 22, 2009
Rev. J.C. Singleton, 79, of New Edinburg, AR, died Tuesday September 22, 2009 at the St. John's Nursing Home in Fordyce. Mr. Singleton was born in Perryville, AR on May 11, 1930 to the late Chester & Maudie French Singleton. He was a retired Southern Baptist Minister & Cotton Ginner. Mr. Singleton is survived by his two sons & daughters...
Doyle Howard
Sep 20, 2009
M. Doyle "Tex" Howard, 74, of Odessa, Texas died Sunday, September 20, 2009 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born January 13, 1935 in Mena, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Ovel Howard and Bertha Brewer Howard. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Molly and Mark Cupp of...
Heather Nicole Herron Morales
Sep 20, 2009
Heather Nicole Herron Morales & her husband Eduardo, of Locust Bayou, died on Sunday September 20, 2009. Heather was born in El Dorado, AR on July 4, 1985. She was a 2003 graduate of Hampton High School, was a homemaker, & a Baptist. She is survived by her mother & step-father, Michael & Mary Moffett of Hampton, AR; two sons,...
Alaina Michelle Evans
Sep 19, 2009
Alaina Michelle Evans, of Kingsland, Arkansas, born August 31, 2009, died September 19, 2009 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by a great grandfather, Marvin Cranford; great grandparents, Laci and Minnie Evans; and great grandmother, Patsy Lawrence. Survivors include her mother, Jessica Michelle Williams and father Charles Wayne Evans, both of Kingsland; grandmother, Bonnie Evans of Kingsland;...
Billy G. Gober
Sep 18, 2009
Billy G. Gober, age 79, of Fordyce, died Friday, September 18, 2009 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was born April 3, 1930 in Monticello, AR. He served in the Korean War, and following discharge moved to Fordyce where he worked for the City of Fordyce as a police officer, chief of police, and as city street superintendent. He...
Kutrell Layne Chancellor
Sep 12, 2009
Kutrell Layne "Tater Tot" Chancellor, 19, of Kingsland, died Saturday September 12, 2009. Kutrell was born in Pine Bluff, AR on November 30, 1989. He is survived by his father, Therrell Wayne Chancellor of El Dorado, AR; his mother, Linda Charlene Pace-Stamper & her husband Gary of Kingsland, AR; two brothers, Timothy Shawn "Timmy" Sled of Warren, AR, Therrell Wayne...
Mary Gayle Childers
Sep 11, 2009
Mary Gayle Clement-Childers, 49, of Fordyce, died Friday. She was born in Fordyce on January 20, 1960. Mrs. Childers was a teacher & a Baptist. She is survived by her mother, Magdalene Clement of Fordyce, AR, four sons, Will M. Childers of Hot Springs, AR, Jonathon W. Childers of Hot Springs, AR, Nicholas W. Childers of Camden, AR, Zakary H....
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