Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Jack L. Tomlinson

Jack L. Tomlinson

Jan 1, 2009

Jack L. Tomlinson, 72 of Hampton, Arkansas, died Thursday, January 1, 2008. He was born October 4, 1936 in Hampton to the late Doyle and Beulah Porter Tomlinson. He is also preceded in death by his wife Mary L. Tomlinson. He is survived by three children, Tammye Begnaud of Lafayette, Louisiana; Pamela Cuvillier and husband Red of Morgan City, Louisiana;...

Ruth Crutchfield

Ruth Crutchfield

Jan 1, 2009

Wilda Ruth Crutchfield, 84, of Bearden died Thursday January 1, 2009 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born January 23, 1924 in Woodberry, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First Assembly of God in Bearden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ira Summers and Lurlie Proctor Summers; her husband, Troy Crutchfield, four brothers,...

Charles Vincent Beck

Charles Vincent Beck

Dec 30, 2008

Charles Vincent Beck, 67 of Hampton, Arkansas, passed away December 30, 2008. Born January 9, 1941 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Clifton and Lilly Beck. He loved his hunting and fishing. He is retired from Iron Workers local 321 and International Paper Company. Charles was a Baptist and member of Woodberry Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by...

Faye Bonner Lansdale

Faye Bonner Lansdale

Dec 20, 2008

Faye Bonner Lansdale, 81 of Sun City, Arizona died December 20, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. Born October 23, 1927 at Fordyce, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Ida Bonner. She was retired from the Arizona Department of Corrections where she was an administrative assistant. Mrs. Lansdale was preceded in death by her parents; her son Thomas...

Verna J. Mcvay

Verna J. Mcvay

Dec 17, 2008

Verna Jean McVay gave up this imperfect life for the perfection we all hope for on December 17, 2008. She was preceded in death by her father, William Vern Garrison, her mother, Beulah Edrie Worsham, and her step-father, Woodrow Wilson Worsham. She is survived by her brother, Don Garrison and his wife, Carol of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; by her...

Doris Earline Russell

Doris Earline Russell

Dec 17, 2008

Doris Earline Russell, 75, of Kingsland, AR died Wednesday December 17, 2008 at her home in Kingsland. Mrs. Russell was born in North Little Rock, AR on April 9, 1933 to the late Earl Heath & Elvia Keesee Marchant. She was a retired school bus driver & a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Fordyce. She is survived by...

Juanita Gaston

Juanita Gaston

Dec 11, 2008

Juanita Gaston, 96, of Sparkman, died Thursday December 11, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Gaston was born in Ouachita County Arkansas on May 17, 1912 to the late Claude & Mattie Overman Dunlap. She was a homemaker & the oldest active member of the First Baptist Church in Sparkman. She is survived by her son, Tommy Gaston & his wife...

Ruby Mae Parham

Ruby Mae Parham

Dec 10, 2008

Ruby Mae Lynn Parham, 95, of Fordyce died December 10, 2008 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born January 21, 1913 to the late James N. and Birthel Johnson Lynn. For more than 60 years she was a member of Temperance Hill United Methodist Church where she served as pianist. After the closing of the Temperance Hill Church,...

Linda K. Loan

Linda K. Loan

Dec 9, 2008

Linda K. Loan, 55 of Bearden died December 9, 2008. She was born August 9, 1953 in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, C.A. Hathcoat and Mary Looney Hathcoat and one sister, Joyce Hathcoat. She is survived by one son, Kevin Gray, Sr. of Fordyce; two daughters, Leslie Givens of Thornton and Stephanie Earley of...

Ruth Tamburo

Ruth Tamburo

Nov 27, 2008

Ruth Tamburo, 76, of Thornton died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Born March 14, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Grace Smith. She is survived by her husband, Pete Ronnie Tamburo of Thornton; one daughter, Patricia Lynn Word of Bearden; one brother, Junior Smith of Rison; one sister, Doris...

Johnnie Mae Nutt

Johnnie Mae Nutt

Nov 26, 2008

Johnnie Mae Nutt, 87, of Pasadena, TX died Wednesday November 26, 2008 at Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena, TX. She was born April 1, 1921 in Blountstown, FL. She was a retired supervisor for Nabisco and early in her life she worked in a circus as a trapeze artist. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thom Newsom and...

Diana Parker Strickland

Diana Parker Strickland

Nov 24, 2008

Diana Parker Strickland, 51, of Hampton died Monday November 24, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Camden. She was born February 26, 1957 in Waltham, MA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lynn Strickland and her father, Fred Parker. She is survived by her mother, Edna Parker of El Dorado; one brother, Richard Parker of Hampton and one...

Thomas J. Bowen

Thomas J. Bowen

Nov 18, 2008

Thomas J. Bowen, 80, of Sherwood died Tuesday November 18, 2008 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock. He was born October 19, 1928 in Calhoun County. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Sherwood and was a retired railroad clerk for Missouri Pacific and was an active member of the Rock Island Club. He was preceded in death...

Charles R. Watson

Charles R. Watson

Nov 14, 2008

Charles R. Watson, 68, of Tinsman died Friday November 14, 2008 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born November 20, 1939 in Tinsman. He was a retired farmer and truck driver. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Barbara Watson of Tinsman; one son and daughter-in-law, Charles Keith and Becky Watson of Tinsman; one daughter,...

James Hervey Evans

James Hervey Evans

Nov 12, 2008

James Hervey Evans, 71, of Bearden, died Wednesday November 12, at the Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett. He was born in Calhoun County on December 30, 1936 to the late Herman Evans Sr. & Dolly Evans. Mr. Evans was a retired truck driver & a member of the Eagle Mills Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Mary...

Mary Sue Harris Langford

Mary Sue Harris Langford

Nov 10, 2008

Mary Sue Harris Langford, 83, of New Edinburg, AR died Monday November 10, 2008 at the Warren Kidney Center. She was born in New Edinburg, AR on September 28, 1925 to the late John Ross & Hattie Elizabeth Childress Harris. She is survived by her son, Jimmy Langford of Houtson, TX; two daughters, Linda Chambers & her husband Sonny of...

Lois Alene Word

Lois Alene Word

Nov 7, 2008

Lois Alene Hopper Word, age 83, of Camden, AR passed from this life on Friday Nov. 7, 2008 at Ouachita Nursing and Rehab. She was born on Oct. 12, 1925 in Harrell, AR, the daughter of Floyd Preston Hopper and Emily Irene Gilbert Hopper. She was a licensed hairdresser and owner of Word's Motel & Beauty shop in Hampton, AR...

Francis Elizabeth Kizer Green

Francis Elizabeth Kizer Green

Nov 2, 2008

Francis Elizabeth Kizer Green, 50, of Bearden died Sunday November 2, 2008 at her home. She was born August 9, 1958 in Kingsland. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ora Oliver Golden and Lucille Berg Golden and sister-in-law, Dorothy Golden. She is survived by her husband, Johnny Green of Bearden; two sons, Bradley Kizer of Bearden and Michael...

Wanie M. Pratt

Wanie M. Pratt

Oct 25, 2008

Wanie M. Pratt, 87, of Fordyce, died Saturday October 25, 2008 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mr. Pratt was born in Caldonia, AR on January 7, 1921 to the late Jesse Roy & Birdie Martindale Pratt. Mr. Pratt was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fordyce, where he served as a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, & a...

Diane Ables Chaney

Diane Ables Chaney

Oct 24, 2008

Diane Ables Chaney, 63 of Ft. Myers, Florida died Friday, October 24, 2008 at her home. She was born September 19, 1945 in Hampton, Arkansas to the late Amos and Chlorine Haynes Ables. She was preceded in death by her sister, Fonda Kelly. She is survived by her husband Lawrence Chaney of Ft. Myers, FL; a son, Len Strickler of...

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