Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Donnie Jean Mcclain

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

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

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

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

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,...

Joan Carolyn O'Farrell

Joan Carolyn O'Farrell

Feb 15, 2009

Joan Carolyn Brent O'Farrell, 63 of Bismarck, died Sunday, February 15, 2009 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born March 10, 1945 in Malvern, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by one son, Vincent Null. She is survived by her husband, Michael O'Farrell of Bismarck, Arkansas; two daughters, Stephanie Hammett of Hot Springs, Arkansas and Renee Long of Magnet Cove,...

Lacy L. Evans

Lacy L. Evans

Feb 14, 2009

Lacy L. Evans, 91, of Fordyce, died Saturday February 14, 2009 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mr. Evans was born in Calhoun County, on April 16, 1917 to the late George Washington & Pharow Jones Evans. He was a retired Farmer, a Navy Veteran & member of the Woodberry Baptist Church. He survived by his three sons, Laverne Evans...

Lillian Frances Green

Lillian Frances Green

Feb 14, 2009

Lillian Frances Green, of Warren, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, her 73rd birthday. She was born February 14, 1936, in Thornton, Arkansas. She was a retired state employee with the Bradley County Department of Human Services after 26 years of employment. She was a faithful servant of God, devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Survivors include, one daughter,...

James D. Doherty

James D. Doherty

Feb 13, 2009

James D. Doherty, 66, of Bearden, died Friday February 13, 2009, at the Arkansas Health Center in Benton, AR. Mr. Doherty was born in Camden, AR on December 26, 1942. He is survived by his mother, Odie Haynes Doherty of Bearden, AR, a brother, Billy Doherty of Bearden, AR; a sister Linda Stiles of Bearden, AR; a cousin JP Nelson...

Dorothy Rhea Vance Mosley

Dorothy Rhea Vance Mosley

Feb 13, 2009

Dorothy Rhea Vance Mosley, 78, of Victoria, Texas went to rest in the arms of the Lord and Master she had served so faithfully on February 13, 2009. She was born on June 22, 1930 in New Edinburg, Arkansas. Preceding her in death were her parents Aubrey & Johnnie Mae Vance, husband John L. Mosley, son Dane Mosley and sister...

Thelma J. Black

Thelma J. Black

Feb 9, 2009

Thelma J. Black, 85, of Alexander died Monday February 9, 2009 in Little Rock. She was born on October 20, 1923. She is survived by her two sons, Jimmy W. Black of Alexander, AR, Ronnie Allen Black of Alexander, AR; two sisters, three grandchildren, & two great grandchildren. Mrs. Black was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Floyd Black,...

Sally Clay Pate

Sally Clay Pate

Feb 5, 2009

Sally Clay Pate, 85, of Bauxite, died February 5, 2009 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. She was born February 23, 1923 in El Dorado Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jasper Henry Coke and Dorothy Massey Coke, husband, Carson E. Pate, three sons, Michael, Paul, and Ronnie Pate, one brother, Ray Coke and one sister, Faye...

Marjorie L. Jones

Marjorie L. Jones

Feb 4, 2009

Marjorie L. Miller Jones, 76, of Fordyce died Wednesday February 4, 2009 at JRMC in Pine Bluff. Born March 15, 1932 in Dallas County, she was a daughter of the late Perry David and Natalie Miller. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marcus Jones, three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include two brothers, William Miller of Fordyce and...

Erskine J.B. Pigg

Erskine J.B. Pigg

Feb 3, 2009

Erskine J.B. Pigg, 73, of Hampton, died Tuesday February 3, 2009 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. Born September 30, 1935 in Lincoln County, TN, he was a son of the late Clarence and Dona Lindsey Pigg. He was married March 7, 1956 to his wife, Idell Fern Porter Pigg. He was a truck driver. Mr. Pigg was preceded...

George Woolf

George Woolf

Feb 2, 2009

Robert George Woolf, 60, of Batesville, AR, died Monday February 2, 2009 at UAMS in Little Rock. Mr. Woolf was born in Little Rock on September 1, 1948 to the late James Lee & Mary Elmo Hornaday Woolf. Mr. Woolf worked for 25 years at Entergy of Arkansas. He served as a deacon at Sylvan Hills First Baptist in Sherwood...

Grady Lynn Childers

Grady Lynn Childers

Feb 1, 2009

Grady Lynn Childers, 67, of Fordyce, died Saturday January 31, 2009 at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Mr. Childers was born in Calhoun County on May 22, 1941 to the late Melvin & Ollie Mae Childers. He is survived by his son, Grady Lynn Childers Jr. & his wife Brenda of Houston, TX; two daughters, Karen Palacios...

Juanita Dunn

Juanita Dunn

Feb 1, 2009

Juanita Dunn, 92, of Hampton, AR died Sunday, February 1, 2009. Juanita was born April 22, 1916 in Clarks, LA, a daughter of the late Thomas Vanna Blake and Bertha DePriest Blake. She was a homemaker, she worked for Jacket King, now DM Apparel and was a member of Faustina Methodist Church. To her children she was a wonderful mother,...

Gordon Langford

Gordon Langford

Jan 27, 2009

Gordon Langford, 81 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born May 1, 1927 in Warren, Arkansas to the late Hiram and Pearl Towery Langford. He was formerly the mayor of Kingsland, served his country as a Marine, and was a Baptist. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sonya Haltom; a...

James Edward Turner

James Edward Turner

Jan 27, 2009

James Edward Turner, Sr. 86, of Fordyce died Tuesday January 27, 2009 at his home. He was born August 27, 1922 in Thornton, Arkansas to the late William Jesse Turner and Allie Sevier Turner. Mr. Turner honorably & faithfully served his country in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was a member of First Christian Church...

Clio V. Clary

Clio V. Clary

Jan 26, 2009

Clio Vick Clary, passed away on January 26, 2009 at the age of 104 years at Little Rock, AR. She was born on October 24, 1904 in Prescott, AR, the fifth of six children to Anderson & Lydia Vick. Upon graduation from Prescott High School, Clio moved to Fordyce, AR where she worked at the A.B. Banks Insurance Company. In...

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