Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Marjorie Knox Mcconnell
Oct 22, 2008
Marjorie Knox McConnell, 87 of East Camden, died Wednesday. She was born July 25, 1921 in Kenton, TN to the late Eva Boba and Buster Sturdivant. She is preceded in death by her husbands James Andrew Knox and Mack McConnell, two daughters Jeanette Knox and Sheila Deree Knox, and two sons, James Thomas Knox and Paul Clayton Knox. She is...
Elmer Dee Smith
Oct 18, 2008
Elmer Dee Smith, 72 of Dewitt, died Saturday October 18, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born March 24, 1936 in Cotter, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer Dee Smith and Grace Mann Holland. Mr. Smith was a retired carpenter. Survivors include three daughters, Sandra West of Maumelle, Barbara and Susan...
Lennie Opal Davis
Oct 17, 2008
Lennie Opal Davis, 93, of Pine Bluff died Friday October 17, 2008 at Lakewood Nursing & Rehab in North Little Rock. She was born December 15, 1914 in Kingsland, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Providence Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Lucy Gates Golden; her husband, Hughie...
Venita Jane Freer
Oct 17, 2008
Venita Jane Adams Freer, 73, of Fordyce died Friday October 17, 2008. Born February 18, 1935 at Rye, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Frances Jewell Brown Adams. She was married November 14, 1953 to her husband of 54 years, James E. Freer. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion Baptist Church. She was preceded...
Ruby Hearne Russell
Oct 15, 2008
Ruby Madge Hearne Russell, 75, of Conway was born in Princeton March 12, 1933 to her wonderful parents, Quitman and Odessa Hearne. They moved to Fordyce in 1945. She loved her new school and new friends who honored her in so many ways and until her death on October 15, 2008. Her love for them still existed. Her parents predeceased...
Gladys Mcmanus
Oct 12, 2008
Gladys Attwood McManus, 88 of Thornton, died Sunday, October 12, 2008. She was born May 25, 1920 in New Edinburg , AR in Cleveland County to the late William David Attwood and Addie Bell Daniel Attwood. She married Merle "Pap" McManus in 1945. He died June, 2004. She was also preceded in death by her brother, David Clark Attwood, and...
Porter Evart Sheets
Oct 10, 2008
Porter Evart Sheets, 77, of Fordyce, died Friday October 10, 2008 at St. John's Place Nursing Home. He was born in Point Cedar, AR on August 22, 1931 to the late Meyers Franklin & Carola I. Sheets. Mr. Sheets was a retired logger and a Baptist. He faithfully served his country in the United States Army & the United States...
Lloyd Mcateer
Oct 6, 2008
Lloyd McAteer, age 88 of Fordyce, passed away October 6th, 2008 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born March 30, 1920 in Chidester, AR, Lloyd was the youngest of four children. He was preceded in death by his wife Captolia of Bearden, his parents, Charlie and Missie Holliman-McAteer, brother Lee, sisters Lottie Phillips and Lydia Fitzhugh. He is survived by...
Bessie Maurice Anders
Oct 6, 2008
Bessie Maurice Anders, 79 of Hampton, died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Dementia. She was born in Bradley County Arkansas, on November 2, 1928 to the late Clyde & Bessie Mae Thomason Taylor. Mrs. Anders was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hampton, and a retired Restaurant Owner. She is survived by her three sons, Terry Anders...
Daniel L. Coats
Oct 2, 2008
Dan Coats, 38, of Camden died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born March 14, 1970 in Norwalk, CA. He was the multi media coordinator for Arkansas Fire Academy in East Camden. Dan may not have been a member of one fire department but he was a member of all fire departments in...
Dorothy C. Gill
Sep 29, 2008
Dorothy C. Gill, 83, of Kingsland, died Monday September 29, 2008 at her home. She was born in Kingsland, AR on June 10, 1925 to the late R.O. & Helen Herrington Granderson. Mrs. Gill was a Christian and a homemaker. She is survived by her son, Bubba Gill of Kingsland, AR; three daughters, Debbie Mills & her husband David of...
Brodie Lee Parker
Sep 25, 2008
Brodie Lee Parker, 79, of Fordyce, died Thursday September 25, 2008 at the Dallas County Medical Center. He was born in Warren, Arkansas on August 21, 1929 to the late Henry Lee & Doris Ann Moseley Parker. He is survived by his four sons, David Wayne Parker of Texas, James Lee Parker of Hillsboro, TX, Madison Wayne Parker of Houston,...
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