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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
