Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Arlene S. Sanders

Arlene S. Sanders

Jun 27, 2008

Arlene Short Sanders, 90, of Fordyce, Arkansas died Friday, June 27, 2008 at Valley Oaks Nursing Home in Camden, Arkansas. She was born April 23, 1918 in Emerson, Arkansas and was a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. Also, for fourteen years she and her husband managed the Mad Butcher Grocery Store in Fordyce. She was preceded in death by...

Alice Marie Roberts

Alice Marie Roberts

Jun 25, 2008

Alice Marie Roberts, 77, of Sparkman, AR, died Wednesday June 25, 2008. Mrs. Roberts was born in Russellville, AR on June 18, 1931 to the late Mark D. & Sybil Lavonna Othella Teal-Spencer. She was a homemaker & a member of the Victory Assembly of God Church in Lono, AR. She is survived by her two sons, James D. Roberts...

Eddie Raney

Eddie Raney

Jun 20, 2008

Eddie L. Raney, 53 of Fordyce, died Friday, June 20, 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born July 1, 1954 in Fordyce to Lee Delbert "Joe" Raney and Helen Rogers Raney. He is a member of Zion Baptist Church of Fordyce. He was preceded in death by his son, Shawn Raney. He is survived by his parents, his wife,...

Joseph Edward Gentry

Joseph Edward Gentry

Jun 20, 2008

Joseph Edward Gentry, 59 of North Little Rock, formerly of Kingsland died June 20, 2008 at Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. Born December 6, 1948 at Fordyce, he was the son of the late Faris and Pauline Marie Wilkes Gentry. He is survived by a son, Joey Gentry of Hooks, TX; a sister, Jan Miller of Hampton; and three...

Charles Henry Lash

Charles Henry Lash

Jun 18, 2008

Charles Henry Lash, 62, of New Edinburg, died Wednesday June 18, 2008. Mr. Lash was born in Warren, AR on January 1, 1946 to the late James O. & Eva Armstrong Lash. He was a Truck Driver, and a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in New Edinburg, AR. Mr. Lash is survived by his wife of over 40...

Steven Russell

Steven Russell

Jun 17, 2008

Chalmer Steven Russell, 55, of Kingsland, died at his home on Tuesday June 17, 2008. Mr. Russell was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on November 7, 1952. He was a Certified Respiratory Therapist & a member of the Smith Chapel Church of God. Mr. Russell is survived by his mother, Doris Earline Heath Russell of Kingsland, AR; three daughters, Deanna Knox...

Mattie Lois Cage

Mattie Lois Cage

Jun 16, 2008

Mattie Lois Cage, 90, of El Dorado, Arkansas died Monday, June 16, 2008 at Oak Ridge Nursing Home in El Dorado. She was born December 15, 1917 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church in El Dorado. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey Huey Tomlinson and Mattie Matilda...

Wanda Joe Clemons

Wanda Joe Clemons

Jun 16, 2008

Wanda Joe Casey Clemons, 71, of Katy, Texas died Monday, June 16, 2008 in Houston, Texas. She was born November 21, 1936 in Barnhart, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Huey Clemons of Thornton, Arkansas; one daughter, Cindy Darlene Clemons of Katy, Texas; one brother, James Casey of Leslie, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe...

A.D. Livingston

A.D. Livingston

Jun 15, 2008

Rev. A.D. Livingston, 89, of Fordyce died Sunday June 15, 2008 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born November 22, 1918 at New Edinburg, he was a son of the late John D. and Minnie Atkins Livingston. Brother A.D. was converted in 1943 and surrendered to the ministry in October, 1949. Bro. Livingston has been in the ministry 58 years....

Leola B. Mckinney

Leola B. Mckinney

Jun 13, 2008

Leola McKinney, 97, of Fordyce died Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born January 12, 1911 in Lawton, OK to the late Carlee and Myra Reed Brown. She was a homemaker and an Assembly of God. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Carolyn McKinney of Kingsland; two daughters,...

Michael Everett Pyle

Michael Everett Pyle

Jun 12, 2008

Michael Everett Pyle, 54, of Bearden died Thursday June 12, 2008 at the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Born June 1, 1954 in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late Ed Pyle and Jerlene Young Pyle. He is survived by three sons; Eddie Pyle of Leola, Frank Pyle of Benton, Cameron Willis of Bearden; one daughter, Gina...

John Clyde Ricker

John Clyde Ricker

Jun 12, 2008

John Clyde Ricker, 76, of Hampton died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at his home. He was born February 6, 1932 in Waveland, Arkansas. He was a retired logger and a charter member of Plainview United Methodist Church in Plainview, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents William Loye Ricker and Evelyn Faye English Ricker, wife, Esther McClure Ricker,...

Clara J. Puterbaugh

Clara J. Puterbaugh

Jun 8, 2008

Clara J. Wages Puterbaugh, 89, of Kingsland, died Sunday June 8, 2008 at the Dallas County Medical Center. She was born in Kingsland, AR on February 1, 1919, to the late Alfred B. & Mattie Frances Brown Wages. Mrs. Puterbaugh was a homemaker & a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. She is survived by her...

James Gilmore Palmer

James Gilmore Palmer

Jun 2, 2008

James Gilmore Palmer, 79, of Fordyce, died Monday June 2, 2008 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Mr. Palmer was born in Clark County on November 21, 1928 to the late Felix B. & Floy McAlister Palmer. He was a member and Deacon of the Zion Baptist Church in Fordyce. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Evelyn...

Taylor A. Allen

Taylor A. Allen

May 29, 2008

Taylor A. Allen, 69, of Kingsland died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at his home. He was born April 13, 1939 in Houston, Texas. He was a member of New Edinburg Methodist Church, Kingsland Masonic Lodge, Huey Mason Lodge in New Edinburg, Tri County Shrine, and York Rite in Pine Bluff. He was also an endowed member of Arkansas Scottish Rite,...

Barbara W. Barnes

Barbara W. Barnes

May 28, 2008

Barbara L. Wells Barnes 72, of Fordyce died Wednesday May 28, 2008 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. Born January 19, 1936 in Dallas County, she was the daughter of Vera Wells of Fordyce and the late Coyle D. Wells. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church of Fordyce. Survivors include her husband, Homer Dean Barnes of Fordyce;...

Bonnie Sindle Strait

Bonnie Sindle Strait

May 28, 2008

Bonnie Sindle Strait, age 75, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Survivors include son, Tom Strait of Moorhead, MN; daughter, Virginia McGee of Conroe TX; one brother, Cecil Sindle of Burbank, CA; one sister, Doris Sindle Pruitt of Reno, NV and one granddaughter, Anna McGee. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Monday at Campground Presbyterian Church in Hampton,...

Bonnie Sue Teater

Bonnie Sue Teater

May 27, 2008

Bonnie Sue Teater, 68 of Hampton, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born September 25, 1939 in Calhoun County. She was a homemaker and a member of Camp Ground Presbyterian Church in Hampton. She is survived by two sons, Tony Teater of Hampton and Steven Teater and wife Angela of Camden;...

Dorothy M. Golden

Dorothy M. Golden

May 22, 2008

Dorothy M. Golden, 55, of Kingsland, went to be with her heavenly father after a lengthy illness with Lewys Body Dementia on Thursday May 22, 2008. She was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on August 11, 1952. Mrs. Golden was a homemaker and had previously attended the Kingsland Assembly of God Church. She is survived by her husband Danny R. Golden...

Silas Alfred Reynolds

Silas Alfred Reynolds

May 20, 2008

Silas Alfred Reynolds, 89 of Hampton, died May 20, 2008 at Ouachita Nursing and Rehab in Camden, Arkansas. Born February 13, 1919 in Calhoun County, he was a lifelong resident of Hampton, Arkansas. Mr. Reynolds served in the United States Army during WWII, receiving two Bronze Service Stars and a Purple Heart before he was honorably discharged on July 30,...

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