Obituaries
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Dorothy Jane Nowlin
Jul 8, 2008
Dorothy Jane Sloan Nowlin, 82, of Hampton died Tuesday July 8, 2008 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. Born January 11, 1926 at Harrell, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Bertha Faulkner Sloan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Hayes Nowlin; one daughter, Priscilla Elaine Nowlin; one sister, Anna Lou...
Eupha Turner
Jul 6, 2008
Eupha Turner, 98, of Chidester, died July 6, 2008 at Timberlane Health & Rehab in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was born October 28, 1909 in Boswell, Oklahoma. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Chidester and was retired from Benton Casket Company in Fordyce. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Bessie Scurlock Engleman; husband,...
Minnie Maxine Smith
Jul 3, 2008
Minnie Maxine Smith, 77 of Fordyce, Arkansas died Thursday, July 3, 2008. She was born on October 20, 1930 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to the late John William and Bertha Cupp Gray. She is preceded in death by her husband, Hoy Smith and her son, Charles Smith. She is survived by two sons, Larry Smith of Fordyce, Arkansas and Terry...
Wendell Paul Blankenship
Jul 1, 2008
Wendell Paul Blankenship, 55, of Fordyce died Tuesday July 1, 2008. Born November 5, 1952 at Wenatchee, WA, he was a son of Paul and Archie Dean Everett Blankenship of Fordyce. He was an electrician and a well known musician. He is survived by his parents; three brothers; Ronnie Blankenship and his wife, Sherry of Westville, OK, Donnie Blankenship and...
Cecil Waters Dunn
Jun 30, 2008
Cecil Waters "Pete" Dunn of Tinsman died Monday, June 30, 2008 in Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. Born February 20, 1917 in Watsontown, near Tinsman, Arkansas, where he had lived for most of his 91 years, he was the son of the late Joseph Waters Dunn and Ruth Ella Watson Dunn. He was a graduate of Tinsman High School,...
Katie L. Grice Davis
Jun 30, 2008
Katie L. Grice Davis, 58, of Prattsville, AR, died Monday June 30, 2008 at the St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, AR. She was born in Calhoun County Arkansas on September 20, 1949 to the late Inick Hardie & Glois Drummond Davis. She is survived by her son Robert Grice & wife Larissa of Prattsville, AR; three daughters,...
Mark Alan Selby
Jun 29, 2008
Mark Alan Selby, 34 of Hartman, Arkansas, died Sunday, June 29, 2008 in Newton County. He was born March 17, 1974 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He is survived by his mother, Jan Miller and husband Mike of Hampton; his father, Marion Selby and wife Cindy of Bearden; his son, James Christian Selby of Jacksonville, Florida; two brothers, Michael "Tony" Selby and...
Miyha Alexandria Ferguson
Jun 28, 2008
Miyha Alexandria Ferguson, 5, went to be with her Lord & Saviour on Saturday June 28, 2008. Miyha was born in Warren, Arkansas on September 25, 2002. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Harrell. She is survived by her mother, Myca Rae Killough of Hampton, AR; her father, Juan Latino Ferguson of Hampton, AR; a brother,...
Arthur N. Jones
Jun 28, 2008
Arthur N. "Sam" Jones, 69, of Hampton, died Saturday June 28, 2008. Mr. Jones was born in Hampton, AR on July 22, 1938 to the late Alfred & Beatrice Reddin Jones. He was a Baptist, & retired as the Calhoun County Judge after 10 years of service. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Jones of...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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