Margaret E. Neal
Apr 12, 2024
Margaret E. Marshall Neal, 89, of Carthage died Friday April 12, 2024 at Trinity Village Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born December 10, 1934 at Carthage, she was a daughter of the late Horace Marshall and Nancy Raney Marshall. She loved her family and friends like no others. She loved gardening, animals, and her very special Hootie Cat. Other than...
John Derrell Brown
Apr 10, 2024
John Derrell Brown, 80 of Fordyce died Wednesday April 10, 2024 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. Born June 4, 1943 in Dallas County, AR he was a son of the late John Henry Brown and Dorothy Corrine Shaddock Brown. John served in the Arkansas National Guard, was a retired logger, and a member of Zion Baptist Church....
Ann Strickland
Apr 10, 2024
Mrs. Ann Strickland was born on December 20, 1945. She grew up in Hampton, AR just across the highway from the young man she would share her entire life with. She married Harold Strickland on September 11, 1965. They lived out their vows of love in sickness and health until death parted them with her passing on April 10, 2024....
John Howard Glidewell
Apr 5, 2024
John Howard Glidewell, age 44 of Hot Springs died Friday, April 5, 2024. He was born February 26, 1980 in Memphis, TN. John grew up in Hampton attending First Baptist Church. At a young age, he gave his life to Christ. In the last few years John reconnected with his relationship with the Lord placing his hope, faith and trust...
Margaret Sue Tidwell
Mar 30, 2024
Margaret Sue “Mama Tid” Tidwell, age 83 of Fordyce died Saturday, March 30, 2024 at her home. She was born September 12, 1940 in Freeport, TX. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Jewell Archer and Hannah Belle Oakley Archer; husband, Edward Lee Tidwell; sister, Ann...
Steven Lee Linzy
Mar 29, 2024
Steven Lee Linzy, age 40, of New Edinburg passed away on March 29, 2024. Steven was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on April 26, 1983 to Randy and Elizabeth Linzy. He was a member of the Smith Chapel Baptist Church. Steven is preceded in death by his father, Randy Linzy; grandfathers, Lee Linzy and Earnest Cornett; Aunts, Jeanette Linzy and...
Venita Johnette "Sissy" Kennedy
Mar 29, 2024
Venita Johnette “Sissy” Pennington Kennedy, 62 of Fordyce died Friday March 29, 2024 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Born December 5, 1961 at Fordyce, she was a daughter of the late Joe Pennington and Freida Herring Pennington. Sissy was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church and worked as the secretary at the Dallas County Sheriff Office for many...
Robert Arnold Burnside
Mar 25, 2024
Robert Arnold Burnside, 75 of Fordyce died Monday March 25, 2024 at his home. Born July 7, 1948 at Richmond, VA, he was a son of the late Charles A. Burnside, Sr. and Bertha Askew Burnside. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two siblings. He is survived by his wife, Anne Burnside of Fordyce; five siblings,...
Judy Ann Daniels
Mar 21, 2024
Judy Ann Daniels, 66 of Hampton died Thursday, March 21, 2024 at her home. She was born October 16, 1957 in Heber Springs, AR to the late James Peebles and Juanita Bays Peebles. She is preceded in death by her parents; one son, Glenvil Daniels; one sister, Irene Hallman; one brother, Ray Peebles. She is survived by her husband, Robert...
John Edward Ables
Mar 20, 2024
John Edward Ables, age 86 of Hampton died Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born June 4, 1937 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Hampton, a lifelong building contractor, and was elected sheriff of Calhoun County in 1989 serving 14 years. John Edward loved...
Herman B. Wilson
Mar 17, 2024
Herman B. Wilson, 80 of Thornton, died Sunday, March 17, 2024. He was born March 7, 1944 to the late B. Wilson and Dorothy Altstatt Wilson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Pamela O’Neil Wilson and his four sisters: Nellie Merritt, Barbara Jean Lampkin, Retha Fay Wyllie, Alice Lampkin. He is survived by his two children, Tammie...
Bernard "Ben" Samuel Green Jr.
Mar 17, 2024
Bernard “Ben” "4-Speed" Samuel Green, Jr., age 69 of Fordyce died Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. He was born February 23, 1955 in Natchez, LA. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce. Ben is preceded in death by his parents, Bernard Samuel Green, Sr....
Rex Everett Stanfield
Mar 17, 2024
Rex Everett Stanfield, 76 of Fordyce died Sunday March 17, 2024. Born March 28, 1947 at Fordyce, he was a son of the late Jewell “Henry” Henderson Stanfield and Ludie Savannah Word. Rex was retired from Southern LP Gas after 51 years. He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in the US Navy. He attended Pine Crest Missionary Baptist church, where...
Ida Frances Bonner Frank
Mar 17, 2024
Ida Frances Bonner Frank, age 102 of San Antonio, TX died Sunday, March 17, 2024 at her home. She was born January 22, 1922 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles S. Bonner and Ida McCoy Bonner; and husband, Floyd Elbert Frank, Jr. She is survived by daughter, Carole Jean Gary of San Antonio, TX;...
Cherrynell Weatherly
Mar 16, 2024
Cherrynell Weatherly, age 77 of Bearden passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. She was born March 23, 1946 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a retired bookkeeper for Weatherly Trucking and a member of Bearden First Assembly of God Church. Cherrynell is preceded in death by her parents, Floyd Jordan Abbott and Frances...
Larry Frey Morgan
Mar 14, 2024
Larry Frey Morgan was born December 4, 1942 to W.J. "Dub" and Martha Jean Morgan in New Edinburg, AR. He departed this life to begin the next on March 14, 2024. Larry is survived by his daughter, Lisa and son in law Bret Nutt of Fordyce; son in law, Warren Nichols of Thornton; his sister, Virginia Mann of New Edinburg;...
Betty Lou Steelman
Mar 14, 2024
Betty Lou Steelman, 88 of Bearden, died Thursday, March 14th, 2024 at her home. She was born August 16th, 1935 in Nevada County to the late Walter R. Bustin and Ella W. Butcher Bustin. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Wayne Steelman of Bearden; her son Kenneth G. (Janie) Steelman of Bearden; two grandsons, Christopher (Kim) Steelman of Bearden...
Judith Mays Morris
Mar 13, 2024
Judith Mays Morris, age 77, of Fordyce, passed away following a lengthy illness, on March 13 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock. Judy was born on February 28, 1947 at the Emery Home in Richton, Mississippi. She was proudly adopted by her parents, Robert H. and Julia May Mays, who brought her home to Fordyce. She was a lifetime...
Beth Hartley
Mar 11, 2024
Beth Hartley, 93 of Arkadelphia, formerly of Hampton died Monday March 11, 2024. She was born April 10, 1930 in Calhoun County to the late L.A. Talbot and Essie Watson Talbot. Beth was an English teacher and later became a high school counselor for 28 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, C.W. “Mutt” Hartley. She is survived...
Bobby Wayne Young
Mar 6, 2024
Bobby Wayne Young, 73 of Bearden AR passed away peacefully in his home on March 6, 2024. He was preceded in death by his father, Clyde Young; his mother, Ethel Young; his brothers, Ronald “Ronnie” Young and Harry Young, and a sister, Patsy Young Barner. He is survived by his loving wife of 27 years Vicki Lynn Young of Genoa...
