Bobbie Newton Rushing
Jul 12, 2022
Dr. Bobbie Newton Rushing, age 91, of Hermitage, Arkansas died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at Audrey’s Special Home in Hamburg, Arkansas. He was born February 19, 1931 in Sheridan, Arkansas. He was a retired dentist, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a 32nd degree Mason. He is preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe Newton Rushing and Lida Lee Braden Rushing;...
Mary Nan Brandon
Jul 12, 2022
Mary Nan Brandon, age 77, of Kingsland died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born May 30, 1945 to the late Travis Lee Tindell and Lucile Peters Tindell. She loved spending time feeding and watching her birds and also looking at her beautiful flowers. She adored her church family and worshiping her Savior....
Sylvia Jo Roark
Jul 9, 2022
Sylvia Jo Roark, age 72, of Hampton died Saturday, July 9, 2022 at John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was born August 8, 1949 in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was a retired postal clerk and also helped manage Hampton TV & Appliance Store in Hampton. Sylvia is preceded in death by her parents, Joe T. Dunn...
Leisa Mae Fincher
Jul 2, 2022
Leisa Mae Fincher, 53 of Hampton died Saturday July 2, 2022. She was born April 25, 1969 at El Dorado. She was preceded in death by her mother, Josie Davis and her son, Coley Gene Lee. She is survived by her significant other, Ottis Gene “Buddy” Lee of Hampton; her father, Lee Phillips of Parker’s Chapel; a brother, Ishmael Phillips...
Emma Frances Ray
Jul 2, 2022
Emma Frances Ray, 85, entered Heaven’s Gate on July 2, 2022, at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock, AR, surrounded by her four children. Born October 21, 1936, in the Ouachita community near Sparkman, she was the daughter of Edna and Ray Sims. Affectionately known as “Nana”, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Sparkman where...
Earl Maurice Quarles
Jul 2, 2022
Earl Quinnon Maurice Quarles, age 80, of Bearden, passed away July 2, 2022 in his home. He was preceded in death by his parents Fred and Annie Quarles, three brothers; Herschel, William, and Carlton and four sisters; Maxine Couch, Ernestine Deadmond, Christine Roark, and Ann Gresham. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Charlotte Abbott Quarles, and two...
Joyce Ann Dees
Jun 27, 2022
Joyce Ann Dees, affectionately known as “Granny”, age 76 of Kingsland, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at St. John’s Place in Fordyce, AR. Joyce was born October 30, 1945 in Cotton Valley, Louisiana to Louis and Esther Pate. Preceding her in death are her parents, son Scotty Allen Stringfellow, granddaughter, Brianna Green, siblings Shirley Richardson, Peggy Chamberlain, Mary...
Mattie "Ellen" Vineyard
Jun 26, 2022
Mattie “Ellen” Vineyard, age 98, of Fordyce passed away peacefully on June 26, 2022. Ellen was born May 4, 1924, in Fredrick, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Clyde and Eddie Jane Hendrickson and Stepmother Mae Hendrickson. She is preceded in death by her husband William James Vineyard and her sister Loretta. Survivors include her daughter Becky (Jerry)...
Bob T. Biggers Sr.
Jun 25, 2022
Bob T. Biggers, Sr., age 82, of Russellville, formerly of Crossett died Saturday, June 25, 2022 at St. Mary Regional Medical Center in Russellville, Arkansas. He was born November 1, 1939 in Hampton, Arkansas. He was a retired shift supervisor for Georgia-Pacific in Crossett, Arkansas and an Army veteran. Bob is preceded in death by his parents, William Angus Biggers...
James Ellis Hurst
Jun 22, 2022
James Ellis Hurst, age 80 of Ivan died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born May 25, 1942 in Ivan, Arkansas. He was a retired log cutter and a member of West Side Church of Christ in Camden, Arkansas. James was also an avid Fordyce Redbug and Arkansas Razorback fan. James is preceded...
Joey Carlton Langley
Jun 19, 2022
Joey Carlton Langley, 59 of Fordyce died Sunday June 19, 2022. Born January 1, 1963, he was a son of the late Jack and Inez Langley. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Clark Langley and a sister, Genevieve Ashkanipour. He is survived by his son, Josh Langley and his wife, Haley of El Dorado; three brothers,...
Winfred Lee Pennington
Jun 18, 2022
Winfred Lee “Wimpy” Pennington, age 93, of Holly Springs died Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Ouachita Nursing and Rebab in Camden, Arkansas. He was born August 11, 1928 in Jacinto, Arkansas. He was a retired logger. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Calvin Pennington and Daisy Lee Green Pennington. Wimpy is survived by his wife of 69...
Elizabeth Ann Jones
Jun 16, 2022
Elizabeth Ann Jones, 80, of Hampton, AR, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, June 16, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on May 17, 1942, to the late Ray and Zadie Avant Nettles. Elizabeth was an active member of Antioch Baptist Church and was retired from the Hampton Schools. She worked 18 years at Town...
Dorothy Marie Lochridge
Jun 8, 2022
Dorothy Marie Mount Lochridge, age 84 of Holly Springs died Wednesday, June 08, 2022 at Ouachita Nursing and Rehab in Camden, Arkansas. She was born January 28, 1938 in Chicago, IL. Dorothy did many things in her lifetime; she was in the United States Air Force prior to marrying Russell on April 5, 1958. She was Cub Scout den mother,...
Nancy Green Taylor
May 24, 2022
Nancy Green Taylor, age 82, of Fordyce passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. She was born September 23, 1939 in Honolulu, Hawaii to James Webster Green and Ida Maxine Bass Green. Her parents and her husband of 40 years, James Samuel Taylor Jr. preceded her in death. She graduated from Benton High School in 1957 and...
Audie Gene Mauldin
May 24, 2022
Audie Gene Mauldin, age 66 of Fordyce died Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at his home. He was born September 17, 1955 in Gurdon, Arkansas. He was an auto mechanic. He is preceded in death by his parents, Rufus Willie Mauldin and Anne Louise Dickerson Mauldin; two brothers, Tony and Willie Mauldin; and one grandson, Shane Mathis. He is survived by...
Michael R. Bounds
May 22, 2022
Michael R. Bounds, 65, was welcomed to his Heavenly home May 22, 2022. He was gracefully and peacefully allowed to transition into the arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven with his loving wife Lana by his side at their home. Michael was born March 5, 1957 in Long Beach, California to Bethel and Betty Bounds. He...
Ken David Boen
May 21, 2022
Ken David Boen, was born on February 11, 1967 in Brownwood, TX to Elder Freddy and Ella Boen. He left this earthly life on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in St Vincent’s Hospital in Sherwood, AR at the age of 55. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Boen, from Tucson, AZ; his mother, Ella Boen, of Fordyce; two sisters, Kathy...
Lloyd Ray "Pete" Petray
May 13, 2022
Lloyd Ray “Pete” Petray, 83 of Fordyce died Friday May 13, 2022 at his home. Born June 16, 1938 at Texarkana, AR, he was a son of the late Joseph Floyd Petray and Inez Walters Davis. Pete was an avid reader and an antique car enthusiast. He was preceded in death by his parents; his step-father, Earl Davis; two brothers...
Helen Mitchell Goggans
May 10, 2022
Helen B. Mitchell Goggans, 102 of Fordyce, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 10, 2022 at St. John’s Place of Arkansas. She was born December 24, 1919 in Kingsland, Arkansas to Wallace E. Mitchell and Mary Jewel Graves Mitchell. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Fay Goggans, brothers Arnold Mitchell and Roy...
