Kenneth Wayne Steelman
Mar 30, 2025
Kenneth Wayne Steelman, age 89 of Bearden died Sunday, March 30, 2025. He was born February 13, 1936 in Thornton, Arkansas. He was a retired shipping clerk for Bear Brand Roofing Company. He is preceded in death by his parents, Horace E. Steelman and Mary Opal Wages Steelman; wife, Betty Lou Bustin Steelman; and one brother, Bobby Steelman. He is...
Clarence Wayne Johnson
Mar 29, 2025
Clarence Wayne Johnson, Sr. age 71 of Bearden died Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. He was born August 13, 1953 in Memphis, TN. He retired from Great Lakes Chemical in El Dorado, having worked there for 42 years. He never met a stranger; he loved Westerns (all John Wayne), Gunsmoke especially. He loved...
Randall "Randy" Pierce Graham
Mar 29, 2025
Randall “Randy” Pierce Graham, age 72 of Bearden died Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. He was born July 28, 1952 in Camden, Arkansas, the son of the late Howard Graham and Margaret Pierce Graham. Randy worked for General Dynamics/Hughes/Raytheon for 43 years until his retirement. He started from the very bottom and worked...
Donald Ray White
Mar 29, 2025
Donald Ray “Don”White, died March 29, 2025, surrounded by family at his home in Sparkman, Arkansas.Don was born in Tinsman, AR February 24,1935, to Ray Douglas White and Alverda Fore White. Don was a devoted Christian and attended Sparkman First Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years. His entire career he worked in the lumber business...
Clarence Marvin Launius
Mar 28, 2025
Clarence Marvin Launius passed quietly and peacefully into heaven Friday, March 28, 2025. He was born July 27, 1925 according to his mother but recorded by the physician onto his birth certificate, July 28, 1925. He leaves behind his bride of 70 years Jeanette, two sons Damon and Monte (Sonya); grandsons Chad (Lindsey), Jeremy (Kacey), Brent (Megan); great grandchildren Dawson,...
William Lee Young
Mar 28, 2025
William Lee Young, age 72, of Fordyce passed away at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock on Friday March 28,2025. He was born on October 12, 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jack Louis and Helen Louise Young, his brother, Reece Howard Young, and his son, Robert (Robbie) Dale Carroway, Jr. He is survived by his wife...
Jeanette Evelyn Forney
Mar 28, 2025
Jeanette Evelyn Kibler Forney, 59 of Fordyce died Friday March 28, 2025 at her home. Born June 6, 1965 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Robert Kibler and Barbara Earhart Kibler. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Alexander Forney, Sr., and a son, Alexander Forney. She is survived by two sons,...
Jerry Dean Roetzel
Mar 24, 2025
Jerry Dean “Papaw Frog” Roetzel, Sr. age 77, born on September 18, 1947, in Bald Knob, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents Wilma Patterson Roetzel & Henry Peyton Roetzel and his brothers, William, Wayne, Scotty and...
Brenda Faye Anthony
Mar 18, 2025
Brenda Faye Anthony, age 75 of Bearden died Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at The Springs of Camden in Camden, Arkansas. She was born September 6, 1949 in Summitville, TN. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jack Anthony; parents, Dee Dunnahoe and Francis Williams Dunnahoe; son, Jamie Anthony; and daughter, Jackie Anthony; one brother, Charles “Buddy” Smith. She is...
Doris Frances Reddin
Mar 9, 2025
Doris Frances Reddin, 91 of Irving, Texas died Sunday, March 9, 2025. She was born November 5, 1933 in Calhoun County to the late Alfred and Molly Cupp Dunn. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby W. Reddin; her infant twin daughters; her brother, Grady Dunn; two sisters, Nettie Farris and Shirley Schmidt; and numerous brothers-in-law and...
Barbara Jean Dorey
Mar 8, 2025
Barbara Jean Dorey, age 83 of Malvern passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at her home. She was born January 23, 1942 in Hempstead County, Arkansas. She was an ordained minster with the Assemblies of God for fifty years. She and her late husband, Rev. Paul Alton Dorey pastored four churches in Arkansas during their 60 years plus of ministry....
James Evan Childress
Mar 6, 2025
James (Jimmy) Evan Childress, 86 of New Edinburg died Thursday, March 6, 2025 at his home. He was born in New Edinburg to the late Lura Childress and Russell Childress. He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Tommy and Robert Childress; and one daughter, Freda Childress. He is survived by his wife, Kay Childress of New Edinburg;...
Terry Harper
Mar 4, 2025
Terry Arthur Harper passed away March 4th, 2025 at UAMS medical center. He was preceded in death by Jack and Billie Brown Harper, his mother and father, Gay Harper Turner his wife, and his son Kipp Terry Harper. Terry was a member of the plumber and pipefitters union 155. He was a graduate of Fordyce High School, where he lived...
Patsy Ann Spears
Mar 4, 2025
Patsy Ann Spears, 85 of New Edinburg, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at her daughter’s home. She was born on May 14, 1939 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to the late Oscar D. Kee and Peggy Harris Kee. Patsy was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in New Edinburg. A tribute to Patsy Ann: Our Mammaw was the kindest person...
Landon Gray Metcalf
Mar 3, 2025
Landon Gray Metcalf, 17 of New Edinburg, died Monday, March 3, 2025. We ask ourselves constantly why the most beautiful souls are chosen to leave this world in unfair ways. Why are they taken away to soon? We have come to terms with an answer that we “choose the most beautiful flowers in a field to take home with us.”...
Ruby Gay Smith
Feb 28, 2025
Ruby Gay Smith, age 79 of Fordyce died Friday, February 28, 2025 at her home. She was born October 6, 1945 in Laurel, Mississippi. She is preceded in death by her parents, Bernice Poore and Myrle Johnson Poore; husband, Lonnie “Jack” Smith; three brothers, Bart Sheffield, Donald Poore and Richard Poore; and one infant son. She is survived by three...
Bruce H. Walker
Feb 23, 2025
Bruce H. Walker, age 84 of Fordyce was called home Sunday, February 23, 2025. He was born on December 1, 1940 in Carthage, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Lewis Homer Walker and Annie Virginia Roberts Walker. He was retired from Coleman Dairy and was a member of Pine Crest Missionary Baptist Church. Other than his parents he...
Marian Edna Rutherford Hillman
Feb 22, 2025
Mrs. Marian Edna Rutherford Hillman of Fordyce Arkansas passed away Saturday February 22, 2025 at age 104. Born April 19, 1920 in Sparkman Arkansas, the daughter of Horace and Mae Bell (Gilliam) Rutherford. Preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Woodrow Hillman, her sister Dorothy Pearson (Mac) and her brother, Horace Rutherford, Jr. (Mary Ann), she is survived...
Ruth Jean Allen
Feb 21, 2025
Ruth Jean Allen, 82 of Hampton passed away peacefully at Chapel Woods nursing home in Warren. Born July 22, 1942 to the late James Elmer Eads and Maggie Helen Eads. She is preceded in death by her parents; four sisters; and one brother. She is survived by one son, Russell Byrd and his wife Ann of Warren; one granddaughter, Amber...
Pam Shelby
Feb 18, 2025
Pam Sisson Shelby, age 77, of Fordyce, passed to heaven Tuesday, February 18, 2025. She was born December 18,1947 in Fordyce, AR to the late Cletus and Vera Pearl Sisson. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was a nurse in the community for 30 years. She loved serving her Lord Jesus Christ and worked with children and...
