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Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Jack Carter Hughes
Apr 20, 2022
Jack Carter Hughes 70 of Frenchport, Arkansas passed away Wednesday April 20, 2022. He was born June 15, 1951 in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late Ed and Beatrice Carter Hughes. He is survived by one daughter Amy Ray and husband John of Bearden; two grandchildren Shawn and Madison Ray of Bearden; two sisters Joyce Honnell of Camden and Janice Saeler...
John Travis Massey
Apr 18, 2022
John Travis Massey, age 92, passed away on April 18, 2022, in Searcy, Arkansas. He was born September 26, 1929, in Croak, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his wife of almost 67 years Nancy J. Hawkins Massey; his parents, Dillard W. Massey and Elva M. “Sook” Burford Massey; sister, Judith M. Brown (Edward “Ed”) and great granddaughter, Alice...
Edna Maxine Martin
Apr 13, 2022
Edna Maxine Evans Martin, 81 of El Dorado died Wednesday April 13, 2022 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. Born February 15, 1941 in Calhoun County, she was a daughter of the late Stewart B. Evans and Edna McGuire Evans. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Larry Martin of El Dorado; three children, Angela Lea...
Iva Jean Harrison Shaddock
Apr 13, 2022
Iva Jean Harrison Shaddock of Sparkman was born October 8, 1934 in the Hollywood Community near Princeton, Arkansas. Iva Jean received her Angel Wings April 13, 2022 at the age of 87. Her parents were Henry Irving Harrison and Leila Powell Stone Harrison. Iva Jean is survived by two brothers, Tyler (Charlotte) Harrison of Bryant, AR and Robert Henry Harrison...
Gertrude Elizabeth Miles Davis
Apr 13, 2022
Gertrude Elizabeth Osborne Miles Davis, 88 of Fordyce died Wednesday April 13, 2022 at St. John’s Place in Fordyce. Born March 23, 1934 at Bismark, she was a daughter of the late William Taft Osborne and Georgia Etta Bradford Osborne. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Clyde C. Miles and Frank Davis; a brother, Clyde Osborne, two sisters,...
Patsy Ruth Bass
Apr 1, 2022
Patsy Ruth Bass, 83 of Little Rock, died Friday April 1st, 2022. She was born August 7, 1938 in Bearden to the late Drill and Lessie Evans Chambliss. She was also preceded in death by her husband Johnny Bass, her daughter Janet Bass, and her son John Bass. She is survived her son Jason Bass and wife Holly of Maumelle;...
Polly Ann Coleman
Apr 1, 2022
Polly Ann Haynes Coleman, 81, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022, at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born September 3, 1940 to the late Otis Lee Haynes and the late Eva Nell Gilbert Haynes. Polly moved to Fulton in 1977 with her husband, James, and opened up the first Sonic in downtown Fulton. She moved back to Arkansas 17...
Allan Wayne May
Mar 31, 2022
Mr. Allan Wayne May, 83, was born on November 13th, 1938 in Kingsland, AR, and was the first-born son of Marvis and Bertie May. Allan grew up with a natural work ethic and was granted a driver’s license at the age of 13 due to his father being hospitalized for a period of time. He helped work the family land...
Patsy Lanell Little
Mar 26, 2022
Patsy Lanell Bailey Little, 77, of the Hardin Community went to meet her savior on March 26, 2022 at home. She was born on October 16, 1944 in the Faustina Community of Calhoun County Arkansas to Clyde C. and Eula M. Bailey. She graduated from Pine Bluff High School and Attended Capital City Business College of Little Rock, Arkansas. She...
Anne Miles Black
Mar 20, 2022
Anne Butler Miles Black, 88, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on Sunday March 20, 2022. She was born on October 12, 1933, in Temperance Hill, a small community near Fordyce, AR to Otis Butler and Ora Eugenia Fuqua Butler. She graduated from Fordyce High School in 1951 and married Bill Miles of Fordyce in 1953. After his death...
Brechin Marie Wells
Mar 18, 2022
Brechin Marie Wells passed through this life on March 18th, 2022, at Region One Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She was born April 21, 1971, in Ft Worth, Texas. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Marie Horne Hodnett, and Jim Hodnett; and by the children's father, James David Henry. She is survived by her son, Corey Taylor Henry, and...
Bobbie Jean Jones
Mar 18, 2022
Our Mom- Queen Jean, full of spunk and quite sassy, down to earth and yet classy. Her heart was full of love. Now she’s looking over us from above. Love you Mom! An extraordinary person, Bobbie Jean Jones passed away peacefully March 18, 2022. She was a family matriarch, a beloved relative and friend to so many. Jean was born...
Michael Edward Dean
Mar 18, 2022
Michael Edward Dean, 58 of Bearden, died Friday March 18th, 2022. He was born September 14, 1963 in Kennett, Missouri. He is preceded in death by his parents, Grover and Betty Jose; his grandson Christian Hunter Foust; two sisters, Alma Strickland and Debbie Bizzel; and his nephew Ronnie Graham. He is survived by his daughter, Amanda Foust of Bearden; one...
Edward "Eddie" Emmett Nutt
Mar 17, 2022
Edward “Eddie” Emmett Nutt, 76 of Holly Springs died Thursday March 17, 2022 at the Ouachita County Medical Center at Camden. Born May 23, 1945 in Dallas County, he was a son of the late Marlin Nutt and Virginia Quarles Nutt. He was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church and was a dryer operator for Georgia-Pacific. Other than his...
Elizabeth Ann King
Mar 13, 2022
Elizabeth “Liz” Ann King, age 83 of Bearden died Sunday, March 13, 2022 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born October 14, 1938 in Bearden, Arkansas. Liz’s life began in rural Ouachita County in southern Arkansas. At an early age, her father noticed she had an interest and knack for playing on the church piano. After...
Danny Paul Mitchell
Mar 11, 2022
Danny Paul Mitchell, 68 of Kingsland died Friday March 11, 2022. Born July 23, 1953 at Fordyce, he was the son of the late John Robert Mitchell and Avis Marie McCullough Mitchell. He was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Lexi Marie Mitchell. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Hughes...
Judyth Ann Sorensen
Mar 7, 2022
Judyth Ann Sorensen, 81 of Hampton died Monday March 7, 2022 at her home. Born April 23, 1940 at Oakland, CA, she was the daughter of the late Merle Trimble and Luella Grange Trimble. She is survived by her daughters, Debora Duff of Hampton, AR, Patty Sorensen of Washington State, Teri Sorensen of Arizona; a son Karl Sorensen of California;...
Betty Lou Walker
Mar 4, 2022
Betty Lou Walker, 80 of Hampton, went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, March 4, 2022 in Fordyce. She was born June 11, 1941 to the late A.G. and Louise Williams Tomlinson Bryant. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Tomlinson. She is survived by her husband of 36 years, E.B. Walker of Hampton; her...
Mary L. Clayborn
Mar 3, 2022
Mary L. Hand Clayborn, 94, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022 at her daughter’s house in Gould, Arkansas surrounded by her three daughters and their husbands. She was born March 27, 1927 in Tinsman, Arkansas to the late Frank and Ada Bell Moore Hand. In 24 more days she would have celebrated her 95th birthday. She was preceded in death...
Judith Ann Wilson Saeler
Mar 2, 2022
Judith Ann Wilson Saeler, 75 of Kingsland died Wednesday March 2, 2022. Born February 10, 1947 at Fordyce, she was a daughter of the late Henry Wilson and Lillie Pennington Wilson. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jerry Dean Saeler; four sisters, Dorothy Nowlin, Kathy Flowers, Virginia Gilbert, James Marie Saeler; two brothers, Tommy Ray Wilson,...
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