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Viola "Nell" Jenell Mccarty
Jan 28, 2022
Viola “Nell” Jenell McCarty, age 78 of Fordyce died Friday, January 28, 2022 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born December 15, 1943 in Sparkman, Arkansas. She is survived by one brother, Bill “Hickey” Hickman of Camden; three sisters, Mary “Kat” Bassetti of Hampton, Vivian Seale and Linda Hartley of Sparkman; two special aunts, Milrene Wood of...
Melba Jo Rogers
Jan 23, 2022
Melba Jo Rogers, age 85 of Fordyce died Sunday, January 23, 2022 in St. John’s Place in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was born February 9, 1936 in Holly Springs, Arkansas. She was retired from Georgia-Pacific. She is preceded in death by her parents, Joe Doyle Livingston and Etta Lee Sims Livingston; and husband, Lawrence Rogers. She is survived by one nephew,...
Sheila Jo Raney Evans Gray
Jan 23, 2022
Sheila Jo Raney Evans Gray, age 73 of Ivan went to Heaven on January 23, 2022. She was born to RB and Alemerle Raney on May 12, 1948 in Ivan, Arkansas. Sheila worked alongside her husband Jim to establish an auto parts business in Fordyce, which they operated for twenty eight years. After selling their business Jim continued his career...
Jimmy Ray Johnson
Jan 22, 2022
Jimmy Ray Johnson, 79 of Fordyce died Saturday January 22, 2022 at the VA Medical Center in Little Rock. Born July 10, 1942 at Starks, LA, he was a son of the late Morgan and Olivia Johnson. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and retired from Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. He also worked at Benton Funeral Home,...
Haydn Martin Welsh
Jan 20, 2022
Haydn Martin (Hank) Welsh, age 89, of Hampton, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was born on April 16, 1932 in York, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Harry M. and Edna Mae (Gohn) Welsh. Haydn is preceded in death by his loving wife of 41 years, Carolyn (Nettles)...
Deborah M. Parker Baker
Jan 18, 2022
Deborah M. Parker Baker 67 of Hampton died Tuesday January 18, 2022 at Drew County Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born December 17, 1954 at Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Miller Parker and a sister, Diana Lynn Strickland. She is survived by her husband, Robert M. Baker, Jr. of Hampton; her mother, Edna...
Ruthie Ross Hiett
Jan 18, 2022
Just six days after her 75th birthday, January 18th, 2022, Ruthie Ross Hiett lost her battle with pneumonia, peacefully, her husband and son at her side. Ruthie was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on January 12, 1947 to Robert Dale and Wilma Ruth (Roberts) Ross. Her joy for life was obvious from the start. Ruthie embraced life and her enthusiasm was...
Henry Franklin Williams
Jan 16, 2022
Henry Franklin Williams, age 89 of Fordyce passed from this life to the next, Sunday, January 16, 2022 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born November 8, 1932 in Dallas County, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Robert Williams and Minnie Lou Gray Williams. Frank served in the United States Air Force during the...
Leslie Dwayne Earnest
Jan 2, 2022
Leslie Dwayne Earnest, 70 of Hampton, died Sunday, January 2, 2022. He was born July 13, 1951 in Hampton to the late Robert Rayford Earnest and Virginia “Polly” Earnest. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Earnest; two sons, Stacy Earnest and Wyatt Earnest;one brother, Bobby Earnest; grandparents, Arnold and Audrey Earnest and Luther Franklin Clement and...
Charles Roger Nony
Jan 2, 2022
Charles Roger Nony, 92 of Little Rock, died on January 2, 2022 at the Springs of Chenal Health and Rehab in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in New York City on July 13, 1929 to the late Marcel Jules Nony and Nelly Nelsen Nony. He married Nina White in 1953 and she died in 2012. He was also preceded...
Jimmie Waldrum Grissom Iii
Dec 31, 2021
Rev. Jimmie Waldrum Grissom III of Bennett, Colorado, passed away on December 31, 2021, at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Jim was born June 7, 1946, in Houston, Texas, to Jimmie Waldrum Grissom, Jr. and Gladys Molly Jackson. He had two younger brothers: Patrick D. Grissom and William (Billy) E. Grissom. Jim earned a B.S. in...
Sheila J. Johnson
Dec 30, 2021
Sheila A. Johnson, age 68 of Camden died Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born August 29, 1953 in Memphis, TN. She retired from Allstate Insurance Company and was also a retired grocery store owner. She was a member of Collierville Assembly of God Church in Collierville, TN where she worked in the...
Patricia Ann Nutt
Dec 28, 2021
Patricia Ann “Patsy” Nutt, age 89 of Hampton died Monday, December 28, 2021 at her home. She was born August 1, 1932 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Bruce Reddin and Sallie Lou Gardner Reddin; and husband of 62 years, Vernon Ray Nutt. Patsy’s first job was an inspector at Shumaker Naval Ammunition...
Richard Harlen Daniel
Dec 21, 2021
Richard Harlen Daniel, age 72 of Warren died Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at his home. He was born October 12, 1949 in Camden, Arkansas. He was a retired funeral director having worked at Frazer Funeral Home in Warren for over thirty years. He is preceded death by his parents, Brodus Harlen Daniel and Elsie Mollie Gilbert Oliver; and one brother,...
Sheila Uyvonne Grissom
Dec 21, 2021
Sheila Uyvonne (Cronin) Grissom, 74, of Bennett, Colorado, passed away on December 21, 2021 at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Sheila was born February 28, 1947, in Warren, Arkansas, to Roy Sylvester Cronin and Ora Pauline Aycock Cronin. Sheila was the older sister to Brenda Cheryl and Royce Steven. She grew up in south central Arkansas,...
Tommy Dewayne Foster
Dec 18, 2021
Tommy Dewayne Foster, age 71 of El Dorado, Arkansas died Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born May 10, 1951 in Camden, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver. He is preceded in death by his parents, Graham Corley Foster and Berniece Kilpatrick Foster; and son, Jeff Foster. Tommy is survived by...
Michael Wayne Dow
Dec 11, 2021
Michael Wayne Dow, 76 of Fordyce, left this earth on December 11, 2021. Mr. Dow was preceded in death by his parents, Michael W. Dow and Anna Ruth Dow; his beloved wife Linda Carol Dow; a daughter Donna M. Dow and a son Michael Wayne Dow Jr. Mr. Dow leaves his sister Barbara Jeanette Rogers of Oakwood, Georgia; seven grandchildren;...
Gwen Evanell Sanders
Dec 11, 2021
Gwen Evanell Raymond Sanders, age 91 of Sparkman died Saturday, December 11, 2021 at her home. She was born September 12, 1930 in Clymer, NY. She is preceded in death by her parents, Keith Raymond and Ruth Vermilyea Cooley. She is survived by her husband, Robert Sanders; one son, Allen Miller; and three sisters, Catherine, Gertrude, and Linda. No services...
Shirley R. Barnes
Dec 9, 2021
Shirley R. Barnes, 85 of Little Rock, died Thursday, December 9, 2021. She was born February 17, 1936 in DeQuincy, Louisiana to the late Charles Earl Crawford, Sr. and Rose Morrison Crawford. She was also preceded in death by her husband Morgan Ernest Barnes, her sister Rosemary Cormier, and her brother Charles E. Crawford Jr. She is survived by two...
Martha Sue Pinckard
Dec 8, 2021
Martha Sue Whitman Pinckard, 89 of Fordyce died Wednesday December 8, 2021 at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock. Born June 25, 1932 at Warren, she was a daughter of the late Johnny Whitman and Easter Gertrude Golden. She was also preceded in death by five brothers, one sister and a daughter, Shirley Packard. She is survived by her...
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