Gene Boyd Raney
Mar 17, 2021
Gene Boyd Raney, 80 of Fordyce went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday March 17, 2021 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born June 29, 1940 at Fordyce, he was the son of the late Garland E. Raney and Ida Mae Rice Raney. He was the first born of six siblings all who still reside in...
Gary Donald Russell
Mar 15, 2021
Gary Donald Russell, 80, of Jay Florida passed away from this life to the next in March. He was born March 4, 1941, in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late Lindsay and Nan Russell. Gary attended high school in Kansas City, Missouri and later joined the United States Army where he served four years. After the completion of his service, he...
Delores Kelley Granderson
Mar 15, 2021
Delores Kelley Granderson 71 of Kingsland died Monday March 15, 2021 at St. John’s Place in Fordyce. Born October 23, 1949 at Pine Bluff, she was a daughter of the late Horace Eugene Kelley and Naomi Ruth Kelley. She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church at Jacinto, AR and was a retired department manager for Walmart. She was...
Lon Garfield Mcdonald
Mar 11, 2021
Lon Garfield McDonald, Jr., age 93, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2021 at The Gables in Rolling Meadows, Wichita Falls, TX. Lon was a former resident of Fordyce, AR for 54 years. He was born on April, 23, 1927 in Thornton, Arkansas, the son of the late Lonnie Garfield McDonald and Virginia Hodge McDonald. Lon was a retired truck...
Braydon Garrett Anderson
Mar 10, 2021
Braydon Garrett Anderson, age 19, of Royal, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born August 25, 2001 in Minden, LA. He worked in maintenance at Safe Harbor Brady Mountain Marina in Royal. He is preceded in death by grandfather, Jesse Anderson; great grandparents, William and Armon Atchley, and Mary and...
Aubrey Lee Quarles
Mar 9, 2021
Aubrey Lee Quarles of Sheridan, Arkansas went to be with his Lord and Savior and beloved wife, Martha Dianne Quarles on March 9, 2021. He and Dianne were married for 51 years and he has grieved and longed to be reunited with her since her death on May 17, 2015. He was born January 26, 1942 in El Dorado, Arkansas,...
Hazel Clydean Lambert
Mar 9, 2021
Hazel Clydean Lambert, 83, went to be with our Heavenly Father on March 9, 2021. Clydean was born on August 28, 1937 in Moyers, Oklahoma to the late Leslie B. and Jessie Osgood Wood. Clydean often spoke of wonderful childhood memories including moving to Arkansas while riding in the back of an old pickup truck on a mattress with her...
Quinton David Ledbetter
Mar 4, 2021
Quinton David Ledbetter, 76, of Fordyce died Thursday March 4, 2021 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Born November 6, 1944 at Botkinburg, AR, he was a son of the late Clarence Ruel Ledbetter and Elma Gertrude Emerson Ledbetter. He was the owner and operator of Ledbetter Construction. Accomplished in business, he knew the true meaning of success was...
Kenneth Neal Buzbee
Mar 4, 2021
Kenneth Neal Buzbee, age 93, of Hampton passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 at his home with his family at his side. He was born February 13, 1928 in Tinsman, Arkansas. He was an Army World War II veteran and a member of Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church for many years. Neal worked for Anthony Timberland Lands in Bearden for...
Thomas Wayne Daniel
Mar 2, 2021
Thomas “Tommy” Wayne Daniel, 63 of Kingsland, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021. He was born August 7, 1957 in Camden, Arkansas to the late Joe Birt Daniel and Elizabeth Agnes O’Connell Daniel. He is survived by his wife Tammy Word Daniel of Kingsland; five children: Brandy (Matthew) Reaves of Jena, LA, Matthew Daniel of Sheridan, Tammy Morgan of Sheridan, Jonathan...
David Kyro Steelman
Feb 28, 2021
David Kyro Steelman, age 71, died Sunday, February 28, 2021 at his home in Bearden. He was born September 3, 1949 in Camden, Arkansas. He was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Hickey Steelman, Jr. and Margie Quarles Steelman. He is survived by cousins, Keri Crowder of Little Rock, and Kim...
Magdalene Pharr Clement
Feb 24, 2021
Magdalene Pharr Clement, age 95, passed away February 24, 2021 at her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas surrounded by her family. Magdalene was born July 1, 1925 in Booneville, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Clement, her daughter, Mary Gayle Childers, her parents, William and Mary Pharr, and three brothers, Paul Jack, W. P., and James...
Travis Julian Posey
Feb 20, 2021
Travis Julian Posey, 72 of New Edinburg died Saturday February 20, 2021 at his home. Born May 25, 1948 at Sparkman, he was a son of the late Albert Julian Posey and Sarah Humphries Posey. He was a member of Smith Chapel Church of God and a US Marine Corps veteran, of which he was proud to have served his...
Idell Fern Pigg
Feb 19, 2021
Idell Fern Porter Pigg, age 89, went home to our Heavenly Father on February 19, 2021. She was born to the late Everett and Elma McManus Porter on August 6, 1931 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church where she loved to worship until she became homebound and couldn’t get out. She was preceded in death...
Eric Russell Harris
Feb 12, 2021
Eric Russell Harris, age 61 of Cherokee Village, died Friday, February 12, 2021 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born March 3, 1959 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was a telecommunications engineer. Eric enjoyed golfing, Razorback games, the beach and going to the family farm with his dog Tucker. He is preceded in death by his mother,...
Cathy Lindsey
Feb 10, 2021
Cathy Lindsey, 63 of Bearden died February 10, 2021 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born May 2, 1957 in Norfolk, VA to the late Lavere “Bud” Wilkerson and Billie Jean Johnston Wilkerson. She is also preceded in death by her aunt, Violet Musmeci; one sister, Gloria Nowlin; and one nephew, Jamie Nowlin. She is survived...
Mary Ellen Harrod
Feb 10, 2021
Mary Ellen Harrod, age 100, of Dallas Texas formally of Pine Bluff Arkansas passed away on February 10th 2021 at Prestonwood Rehab center in Plano Texas. She was born May 27, 1920 in Kingsland Arkansas to the late Alfred and Mamie Bell. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Harrod and one son Jack Bland Harrod JR, two...
Connie E. Walthall
Feb 6, 2021
Connie E. Walthall, 74 of Little Rock, died Saturday, February 6, 2021.She was born September 5, 1946 in Fordyce to Katie Green Hardman and the late John Hardman. She was also preceded in death by her son Brian Walthall. She worked at PBNB (Relyance Bank) for over 30 years and was a member of First Little Rock Church. She is...
Doug Vincent
Feb 5, 2021
Doug Vincent, 64 of Fordyce died Friday February 5, 2021. Born September 12, 1956, he was the son of the late J.W. Vincent and Mary Frances Jones Vincent. Doug was an avid Razorback fan and loved his music. He was a member of the South Arkansas Kruizers car club and was known as the “Crawfish King” He is survived by...
Leo Clifford Parker
Feb 1, 2021
Leo Clifford Parker, age 87, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Monday, February 1, 2021 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. Leo was born March 14, 1933 in Harrell, AR to Ellis and Mary Thompson Parker of Harrell, AR. He graduated Harrell High School in 1951. He served in the United States Army during the...
