Betty Ruth Wylie
Nov 2, 2019
Betty Ruth Pye Wylie, 77 of Carthage died Saturday November 2, 2019 at her home. Born November 27, 1941 at El Dorado, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Pye and Mamie Ruth Rowland Pye. She was a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University and a retired school teacher for Carthage Schools. She loved knitting, the Razorbacks, Mexican food...
David Rodney Grim
Oct 30, 2019
David Rodney Grim, 85 of Hampton died Wednesday October 30, 2019 at his home. Born September 26, 1934 at Green Forest, he was the son of the late Jay and Mira Grim. He was a member of the Hampton First United Methodist Church and was a teacher at Hampton Schools for 42 years. He also loved fishing and hunting. He...
Latnay Harold Miller Jr.
Oct 30, 2019
Latnay Harold Miller, Jr., 84, of Bismark, formerly of Fordyce died Wednesday October 30, 2019. Born September 21, 1935 at Thornton, he was the son of the late Latnay Harold Miller and Ellen Ruth Hearnsberger Miller. He was a US Navy Veteran and worked at Benton Hardware in Fordyce for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents...
Harold M. Turner
Oct 29, 2019
Harold M. Turner, 79, of Harrell died Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at St John’s Place in Fordyce. He was born May 14, 1940 in Tinsman, Arkansas. He was a retired foreman for Cooper Tire and Rubber in El Dorado and also served as a Sergeant in the Army Reserves. He is preceded in death by his parents, Alfred Roy Turner...
Mary Turner Inglis
Oct 28, 2019
Marie Turner Inglis, 86 of Fordyce, died Monday, October 28, 2019 at her home. She was born December 30, 1932 in Kingsland to the late Earl Turner and Reba Sloop Turner McGriff. She was also preceded in death by her son Eddie Hobson and her sister Georgia Summit. She is survived by her five children: Deborah Axsom of Fordyce, Linda...
Sharon Ann Purifoy
Oct 26, 2019
Sharon Ann Smith Purifoy, 65, of Bearden died Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born December 16, 1953 in Columbus, OH. Sharon is preceded in death by her parents, Jerry Preston Smith and J. Marie Clopton Smith; paternal grandparents, Avery and Nellie Smith, maternal grandparents, Fred and Callie Clopton. Sharon was a member...
William Lowell Wilson
Oct 26, 2019
William Lowell Wilson, 79, of Fordyce formerly of New Braunfels, TX, died Saturday, October 26, 2019 at his home. He was born October 3, 1940 in Waldron, Arkansas. He was retired from the railroad and was also served in the Army National Guard. He is preceded in death by his parents, D.W. “Short” Wilson and Dolly Woodward Wilson; and one...
Tommy Ray Cathey
Oct 23, 2019
Tommy Ray Cathey, age 73, of Thornton, AR, WON his victory over cancer on October 23, 2019, when he left his earthly home to go to his Heavenly home with Jesus. Tommy was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis Cathey and Rosa Nell Clemons Cathey, and brother, Larry "Tater Bug" Cathey. He is survived by his wife of 47...
Joe Douglas Weatherly
Oct 21, 2019
Joe Douglas Weatherly, age 74, of Bearden, passed away October 21, 2019 in his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Horace and Virginia Weatherly. He is survived by his wife, Cherrynell Abbott Weatherly of Bearden and his son and daughter-in-law, Chase and Allison Weatherly of Bearden. He has two grandchildren, Hannah Weatherly of Little Rock and Hunter...
Eugene Rhodes
Oct 19, 2019
Eugene Rhodes, 96 of Fordyce, died Saturday, October 19, 2019. He was born March 16, 1923 in Kingsland, Arkansas to the late Charlie and Nany Bell Rhodes. He was also preceded in death by his sister Mary Hoy and four brothers: Charles, Virgil, Noah, and Billy Rhodes. Eugene was a loving husband, father, and son. He was a Christian and...
Annie Lou Benson
Oct 17, 2019
Annie Lou Adams Benson, 89, passed away peacefully in Helena on October 17, 2019. She was a beloved wife, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many in the Arkansas area. She was born on March 17, 1930 in Hampton where she graduated from high school in 1948. She soon married Arvil T Benson and they made their home there until...
Patricia Anthony
Oct 15, 2019
Patricia Eloise Anthony, 54, of Bearden passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Tricia was born August 19, 1965 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was an accounts payable clerk for Anthony Timberlands, Inc. in Bearden. Tricia is preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Brandi Anthony; parents, James and Janette Dorey Wright; and three brothers,...
Virginia Frances Boone
Oct 10, 2019
Virginia Frances Boone, 90 passed away peacefully in her home in Bearden, AR on October 10, 2019. Mama Boone was born January 31, 1929 to late the Richard and Carrie Pennington Gatling. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank C. Boone and daughters Frances Boone Chambliss, Joni Renee Boone and great-granddaughter Brooke Barner. Also preceded in death were...
William Rufus Key
Oct 9, 2019
William “Rufus” Key was born in Sparkman, Arkansas, on September 29, 1938, to the late Dale and Madge Horne Key. Rufus closed his eyes in death on October 9, 2019, but we know he immediately opened them in Glory for the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:8, “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”...
Harold Dee Wisdom
Oct 8, 2019
Harold Dee Wisdom of Lillington, NC, formerly of Fordyce, AR, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on October, 8, 2019 happily rejoined with his wife, Ernestine. Born in Waldren, AR on March 31, 1931, the seventh child of Thomas Phelps and Jessie Mabel Bailey Widsom, he was reared in Sacramento, CA. A resident of Lillington, NC the past...
Evelyn E. Dodson
Oct 6, 2019
Evelyn E. Dodson, 92 of Holly Springs, died Sunday, October 6, 2019. She was born March 21, 1927 in Smead, Arkansas to the late Malcolm and Lula Beard Brazeale. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ferrell Dodson, brother Harold Brazeale, and sister Mary Dean Dunn. She is survived by three daughters, Janie Daniell, Darlene (Ricky) Peterson, and...
Janice Raybon Emerson
Oct 2, 2019
Janice Raybon Emerson, 72 of New Edinburg died Wednesday October 2, 2019 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. Born September 29, 1947 at Fordyce, she was a daughter of the late Thurman Lee Raybon and Mary Louise Miller Raybon. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Emerson and a son, Danny Joe Emerson. She is survived...
Rudine Kelley Alexander
Sep 25, 2019
Rudine (Mee Maw) Kelley Alexander, 82 of Benton, LA went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 25, 2019 at her home. She was born May 1, 1937 in rural Alabama. After following her husband, the late Jim Kelley USA retired, while he served in the army, both in the US and overseas, they made their home in...
Allie Jean Davis
Sep 25, 2019
Allie Jean Davis, 90 of Fordyce, died Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at JRMC in Pine Bluff. She was born June 3, 1929 in Cornersville, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, James Anderson and Myrtle Anderson; husbands, James Davis and William Harry Davis; one son, Raymond Davis; daughter-in-law, Mary Davis; and ten brothers and sisters. She is survived...
George Lewis Brandon
Sep 17, 2019
George Lewis Brandon, 78, of Kingsland died Tuesday September 17, 2019 at the VA Medical Center in Little Rock. Born July 16, 1941 at Kingsland, he was a son of the late Johnie Brandon and Lorene Dykes Brandon. He was a 1959 graduate of Kingsland High School. He was a member of New Edinburg First Baptist Church and a Master...
