Billy Smith "Bubba" Mcmanus Jr.
Jul 14, 2019
Billy Smith “Bubba” McManus, Jr., 66, of Hampton died Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born August 26, 1952 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He retired from Fordyce and Princeton Railroad in 2012. He was a Baptist and loved his church family at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Harrell. He is preceded in...
Anita Faye Hays
Jul 11, 2019
Anita (Nita) Faye Martin Hays, age 74, of Longview, TX passed on Thursday July 11, 2019 at Treviso Transitional Care in Longview, TX. She was born February 21, 1945 at Bearden, AR, and was a graduate of Bearden High School. She “won” her battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Nita came from a musical, Christian family and loved to sing and play...
Annie Christine Pennington
Jul 11, 2019
Annie Christine Pennington Emerson, age 79, of Bearden died Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born February 8, 1940 to the late Jessie Ray Pennington and Florence Clemons Pennington. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Brenda Taylor, Marcia Earnest, and Patsy Heigelmann. She is survived by her son, Dr. Terry Castleberry...
Jackie J. Bevill
Jul 9, 2019
Jackie J. Bevill, (a.k.a. Voice of the Bearden Bears for forty years and Bearden Bear Historian covering 1946 thru 2018), age 83, of Bearden died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was born June 18, 1936, the son of W.E. Bevill and Edna Faye Delamar Bevill. Jackie was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church of...
Betty Jean Givens
Jul 4, 2019
Betty Jean Givens, 82, of Fordyce died Thursday, July 4, 2019. She was born May 14, 1937 in Caney, OK. She was a retired hairdresser and realtor. Her greatest loves were her children, grandchildren, and her flowers. She is preceded in death by her parents, Granvil Golden and Joy McDougal Golden; husband, Howard Givens, and one grandchild, Donnie Givens. She...
Wanda Fae Mitchell
Jul 2, 2019
Wanda Fae Mitchell, 92, of Kingsland died Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at Salem Place Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Conway. She was born July 16, 1926 in Kingsland, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Morgan and Annie Estes Morgan; husband, Joe Richard Mitchell; and five brothers, Vesta, Wylie, Huey, Duey and Doyle Morgan. She was...
Jack Wylie Torrence
Jun 29, 2019
Jack Wylie Torrence, 63 of Kingsland, died Saturday, June 29, 2019. He was born May 12, 1956 in Fordyce to the late Wilson and Susie Thompson Torrence. He was also preceded in death by his brother Jerry Dean Saeler. Jack was known as a kind man willing to talk to anyone and help anyone in need. He is survived by...
Evelyn Marie Bowen
Jun 24, 2019
Evelyn Marie Davis Bowen, 84 of Malvern died Monday June 24, 2019 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. Born June 15, 1935 at Tinsman, she was the daughter of the late Earner J. Davis and Pauline Mercer Davis. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harry Davis and a grandson, Jonathan Saling. She is survived by her husband, Billy...
Berniece Frances Reed
Jun 24, 2019
Berniece Frances Reed, 87, of Tinsman died Monday, June 24, 2019. She was born on May 13, 1932 in Kedron, Arkansas to the late Ted and Ora Lutrell Harden Stevenson. She was a very loving, caring mother and very good at craft work. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a step-father, Frank Stevenson; her son,...
Vivanaye Owens Nutt
Jun 21, 2019
Vivanaye Owens Nutt was born January 27, 1925 and passed away June 21, 2019 at the age of 94. She married William Nutt on November 17, 1944. They lived, worked and raised their family in the Jacinto Community. William died July 4, 1985. Also preceding her in death are her parents, Ben and Onie Sharrick Owens; brother and sister-in-law, Mack...
Reba Duke Mcduffie
Jun 20, 2019
Reba Duke McDuffie, 96, of Hampton died Thursday June 20, 2019 at her home. Born August 23, 1922 at Bolding, AR, she was a daughter of the late William Duke and Alice Smith Duke. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel G. McDuffie; a son Sammy McDuffie and a brother, Gerald Duke. She is survived by her daughter,...
Homer Frank Davis
Jun 17, 2019
Homer Frank Davis, 91, of Harrell died on Monday, June 17, 2019 at his home. He was born September 3, 1927 in Tinsman, Arkansas. He was an Army World War II veteran, a member of Victory Missionary Baptist Church, a Mason, and a deacon. He was also retired from the Rock Island Railroad, was a member of the Cattlemen’s Association...
Ronald Edward Smead
Jun 14, 2019
Ronald Edward Smead, 77 of Kingsland died Friday June 14, 2019. Born October 24, 1941 at Harrell, he was a son of the late Claud Duvall Smead and Jetta Vivian Brown Smead. He served in the Air Force, Army, and National Guard and was a retired school administrator. He is preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Judy Suzanne...
Margaret Juanita Green
Jun 11, 2019
Margaret Juanita Green, 94, of Bearden died Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at The Cottages in Rison, Arkansas. She was born April 7, 1925 in Dallas County, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents John and Ladybug Quarles Castleberry; husband, Harvey E. Green; and great grandson, Jayden Clemens; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Monroe and Lola Green. She was a homemaker...
Henry Calvin Jones
Jun 10, 2019
Henry Calvin Jones, 82, of Thornton, Arkansas, went home to be with his Lord on June 10, 2019. H.C. was born in Ramsey, Arkansas on September 12, 1936, to the late Otis Jones and Evelyn Pennington Jones Taylor. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Martha Jean Abbott Jones; one daughter, Debbie Jones Ethridge (Steve) of Bentonville; one...
Carl Edward Daniels
Jun 3, 2019
Carl Edward “Eddie” Daniels, 76 of Bearden, AR passed away on June 3, 2109 at DCMC. He was born August 26, 1942 in Camden, AR to Pauline Sullivan Daniels and Reed Daniels. His parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Linda, of Bearden; daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Scooter Bounds of Bearden; sister...
Jordan Paigelyn Hartpence
Jun 1, 2019
Jordan Paigelyn Hartpence, 20, of Fordyce, AR passed away in a car accident on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Jordan was born on November 24, 1998 in Plano, TX and lived in Carrollton, TX until 2019. She was a 2017 high school graduate and worked as a 911 Dispatcher at the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office in Fordyce. She was a member...
Melba Childs
May 30, 2019
Melba Childs, 83 of Kingsland, died Thursday, May 30, 2019. She was born November 15, 1935 to the late Nick and Florence Ritchie Cook. She was also preceded in death by her husband George Harold Childs and her grandson Matt Spencer. She was a loving Mother, Grandmother, and friend. A life-long devout Christian, she used her talent to worship through...
William "Bill" Donald Lynn
May 29, 2019
William “Bill” Donald Lynn was born on April 7, 1933 and in a glorious moment on May 29, 2019 at the age of 86, he went home to be in the presence of his Savior. He was born in Fordyce, AR, the youngest of seven children. Bill graduated from Fordyce High School in 1951. Like many of his generation, he...
William Duane Nix
May 26, 2019
William Duane Nix, 65 of Hampton, died Sunday, May 26, 2019 in Little Rock. He was born April 19, 1954 in Hampton to the late William Gould Nix and Ella Gertrude Tomlinson Nix. He is survived by his wife Vicki Nix of Hampton; two children Leslie Pedigo of Hampton and Casey and wife Kristin Nix of Atlanta, Georgia; his brother...
