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Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
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...
Pansy Jean Erickson
May 22, 2019
Pansy Jean Erickson, 92, of El Dorado died Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was born September 28, 1926 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was retired Treasurer for Calhoun County and a member of First Baptist Church in El Dorado. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Myrtle Haynes...
Charlotte Tucker
May 21, 2019
The story of Charlotte Brasher Tucker began in the small southern town of Hampton, Arkansas where she was born April 24, 1934 and passed away May 21, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. She was born Charlotte Jeanette Broach to parents Irving B. Broach and Georgia Avant Broach. While attending the First Assembly of God Church in El Dorado, Arkansas Charlotte married...
Donnie David Knight
May 21, 2019
Donnie David Knight, 70, of New Edinburg died Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served in the Marines and was a welder for Transit Tech. He is preceded in death by his parents, Eual Ray and Madeline Knight; his wife Linda Faye Knight; sister, Jerry Lynn Knight. He is survived...
William Berry Henderson
May 21, 2019
William Berry Henderson, 51 of Hampton, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019. He was born November 5, 1967 in Dallas. He is survived by his parents, Barbara and Max Henderson of Hampton; four daughters: Crystal McAllister of Enid, Oklahoma, Samantha Sigafus of Fordyce, Tabitha Miles of Kingsland, Heather Henderson of Warren; one brother Michael Henderson of Crossett, two sisters Robyn Rivers...
Annie Lea Cottrell
May 20, 2019
Annie Lea Lindsey Cottrell, loving wife and mother, went to The Glorious Reward on May 20th, 2019. She was born Annie Lea Lindsey on September 16th, 1923 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Rufus Cottrell; her parents, Marion and Hattie Lindsey; sisters Lucille Hutchins and Francis Jewel Fell. She is survived by her sons,...
Kathryn Virginia Nistendirk
May 20, 2019
Kathryn Virginia Nistendirk, 89, of Hampton died Monday, May 20, 2019 at her home. She was born November 22, 1929 in Calhoun County Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, N. Gaither Tomlinson and Sarah Onie Rayborn Tomlinson; husband, Kenneth Nistendirk; and one...
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