Charles Edward Weeks, Jr. (C.J.)
Jan 6, 2018
Charles Edward Weeks, Jr. (C.J.) 31, of Hampton, died Saturday January 6, 2018. He was born October 1, 1986 at Fordyce. He was a life long resident of Hampton and graduated from Hampton High School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, George and Virginia Martin and Elizabeth and Willie Weeks. He is survived by his parents, Debra and...
Jeweldeana Mckinnie
Jan 4, 2018
Jeweldeana P. McKinnie, 74 of Hampton, died Thursday, January 4, 2018. She was born April 9, 1943 in Pine Bluff to the late Richard and Mamie Jewel Picklesimer. She is survived by her husband Donnie McKinnie of Hampton; one son Ryan Roark and wife Michele of Wellington, Florida; one daughter Amanda Roark Johnson and husband Jeff of Baytown, Texas; four...
Helen Ethel Ables Coston
Jan 1, 2018
Helen Ethel Ables Coston, 80, of Locust Bayou died Monday, January 1, 2018 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Linden, TN. She was born April 3, 1937 in Locust Bayou, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Glen and Eva Wooten Ables; husband, Eugene Coston; son, Byron Coston; son-in-law, Ronny Southall. She is survived by one daughter, Genia Southall...
Ilene Marie "Molly" Arnette
Jan 1, 2018
Ilene Marie Moll "Molly" Arnette, 99 of Fordyce, died Monday, January 1, 2018 in Fordyce. A daughter of Frederick Joseph and Sophie Iowa Trites Moll, she was born in Gillett, Arkansas on February 26, 1918. Molly is preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Cecil Frederick Moll; a sister, Wyvonna Moll Prater Ball; and her beloved husband of forty-six...
Curtis W. Overton
Dec 25, 2017
Curtis W. Overton, 83 of Kingsland, died Monday, December 25, 2017. He was born August 16, 1934 in Tulip to the late William and Mary Lawrence Overton. He was also preceded in death by six brothers: Ray, Roy, DeWitt, Glendee, Cecil, and Preston Haywood Overton and three sisters, Ione Leath, Gertrude Huffman, and Lila Mae Harrison. He is survived by...
Robert Lynn Long
Dec 24, 2017
Robert Lynn Long, 58, of Bearden died Sunday December 24, 2017 at his home. Born January 18, 1959 at Arkadelphia, he was the son of the late Robert Doyle Long and Bula Elsie Langley Long. He was preceded in death by a sister, Edith Hunt. He is survived by his wife, Eveline Long of Bearden; one son, Bobby Long of...
Thomas Winfred Roark
Dec 20, 2017
Thomas Winfred Roark, 83, of Texarkana, TX died Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Texarkana, TX. He was born May 15, 1934 in Camden, Arkansas. He was a retired school teacher and a member of Cross View Baptist Church in Texarkana, TX; where Jimmy Shelby serves as pastor. He played football at Henderson State Teacher's College and later received his master's...
Mary Evelyn Seymore
Dec 20, 2017
Mary Evelyn Easley Seymore, 93 of Hampton, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Texarkana, Texas. She was born June 21, 1924 in Tinsman to the late Homer "Buddy" and Alice Easley. She was also preceded in death by two brothers Howard and Jesse Easley, and her husband CW "Jr" Seymore. She is survived by her nieces and nephews. Evelyn loved...
Pearly Ann Massey Chambers
Dec 19, 2017
Pearly Ann Massey Chambers, 73, of Fordyce died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Saline Hospice House in Bryant, Arkansas. She was born May 31, 1944 in Tyler, Arkansas. She was a retired school teacher and a member of First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Norris Massey and Fannie Hensley Massey and...
James William Turner
Dec 15, 2017
James William Turner was born March 27, 1932, in the Bucksnort community outside of Fordyce, the oldest child of William Urban and Lottie Lucille Jacobs Turner. He died at the age of 85 on Friday, December 15, 2017, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. James graduated from Fordyce High School in 1950 and studied at Arkansas A&M (now...
Agnes Marie Mcclellan
Dec 14, 2017
Agnes Marie McClellan, 84 of New Edinburg, died Thursday, December 14, 2017 in Warren. She was born February 5, 1933 in New Edinburg to the late Thomas Earl Wagnon, Sr. and Ethel Thompson Wagnon. She was also preceded in death by five brothers. She is survived by her husband of 64 years Frank McClellan of New Edinburg; one son Aubrey...
Steve Matkin
Dec 13, 2017
Steve Matkin, 54, of Fordyce died Wednesday December 13, 2017 at his home. Born December 17, 1962, he was the son of Ruby Matkin of Fordyce and the late Billy Elmer Matkin. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Saeler Matkin of Fordyce; two sons, Juston Matkin and wife Stephanie of Camden; Auston Matkin and Lexis Hopkins of Kingsland; two...
Frances Ruth Haynes
Dec 11, 2017
Frances Ruth Haynes, 76, of Fordyce died Monday, December 11, 2017 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born April 2, 1941 in Bearden, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Jack Doherty and Vera Quarles Doherty; husband, Douglas Haynes; three brothers, Mike Doherty, Frankie Doherty, Lewis Doherty; three sisters, Rosie Pennington, Shirley Doherty, and Emma...
William Brooks Bailey
Dec 9, 2017
William Brooks Bailey, 33, of Fordyce, Arkansas passed away December 9, 2017. Brooks was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 30, 1984 to parents Dennis and Karen (King) Bailey of Fordyce. Brooks grew up in Fordyce where he played high school football and baseball and graduated with the class of 2003. He was the first recipient of the Paul...
Elmina Rose Kervin
Dec 9, 2017
Elmina Rose Kervin, 89, of Ashdown and formerly of Fordyce, died Saturday December 9, 2017 at Little River Nursing Home in Ashdown. She was born May 10, 1928 in Washington, IA. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion Baptist Church of Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Lona Cooper Messenger; husband, Quitman Kervin;...
William Thomas Barnes
Dec 8, 2017
William Thomas Barnes, 92, of Fordyce died Friday December 8, 2017 at his home. Born June 3, 1925 at Ivan, he was a son of the late William Bart Barnes and Ruth Summers Barnes. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clarice Steelman Barnes; brother, Doyle Barnes, and daughter-in-law, Lynn Barnes. He is survived by three sons, Larry Barnes...
Charlene Bates
Nov 28, 2017
Charlene Bates, 71, of Harrell died Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born February 20, 1946 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a caregiver and a member of First Assembly of God Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mett Edward Williams and Grace Karriker Williams; three brothers, Jerry...
Walter "Woody" Massey
Nov 27, 2017
Walter "Woody" Massey, 65, of Hampton died Monday, November 27, 2017 at his home. He was born August 16, 1952 in Camden, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Wallace W. Massey and Mary Burroughs Massey. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Massey of Hampton; three sons, Wally (Missy) Massey of Fordyce, Robert (Leeann) Massey of Sherwood,...
Orvall Loyd Berg
Nov 26, 2017
Orvall Loyd Berg, 93 of Fordyce died Sunday November 26, 2017 at his home. Born June 2, 1924 at Stuttgart, he was a son of the late Frank Berg and Gaynell Shrum Berg. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Verda McDade Berg; four sisters; one brother; and four step-sons. He is survived by his...
Janice Margaret House Gray
Nov 25, 2017
Janice Margaret House Gray, 96, of Fordyce died Saturday November 25, 2017 at Dallas County Medical Center. Born November 7, 1921 in Fordyce, she was the daughter of the late Joe House and Martha Woods House. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fordyce and was a nurse for Dr. Harry Atkinson. She was preceded in death...
