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Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Nettie Sue Dunn
Jul 20, 2017
Nettie Sue Dunn, 87 of Arkadelphia died Thursday, July 20, 2017. Heaven became a little sweeter when she went to be with her precious Lord Jesus Christ. She was born on November 19, 1929 in Harrell, Arkansas to the late Herbert and Edna Henderson. Sue graduated from Fordyce High School and worked at First National Bank, beginning as a teller...
Lucian L. Duncan
Jul 14, 2017
Lucian L. Duncan, 89, of Hampton died Friday, July 14, 2017 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. He was born December 28, 1927 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Hampton. He is preceded in death by his parents, Doyle Duncan and Edna Blann Duncan; wife, Ruby Jeanette Wright Duncan, and five...
Linda Grant Biggers
Jul 12, 2017
Linda Grant Biggers, 74, of Monroe, LA, formerly of Crossett died Wednesday July 12, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. Born July 14, 1942 at Hermitage, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Grant and Berniece Richardson Grant. She was a bookkeeper and a member of the Hampton First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...
Joe Andrew "Andy" Mcclain
Jul 10, 2017
Joe Andrew "Andy" McClain, 59, of Bearden died Monday, July 10, 2017 at his home. He was born June 25, 1958. He was a retired meat cutter. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bobby John "Bob" McClain and Donnie Jean Bounds McClain; and one brother, Skeet McClain. He is survived by one son, Jon McClain of Bearden; one...
Katie L. Mcdonald
Jul 9, 2017
Katie L. McDonald, 84, of Bearden died Sunday, July 9, 2017 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born July 18, 1932 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was a retired L.P.N. and a member of White Oak Assembly of God Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Odom Castleberry and Bonnie Arnold Castleberry; husbands, Lawrence McDonald and...
Kenneth "Kenny" Jones
Jul 6, 2017
Kenneth L. "Kenny" Jones, 78 of Hampton, died Thursday, July 6, 2017. He was born November 19, 1938 in Banks to the late Howard W. Jones and Lola Mae Vail Jones. He was also preceded in death by his sister Jane Earnest. He is survived by his wife Linda Jones of Hampton; two sons Ken Jones of El Dorado and...
Loyd G. Mcman
Jul 4, 2017
Loyd G. McMan of Fordyce passed away on July 4, 2017 at the age of 82 at St. John's Place. He was born April 25, 1935 in El Dorado, Arkansas to Guy B. McMan and Mittie White McMan. He was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church. He was a Mason, a member of the Arkansas Army National Guard, where he...
Benita Kathryn Sisson
Jun 29, 2017
Benita Kathryn Sisson, 48, of Hampton died Thursday June 29, 2017 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. She was born April 10, 1969. She was a Lead Inspector for Aerojet. She was preceded in death by her son, Raymond Walters, Jr.; grandparents, Nathan and Frankie Harris, Mr. and Mrs. James V. Sisson. Survivors include her husband, Steve Gorman of...
Lyndell Abbott Hughes
Jun 23, 2017
Lyndell Abbott Hughes, 82 of Fordyce died Friday June 23, 2017 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born in Dallas County on May 26, 1935 to the late Herschel and Katie Abbott. She graduated from Sparkman High School on May 22, 1953. Lyndell was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church and a fifty year member of the...
Eugenia Ann Sturgis
Jun 23, 2017
Eugenia Ann Sturgis, 71 of Kingsland died Friday June 23, 2017 at her home. Born August 25, 1945 at Camden, she was a daughter of the late Henry Russell and Hilda Priddy Russell. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Floyd Dean Oliver; a niece, Merilisabeth Johnson; and two nephews, Derek Russell and Dewayne Russell. She is survived...
Frank David Eeds
Jun 22, 2017
Frank David Eeds, 70, of Hampton died Thursday, June 22, 2017 at his home. He was born November 17, 1946 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was a retired material handler for General Dynamics and a member of Dickenson Baptist Church in Harrell, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ivy Henry Eeds and Elizabeth Billie Brousard Eeds; and...
John M. Thompson
Jun 20, 2017
John M. Thompson , 75, of North Little Rock passed away June 20, 2017. He was born June 26, 1941 in Fordyce to parents Hugh and Cozetta Thompson, who preceded him in death along with his brother, Jerry Thompson. He is survived by two brothers, Hugh A. Thompson, Jr. (Peggy) of Greenbrier and David Thompson (Pam) of North Little Rock;...
Jack Harris Gresham
Jun 19, 2017
Jack Harris Gresham, 102, of Fordyce, passed from this earthly life on June 19, 2017. Jack lived a remarkable life not only in length of years, but also in honorable service to his country, in an accomplished career in public education, and in his constant love and devotion to his family and friends throughout his life. The son of Charles...
Ronald "Red" Lanthrip
Jun 18, 2017
Ronald "Red" Lanthrip, SR., 69 of Fordyce, died Sunday, June 18, 2017. He was born July 21, 1947 in Cleveland County to the late Thomas L.M. "Bo" Lanthrip and Maggie Marie Terry McMann. He was also preceded in death by his daughter Lillie Ann Howard; brother Thomas Lanthrip, two sisters, Charlene Maschak and Annie Sue Stringfellow; and two grandchildren, Tyler...
Dorothy Dale Turner Hall
Jun 18, 2017
Dorothy Dale Turner Hall, 83, of Kingsland died Sunday June 18, 2017 at her home. Born September 11, 1933 at Kingsland, she was a daughter of the late Dail Raymond Turner and Sylvia Lucille Sloop Turner. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kingsland Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Edward Hall;...
Bobby Ray Quarles
Jun 13, 2017
Bobby Ray Quarles, 64, of Bearden died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Longmeadow Nursing Home in Camden, Arkansas. He was born November 9, 1952 in Bearden, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Troy Quarles and Dorothy Jean Walthall Quarles; one son, Bobby "Moe" Quarles; one daughter, Candace Quarles; one brother, Kenneth Quarles; and one sister, Margaret Wages....
Melinda Jo Evans Yossett
Jun 8, 2017
Melinda Jo Evans Yossett, 54 of Fordyce died Thursday June 8, 2017. She was born February 7, 1963 at Fordyce to the late Lavoid Edward Evans and JoAnn Mosley Evans. She was preceded in death by her brother, Steve Evans; grandparents, Lacy and Minnie Evans and Herman and Bertha Mosley. She is survived by her son, Peter Hardman and wife,...
Bobby Lee Mcelroy
Jun 6, 2017
Bobby Lee McElroy, 62 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at his home. He was born July 16, 1954 in Grant County to the Gene McElroy Gray and the late Cliff McElroy. He is preceded in death by his sister Donetta McGriff and his sister Edna. He is survived by his wife Debora Robinett McElroy of Fordyce; his mother...
Dewitt "Wendell" Roark
Jun 4, 2017
DeWitt "Wendell" Roark, 81 of Fordyce died Sunday June 4, 2017, at Monticello. He was born January 5, 1936, to the late DeWitt Alvin Roark and Lennie McMurry Roark Tuberville. Wendell was a faithful member, deacon, and former Sunday School Teacher at Beech Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Fordyce. He was the manager of First Federal Savings and Loan in...
Ann Burks Dabney
May 31, 2017
Ann Burks Dabney, 85, of Kingsland died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born October 15, 1931 in Cleveland County, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. She was a former member of Rockport Country Club in Rockport, TX, Pine Forest County Club in Houston, TX. Ann was an avid golfer...
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