Doris Frances Reddin
Mar 9, 2025
Doris Frances Reddin, 91 of Irving, Texas died Sunday, March 9, 2025. She was born November 5, 1933 in Calhoun County to the late Alfred and Molly Cupp Dunn. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby W. Reddin; her infant twin daughters; her brother, Grady Dunn; two sisters, Nettie Farris and Shirley Schmidt; and numerous brothers-in-law and...
Barbara Jean Dorey
Mar 8, 2025
Barbara Jean Dorey, age 83 of Malvern passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at her home. She was born January 23, 1942 in Hempstead County, Arkansas. She was an ordained minster with the Assemblies of God for fifty years. She and her late husband, Rev. Paul Alton Dorey pastored four churches in Arkansas during their 60 years plus of ministry....
James Evan Childress
Mar 6, 2025
James (Jimmy) Evan Childress, 86 of New Edinburg died Thursday, March 6, 2025 at his home. He was born in New Edinburg to the late Lura Childress and Russell Childress. He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Tommy and Robert Childress; and one daughter, Freda Childress. He is survived by his wife, Kay Childress of New Edinburg;...
Terry Harper
Mar 4, 2025
Terry Arthur Harper passed away March 4th, 2025 at UAMS medical center. He was preceded in death by Jack and Billie Brown Harper, his mother and father, Gay Harper Turner his wife, and his son Kipp Terry Harper. Terry was a member of the plumber and pipefitters union 155. He was a graduate of Fordyce High School, where he lived...
Patsy Ann Spears
Mar 4, 2025
Patsy Ann Spears, 85 of New Edinburg, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at her daughter’s home. She was born on May 14, 1939 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to the late Oscar D. Kee and Peggy Harris Kee. Patsy was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in New Edinburg. A tribute to Patsy Ann: Our Mammaw was the kindest person...
Landon Gray Metcalf
Mar 3, 2025
Landon Gray Metcalf, 17 of New Edinburg, died Monday, March 3, 2025. We ask ourselves constantly why the most beautiful souls are chosen to leave this world in unfair ways. Why are they taken away to soon? We have come to terms with an answer that we “choose the most beautiful flowers in a field to take home with us.”...
Ruby Gay Smith
Feb 28, 2025
Ruby Gay Smith, age 79 of Fordyce died Friday, February 28, 2025 at her home. She was born October 6, 1945 in Laurel, Mississippi. She is preceded in death by her parents, Bernice Poore and Myrle Johnson Poore; husband, Lonnie “Jack” Smith; three brothers, Bart Sheffield, Donald Poore and Richard Poore; and one infant son. She is survived by three...
Bruce H. Walker
Feb 23, 2025
Bruce H. Walker, age 84 of Fordyce was called home Sunday, February 23, 2025. He was born on December 1, 1940 in Carthage, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Lewis Homer Walker and Annie Virginia Roberts Walker. He was retired from Coleman Dairy and was a member of Pine Crest Missionary Baptist Church. Other than his parents he...
Marian Edna Rutherford Hillman
Feb 22, 2025
Mrs. Marian Edna Rutherford Hillman of Fordyce Arkansas passed away Saturday February 22, 2025 at age 104. Born April 19, 1920 in Sparkman Arkansas, the daughter of Horace and Mae Bell (Gilliam) Rutherford. Preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Woodrow Hillman, her sister Dorothy Pearson (Mac) and her brother, Horace Rutherford, Jr. (Mary Ann), she is survived...
Ruth Jean Allen
Feb 21, 2025
Ruth Jean Allen, 82 of Hampton passed away peacefully at Chapel Woods nursing home in Warren. Born July 22, 1942 to the late James Elmer Eads and Maggie Helen Eads. She is preceded in death by her parents; four sisters; and one brother. She is survived by one son, Russell Byrd and his wife Ann of Warren; one granddaughter, Amber...
Pam Shelby
Feb 18, 2025
Pam Sisson Shelby, age 77, of Fordyce, passed to heaven Tuesday, February 18, 2025. She was born December 18,1947 in Fordyce, AR to the late Cletus and Vera Pearl Sisson. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was a nurse in the community for 30 years. She loved serving her Lord Jesus Christ and worked with children and...
Carl Wayne Kolaczkowski
Feb 15, 2025
Carl Wayne Kolaczkowski, 71 of Hampton died Saturday February 15, 2025 at JRMC at Pine Bluff. Born July 30, 1953 at Dallas, TX, he was the son of the late Benjamin Horace Kolaczkowski and Betty Francis Hambrick Kolaczkowski. He was self employed as a truck driver. He is survived by two sisters, Barbara Henderson of Hampton and Pat George of...
Sylvia Kathleen Reddin
Feb 6, 2025
Sylvia Kathleen Stringfellow Reddin, age 75, of Hampton passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, at her home. She was born September 24, 1949, in El Dorado, AR. She was a member of Hampton Methodist Church in Hampton, AR. She was the Post Master of the Kingsland Post Office for several years; she worked for the federal government for over 30...
Donald Wayne Walthall
Feb 5, 2025
Donald Wayne Walthall, 79 of Higden died Wednesday February 5, 2025 at his home. He was born December 28, 1945 at his family home in White Oak, Arkansas. Don was the 11th of 14 children born to Ira and Mamie Walthall, growing up in a close-knit family of seven boys and seven girls. He cherished his upbringing - working on...
George William Pennington
Jan 31, 2025
George William Pennington, 80 of Hampton, died Friday, January 31, 2025. He was born January 16, 1945 in Princeton, Arkansas to the late Fred Rhines Pennington Sr. and Ellie Elizabeth Mills Pennington. He was also preceded in death by his son, George William Pennington Jr. and his four sisters, Mildred Jaqulion Miller, Charlene LeGros, Joan Winsworth, and Wanda Fay Williams....
Harold Dean Mosley
Jan 30, 2025
Harold Dean Mosley, 85 of Bearden died Thursday January 30, 2025 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock. Born June 23, 1939 at Bearden, he was the son of the late Herman Mosley and Bertha Quarles Mosley. He was retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department. He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Mosley and three sisters, Louise Jones,...
Mike Teague
Jan 29, 2025
Mike Teague, age 80 of Bearden died Wednesday, January 29, 2025. He was born January 21, 1945 in Odessa, Texas. He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He is preceded in death by his parents, William James Teague and Wanda Katherine Finley Teague; and one son, Heath Hayden Teague. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Kathy Davison...
Edward Troy Buzbee
Jan 26, 2025
Edward Troy “E.T.” Buzbee, 89 of Hampton, died Sunday January 26, 2025 in North Little Rock. He was born March 9, 1935 in Tinsman, Arkansas to the late Troy Edward and Christine Strickland Buzbee. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Verta Mae Wooten Buzbee, two sisters, Mildred Oliver and Sue Price, and one brother, Larry Buzbee. He...
John Edward Barrett
Jan 26, 2025
John Edward Barrett of Bearden, Arkansas (1947–2025): A Life Well-Lived and Well-Told Bearden has lost one of its finest craftsmen and most entertaining storytellers with the passing of John Edward Barrett on January 26, 2025. Born on March 12, 1947, to the late John and Nadean Barrett, John spent 77 years proving that a good story and a well-crafted legacy...
Billy Wayne Harper Sr.
Jan 20, 2025
Billy Wayne Harper, Sr., age 77 of Mayflower died Monday, January 20, 2025 at Conway Regional Hospital in Conway, Arkansas. He was born December 29, 1947 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, George W. Harper and Elsie Lawrence Harper. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Harper of Mayflower; one son, Billy Wayne Harper,...
