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Rosemary Barner
Aug 23, 2016
Rosemary Barner, 91, of Camden died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Arkansas. She was born January 14, 1925 in Bearden, Arkansas. Rosemary worked at Bank of Bearden for thirty one years and she was a member of Maul Road Church of Christ in Camden. She is preceded in death by her parents, Roland F....
Weldon Lamar Graves
Aug 22, 2016
Weldon Lamar Graves, 78 of Conway Died Monday August 22, 2016 at Conway Regional Medical Center. Born May 20, 1938 in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Carl Graves and Muriel Lee Watts Graves. He began his airline career in 1957 with Braniff International Airways until 1982. He continued his career with Ozark Airlines and Trans World...
James F. Barner
Aug 19, 2016
James F. Barner, 83 of Fordyce, died Friday, August 19, 2016. He was born February 26, 1933 in Ramsey, Arkansas to the late Forest and Bernice Hodnett Barner. He was also preceded in death by his son, James Barner. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Bobbie Barner of Fordyce; daughter Pam (Billy) Morris of Fordyce; granddaughter Britt...
Roger Ray Pennington, Sr.
Aug 15, 2016
Roger Ray Pennington, Sr., 67, of Fordyce died Monday, August 15, 2016 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born March 7, 1949 in Bearden, Arkansas. He was a retired maintenance worker for the Fordyce Public Schools. He is preceded in death by his parents, Darrell Marion Pennington and Jessie Erma Lee Gresham Pennington; one son, John...
Jeanette Garner
Aug 13, 2016
Eva Jeanette Garner, 75, of Fordyce died Saturday, August 13, 2016 in St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born February 13, 1941 in Thornton, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First Assembly of God in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fred Hopkins and Vinnie Sullivent Hopkins; husband, Larry Douglas Garner....
Linda Carol Dow
Aug 12, 2016
Linda Carol Dow, 71 of Fordyce went to be with the Lord on Friday August 12, 2016. Mrs. Dow was preceded in death by her parents, Poe H. Bradford and Josie I. Bradford; a daughter Donna M. Dow; and a brother, Bobby D. Bradford. Mrs. Dow leaves her husband, Michael W. Dow, Sr. of Fordyce; a brother, Thomas Bradford of...
Angela Starr West
Aug 12, 2016
Angela Starr West, 66, of Conway died Friday, August 12, 2016 at her home. She was born December 26, 1949 in Brookings, SD. She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willard R. Olson and Betty Ward Olson. She is survived by her husband, Robert Neal West of Conway; one son, Nathan West of Conway; one...
Patsy Kay King Graves
Aug 11, 2016
Patsy Kay King Graves, 66, of Pineville, Louisiana died Thursday August 11, 2016. Born May 27, 1950 at Thornton, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Dollie King. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Graves; sister, Juanita Krumrey; brothers, Julian (Red) King and Paul (Little Bud) King. She is survived by her daughters, Janice...
Lena Mae Cranford
Aug 2, 2016
Lena Mae Cranford, 94, of Fordyce died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at her home in Fordyce. She was born April 19, 1922 in Sparkman, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Fordyce. She was very active in the community of Fordyce; serving on the Dallas County Fair Board, a member of the Dallas...
O. D. Cathey
Aug 2, 2016
Oliver Daniel "O.D." Cathey, 88, of Fordyce passed away on August 2, 2016. He was born June 20, 1928 in Hopeville, Arkansas. O.D. lived a long, full life focused on generosity and selfless service to others, characteristics modeled after his grandparents, Oliver and Lena Anthony. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War....
Helen Marie Walsh
Aug 2, 2016
Helen Marie Williams Walsh, 85, of Bearden died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born September 19, 1930 in Dallas County, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Jacinto. She is preceded in death by her parents, Clifford Williams and Mabel Hollis Williams; husband, Harry...
Terry Boyette
Jul 25, 2016
Terry Lynn Boyette, 69 of Tinsman, Arkansas, was born November 27, 1946 to Pallace and Austin Boyette. He left to be with his loved ones on July 25th of 2016. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, his first wife Shirley Boyette, and his brother Don Carpenter. He is survived by his life-long companion Linda Hays, her...
David Morris Freer
Jul 25, 2016
David Morris Freer, 53, of Fordyce died Monday, July 25, 2016 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. David was born January 21, 1963 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his father, Billy Joe Freer; and one brother, Lynn Freer. David is survived by his mother, Sue Freer of Fordyce; one daughter, Amber Freer of...
Clifton "Buddy" Marshall
Jul 23, 2016
Clifton Henry "Buddy" Marshall died July 23, 2016 at the Heritage Center in Conway, Arkansas at the age of 96. He was born near Carthage, Arkansas November 16, 1919, the son of Robert Lee Marshall and Virginia Isabel McGriff and a descendant of several families who settled in Dallas, Drew and Jefferson counties from the mid-1840s to the 1880s. He...
Hattie Louneil Huff
Jul 18, 2016
Hattie Louneil Huff, 87 of Fordyce, died Monday, July 18th, 2016. She was born October 4, 1928 in Moro Bay, Arkansas to the late Jimmie and Ouita Hines. She was also preceded in death by her husband Rufus Huff, her grandson Chris Turner, her brother Harold Hines, and her sister Nina Terrell. She is survived by her son Robert Huff...
Ja Kinlee Ca Joyce Broughton
Jul 14, 2016
Ja Kinlee Ca Joyce Broughton, infant daughter of Johnny and Kimberly Broughton of Fordyce, died July 14, 2016. She is survived by her parents; grandparents Maneat Diemute of Harrell, Glenda Jackson of Fordyce, Artis Davis, Jr. of Harrell, Johnny Broughton, Sr. of Little Rock; aunt Yolonda Tidwell of Bearden; uncles Artis Davis III of Harrell, Frederick Washington of Fordyce. Graveside...
James "Jim" Russell
Jul 10, 2016
James "Jim" Russell, age 85 of Kingsland went home to be with the Lord on Sunday July 10, 2016. He was born March 15, 1931 in Sparkman, the son of Al and Lela Lewis Russell. He was teacher of the men's Sunday School Class and Deacon at Kingsland First Baptist Church for over 40 years. He worked as an offset...
Kay Hearne
Jul 7, 2016
Kay Hearne, 75, of Fordyce passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016. She was born September 11, 1940, at Bunn, Arkansas. Kay was the daughter of Henry & Jewell Vetter and the youngest of four children. Kay is survived by her husband, Rex, of Fordyce; son, Kyle, of Lowell, AR; son, Kipp and wife, Lisa, grandson, Grant, and granddaughter, Eliza, of...
Catherine Womble Anderson
Jun 19, 2016
Catherine Womble Anderson, 81, of Fordyce died Sunday June 19, 2016 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born February 16, 1935 in Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Al Needo Womble and Cora Swayze Womble. She was a member of the First Assembly of God in Fordyce. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Garland Ray Wright
Jun 11, 2016
Garland Ray Wright, 86, of Hampton died Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. He was born July 12, 1929 in Bradley County, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. He is survived by his wife of forty one years, Ola Mae Wright of Hampton; two sons, Jimmy Ray...
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