Ebb Shelton Davis
Jan 29, 2016
Ebb Shelton Davis, 89 of Hampton, died Friday, January 29, 2016. He was born January 27, 1927 in Calhoun County to the late Ebb P. Davis and Ollie Francis King Davis. He was also preceded in death by his son Donald Dale Davis and brother Harvey Davis. He is survived by his wife Mary Sue Milner Davis of Hampton, his...
Billy J. Russell
Jan 28, 2016
Billy J. Russell, 86 of Conway died Thursday January 28, 2016 at his home. He was born August 15, 1929 to the late Felix Russell and May Morris Russell. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Russell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Korea. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Oakland Cemetery...
James C. "Junior" Freer
Jan 23, 2016
James Clarence "Junior" Freer, Jr. died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was a retired business man and served on the Dallas County Quorum Court for 36 years, leaving the position in 2013 at the age of 93. In 2010 he received the Community Service Award in recognition of his loyal service on the Dallas...
Nancy Carolyn Starks
Jan 22, 2016
Nancy Carolyn Marshall Starks, 79, of Carthage, died Friday January 22, 2016 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. Born September 1, 1936 at Carthage, she was a daughter of the late H.L. Marshall and Nancy Raney Marshall. She was a member of the Carthage Presbyterian Church and a retired bookkeeper for Toler Lumber Co. She was preceded in death...
Kenneth G. Clemons
Jan 22, 2016
Kenneth G. Clemons, 83, of Thornton died Friday January 22, 2016 at his home. Born February 7, 1932 in Calhoun County, he was a son of the late William E. Clemons and Clara Bell Clemons. He was a member of the Hopeville Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Karl Lynn Clemons. He is survived...
Robert William Gohlke
Jan 22, 2016
Robert William Gohlke, 62 of Little Rock, died Friday, January 22, 2016. He was born May 15, 1953 in Fordyce to Emil and Joyce West Gohlke. He is survived by his parents, his daughter Melissa Anderson of Pontevedra, Florida, his sister Brenda Donkers of Oregon City, Oregon, and his granddaughter Kamryn Anderson of Pontevedra, Florida. Graveside services are 1PM Tuesday...
Jo Ann Abbott
Jan 21, 2016
Jo Ann D. Abbott, 81, of Bearden died Thursday January 21, 2016 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Born October 20, 1934 in St. Louis, MO, she was a daughter of the late John E. Dalton and Dora Maine Morris Dalton. She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church at Bearden. She was preceded in death by...
Rose Marie Pennington
Jan 18, 2016
Rose Marie Mays Pennington, age 50, of Camden died Monday, January 18, 2016 at Ouachita Nursing and Rehab Center in Camden, Arkansas. Rose was born July 28, 1965 in Jefferson, Texas. She is preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn Jean Lott; and one brother, Billy Ray Mays. She is survived by three sons, Rodney Pennington, Ricky Pennington, and Ray...
James Thomas King
Jan 18, 2016
James Thomas King, 85 of Fordyce, died Monday, January 18, 2016. He was born May 17, 1930 in Fordyce to the late Arthur Richard King and Laura Lucille "Sally" King. He is also preceded in death by two brothers, Ellis Ray King and William "Bill" King. He is survived by his wife Greta King of Fordyce; two sons Michael King...
Tony Martin Denton
Jan 13, 2016
Tony Martin Denton, 59 of Fordyce, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016. He was born June 27, 1956 in Ellisville, Arkansas to the late Richard H. Denton and Mattie Martindale Denton. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Richard Dale Denton and Glendal "Bud" Denton, and three sisters, Wanda Stringfellow, Hershia Purifoy, and Jo Ann Baylor. He is survived...
J.B. Ethridge
Jan 12, 2016
J.B. Ethridge, 89 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, January 12, 2016. He was born November 21, 1926 in Ogamaw, Arkansas to the late Carlton and Bernice Ethridge. J.B. was also preceded in death by two sisters, Onie Mae Ethridge and Reba Robinson and one brother Marvin Ethridge. J.B. was a veteran of World War 2 where he served in Germany and...
Doyle Kenneth Parker
Jan 12, 2016
Doyle Kenneth Parker, 72, of El Dorado died Tuesday January 12, 2016 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. Born December 9, 1943 at Camden, he was a son of the late Doyle Emmett Parker and Vicie Irene Sullivent Parker. He was a truck driver, disabled Army veteran, and Commander of the El Dorado chapter of the DAV. He was...
Audrey E. Rich
Jan 11, 2016
Audrey E. Rich, 79, of Jessieville died Monday January 11, 2016 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Hot Springs. Born May 17, 1936 in Attala County, MS, she was the daughter of the late Luther Edwards and Mavis Roberta Brunt Edwards. She is survived by her husband, John W. "Jake" Rich, Sr. who she married on May 11, 1957; two sons,...
Frankie Kimbrell
Dec 30, 2015
Frankie Ann Cupit Kimbrell, 83, of Thornton died Wednesday December 30, 2015 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born October 24, 1932 in Dallas County, she was a daughter of the late Authur Cupit and Mary Alice Sission Cupit. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luther "Buddy" Kimbrell; brother, Robert Cupit; sister, Marie Pinkard; Grandsons Joshua...
William Hartsel Cayce
Dec 28, 2015
William Hartsel Cayce, 89, of Thornton passed away Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born July 13, 1926, in Fordyce. He was ordained in 1961 and was the long-time pastor of Cane Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Through the years he had served additional churches in Mena and Rolla. Hartsel owned and operated Cayce Publishing Company in Thornton. He was the...
Lois K. Lynn
Dec 27, 2015
Lois K. Lynn, 82 of Fordyce, died Sunday, December 27, 2015. She was born April 4, 1933 in Harmony Grove to the late Harvey P. and Bertie West Kennedy. She was also preceded in death by her son Richard Allen Lynn, daughter Donna Sue Lynn, and one brother. She is survived by her husband James T. Lynn of Fordyce; one...
Jessie Edward Nalls
Dec 26, 2015
Jessie Edward Nalls, 77, of Sparkman died Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born May 13, 1938 in Sparkman, Arkansas. He was a lifetime horse trader, had owned and operated a service station in Sparkman for twenty two years, worked as an insurance agent for American General Insurance for eight years, and...
Louis Terrell Earnest
Dec 18, 2015
Louis Terrell Earnest, 91, of Tinsman died Friday, December 18, 2015 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was born March 7, 1924 in Tinsman, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Henry Garland Earnest and Martha Melissa King Earnest; two brothers, James and Homer Earnest; and two sisters, Marie Cosby and Eula Bailey. He is survived by...
Ora Steelman Cathey
Dec 17, 2015
Ora Olirea Steelman Cathey, 94 of Thornton, died Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was born October 27, 1921 in Thornton to the late T.B. and Ada Hodge Sessions. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Franklin Coby Steelman and Travis Cathey, and her son Franklin Coby Steelman, Jr. She is survived by her son Jerry W. Steelman and...
Virginia R. Gilbert
Dec 16, 2015
Virginia R. Gilbert, 67 of Hampton, died Wednesday., December 16, 2015. She was born October 25, 1948 in Ivan, Arkansas to the late Henry Franklin Wilson and Lillie Pennington Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husbands James W. Miller and Jerry D. Gilbert, two brothers Tommy Wilson and Bud Pennington, and a sister James Saeler. She is...
