Marvin Bob Burford
Jun 30, 2015
Marvin Bob Burford, 66, of Fordyce died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was born September 13, 1948 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was a graduate of Arkansas A&M with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. He spent his 40 year career with Georgia-Pacific as a forester/procurement manager. He is preceded in death by...
Mattie Marie Cosby
Jun 29, 2015
Mattie Marie Earnest Cosby, 89, of Hampton died Monday June 29, 2015 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born January 25, 1926 at Tinsman, she was a daughter of the late Garland and Martha King Earnest. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Cosby; and a daughter, Levenda...
Nellie Jo Turner Evans
Jun 26, 2015
Nellie Jo Turner Evans, 92, of Princeton, Arkansas, died Friday, June 26, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Evans, son Kenneth Evans and two grandsons Timothy White and Anthony Evans. She was born May 30, 1923, daughter of the late Sam Turner and Nancy Cheatham Turner. She is survived by two daughters, Jo Anne White of...
Illa B. Hope
Jun 26, 2015
Illa B. Hope, 82, of Fordyce, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at St. John's Place in Fordyce. She was born June 23, 1933, in Clarendon, AR, to the late Ernest S. and Mary Jane Johnston Bickerstaff. Mrs. Hope graduated from Clarendon High School in 1952 and received a bachelor's degree in home economics from Henderson State Teachers College in 1956...
Carroll Wynn Williams
Jun 25, 2015
Carroll Wynn Williams, 82 of North Little Rock, died Thursday, June 25, 2015. He was born November 28, 1932 in Dallas County to the late Roland and Meece Gill Williams. He was preceded in death by four brothers: Dick, Bruce, Jerry, and Laudell and two sisters, Armon and Helen. Carroll was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church and served as...
Jack C. Anthony
Jun 24, 2015
Jack C. Anthony, 71, of Bearden died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Jack was born August 16, 1943 in Texarkana, AR. He was a retired logging contractor, a member of Bearden First United Methodist Church, and he served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. Jack is preceded in death by his parents,...
Ann Castleberry Shaddock
Jun 23, 2015
Ann Castleberry Shaddock wife, mother and grandmother and the 8th Wonder of the World went home to heaven on June 23, 2015. Ann was born April 4, 1941. She was a faithful member of the Cullendale Assembly of God Church in Camden, AR for more than fifty years. She was a Sunday school teacher and a nursery attendant for over...
Roy Clinton Russell
Jun 17, 2015
Roy Clinton Russell, 64, of Bearden died Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. He was born January 12, 1951 at Baton Rouge, LA. He is preceded in death by his parents, Athel Clinton Russell and Mary Rish Russell; and one brother, Jeffrey Russell. He is survived by his wife, Annette Russell of Bearden; one son...
Paul Raymond Blankenship
Jun 15, 2015
Paul Raymond Blankenship, 91, of Fordyce died Monday June 15, 2015 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Born November 13, 1923 at Newberg, he was a son of the late Loren and Althea Rodman Blankenship. He was retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department and a member of Fordyce First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son,...
Marion "Monkey" Thornton
Jun 14, 2015
Marion Stanley "Monkey" Thornton, 79, of Fordyce died Sunday, June 14, 2015 at his home. He was born October 12, 1935 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church of Fordyce. He is preceded in death by his parents, Claude Francis Thornton and Ernie Elizabeth Tuberville Thornton; two brothers, J.R. Cubage and Richard Thornton; two sisters, Frances...
James Guy Yeager
Jun 9, 2015
James Guy Yeager, 85, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at his home in Bearden. He was born November 25, 1929 in Bearden, Arkansas. He retired from Little Rock Air Force Base and he also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is preceded in death by his parents, Guy Yeager and Quinnie Richardson Yeager; daughter, Katheryn Yeager;...
Martiel Clark Womble
Jun 2, 2015
Martiel Clark Womble, 85, of Thornton died Tuesday June 2, 2015 at Greenhouse Cottages in Rison. Born September 22, 1929 at DeQueen, she was a daughter of the late James Jerome and Neva O. Reynolds Clark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Benny Edward Womble. She was a registered nurse for many years, and was very active in...
Richard E. Harper
May 31, 2015
Richard E. Harper, 67, of Fordyce died Sunday May 31, 2015 at his home. Born August 9, 1947, he was a son of the late Herman Clyde and Ida Ella "Tincie" Sevier Harper. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Ann Evans Harper; and a brother, Donnie Harper. He is survived by a daughter, Rickie Bryant and husband...
Walter E. "Eddie" Spears
May 29, 2015
Walter E. "Eddie" Spears, 78, of Fordyce died Friday, May 29, 2015 at UAMS in Little Rock. He was born October 19, 1936 in Cleveland County, Arkansas. He was owner of Spears Dry Kiln and Service Company, Inc. and he also served in the Army National Guard. He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter C. "Snooks" Spears and...
Glen F. Jones
May 28, 2015
Glen F. Jones, 95, of Fordyce died Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born September 1, 1919 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. He is preceded in death by his parents Ben Franklin Jones and Lottie Lavonia Pugh Jones; and wife, Maudie Marie...
Jonathan Clark Finley
May 26, 2015
Jonathan Clark Finley, age 40 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015. He was born June 9, 1974 in Fordyce. Jonathan excelled academically and athletically. He graduated from Fordyce High School in the top of his class, attended Arkansas Governor's School, and was a graduate of Hendrix College. Athletically, he excelled in tennis and cross country track at the local,...
William Thomas Bath
May 25, 2015
William Thomas Bath, 64 of Hampton, died Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born June 27, 1950 in Key West, Florida to the late Samuel Parmer Bath and Argelia Maria Gonzalez. He served in the United States Air Force and was retired from Lockheed Martin. He is survived by his children, Lacey Davis and husband Lance, Jimmy Spurlin and wife...
Duel L. Abbott
May 22, 2015
Duel L. Abbott, 82, of Kingsland died Friday May 22, 2015 at his home. Born March 15, 1933 at Sparkman, he was the son of the late Ware Hopper and Sallie Leona Abbott. He was a member of the Kingsland First Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army veteran and a mechanic. He was preceded in death by his wife,...
Karen Ann Daugherty
May 20, 2015
Karen Ann Daugherty, 59 of Fordyce, went to be with her Lord Wednesday, May 20, 2015. She was born March 7, 1956 in Camden, Arkansas to the late John W. and Donna M. Pennington Reynolds. She graduated from Bearden High School in 1974 and was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Jacinto. She loved being a mother, wife,...
Martha Dianne Quarles
May 17, 2015
Martha Dianne Quarles, 70, of White Hall died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Green House Cottages in Rison. She was born September 12, 1944 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was a member of Hardin Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. Dianne graduated from White Hall School in 1962 and shortly after married the love of her life, Aubrey Quarles on November...
