Doyle Lee "Collar Buster" Patterson
Jul 10, 2015
Doyle Lee "Collar Buster" Patterson, 74, of Bearden died Friday, July 10, 2015 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born September 12, 1940 in Fouke, Arkansas. He was retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department and he was a member of Providence Land Mark Missionary Baptist Church of Thornton. He is preceded in death by his...
Linda Faye Knight
Jul 10, 2015
Linda Faye Young Knight, 62, of New Edinburg died Friday July 10, 2015 at her home. Born September 20, 1952 at Warren, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Dora Brasfield Young. She was a nurse and a member of Hebron Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin Reese. She is survived by her...
Mary V. Oliver
Jul 7, 2015
Mary V. Oliver, age 82, of Fordyce passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 She was born in Kingsland to the late Andrew Jackson (Jack) O'Banion and Dora Golden O'Banion on July 17, 1932. As one of 11 children born to farming parents, she learned the values of that life, sharing them through her life's example. A devoted mother and...
David "Skeet" Brewer
Jul 7, 2015
David "Skeet" Brewer, 71, of Fordyce died Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was born May 31, 1944 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clyde S. Brewer and Mildred Rush Brewer; and one niece, Gwen Phillips. He is survived by four brothers, Lloyd "Buddy" (Shelia) Brewer of Thornton, Fred...
Austin Stephen Shipp
Jul 5, 2015
Austin Stephen Shipp, 19 of El Dorado died Sunday July 5, 2015. He was born February 26, 1996. Our beloved son Austin Stephen Shipp has gone to be with the Lord. He is survived by his mom, LaLainya Shipp of Hot Springs; his dad, David I. Moseley and wife Dana of Poplarville, MS; his brother, Michael Shipp of Hot Springs;...
Jesse Willard Anderson
Jul 4, 2015
Jesse Willard Anderson, 70, of Maumelle died Saturday, July 4, 2015 at The Lakes at Maumelle Health & Rehab. He was born May 19, 1945 in La Follette, TN. Jesse served thirty two years in the US Navy and the Arkansas National Guard. He was a master electrician and a heating and air specialist. He is preceded in death by...
Philip Eugene Launius
Jul 3, 2015
Philip Eugene Launius, 68, of Fordyce died Friday, July 3, 2015 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 28, 1946 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Phil served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and later retired from the Army National Guard. He was a member of the American Legion, V.F.W. and the D.A.V. Phil worked for...
Emily Ruth Jones Gaddy
Jul 2, 2015
Emily Ruth Jones Gaddy, 89, of Sherwood, died peacefully in her sleep after a long and courageous battle with COPD Thursday, July 2, 2015. She was born in Thornton, Ark., to James Joseph (Joe) and Allie Velma Jones, on October 8, 1925, and was a graduate of Thornton High School in Calhoun County before attending college at the University of...
Tracy Lynn Hart
Jul 2, 2015
Tracy Lynn Hart, age 53 of Kingsland, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at St. Vincent's in Little Rock. His loving wife of 35 years was at his side. He was born November 14, 1961 in Mitchell, SD, the son of Lavern (Erwin) Hart and the late Wally Hart. Tracy worked in the plywood industry as a supervisor for 30 years...
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;...
