Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Ernestine B. Graves

Ernestine B. Graves

Jan 3, 2015

Ernestine B. Graves, 89, of Thornton died Saturday, January 03, 2015 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born November 21, 1925 in Holly Springs, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Beeson and Mary Alice Ernest Beeson; husband, Rev. John...

Karen Mearl Holt Steward

Karen Mearl Holt Steward

Jan 1, 2015

Karen Mearl Holt Steward, 67, of Camden died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at her home. She was born July 14, 1947 in Camden, Arkansas. She was a Baptist and former manager of Factory Connection in Camden. She is preceded in death by her parents, Louis J. Holt and Rowena Fern Bragdon Holt; and one brother, Robert Lewis Holt. She is...

Betty Lea Mcmanus

Betty Lea Mcmanus

Dec 26, 2014

Betty Lea McManus, 61, of Maumelle died Friday, December 26, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born November 10, 1953 in Pineville, LA. She was employed at Pulaski Tech in North Little Rock and was a member of Beech Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Billy S. McManus...

Charles H. Bryant

Charles H. Bryant

Dec 26, 2014

Charles H. Bryant, 75 of Hampton, died Friday December 26, 2014. He was born June 21, 1939 in Hampton to the late Roy Bryant and Marie Porter Bryant. He is also preceded in death by three brothers, R.A. Bryant, William Bryant, and James Bryant, and one sister Mittie Jane Morris. He is survived by his wife Meredith Bryant of Hampton;...

Armena B. Davis

Armena B. Davis

Dec 22, 2014

Armena B. Davis, 91, of Fordyce died Monday, December 22, 2014 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born May 10, 1923 in Dabney, Arkansas. She was retired from Alltel and she was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Lee Beverage and Ivy Pearl Reeves...

Dorothy Tucker

Dorothy Tucker

Dec 14, 2014

Dorothy Alice Tucker, age 84, of Garland, Texas, passed away December 14, 2014 in Garland, Texas. She was born on August 15, 1930 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Buck and Ruth Bailey Hawkins. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Keith Hawkins and Kenneth Hawkins; and her sister, Helen Ritchie. She is survived by her husband of sixty...

Teri Lynn Bryant

Teri Lynn Bryant

Dec 12, 2014

Teri Lynn Bryant, 46, of Harrell died Friday, December 12, 2014 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado. She was born February 23, 1968 in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was a member of Canaan Baptist Church in Harrell and she was a registered nurse. She is preceded in death by her mother, Judy Reddin Oliver and one brother, Kenneth Scott...

Winfred R. Gilbert

Winfred R. Gilbert

Dec 8, 2014

Winfred R. Gilbert, 88 of Hampton died Monday December 8, 2014 at his home. Born August 13, 1926 at Hampton, he was a son of the late Abner and Ester Proctor Gilbert. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and worked in maintenance at the University of Kansas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian Gilbert;...

Billy Mack Freeman

Billy Mack Freeman

Dec 8, 2014

Billy Mack Freeman, 73, of Sparkman died Monday December 8, 2014. He was born June 7, 1941 in Sparkman, Arkansas. He was an avid outdoorsman, a gospel singer for forty two years and a member of Eagle Mills Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bonnie Mack Freeman and Eva Mae Gordon Freeman; wife, Katie Sue Schee...

Lavern Bragg

Lavern Bragg

Dec 4, 2014

Hazel Lavern Castleberry Bragg, 65, of White Oak, Arkansas died Thursday December 4, 2014. She was born February 24, 1949 to the late Bill and Mary "Cricket" Quarles Castleberry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Houston Harold Bragg and two brothers, William "Wig" Castleberry and David Michael "Mickey" Castleberry. She is survived by her daughters, Kim Foster and...

Nelline Rippy

Nelline Rippy

Dec 4, 2014

Mrs. Lillian Nelline Rippy, 91 of Fordyce, joined her loved ones in Heaven Thursday evening, December 4th, 2014. Nelline was first and foremost a devoted wife, loving mother and homemaker. She was a cashier early in life and later worked as a part-time bookkeeper for Sidney, her husband. Nelline was a dedicated Christian lady who was loved by all who...

Billy Gene Clark

Billy Gene Clark

Nov 28, 2014

Billy Gene Clark, 85, of Fordyce died Friday November 28, 2014 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born July 11, 1929, he was the son of the late Elby "Buster" Clark and Lillian Hambright Clark. He was owner and operator of Clark Furniture and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his wife,...

Donna Davison

Donna Davison

Nov 17, 2014

Donna Kay Davison, 50, of Fordyce died Monday November 17, 2014 at Conway Regional Medical Center. Born May 22, 1964 at Little Rock, she was a daughter of Eugene Jones of Fordyce and the late Mary Ellen House Jones. She was preceded in death by her ex-husband, Ted Davison and her mother, Mary Ellen House Jones. She is survived by...

Richard L. Rogers

Richard L. Rogers

Nov 16, 2014

Richard L. Rogers, 72 of Thornton died Sunday November 16, 2014. He was born July 20, 1942 in Sparkman to the late Harold Boyd Rogers and Myrtle Willett Rogers. He was also preceded in death by his brother Lester Rogers. He is survived by his wife Barbara Neal Rogers of Thornton; two sons, Timothy Rogers and wife Tracey of Bearden...

Martha Russell

Martha Russell

Nov 11, 2014

Martha Russell, 85, of Camden died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born December 17, 1928 in Tinsman, Arkansas. She was a member of Maul Community Baptist Church. Martha was the first elected female judge of Ouachita County serving along with her husband in 1983 and 1984. She is preceded in death by...

Ruby Faye Lambert

Ruby Faye Lambert

Nov 7, 2014

Ruby Faye Lambert, 68 of Hampton, died Friday, November 7, 2014. She was born December 27, 1945 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the late Leslie B. Wood and Jessie Juanita Osgood Wood. She is also preceded in death by her husband John Lee Lambert, brother Ray Wood, son John Leslie Lambert, and grandson John Buck Lambert. She is survived by...

Eva Mae Bambico

Eva Mae Bambico

Nov 1, 2014

Eva Mae Bambico, 79, of Bearden died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born December 6, 1934 in Thornton, Arkansas. After 35 years she retired as a production lead from BAE (Esterline) in Camden and she was a member of Bearden Missionary Baptist Church in Bearden. She is preceded in death by her...

Florene Mitchell

Florene Mitchell

Oct 24, 2014

Florene Mitchell, 77, of Chambersville died Friday, October 24, 2014 at Promise Hospital in Bossier City, LA. She was born July 17, 1937 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a retired factory worker and a member of Chambersville Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, J. D. Wooten and Tennie Wagnon Wooten, husband, T.V. Mitchell; four brothers...

Michael Jack Burrow

Michael Jack Burrow

Oct 23, 2014

Michael Jack Burrow, 76, of Yellville died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the VA Hospital in Fayetteville. He was born October 7, 1938 in St. Louis, MO. He was a retired Contracting Officer for the Little Rock Air Force Base. He served in the US Air Force and was a member of Yellville Assembly of God Church. He is preceded...

Jack S. Gresham

Jack S. Gresham

Oct 22, 2014

Jack Scott Gresham, 84 of Hampton, Arkansas, passed away October 22, 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas at Baptist Medical Center. He was born November 16, 1929 in Freeport, Texas to the late Robert Langston Gresham and Annie Lee Gresham. He was also preceded in death by his brother Robert Langston Gresham, Jr. Jack was a member of Victory Baptist Church...

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