Obituaries
Obituaries for Southern Arkansas
Gervis Ray Summers
Jan 8, 2015
Gervis Ray Summers, 84, of Rogers, died Thursday, January 8, 2015. He was born March 22, 1930 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Rogers, AR. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ira Summers and Lurlie Proctor Summers; five brothers; and eight sisters. He is survived by his wife, Mary Woodall Summers;...
Marth Jean Nutt Shaddock
Jan 6, 2015
Martha Jean Nutt Shaddock, 68 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015. She was born December 29, 1946 in Fordyce to Vivanaye Owens Nutt and the late William D. Nutt. She was a retired schoolteacher and a member of Zion Baptist Church of Fordyce. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband James D. Shaddock...
Evernell "Nell" Launius Clark
Jan 6, 2015
Evernell "Nell" Launius Clark, 91, of Fordyce died Tuesday, January 06, 2015 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born May 17, 1923 in Dallas County, Arkansas. She was a member of Beech Gove Baptist Church for 55 years. She is preceded in death by her parents, Harvey F. Launius and Kate Ethel Taylor Launius; husbands, Lewis C....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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