Obituaries

Obituaries for Southern Arkansas

Nell Rose Carter

Nell Rose Carter

Sep 22, 2014

Nell Rose Carter, 88, formerly of El Dorado, AR and residing in Springdale, AR, went to be with the Lord Monday, September 22, 2014. She was born September 3, 1926 in Warren, AR. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Thomas Marks and Lydia May Marks, two brothers W.T. "Dub" Marks and James Marks, one sister Doris Treece...

Ruth Joy Boney

Ruth Joy Boney

Sep 22, 2014

Ruth Joy Boney, 76 of Chambersville, died Monday, September 22, 2014. She was born February 2, 1938 in Chambersville to the late Sidney Gray and Ellen Gray Rothwell. She was also preceded in death by her brother William Gray and step-father and Everett Rothwell. She was a long time member of Chambersville Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband...

Maggie L Riggan

Maggie L Riggan

Sep 20, 2014

Maggie L. Riggan, 95, of Carthage died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Sheridan Health Care and Rehab Center in Sheridan. She was born February 1, 1919 in Mist, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Carthage Missionary Baptist Church in Carthage. She is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Freer and Debbie Lum Freer; husband, Horace J....

Robert Blake Green

Robert Blake Green

Sep 15, 2014

Robert Blake Green, 51 of Fordyce, died Monday, September 15, 2014. He was born April 23, 1963 in Dallas County to Pat Green Lawrence and the late Blake Waybon Green. He was preceded in death by his nephew Kyle Green and his grandparents Nannie and Grady Green and Sadie and O.J. McCann. He is survived by his wife Cindy Green...

Sarah Emilie Groves Jones

Sarah Emilie Groves Jones

Sep 11, 2014

Sarah Emilie Groves Jones, 74, of New Edinburg died Thursday, September 11, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born May 15, 1940 in Monticello, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank Groves and Marguerite Kelley Groves; husband, Robert L. Jones; and one brother, Edward Groves. She is survived by one son, Robert...

Ron Wylie

Ron Wylie

Sep 11, 2014

Ron Wylie, 64 of Tulip, died Thursday, September 11, 2014. He was born July 13, 1950 to the late Gene and Margean Wylie. He was also preceded in death by his sister Betty McKiever. He is survived by his wife Karen Wylie of Tulip; two sons, Seth Wylie of Cabot and Paxton Wylie of Tulip; one brother, Mac Wylie of...

Carolyn Sue Vann Darius

Carolyn Sue Vann Darius

Sep 9, 2014

Carolyn Sue Vann Darius, age 55, of Camden died Tuesday, September 09, 2014 at Life Touch Hospice House in El Dorado. She was born May 25, 1959 in Sparkman, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and attended Holly Springs Baptist Church in Holly Springs. She is preceded in death by her father, Doyle Vann; brother, Charles Edward Vann; brother-in-law, James Points;...

Bryar And Blayde Conner

Bryar And Blayde Conner

Sep 8, 2014

Infant twins Bryar and Blayde Conner were born and died Monday, September 8, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. They are survived by their parents, Jordan and Michaela Conner of Rison; grandparents, Mike and Doris Kee of New Edinburg, Robert and Brenda Conner of Rison and Mike Powell of Birmingham, AL. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm...

Kalom Neal Emerson

Kalom Neal Emerson

Sep 4, 2014

Kalom Neal Emerson, 35 of Bearden, Arkansas died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born August 3, 1979 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was a member of Sulfur Springs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his sister Amy Emerson, grandparents Jack and Marie Emerson, Betty Harper, and M.G. Ferrell; and his...

Clara Lillian Milford Magnia

Clara Lillian Milford Magnia

Aug 23, 2014

Clara Lillian Milford Magnia, 91, of Hampton died Saturday, August 23, 2014 at her home. She was born December 17, 1922 in Diboll, TX. She was a retired telephone operator for AT&T. She is preceded in death by her parents, George Milford and Clara Belle Massengill Milford; husband, Kyte Magnia; and one niece, George Ellen Stokes. She is survived by...

Glenna Thae Gray Rich Smith

Glenna Thae Gray Rich Smith

Aug 22, 2014

Glenna Thae Gray Rich Smith, 90, of Fordyce died Friday, August 22, 2014 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born April 3, 1924 in Thornton, Arkansas. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Fordyce. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ray Gray and Floy McCann Gray; husbands, James Allen Rich and Houston...

Richard Boyd Dodson

Richard Boyd Dodson

Aug 21, 2014

Richard Boyd Dodson, 80 of Maumelle, passed away Thursday, August 21, 2014. Boyd was a gentle and intelligent man, a military pilot who served his country, a writer at heart who treasured his memories, a man who dearly loved his family, a friend who kept the bonds strong through eight decades of time, and a valiant soul who steadfastly faced...

Jerry L. Labeff

Jerry L. Labeff

Aug 20, 2014

Jerry L. LaBeff, age 42 of Fordyce, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was born June 12, 1972 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his father Clifford L. LaBeff. He is survived by his mother Jane LaBeff of Bearden; fiancée Angie Pamplin of Fordyce; 8 sons Taylor Corkins, Brandon Richardson, Sam LaBeff, and Cody LaBeff...

Martha Laverne Daniel

Martha Laverne Daniel

Aug 17, 2014

Martha Laverne Daniel, 64 of Fordyce, died Sunday, August 17 2014. She was born January 15, 1950 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the late James Ed Kelly and Martha Ann Sisson Rich. She was longtime active member of Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband Johnny Ray Daniel of Fordyce; daughter Jacki Lynne Daniel Garlington and...

Eloise H. Ballard Tipton

Eloise H. Ballard Tipton

Aug 15, 2014

Eloise H. Ballard Tipton, 97 of Fordyce died Friday August 15, 2014 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born October 21, 1916 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Allie Ballard. She was a homemaker and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie F....

Jeannie Padbury Devlin

Jeannie Padbury Devlin

Aug 15, 2014

JEANNE PADBURY DEVLIN, 87, of Fordyce, Arkansas passed away peacefully at St. John's Place on Friday, August 15th, 2014. A much loved mother, grandmother and friend, Jeanne was born on June 4th, 1927 in Switchback, West Virginia. She attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia where she met Robert ("Bob") Emmett Devlin. Bob and Jeanne later married...

Reba Elizabeth Nichols

Reba Elizabeth Nichols

Aug 15, 2014

Reba Elizabeth Nichols, 85 of Fordyce, died Friday, August 15, 2014 in Little Rock. She was born September 27, 1928 in Arkadelphia to the late David Nelson Rogers and Beulah Iona Harrison Rogers. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, R.C. and Fletcher Rogers, and her sisters, Marie Strickland, Velma Oliver, Ruby Fay Rogers, and her daughter-in-law Lori...

Mary Louise Hicks Smith

Mary Louise Hicks Smith

Aug 15, 2014

Mary Louise (Hicks) Smith, 95, a homemaker, passed away on August 15, 2014, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of natural causes. She was born to Lorie Ted and Anna Lee (Offutt) Hicks of rural Kingsland, Arkansas, on November 3, 1918. She is also preceded in death by two siblings, Harold Hicks and Barbara Nell Taylor. Visitation will be held Friday, August...

Thomas Randy Davis

Thomas Randy Davis

Aug 13, 2014

Thomas Randy Davis, 51, of Pine Bluff died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Eugene Davis and Joyce Elaine Childers Passmore. He is survived by two brothers, Jimmy Davis of Bearden and Charles Davis of McGhee; two half-brothers, Shane Passmore of Amity and Brandon Passmore...

Mary Katherine Barnes

Mary Katherine Barnes

Aug 12, 2014

Mary Katherine Whitmore Barnes, 83 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014. She was born October 2, 1930 to the late Harve and Mary Whitmore. She was preceded in death by her husband C.H. Barnes, Jr.; her son Tommy Barnes, one brother, three sisters, her mother-in-law Alice Graf, and her father-in-law Carl Barnes, Sr. She is survived by two sons,...

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