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Daisy L. Jarvis
May 20, 2014
Daisy L. Jarvis, 75, of Bearden died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born April 16, 1939 in Bearden, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Elmer Bowman and Susie Hollis Bowman; three sisters, Norma L. Cain, Josephine Otis and Geneva Biggers. She is survived by her husband Bill Jarvis of...
James H. Grice, Sr.
May 20, 2014
James H. Grice, Sr. 91, of Kingsland died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born April 20, 1923 in Cleveland County, Arkansas. He was a retired foreman for International Paper Company. Mr. Grice was a faithful charter member and deacon of Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church and he was a mason. He is preceded...
Calvin C. Sparks
May 17, 2014
Calvin C. Sparks, 86, of Sparkman died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at his home. He was born June 12, 1927 in Thornton, Arkansas. He was a retired machinist. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dave Sparks and Ader Underwood Sparks; wife, Bessie Russell Justice Sparks; five brothers and four sisters. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law,...
Frank Eddie Wisinger
May 13, 2014
Frank Eddie Wisinger, 60 of Hampton died Tuesday May 13, 2014 at his home. Born February 26, 1954 at Camden, he was a son of the late William Franklin Wisinger and Billie Wiggins Ritchie. He was preceded in death by a sister, Charlotte Diane Lea. He is survived by his wife, Patty Wisinger of Hampton; two daughters, Amanda Jones of...
Mattie Lou Mann Cone
May 13, 2014
Mattie Lou Mann Cone of Fordyce died Monday, May 13, 2014 at the age of 92. She was born December 28, 1921 in Pine Grove, Arkansas to the late Walter Raney Mann and Ella Barnes Mann. Mattie first moved to the Dallas County seat of Fordyce in 1941 and began working in the Clerk of Court's office as clerk and...
Benny Ray Smith
May 12, 2014
Benny Ray Smith, 76, of Leola died Monday May 12, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center due to complications from lung surgery. Born June 1, 1937 at Manila, AR, he was a son of the late Rev. John Lem Smith and Edith McCann Smith. Ben was a graduate of Princeton High School and received a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the...
Betty Stratton Breazeale
May 12, 2014
Betty Stratton Breazeale, 58 of Hampton, died Monday, May 12, 2014. She was born May 28, 1955 to the late V.C Stringfellow, Jr. and Ruth Hodnett Stringfellow. She was preceded in death by her son David Vander "Van" Stratton and sister Vicky Diane Stringfellow. She is survived by her husband Wayne Breazeale of Hampton; two sons, Steven Wayne Breazeale and...
Joe D. Phillips
May 9, 2014
Joe D. Phillips, 76, of Kingsland died Friday, May 9, 2014 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born July 1, 1937 in New Edinburg, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Otis Phillips and Martina Hall Phillips. He is survived by one daughter, Melanie Phillips of New Edinburg; and one grandson, Austin Faunce of New...
Cindy Lawrence
May 8, 2014
Cindy Lawrence, age 52, of Tulip, AR went to be with the Lord, Thursday, May 8, 2014. She lost her battle with cancer at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born May 7, 1962 in Elyria, Ohio the daughter of Opal and Herbert Godsey and Donald Brock. She is preceded in death by her parents, Opal Godsey...
Judy Ann Deboard
May 8, 2014
Judy Ann Franks Deboard, 71 of Fordyce, died Thursday, May 8, 2014. She was born January 30, 1943 in Defiance, Ohio. She is survived by her husband, William Paul Deboard, Sr. of Fordyce; two sons, William Paul Deboard, II and Jimmy Rassman; two daughters, Angie Rassman and Jeanna Rassman; and three grandchildren, Britteny Deboard, Christina Deboard, and Zackery Deboard. Graveside...
Hugh Miller
May 7, 2014
Hugh Miller, 90, of Kingsland died Wednesday May 7, 2014 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock. Born October 6, 1923 at Kingsland, he was a son of the late William Henry Miller and Nina Mitchell Miller. He was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran and a retired ironworker. He was a Mason and a member of Kingsland Missionary Baptist...
Bonnie Sue Ledbetter Christmas
May 7, 2014
Bonnie Sue Wicker Ledbetter Christmas passed into the heavenly kingdom of God on May 7, 2014 at her home in Fordyce. Bonnie was born October 5, 1928 in Nashville, AR to Jessie and Clyde Wicker. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband and father of her children, Harry Sturgis Ledbetter and her second husband, Don C....
Bobby Ralph Hickerson
May 7, 2014
Bobby Ralph Hickerson, 76 of New Edinburg, died Wednesday in Fordyce. He was born August 29, 1937 in Wardell, Missouri to the late Theodore Gayle and Lela Mae Adams Hickerson. He was preceded in death by his wife Eleanor Faye Hickerson, daughter Judith Annette McQueen, sister Theodora Gail Wooten, and two grandchildren Jet and Whitney Danyale Tidwell. He is survived...
John Allen Mclemore
May 2, 2014
John Allen McLemore, 68, of Fordyce died Friday May 2, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born May 25, 1945 at Hamburg, he was a son of the late Richard Allen McLemore and Icy Francis Pahal McLemore. He was a supply room clerk at Georgia Pacific. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael McLemore. He...
Thomas Lee Ivy
Apr 19, 2014
Funeral services for Thomas Lee Ivy will be held Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 11:0 0 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Hampton, Arkansas. Burial will be at Campground Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Hampton, Arkansas with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ivy, age 86, of Meridian, MS, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014...
Leona Pearl Reynolds
Apr 17, 2014
Leona Pearl Reynolds, 86 of Hampton, AR passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Born on October 8, 1927 in Locust Bayou, AR, she was the daughter of the late Lee Parr and Ruby Ables Parr. Her husband, Silas Alfred Reynolds; daughter, Judy Reynolds; and brother, Johnny Parr also precede her in death. She is survived by three sons, Jerry...
Charles Michael Tidwell
Apr 15, 2014
Charles Michael Tidwell, 59, of Fordyce died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was born November 1, 1954 in Camp Lejeune, NC. He was retired from the United States Marine Corp having served in the Vietnam War. He is preceded in death by one sister, Debra Cranford. He is survived by his...
Sarah Jane Mason Hopkins
Apr 12, 2014
Sarah Jane Mason Hopkins, 67, of Fordyce died Saturday April 12, 2014 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born September 16, 1946 at El Dorado, she was a daughter of the late William Ella and Eliza Bell Douglas Mason. She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Hopkins. She is survived by her children, Debra Lawson of Alma,...
Worner Neal Hodge
Apr 9, 2014
Worner Neal Hodge, 75 of Hampton, died Wednesday April 9, 2014. He was born November 17, 1938 in Beedeville, Arkansas to the late Erna and Alma Carlton Hodge. He was preceded in death by his wife Lacretia Mabry Hodge; two brothers Robert Hodge and Erna Junior Hodge, and two sisters Mary Louise Pennington and Betty Faye Stott. He is survived...
Dan Norris Beard
Apr 8, 2014
Dan Norris Beard, 75, of Bearden died Tuesday, April 08, 2014 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born February 2, 1939 in Bearden, Arkansas. Dan was a member of First United Methodist Church in Bearden, and a US Army veteran. He also owned and operated Beard's Slightly Used Cars in Bearden. He is preceded in death...
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