Robert Wayne Sinclair
Jun 12, 2013
Robert Wayne Sinclair, 76, of Hot Springs died Wednesday June 12, 2013 at Arkansas Hospice Inpatient Center in Hot Springs. Born October 27, 1936 at Kingsland, he was a son of the late Walker Lionel Sinclair and Rosalie Elizabeth Duke Sinclair. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a truck driver. He was preceded in death by his...
Nellie Jean "Patty" Johnston
Jun 9, 2013
Nellie Jean "Patty" Jarrett Johnston, 86, of North Little Rock died Sunday June 9, 2013 at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock. Born October 4, 1926 at Hermitage, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Faye Lula Hines Jarrett. She was a telephone operator and a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Doris M. "Dot" Cathey
Jun 9, 2013
Doris M. "Dot" Cathey, 86, of Bearden died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Silver Oaks Nursing Home in Camden. She was born September 13, 1926 in Snowhill, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ben John Lackey and Lila Lorene "Butchie" Higgs Lackey; and two brothers, John Ben "Buddy" Lackey and Patrick Jay Lackey. She is survived by...
Marilyn Ann Lightfoot
Jun 6, 2013
Marilyn Ann Lightfoot, 75 of El Dorado, died Thursday, June 6, 2013. She was born December 6, 1937 in Thornton, Arkansas to the late Quitman and Anna Mitchell Marks. She was employed at Kohler in Sheridan where she worked for over 40 years. She was also preceded in death by her husband Johnny Lightfoot and her sister Wandine Marks. She...
Ozella Southall
Jun 5, 2013
Ozella Southall, age 82, of Van Buren died Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Crawford Health and Rehab Center. She was born April 18, 1931 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Vida Massey Harrison; and husband, Ray Southall. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Gary Merrell of Van Buren; two...
Glendon "Glen" Garner
May 30, 2013
Glendon W. "Glen" Garner died peacefully in his sleep after a brave and difficult two year battle against cancer. He was doing pull ups in bed with a Hospice Volunteer when he fell asleep, and died in his sleep about 12 hours later, still trying until the end. Glen was a wonderful, good, active, strong, humble, modest and interesting man...
Sarah Kathryn Benton
May 28, 2013
Sarah Kathryn Rhodes Benton died on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Born on July 27, 1914, she looked forward to her 99th birthday in two months. She was the widow of William Robert Benton, Jr. who predeceased her almost 29 years to the day on Memorial Day weekend in 1984. Her parents were Barbara Jordan Rhodes and Elijah B. Rhodes of...
Thurman Lee "Crowbar" Raybon
May 24, 2013
Thurman Lee "Crowbar" Raybon, age 85 of Fordyce, died Friday, May 24, 2013 in Georgetown, LA. He was born December 28, 1927 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was a retired sawyer. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lonnie Wilburn Raybon and Lucy Elizabeth Oliver Raybon; wife, Mary Louise Miller Raybon; four sons, Willie, Jerry, Larry and Pete Raybon;...
Shelly Renee' Tankersley
May 24, 2013
Shelly Renee' Tankersley, 39, of Hensley passed away on Friday, May 24, 2013. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Arnold and Geraldine Weese of Little Rock. Shelly was born in Little Rock on November 12, 1973, a gift of joy. She attended Fair Park Elementary, Pulaski Heights Junior High and Central High School in Little Rock. At the...
Raymond B. Walters, Jr.
May 23, 2013
Raymond B. Walters, Jr., 27, of Holly Springs died Thursday May 23, 2013 at his home. He was born November 17, 1985 at Camden. He is survived by his mother, Benita Sisson of Holly Springs; step-father, Steven Gorman of Holly Springs; two brothers, Tyler Walters of El Dorado, Justin Gorman of Hampton; three sisters, Hailey Massey of Holly Springs, Taylor...
Iris Ophelia Ray
May 23, 2013
Iris Ophelia Henderson Ray, age 94, of Hampton died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Ouachita Nursing & Rehab in Camden. She was born January 22, 1919 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a retired nurse's aide and a charter member of Dickenson Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, E.L. Henderson and Lillian Brown Henderson; and one...
Frankie A. Doherty
May 19, 2013
Frankie A. Doherty, age 55, of Bearden, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his home. He was born June 22, 1957 in Camden, Arkansas. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Bearden and worked for the city of Bearden. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jack Doherty and Vera Quarles Doherty; three sisters, Emma Doherty, Shirley...
Martha Jo Pierce
May 16, 2013
Martha Jo Hawkins Pierce, age 78, of Fordyce, died May 16, 2013, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. She was born February 13, 1935 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce. Martha is preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Candy Hawkins; brother, Marlin Hawkins; and sisters, Sue Walton and...
Alice Puterbaugh Gill
May 14, 2013
Alice Puterbaugh Gill, 83, of Perryville, wife of George Alvin Gill, daughter of Oliver and Alma (Way) Puterbaugh, passed May 14, 2013. She is survived by son Terry Gill of Red Banks, Mississippi and daughter Karen Thompson of Perryville, AR; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was a lifelong member of Church of Christ at Sixth and Izard in...
Joseph Anderson (Joe A.) Pennington
May 13, 2013
Joseph Anderson (Joe A.) Pennington, 73, of Fordyce died Monday May 13, 2013 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Born December 15, 1939 at Ashdown, he was a son of the late Jay Harvey Pennington and Juanita Wheeler Files. Mr. Pennington was the retired Police Chief for the city of Fordyce and a former Dallas County Sheriff. He gave a...
Malcolm Everett "Corky" Ritchie
May 13, 2013
Malcolm Everett Ritchie, Jr. "Corky", 66, of Little Rock, passed away Monday, May 13, 2013. He was born September 14, 1946 to the late Malcolm Ritchie, Sr. and the late Nell Lyons Ritchie. He is survived by his loving wife Ginger Gillis Ritchie, two daughters Dawne Rissinger (Don), of Woodlawn and Jill Thacker (Trent) of Roswell, GA, a son Ryan...
Janie Janette Labash
May 12, 2013
Janie Janette Labash, 72 of Hampton, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. She was born September 11, 1940 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Woodberry Baptist Church. Janie is preceded in death by her parents, Woodrow Daniel Clemons and Rosa Lee Norris Clemons; daughter, Jacqueline Langford; brother, Danny Clemons;...
Louise Parham Chadwick
May 11, 2013
Louise Parham Chadwick passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City. She was born September 5, 1925, in Temperance Hill Arkansas, the youngest child of Richard Hunter Parham and Annie Stell Parham. She was the beloved baby sister of nine siblings in Temperance Hill, Arkansas, and graduated high school in 1943. While studying at Henderson...
Katherine Jane Cooper Anthony
May 6, 2013
Katherine Jane Cooper Anthony was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on December 19, 1934, and died in Mercy Hospital, Hot Springs, on May 6, 2013. Many Hot Springs residents may recall Kindercoop kindergarten, operated by Katherine's mother, Eugenia, at the Coopers' family home on Prospect Avenue. Katherine Cooper was a member of the Hot Springs High School Class of 1952...
Bert Newell Hornaday
May 6, 2013
Bert Newell Hornaday of Fordyce was born February 21, 1951, and departed this life on Monday, May 6, 2013, when he met Jesus face to face! He was preceded in death by his parents, Bart N. Hornaday and Rachel Hudson Hornaday Adams, and one sister, Mary Gail Hornaday Crowder. Survivors include Nancy Rogers Hornaday, his wife of 38 years, whom...
