Mildred Donham Burke
Oct 21, 2013
Mildred Donham Burke, age 89 of Thornton, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013. Born February 17, 1924 in Drew County, she was a school teacher, seamstress, and homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Thornton. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon and Ethel Donham; her husband Walter M. Burke, Jr.; two brothers, Ralph and...
Lois Neva Tilley
Oct 18, 2013
Lois Neva Henry Tilley, 92, of Camden died Friday October 18, 2013 at Legacy Village Hospice at Bentonville. Born March 15, 1921 at Holly Springs, she was a daughter of the late Finis Leslie and Floy Neva Henry. She worked at Belk Jones in Camden and owned Tilley's Youth Store in the Cardinal Shopping Center. She was preceded in death...
Don Henry Carpenter
Oct 17, 2013
Don Henry Carpenter, 80, of Hampton died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born January 30, 1933 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. He was an army veteran. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward Carpenter and Palose Newton Carpenter Boyette; step mother, Irene Carpenter and aunt, Evelyn Marks. He is survived by the...
Gerald F. Jones
Oct 15, 2013
Gerald F. Jones, 86, died Tuesday October 15, 2013 at his home in Hampton Arkansas. Born April 21, 1927 at Camden, he was a son of the late Hugh and Adella Jones. He was a carpenter and attended the Providence Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Pauline Jones; brothers, Marvin, Lee, Horace, and Charles Jones;...
James David Chambliss
Oct 13, 2013
James David Chambliss, 67, of Bearden died Sunday, October 13, 2013. He was born July 9, 1946 in Bearden, Arkansas. He was truck driver and an Army Vietnam veteran. He is preceded in death by his parents, Drill J. Chambliss and Lessie Evans Chambliss; wife, Carolyn Chambliss; three sisters, Wilma Leon, Bettye Ratcliff and Joyce Gann. He is survived by...
Ruby Lee Jones
Oct 11, 2013
Ruby Lee Gunter Jones, 84, of Carthage died Friday October 11, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born March 29, 1929 in Dallas County, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Annie Bell Gunter. She was a member of Lea's Ridge Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Jones; a daughter, Florence...
Alma Blaylock Smead
Oct 9, 2013
Alma Blaylock Smead, 91, of Hampton died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was born February 28, 1922 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of Tinsman First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was active in Tinsman E.H.C.; and was an avid quilter winning...
Opal Maxine Dedman
Oct 7, 2013
Opal Maxine Dedman, 87, of Fordyce died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born February 22, 1926. She was a homemaker and a member of Burnt Ridge Baptist Church in Clinton, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Cornett and Fannie Belle Stringfellow Jackson; husband, Carlton Dedman; two sons, Earnest...
Coby Lightfoot
Oct 5, 2013
William Coby Lightfoot, 20 of Bearden, died Saturday, October , 2013. He was born February 11, 1993 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Ronny and Kim Lightfoot. He was preceded in death by his aunt, Sherry Lightfoot. He is survived by his father Ronny Lightfoot of Bearden; mother Kim Lightfoot of Fordyce; grandparents Bobby and Sharon Lightfoot of Bearden and JoAnn...
Martha Marks
Oct 5, 2013
Martha Marks, 86, of Kingsland died Saturday October 5, 2013 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. Born June 3, 1927 at Ellisville, AR, she was a daughter of the late Perry and Natalie Miller. She was a homemaker and attended the Kingsland First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. She...
Curtis Dean Burks
Oct 4, 2013
Curtis Dean Burks, 70, of Kingsland died Friday October 4, 2013 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas at El Dorado. Born July 14, 1943 at Warren, he was a son of the late Joe E. Burks, Sr. and Elsie Grice Burks. He is survived by his daughter, Jessica Burks Johnson and husband, David of Star City; brother, Joe Elbert...
Ernestine J. Wisdom
Oct 1, 2013
Ernestine J. (Danley) Wisdom, age 87, of Lillington, North Carolina formerly of Smithfield, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in the Green Leaf Care Center in Lillington. Born in Mount Ida, Arkansas on May 17, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Myrtle Miller Danley. She spent her life being a dedicated pastor's wife and a loving...
Maxine Crawford Hornaday
Sep 29, 2013
Maxine Crawford Hornaday, 79, of Hampton died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at her home. She was born November 4, 1933 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hampton and a retried administrator for South Central Arkansas Community Action Agency. She is preceded in death by her parents, Theodore Crawford and Mellie Rowland Crawford; four brothers...
Glenda D. Turner
Sep 23, 2013
Glenda D. Porter Turner, 72, of Harrell died Monday, September 23, 2013 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born May 22, 1941 in Hampton, she was the daughter of the late W.N. "Slick" Porter and Althae Ray Drummond Porter. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church in Hampton where she served as pianist for...
Virginia Florene Isbell
Sep 10, 2013
Virginia Florene Isbell, 80 of Smackover, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013. She was born April 26, 1933 in Coleman, Alabama to the late James Razzie and Maggie Jewell Denson Allred. She was preceded in death by her grandson Chaun Lambert, great granddaughter Sesaleigh Ann Atkinson, two brothers, and two sisters. She is survived by a son Mikel Berry of Smackover;...
Eva Lea Earnest Ivy
Sep 1, 2013
Eva Lea Earnest Ivy, 94, of Hampton died Sunday, September 01, 2013. She was born March 28, 1919 in Tinsman, Arkansas. She was a retired C.N.A and a member of First Baptist Church in Hampton. She was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary and the Artesian Homemakers Extension Club. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank Earnest...
Charles W. Morris
Aug 30, 2013
Charles W. Morris, 81, of Fordyce died Friday, August 30, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. He was born January 24, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver and a Navy veteran. He is preceded in death by his parents, Addis "Buck" Morris and Vella Roberts Morris; and one brother, Kenneth Morris. He is survived by...
Marvin Lee Hudson
Aug 30, 2013
Marvin Lee Hudson, 76 of Griffithville, died August 30, 2013. He was born June 20, 1937 in Thornton, Arkansas to the late Virgil and Eva Derryberry Hudson. He is survived by his two daughters, Carrie Lynn Hudson of Texarkana, Texas and Myria Marie Tripp and husband Roy Dale of Griffithville; a sister Versa Morris of Kingsland; two grandchildren Ashley Larque...
Winnie Bradford Harrell
Aug 28, 2013
Winnie Bradford Harrell, 91, of Hampton died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock. She was born September 10, 1921 in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. She was a retired secretary for International Paper Company and a member of Hampton United Methodist Church, where she volunteered as a secretary for over twenty years. During World War II she worked in...
Helen Rae Reynolds Wright
Aug 25, 2013
Helen Rae Reynolds Wright, 85, of Hampton died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was born October 1, 1927 in Hampton, Arkansas. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ray Reynolds and Mamie Drummond Reynolds; husband, Herschel James...
