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...
Bonita Boseman Use
May 1, 2013
Bonita Ringo Boseman Use, 92 of Fordyce died Wednesday May 1, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born August 21, 1920 at Gould, she was a daughter of the late Robert H. and Illa Boren Ringo. She was a Baptist and a floral designer. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wilson L. Boseman and Ray Use; and...
Gayle Lyon Cosgrove
Apr 30, 2013
Gayle Lyon Cosgrove, 53 of Little Rock, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013. She was born June 9, 1959 in Anniston, Alabama to William Lyon and the late Peggy Ross Lyon. She is survived by her son Raleigh Cosgrove of San Diego, California; her daughter Peggy Carol Cosgrove of Little Rock; her father William Lyon and his wife Margaret of Fordyce;...
Martha "Jean" Morgan
Apr 29, 2013
Martha "Jean" Morgan, age 91 of Knoxville, TN, formerly of New Edinburg, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on Monday morning, April 29, 2013. Jean was a member of First Baptist Concord and she was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of New Edinburg, Arkansas prior to moving to Knoxville in January 2005. She was preceded in death...
Rosamond Irene Benton Davenport
Apr 28, 2013
Rosamond Irene Benton Davenport, died on April 28, 2013. She was born on December 4, 1922 in Stuttgart, AR to E.C. and Irene McDaniel Benton. She spent all her youth in Fordyce, AR, before attending and graduating from Ouachita Baptist College, summa cum laude, in 1943. She was a teacher, banker, teacher again, legal secretary, bookkeeper, teacher again, and an...
Robert Edd "Buddy" Mcdade
Apr 28, 2013
Robert Edd "Buddy" McDade, 87 of Fordyce died Sunday April 28, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born April 19, 1926 at Fordyce, he was a son of the late Edd McDade and Vera Pierce McDade Veasey. He was a member of the West Fourth Street Church of Christ, a Navy Veteran of World War II, a licensed first...
Donnie Lee Harcrow, Jr.
Apr 26, 2013
Donnie Lee Harcrow Jr., "D.J.", age 35 of Bearden died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born July 29, 1977 in Wynne, Arkansas. He was a truck driver and a member of Chidester Baptist Church in Chidester. He is survived by one son, Christopher Harcrow of Stephens; one daughter, Breanna Harcrow of Stephens;...
Lori Morgan Nichols
Apr 25, 2013
Lori Morgan Nichols, age 46 of Fordyce, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 25, 2013 after her ten year long battle with cancer. Lori was a devoted wife and mother, she loved children, and chose keeping kids as her life's passion, being a stay at home mom and babysitting for several years up until...
Doyle Rowland
Apr 24, 2013
Doyle J.E. Rowland, 78 of Fordyce, passed away April 24, 2013. He was born August 23, 1936 in Ola, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his father Arlie Rowland, his mother Pauline Wigley Rowland, and his brothers Loyle and Archie Rowland. He is survived by his children, Kathy Nall of Arkansas, Doyle (Rusty) Rowland of Missouri, Golden (Bucky) Rowland...
Billy Joe Mitchell
Apr 23, 2013
Billy Joe Mitchell, Sr., age 82 of Fordyce, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born November 22, 1930 in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Fordyce and was a retired truck driver. He is preceded in death by his parents, T.O. Mitchell and Florence McMurtrey...
Boyd E. Whiteside
Apr 13, 2013
Boyd E. Whiteside, 84 of Fordyce, died Saturday April 13, 2013. Born April 6, 1929 in Brinkley, he was the son of the late Loyd Whiteside and Betty Compton Jackson. He is survived by his wife Louise Whiteside of Fordyce; daughter, Mary Gale Satterfield of Fordyce, sons Keith Whiteside and wife Cindy of Star City, Paul Whiteside and wife Teresa...
