Obituaries

Obituaries for June 26, 2012

  • Marcia Ann Atchley

    Marcia Ann Atchley, 58, of Little Rock passed away on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Little Rock on May 8th, 1954 to John W. …

  • Tina Michelle Ballard

    Tina Michelle Ballard, 38, of Conway, Arkansas passed away June 24, 2012. Visitation held one hour prior to funeral services at 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 118 Gill Loop …

  • Ruby Mathews Barks

    Ruby Mathews Barks, 85, of Jacksonville, born October 16, 1926 in Auvergne to the late Charles Edward and Martha Josephine (Hood) Mathews, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012. She was …

  • B.J. Bates

    B.J. Bates, 33, of White Hall, died Saturday. Survivors: wife, Tonia Bates; sons, Dillon and Jaxon Bates; daughter, Truli Bates; mother and step-father, Sherry and Johnnie Baxter; father and step-mother, …

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    James Lawrence Benjamin

    James Lawrence Benjamin 79, of Los Angeles, Calif. passed away peacefully on Monday, June 11, 2012. His loving survivors include: one son, Jessie Lawrence Benjamin (Aretha) Stuttgart, Ark.; one brother, …

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    Ray Washington Carter

    Ray Washington Carter of Beebe, Arkansas, (formerly of Brinkley, Arkansas) went home to be with his Lord on June 23, 2012 surrounded in prayer and song by his family. He …

  • Kayla LeeAndra Casto

    Funeral service for Kayla Casto, 11, of Prescott, 2:00pm, Wednesday, June 27 at Brazzel/Cornish The Funeral Home. Rev. Frank Henson will officiate. Burial to follow in Snell Cemetery in Emmet. …

  • John Sudie Cecil III

    John "Sudie" Cecil III, 71, of Marion died June 24, 2012. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Roller Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis at 1 …

  • Betty Jo Clark

    Betty Jo Clark, 74, of Hope, Arkansas died Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Hope, Arkansas. Visitation, Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Herndon Pharr Funeral …

  • Betty Jean Cranford

    Betty Jean Cranford, 83, of Locust Grove, died Saturday, June 23, 2012 Survivors husband, Allen R. Cranford of the home; son, Michael W. Cranford; daughter, Anona Basant both of Palm …

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    Robert Lewis Cunningham

    Robert Lewis Cunningham, age 77, of Jacksonville went to be with his Lord Sunday, June 24, 2012. He was born March 15, 1935 in Mexico, Missouri to the late Robert …

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    Ellen Teresa Dailey

    Ellen Teresa Mattingly Dailey of Little Rock died June 23, 2012. She was born December 9, 1920 to the late Thomas Mattingly and the late Myrtle Vick Mattingly. Mrs. Dailey …

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    George Harold Dawson

    George Harold Dawson, 88, of Little Rock, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012. He was born on November 28, 1923 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, one of six children of the …

  • Elizabeth Colleen Denson

    Elizabeth Colleen Denson, age 63, of Carlisle went to be with her Lord and Savior June 24, 2012. She was born April 8, 1949 in Coffeville, Kansas. She is peceded …

  • Ronald Lee Elam

    Ronald "Ronnie" Elam, 47, of Benton, left this world on June 22, 2012. He was born June 19, 1965. Ronnie was very loved and will be dearly missed. He was …

  • Margaret Virginia Erickson

    Margaret Virginia (Hubert) Erickson, 87, of Newport died June 24, 2012, in Newport, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Erickson; infant daughter, Cathey Erickson; and her …

  • Phillip Dewayne Erwin

    Phillip Dewayne Erwin, age 48, of Ivan, departed from this life on June 24, 2012 in the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden following a long illness. Phillip was a …

  • Jimmie Garrison

    Jimmie Garrison, age 80, of the Moores Chapel Community died Saturday, June 23. Services will be Wednesday, June 27, 10 a.m. at the Moores Chapel Church. Burial: Moores Chapel Cemetery. …

  • Marvin Merle Gilley

    Marvin Merle Gilley, 65. of Ward, died June 25, 2012 at his residence. He was born May 21, 1947 in Monarch, Arkansas. Graveside services are 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 27, …

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    Fayrene R, Glover

    Fayrene R. Glover, 81, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, died June 24, 2012. She was a housewife and attended Calvary Baptist Church in North Little Rock. She is survived by …

  • George W."Bill" Graham

    George W. "Bill" Graham, 65, died June 22, at Medical Center of South Arkansas. Survivors include son, Bill Graham Jr.; daughter, Jennifer Parker. Funeral service 2 p.m., Wednesday, at Holy …

  • Rocky Leon Gray

    Rocky Leon Gray age 59, of Lonoke went to be with his Lord, Saturday, June 23, 2012. He was born January 16, 1953 to the late Jewell and Myrtle Gray …

  • George Earl Griffis

    George Earl Griffis, 80, of Bearden died Sunday. Visitation will be Tuesday, 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Benton Funeral Home in Bearden. Funeral services wil be 2 p.m., Wednesday …

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    Debbie Griffith

    Debbie Griffith, 53, of McRae, Arkansas, was born November 3, 1958, at Los Angeles, California, to Kenneth and Virginia (Tarkington) Goff, and she went to her eternal rest Sunday, June …

  • Polly Ann Harger

    Polly Ann Harger, 89, of Monett, Missouri, formerly of Russellville, died Friday. Graveside service and burial is 10 a.m., Thursday, at Rest Haven Memorial Park by Shinn Funeral Service of …

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    James Edward "Jim" Harris

    James Edward "Jim" Harris, 68, of Little Rock, passed away June 24, 2012. Preceded in death by his parents, James Paul and Bobby Ann Moseley Harris. He is survived by …

  • A. Cleveland Harrison

    Dr. A. Cleveland Harrison, Emeritus Professor of Theatre at Auburn University, has died. Born August 17, 1924, in McRae, Arkansas, Dr. Harrison died of acute leukemia early in the evening …

  • Drucilla Hays

    Drucilla Hays, 84, of Atkins, died Sunday. Funeral is 10 a.m., Wednesday at the Shinn Chapel with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Jerusalem, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. …

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    Margaret Plemmons Henley

    Margaret Plemmons Henley of Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Waldron, Arkansas, passed from this life, Sunday, June 24, 2012 at her daughter's home after a short illness. Margaret was born …

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    Hazel Brooks Huelshorst Hinkle

    Hazel Brooks Huelshorst Hinkle, age 96, of Fayetteville, died Wednesday June, 20, 2012 in Fayetteville. She was born August 8, 1915 in Fayetteville, Ark. the daughter of Frank Brooks Sr. …

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    Sherry Ann Hudson

    Sherry Ann Hudson, 61, of Jacksonville, Arkansas a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, godmother and friend peacefully passed into eternal life on June 20, 2012. She was born December …

  • John Ray Huffaker

    On June 22, 2012, John Ray Huffaker beloved husband of the late Arrahawanna Huffaker, father of Stewart Huffaker and his wife, Denise, Valerie Fletcher and her husband Steve of Hot …

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    Presley Faith Hunt

    Presley Faith Hunt, infant daughter of Devin and Ashley (Jones) Hunt, of Benton, went to be with Lord Friday, June 22, 2012. She was born February 6, 2012 in Little …

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    Raedean Johnson

    Raedean Johnson, age 74, of Bald Knob, died Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Searcy. He was born April 23, 1938 at Velvet Ridge, Arkansas to Altus Bernice Johnson and Agnes …

  • Betty Kendrick

    Betty Kendrick, 85, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord Sunday, June 24, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, L.C. Kendrick She is survived by …

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    Vera Lee Mack

    Vera Lee Verser Mack, 66, Little Rock, departed this life June 23, 2012. Preceded in death by her husband, Noah Mack Jr.; father, Caesar Verser Sr.; mother, Salina Jones Verser; …

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    Teri Lashiel Mitchell

    Teri Lashiel Mitchell of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 9, 1960 at Batesville, Arkansas, the daughter of Eleanor Chambers Mitchell and the late O.D. Mitchell. She was a 1978 graduate …

  • Martin Wayne Newkirk

    Martin Wayne Newkirk, 84, of Searcy died June 23, 2012. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, at Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, June …

  • Levi W. Oveson Sr.

    Levi W. Oveson Sr., age 85, of Mountain Home died Saturday. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Thursday at the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints in Mountain …

  • Frances Juanita Pamplin

    Frances Juanita Pamplin passed away on June 14 at Drew Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Alvin Pamplin, Sr; children: Frances Jenkins, Donna Noble (Billy), Alvin Jr., …

  • Lisa Patton

    Lisa Patton, 44, of Hope, Ark. passed away June 24, 2012 in Hope. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the Herndon-Pharr Funeral Home …

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    Freddy Rauschenberger

    Freddy Rauschenberger, 66, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was killed in a one car accident June 12, 2012 in K-town, Germany. He was born July 9, 1945 in Trenton, Tenn. …

  • Anna Mae Roden

    Anna Mae Roden, 97, of Beebe, Arkansas, died June 24, 2012. She is survived by three daughters, Susie Folsom of Alvin, Texas, Lisa Brugger of Prattsburgh, New York, and Flora …

  • Louren Ray Ross

    Louren Ray Ross, 67 of Searcy, passed from this life on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Visitation will be held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Roller-Daniel …

  • Marjorie Jean Rowe

    Marjorie Jean Rowe, 79, of Saratoga, Ark. passed away June 23, 2012 in Nashville, Ark. Graveside services will be Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 10 a.m. at Old Washington Cemetery with …

  • Virgie Sandage

    Virgie Sandage, 90, Donaldson died Sunday, June 24, 2012. Survivors, husband, Charles Sandage; children, Charley Sandage, David Sandage; eight grandchildren; brother, Harley Lee; sisters-in-law, Ellen Sandage, Velma Sandage. Visitation, Tuesday, …

  • Clydene Scharlau

    Clydene Scharlau, age 81, of Fayetteville died Sunday June 24, 2012 in Fayetteville. She was born January 4, 1931 in Portland, Oregon to Clyde and Helen Redding Sloop. She was …

  • John Fletcher Smith

    John Fletcher Smith, 72, died Saturday. Visitation 9-10 a.m., Tuesday. Funeral services 10 a.m., Tuesday, Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home, McCrory. Interment: Woodman Cemetery. Survivors wife, Bobbie; mother, Mattie Smith; sons, Matt, …

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    Lemuel David Smith

    Lemuel David "L.D." Smith, age 83 of Beebe, formally of Lonoke went to be with his Lord June 24, 2012 in Lonoke. He was born May 25, 1929 in Lonoke, …

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    Earl M. Stephen

    Captain Earl M. Stephen, USNR Retired died Sunday, June 24th. He was 84 years old. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Betty Peaslee Stephen; son, Randall M. …

  • Winfred Stricklin

    Winfred Stricklin, 80, Little Rock, died Monday. Survivors: sons, Bobby Stricklin and George Stricklin; daughters, Glenda Nix and Ann Rodgers; 18 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be …

  • Linda Tiller

    Linda Nell O'Neal Tiller, 70, of Pine Bluff, died Sunday, June 24, 2012. Funeral services will be Wednesday, 1 p.m. at Fuller Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Memorial Park …

  • Charlotte Ann Tillman

    Charlotte Ann Tillman, 80, of Royal passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012. Survivors include one son, Tom Tillman (Elaine George) of Canaan Valley, West Virginia; two daughters, Cathy (Bob) Hill …

  • Herbert Lee Underwood

    Herbert Lee Underwood, 83, of Dardanelle died Sunday. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Cornwell Chapel, Dardanelle. Burial: Brearley Cemetery in Dardanelle. Visitation: Tuesday, 6 …

  • Margaret Lois Walker

    Margaret Lois Walker, 85, of Camden, Ark. died Sunday, June 24, 2012. Graveside service 10 a.m., Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the …

  • Dolly Ann Tankersley Watson

    Dolly Ann Tankersley Watson, 45, of Bryant, passed away June 21, 2012. Survivors: parents, Doyle and Betty Tankersley, husband, Terry Watson, son, Ricky Morrell, caughter, Melissa Morrell, brother, Eddie Tankersley …

  • Myrle Dean White

    Myrle Dean White of Marianna passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 at age 93. Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 26 at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in Marianna. Burial …

  • Jacques Williams

    Jacques Williams, 19, Malvern, died June 22, 2012. Survivors, parents, Troy and Kesha Gaines, Jacques Williams; brothers, Joshua Williams, Justis Danner; sister, Jayla Gaines; grandparents, John and Betty Danner, Joseph …

  • Ruby L. Williams

    Ruby L. Williams, age 87, of Hatfield, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Mena. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the Hatfield …

  • Sherwin O. Williams Jr.

    Sherwin O. Williams Jr., age 52, died Monday, June 25, 2012. He was born May 17, 1960 the son of Sherwin O. Williams Sr. and Wanda Qualls Williams. He was …

  • David Shane Wilson

    David Shane Wilson,12, of Ft. Smith, Arkansas died Saturday. Survivors; parents, Tim and Davette Wilson; brother, Justin Clay Wilson; sister, Bradlie Shay Wilson. Funeral: 11 a.m., Wednesday, Memorial Gardens Funeral …

  • Dolly Hardin Winfred

    Dolly Hardin Winfred, 71, of Althiemer, Arkansas died June 25, 2012. Services held 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2012 Graveside Bayou Meta Cemetery. Survivors are sons, Bobby Rundell, Gary Winfred …

  • Clifton William "Cliff" Womack

    Clifton William "Clif" Womack of Camden, Ark. died Saturday, June 23, 2012. Memorial servcie 10 a.m., Wednesday at Proctor Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers please make charitables donations in …

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