Obituaries

Obituaries for August 24, 2018

Jane Abbott

Jane Abbott, 83, of Shreveport, La., formerly of Kingsland, died Tuesday August 21, 2018 at Heritage Manor South in Shreveport. Born February 4, 1935 in Calhoun County, Ark., she was …
Wayne Tharnell Adams

Wayne Tharnell Adams, 66, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away Friday, August 10, 2018. He leaves to cherish his memories his wife, Dorothy, two children, five grandchildren, and a host …
Flossie Mae Alexander-Bingham

Flossie Mae Alexander-Bingham, 85, of West Helena, Arkansas, passed August 13, 2018. She is survived by four daughters: Rita Alexander; Patricia Alexander; Jacqueline Echols, all of Mabelvale, Arkansas; and Marilyn …
Ella Louise Anderson

Ella Louise Anderson, 67, of LR, Ark., departed this life August 21. She was preceded in death by her husband: Clarence Anderson, son: Miklos Anderson, siblings: Janice Morris, Claude Nicholson, …
Betty Jane Austin

Betty J. Gaither Austin of Stuttgart, Arkansas, 72 passed away on Sunday August 19, 2018. Born in Crocketts Bluff, Arkansas, Betty was a graduate of Immanuel High School in Almyra, …
Ivey Lea Bee

Mrs. Ivey Lea Bee, 83, of Pine Bluff, Ark. passed Thursday, August 16, 2018. Funeral Service will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Indiana Street M.B. Church by …
Connie Otts Brixie

Connie Otts Brixie, 64 passed away on August 19, 2018 at Baptist Medical Center. She was born April 13, 1954 in Little Rock to Ross and Alene Taylor Otts. Connie …
Virginia Brooks

Virginia Sanders Brooks of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 19, 1928 in Louisville, Mississippi, the daughter of the late William Jasper and Bessie Richardson Sanders. She was a graduate of …
Paulene Vincent Burel

Sister Paulene Burel, 71, of Little Rock, passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at Baptist Health in Little Rock. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 25, 2018 at …
Ora Lee Butler

Mrs. Ora Lee Butler, 65, of Pine Bluff, Ark. passed Friday, August 17, 2018. Funeral Service will be 1 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Living Word Missionary Baptist Church …
Edwin Lee Chaney

Edwin Lee "Eddie" Chaney, 65, died Tuesday. He was the son of the late Edwin Charles and Ruth Blanton Chaney. Eddie was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department after 34 …
Eddie Lee Colbert

Eddie Colbert, 72, of Crossett, died August 18. Survived by two grandchildren, Xavier and Sabrina Colbert; and a sister, Erma Brown. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m., at First …
Addie Lee Colclasure

Addie Lee Colclasure, 98, of Rogers, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Addie was born January 30, 1920 in Anadarko, Oklahoma and was the last …
Peggy Sue Gilbert Dang

Peggy Gilbert Dang, 80, McGehee died August 22, 2018 in Monticello, Ark. Visitation: Saturday, August 25 10 a.m., memorial service noon, Griffin Funeral Home, Pastor Phil Staurseth, Ravenswood Covenant Church, …
Joyce Ellen Darnaby

Joyce Ellen Darnaby, age 75, of Harrison, died Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Funeral is 4 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Roller-Christeson Funeral Home; visitation is 6-8 p.m. Friday at …
Darrell Lee Dobbs

Darrell Lee Dobbs, age 55, of Hatfield, Arkansas passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Graveside services will be Monday, August 27, 2018 at 10 a.m. at …
Marilyn Wanda St. John Doss

Marilyn Wanda St. John Doss, age 75, of Warren, Ark., died Wednesday, August 22. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, August 25, at Frazer's Chapel. Burial is in Saline …
Billy Ray Dunbar Sr.

Mr. Billy Ray Dunbar Sr., 73, of Pine Bluff, Ark. passed Thursday, August 16, 2018. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Pine Hill M.B. Church …
William Lewis Ellis

William Lewis Ellis Jr, of Harrison, passed from this life on August 17, 2018. He is preceded in death by his first born son, William Lewis Ellis III, father, William …
Terence Eugene Gulley

Terence Gulley, 50, Little Rock, passed August 14, 2018. Survivors: wife, Kambria Gulley; parents: Shirley Gulley, Vernell (Dorothy) Gulley; children, Brandon Booker, Kimberly, LaJune and Titus Gulley; bonus children, Kai …
Lula Mae Hamilton

Ms. Lula Mae Hamilton, 70, of Pine Bluff passed away on August 17,2018. Celebration of Life will be Saturday, 3 p.m. at New Birth Baptist Church with Rev. Christopher Briggs …
JD Hensley

JD Hensley, age 71, a resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born July 12, 1947 in …
Nell Claire Hudson

Nell Claire (Rowland) Hudson, 79, of Maumelle, Ark., peacefully passed away from natural causes on August 21, 2018. Nell was born July 6, 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a …
Robie (Ruby) L. Hudson

Robie (Ruby) L. Hudson, 75, of Fordyce, passed away August 21st with her loving family. She will be dearly missed. There will be a family hour Wednesday, August 29th from …
Frances Slaughter James

Frances Slaughter James was born on November 11, 1925 in Corsicana, Texas and died on August 18, 2018 at her home in Searcy. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, …
Sammie Lee-Smith Johnson

Mrs. Sammie Lee Smith Johnson, 70, of Pine Bluff passed away August 16, 2018. Celebration of Life will be Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at New Salem M.B. Church-Sherrill with Rev. Joshua …
Robert "Bob" David Jones

Robert "Bob" David Jones, 66, of Sherwood, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 He was born April 8, 1952, to the late Hayward D. and Lavodia Rochell Jones in Carlisle. …
Roy Lester Jones

Roy Lester Jones, age 71, went to be with our Lord, August 21, 2018 in Little Rock. He was born April 29, 1947 in Harrisburg, Arkansas and had careers in …
Roy Chester Jones

Mr. Roy Jones, 63, of Pine Bluff Passed away August 16, 2018. Celebration of Life will be Saturday 3 p.m. at Paradise Funeral Home Rev. Renice R. Davis Officiating Interment …
Betty Larkin

Betty Larkin, 67, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life August 18. Family Hour: Friday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Robinson Mortuary-LR Funeral: Saturday, 12 noon, Antioch Full Gospel Baptist Church, 3824 …
Lanny Eugene Leder

Lanny Eugene Leder, age 74, of Sherwood, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Baptist Medical Center. He was born December 18, 1943 in Stuttgart, Arkansas to Everett Samuel …
Catherine Sue Lilly

Catherine Sue Lilly, 97, of Little Rock went to be with the Lord August 20, 2018. She was born in Oppelo, Arkansas on November 1, 1920 to A.J. and Cora …
Harold Preston Marlin

Harold Preston Marlin, 82, of Springdale, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord August 21, 2018. He was born February 1, 1936 in Cave City, Arkansas, the son of Harold …
Billy Gene Martin

Billy Gene Martin 90, of Clarendon, died, August 11, 2018. Survivors; two children, Ben Martin, Jill Clifton and husband Derek, grandchildren, Jillian Marie Clifton, Colbie Rose Clifton, one brother; Bobby …
Roy Dean McCratic

Roy Dean Mccratic, age 73, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at his home. He was born October 1, 1944 in Lincoln, Arkansas, the …
Steven Kirk McGilton

Steven Kirk McGilton, 55, of Benton, died July 27, 2018. Survivors are two sisters, Donna Gulledge, Sheila McClain and one brother, Corey McGilton,of Crossett. Graveside: 2 p.m. Saturday, August 25, …
John Bilal Kaleem Muhammad

Reverend John Bilal Kaleem Muhammed, 69, of Sweet Home, Arkansas transitioned from this life on August 22, 2018. He is survived by his loving family. Funeral service will be held …
Garvin B. Myhand Jr.

Garvin B. Myhand Jr., age 69, of Fort Smith, formerly of Little Rock, Arkansas, died on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. He was born on March 2, 1949, the son of …
Goodmanson "Goody" Ngoc Nguyen

Goodmanson "Goody" Ngoc Nguyen, age 26, of Maumelle, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Goodmanson was born in Stockton, California on November 5, 1991 to his parents, Goodman …
Donald Blackwood O'Dell

Donald Blackwood O'Dell (Digger), 82, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born October 15, 1935 in Ardmore, Oklahoma …
Dollie Pankey

Dollie Pankey, age 83, of McCrory, Arkansas passed away August 22, 2018. Visitation will be at Rhodes and Son Chapel on Saturday August 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Funeral follows …
Margarette Ragland

Margarette Marie Ragland, 72, of Rogers, died August 22, 2018 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born September 25, 1945 in Edinburg, Texas. Margarette was a …
John Harrison Reed

John Harrison Reed, 94, of Story, died Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Services will be Saturday, 2 p.m., in Muddy Creek Church of God with visitation beginning at 1 p.m., at …
Betty Jean Scott

Betty Jean Scott, 89, of Huntington, West Virginia was born on March 28, 1929 in Huntington and passed from this life on August 21, 2018 at Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. She …
Perry Shelton

Services Perry Lee Shelton of Strong will be at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Curry Chapel AME Church in Strong, Arkansas. Public visitation Friday, August 24, 2018, …
Gordon Minor Shook

Gordon Minor Shook, 83 year old resident of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died August 22, 2018, at Brookdale Assisted Living, Fort Smith, Arkansas. Born October 30, 1934 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, …
Dorothy Warren Stevens

Dorothy Warren Stevens, 90, of El Dorado, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 25, at Immanuel Baptist Church. Visitation will …
Claratha Thornton

Claratha Thornton, 71, of Monticello Passed August 19, 2018. Graveside Service will be Saturday 4 p.m. at Coleman Cemetery-Dermott with Rev. Raymond Hawkins Officiating by Paradise Funeral Home of Monticello. …
Michael Stewart Treanor

Michael Stewart Treanor, 23, of Little Rock, passed away August 18, 2018. Services will be held on Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. at Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl …
Lonnie Earl Turner

Lonnie Earl Turner, 69, a lifelong resident of DeWitt, died August 22. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. August 25 at Essex Funeral Home chapel with burial in Forks LaGrue …
Lolita Renay Watson

Mrs. Lolita Renay Watson, 64, of Pine Bluff, Ark. passed Thursday, August 9, 2018. Memorial Service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Share A Prayer Church by …
Billy Vernon Whaley

Billy Vernon Whaley of Lowell, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday August 22, 2018. He was born on December 7, 1945 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Bill was a retired Electrician and …
Billy Vernon Whaley

Billy Vernon Whaley of Lowell, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday August 22, 2018. He was born on December 7, 1945 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Bill retired in 1998 as Minister …
Tom L. Wilson

Tom L. Wilson Jr. of Cabot, Ark. passed away on August 21, 2018. He was born in Okmulgee, Okla., December 1, 1941. He is survived by his wife, Betty, son …

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