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Obituaries

Patricia Diann Young

Patricia Diann Young

Jan 22, 2025

Patricia Diann Young, age 77, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at her home.  She was born September 27, 1947, in Pine Bluff, the daughter of Herbert Oren and Jessie Moss Hensley.  Patricia was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing, camping, NASCAR races and most of all her animals.  She was preceded in death...

Glenn Earl Good

Glenn Earl Good

Jan 19, 2025

Glenn Earl Good, age 83, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday January 19, 2025, at CHI St. Vincent's in Hot Springs.  He was born on March 29, 1941, in Foules, LA, the son of the late Theodore and Gwendolyn Dyer Good.  Glenn taught physics at Ouachita Baptist University for many years. He was a member of...

Juanita Pauline Burnside

Juanita Pauline Burnside

Jan 16, 2025

Juanita Pauline Burnside, age 73, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday January 16, 2025, at CHI St. Vincent's Medical Center in Hot Springs.  She was born on April 27, 1951, in Jonesboro, the daughter of late Wayne and Inez Warren Mitchell.  Juanita was a 1969 graduate of Brookland High School.  She worked at the United States...

Barbara Ann "Wendy" Longley-Cook

Barbara Ann "Wendy" Longley-Cook

Jan 10, 2025

Barbara Ann "Wendy" Longley-Cook passed away at her home in Caddo Valley, Arkansas, on January 10, 2025, at 82  years old. Her daughter Tracy was at her side. Born and raised just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Wendy pursued an impressive academic journey. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics...

Spencer Speed

Spencer Speed

Jan 8, 2025

Spencer Speed, age 84, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at his home.

Final arrangements are pending.

Mark David Weems

Mark David Weems

Jan 8, 2025

Mark David Weems, age 54, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday January 8, 2025, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on September 2, 1970, in Harrison, the son of Sidney Archie and Barbara Ann Lee Weems. Mark was a 1988 graduate of Gurdon High School and attended Diesel Mechanic training in Texas. ...

Donna Sue Hughes

Donna Sue Hughes

Dec 31, 2024

Donna Sue Hughes, age 56, of Whelen Springs, passed from this life on Tuesday December 31, 2024, at her home. She was born on January 6, 1968, in Malvern, the daughter of the late Sam and Faye Sims Cooper. Donna was a 1986 graduate of Gurdon High School. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Donna enjoyed...

Julie Rene (Williams) Woolf

Julie Rene (Williams) Woolf

Dec 22, 2024

Julie Rene Woolf, age 64, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born December 29, 1959, in Pine Bluff, the daughter of Roy Joe and Reta Virginia Wilson Williams.  Julie was a 1978 graduate of Arkadelphia High School.  She was a Wal-Mart Associate for...

Hazel Wingfield Peters

Hazel Wingfield Peters

Dec 21, 2024

Hazel Wingfield Peters, age 97, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia.  She was born August 14, 1927, in Gurdon, the daughter of the late Raymond Eric and Clarabel Hall Wingfield.  Hazel was a 1946 graduate of Okolona High School.  She was the former manager...

Carroll "Pop" Gordon

Carroll "Pop" Gordon

Dec 18, 2024

Carroll "Pop" Gordon, age 87, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Nightingale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia.  He was born March 15, 1937, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Alex and Vada Shaw Gordon.  Pop worked in road construction during his career.  He was a member of Third Street Baptist...

Denise Roach

Denise Roach

Dec 17, 2024

Denise Roach, age 65, of Sparkman, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born July 10, 1959, in Ft. Smith, AR, the daughter of Joe and Donna Osburn Roach.  Denise was a 1977 graduate of Lakeside High School and a 1981 graduate of Rhodes College...

Sue Ann Ashbaugh

Sue Ann Ashbaugh

Dec 16, 2024

Sue Ann Ashbaugh, age 81, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, December 16, 2024, at Baptist Medical Center Extended Care Unit in Little Rock.  She was born December 1, 1943, in Little Rock, the daughter of the late Ralph and Imogene Hammond.  Sue taught history and government at Arkadelphia High School for many years.  She was...

Shirley Lorraine Jones

Shirley Lorraine Jones

Dec 15, 2024

Shirley Lorraine Jones, age 69, of Sparkman, passed from this life on Sunday December 15, 2024, at her home. She was born on March 1, 1955, in Inglewood, CA, the daughter of the late Albert and Violet Maddox Scharer. Shirley was a 1973 graduate of Magnolia High School. She is preceded in death by her parents.

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Linda Marie Brodnax

Linda Marie Brodnax

Dec 13, 2024

Linda Marie Brodnax, age 69, of Pearcy, passed from this life on Friday, December 13, 2024, at Encore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Malvern.  She and her life mate raised three children together.  Linda was a devoted mother spending most of her time caring for her children and working beside her life mate in their logging company.  She...

Joan (Hearnsberger) Friday

Joan (Hearnsberger) Friday

Dec 5, 2024

Leta Joan (Hearnsberger) Friday, age 86, of Longview, TX, passed from this life on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Longview Hill Nursing Center in Longview, TX.  She was born September 30, 1938, in Kellyville, OK, the daughter of the late Curtis and Ethel Golden Myers.  Momma John was a 1956 graduate of Sparkman High School.  She enjoyed playing...

Infant Carl Alvin Watson

Infant Carl Alvin Watson

Nov 27, 2024

Infant Carl Alvin Watson, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock. Carl was the son of Johnathan and Crystal Cox Watson. He is survived by his parents, one half-brother, Seth Watson, his grandmother, Elisabeth Cox, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Private services...

David Andrew Burns, Sr.

David Andrew Burns, Sr.

Nov 26, 2024

David Andrew Burns, Sr, age 73, of Redfield, passed from this life on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at his home.  He was born January 29, 1951, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Robert Andrew and Iris Christine Wofford Burns.  David was a veteran of the Army National Guard.  He was a retired Police Officer with twenty-eight years...

Mildred Hardage Glover

Mildred Hardage Glover

Nov 25, 2024

Mildred P. Hardage Glover, age 92, of Benton, LA, formerly of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, November 25, 2024, in Shreveport. She was born December 17, 1931, in New DeRoche, the daughter of the late Rueben Mance and Susie Swaim Hughes.  Mildred was a 1948 graduate of New DeRoche High School.  She worked at Obermans, Levis...

Robert Lewis Wright, Jr.

Robert Lewis Wright, Jr.

Nov 23, 2024

Robert Lewis Wright, Jr., age 77, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs.  He was born August 9, 1947, in Newport, the son of the late Robert Lewis and Emma Jean Anthony Wright, Sr.  Robert was a 1966 graduate of Peake High School and he attended...

Judith Kay (Rowe) Roberson

Judith Kay (Rowe) Roberson

Nov 22, 2024

Judith Kay Rowe Roberson of Azle, Texas passed peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family on November 22, 2024.  Judy,  affectionately named "JuJu" by her grand blessings was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on July 15, 1944, to the late Austin and Louise Harper  Rowe. She graduated from Arkadelphia High school in 1962. After high school...