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Obituaries
Anna (Annie) Laura Johnston
Apr 23, 2024
Anna Laura Johnston, age 90, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday April 23, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent's in Hot Springs. She was born on May 23, 1933, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late Shelby and Gertrude Pennington Braden. Annie attended First Assembly of God. She enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune, the Price is Right...
Wayne Lafayette Thornton
Apr 22, 2024
Wayne L. Thornton, age 79, formerly of Bismarck, passed on to Heaven on Monday, April 22, 2024, at The Green House Cottages of Homewood in Mena, AR surrounded by his loved ones. He was born January 23, 1945, in Long Beach, CA, the fifth of six children to Arlie and Inez Whitley Thornton. Wayne was a meat cutter...
Gay Shooke Clary
Apr 20, 2024
Gay Shooke Clary, 88, of Crossett, Arkansas, passed away on April 20, 2024, from complications of dementia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eury and Bess Shooke and her husband of 52 years, Bill Clary. She was born in Monticello, AR on January 12, 1936. Gay had a wonderful childhood with parents that adored her and...
Jeffrey Dane Mckinney
Apr 19, 2024
Jeffrey Dane McKinney, age 59, of Okolona, passed from this life on Friday, April 19, 2024, at his home. He was born September 30, 1964, in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of Buck and Priscilla Tolson McKinney. Jeff was a 1983 graduate of South Barber High School. He was the maintenance supervisor at Quapaw Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. ...
Donald Jones
Apr 18, 2024
Donald Carroll Jones, age 72, of Amity, passed from this life on April 18, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent's in Hot Springs. He was born on March 30, 1952, in DeQueen the son of the late Floyd and Barbara Carroll Jones. Donald was a 1970 graduate of Waldron High School and a 1974 graduate of South Arkansas University....
David Lee Welch
Apr 17, 2024
David Lee Welch, age 75, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born May 2, 1948, in Clinton, IL, the son of the late Donald and Dorthy Webb Welch. David was a graduate of Clinton High School in Clinton, IL. He was a United States Navy...
Shirley Ann (Kaufman) Whitley
Apr 14, 2024
Shirley Ann (Kaufman) Whitley, age 87, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Sunday April 14, 2024, at CHI St. Vincents in Hot Springs. She was born on August 15, 1936, in El Paso, TX, the daughter of the late Leon and Clara Gardner Kaufman. Shirley was a 1953 graduate of Austin High School. She was a member...
Marjorie Berkau Mclemore
Apr 8, 2024
Marjorie Berkau McLemore, age 79, of Hot Springs, formerly of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday April 8, 2024, at CHI St Vincents in Hot Springs. She was born on August 18, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of the late Kluck Uz and Marjorie Smith Berkau. Marjorie was a 1962 graduate of Oak Ridge High School...
Mildred Mae Roberson
Apr 6, 2024
Mildred Mae Roberson, age 105, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday April 6, 2024, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation in Arkadelphia. She was born on February 13, 1919, in Hollywood, the daughter of the late Giles and Lorena Mae Walsh Clark. Mildred was a 1938 graduate of Okolona High School worked as a seamstress for...
Lisa Michelle Hill
Apr 5, 2024
Lisa Michelle (Hembey) Hill, age 61, of Delight, known by those closest to her as "Micki" passed from this life on Friday, April 5, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born December 20, 1962, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late Thomas Patrick "Pat" and JoAnn Kirkpatrick Hembey of Delight. If you...
Lewis Wayne Lee
Mar 29, 2024
Lewis Wayne Lee, age 78, of Gurdon, went to be with the Lord on Good Friday, March 29, 2024, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born in Gurdon on April 26, 1945, the son of the late N.L. and Delphine (Stiffler) Lee. In addition to his parents, Lewis was preceded in death by his only...
David Newton Hulsey
Mar 27, 2024
David Newton Hulsey, age 74, of Hot Springs, formerly of Okolona, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at his home. He was born July 20, 1949, in Holtville, CA, the son of the late Melvin Charles and Ruth Ester Faughn Hulsey, Sr. David was a 1968 graduate of Holtville High School and a 1976 graduate...
Joann Shuffield
Mar 27, 2024
JoAnn G. Counts Shuffield, age 88, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Wednesday March 27, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent's in Hot Springs. She was born on January 20, 1936, in Bismarck the daughter of the late Gus and Ada Sanders Counts. JoAnn was a member of Bismarck First Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, Baking, Gardening, and...
Ricky Lee Hastings
Mar 26, 2024
Ricky Lee Hastings, age 69, of Prescott, passed from this life on Tuesday March 26, 2024, at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, LA. He was born on June 15, 1954, in Camden, the son of late John and Mary Dowings Hastings. Ricky was a retired overland truck driver and former owner and operator of Norman's 44 Restaurant in...
Linda Lee Worack
Mar 25, 2024
Linda Lee Thompson McMurray Worack was born in December 16th, 1937 to Eddie Lee Thompson and Ruth Pond Thompson. She had an older sister Mary Sue Armstrong.
Linda loved her two daughters, Kelly McMurray Shuman and Jaimie McMurray Eckert and she also loved her son-in-laws Barry Shuman and Joe Eckert.
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Theresa Diane Berry
Mar 24, 2024
Theresa Diane Berry, age 66, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born August 22, 1957, in Lee's Summit, MO, the daughter of the late Burl and Earlene Kroenke Howard. Theresa was a 1975 graduate of Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, CA. She was...
Barry Lane Gordon
Mar 24, 2024
Barry Gordon, age 62, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at his home.
No services are planned at this time.
Joyce Ann Dixon
Mar 19, 2024
Joyce Ann Dixon, age 82, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born October 21, 1941, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late W.A. "Bill" and Mildred Patterson Watson. Joyce was a 1959 graduate of Arkadelphia High School. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, traveling...
Glenda Sue Hubbard
Mar 19, 2024
Glenda Sue Hubbard, age 70, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Nightingale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born December 15, 1953, in Hayti, MO, the daughter of the late John Wesley and Emma Patterson Kiser, Sr. Glenda was a former nurse at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center and...
Shelby Jean Neal
Mar 17, 2024
Shelby Jean Neal, age 77, of Delight, passed from this life on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Medical City Healthcare System in Plano, TX. She was born April 29, 1946, in Delight, the daughter of the late Clib and Lucy Stark Jester. Shelby was a graduate of Enid High School in Enid, OK, and she attended Delight Elementary...
