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Obituaries

Janet Delane Dunkelgod

Janet Delane Dunkelgod

Mar 10, 2022

Janet Delane Dunkelgod, age 73, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at her home.  She was born May 29, 1948, in Nashville, AR, the daughter of the late Delmon and Anna Slater Reynolds.  Janet attended Ouachita Baptist University and graduated from Henderson State University.  She was a former school teacher at Sparkman and...

John Cody Thompson

John Cody Thompson

Mar 10, 2022

John Cody Thompson, age 41, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, March 10, 2022, near Arkadelphia.  He was born November 7, 1980, in Arkadelphia, the son of Donald Mack and Debra Jean Whitehead Thompson.  Cody was a 1999 graduate of Arkadelphia High School.  He worked in the farming Industry.  Cody attended Third Street Baptist Church.  He...

Patsy Lee Armstrong

Patsy Lee Armstrong

Mar 9, 2022

Patsy Lee Armstrong, age 89, of Portland, TX, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Corpus Christi, TX.  She was born March 12, 1932, in Caddo Valley, the daughter of the late Claude and Hazel Heflin Montgomery.  Patsy was a 1949 graduate of Forrest City High School.  She was retired as the attendance clerk for...

Norma Jan Plum

Norma Jan Plum

Mar 9, 2022

Norma Jan Plum, age 78, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia.  She was born May 8, 1943, in Jackson, MS, the daughter of the late Adrian and Mary Jo Morrison Kolean.  Jan was a graduate of Hot Springs High School and attended Henderson State...

Billy Hershel Emerson, Jr.

Billy Hershel Emerson, Jr.

Mar 8, 2022

Billy Hershel Emerson, Jr., passed from this life on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at St. Michael's Healthcare Center in Texarkana, TX.  He was born September 4, 1965, in Dallas, TX, the son of the late Billy Hershel and Martha Marie Arriola Emerson, Sr.  Billy was a former talented and gifted cabinet maker.  He was preceded in death by...

Frank Kinder

Frank Kinder

Mar 3, 2022

Frankie Lee Kinder Sr, age 72, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Gurdon, passed from this life on Thursday March 3, 2022, at CHI St. Vincent's in Hot Springs. He was born on April 25, 1949, in Swifton, the son of the late William and Emma Jones Kinder. Frank was a retired track foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad. He...

Barbara Frances Hunter Wasson

Barbara Frances Hunter Wasson

Mar 1, 2022

Barbara Frances Hunter Wasson, age 83, of Arkadelphia went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  She was born April 29, 1938, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late Harry and Nannie Louis McCaskill Hunter.  Barbara met Virles Wasson at Henderson State Teachers College and they married on May 29, 1956.  After living in several states,...

Dorothea Annette Martin

Dorothea Annette Martin

Feb 23, 2022

Dorothea Annette Martin, age 95, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock.  She was born April 10, 1926, in Okolona, the daughter of the late Bob Stell and Sally Ethel Winfield Wingfield.  Dorothea worked for Montgomery Ward for seventeen years and then Economy Drug Store for twenty-seven years. ...

William Morris Arapis

William Morris Arapis

Feb 19, 2022

William Morris Arapis, age 77, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Courtyard Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia.  He was born June 30, 1944, in Walnut Grove, TX, the son of the late Roger Bruce and Vanilla Belle Morris Arapis.  William was a retired truck driver for A & P Stores. ...

Wanda Sue Morton

Wanda Sue Morton

Feb 18, 2022

Wanda Sue Morton, age 84, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Bryant, passed from this life on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Courtyard Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia.  She was born April 15, 1937, in North Little Rock, the daughter of the late Delmer and Valerie Weaver Shuffield.  Wanda was a retired secretary at Arkansas Cash Register Systems...

Marcia Jean Gatliff

Marcia Jean Gatliff

Feb 18, 2022

Marcia Jean Gatliff, age 93, of Delight, passed from this life on Friday, February 18, 2022 at Southern Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center in Prescott.  She was born July 13, 1928, in Hadley, PA, the daughter of the late Arthur and Mildred Minnis Kuhn.  Marcia was a graduate of Hadley High School.  She was a homemaker and worked...

Bonnie Mae Curtis

Bonnie Mae Curtis

Feb 11, 2022

Bonnie Mae Curtis, age 90, of Malvern, passed from this life on Friday, February 11, 2022 at Arbor Oaks Nursing Home in Malvern.  She was born on February 21, 1931, in Lavaca, the daughter of the late Claude and Vera Adams.  Bonnie was a homemaker and enjoyed doing yard work.  She was a member of First Baptist Church...

Norman Steele Johns

Norman Steele Johns

Feb 5, 2022

Steele Johns passed away on February 5, 2022, in Arkadelphia, AR. His death was sudden and he had not been ill. He was born on September 9, 1955, to Wade and Helen Johns on Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah. His father retired as a Lt. Commander of what is now called the Seal Team, so Steele's...

Linda Grace Killingsworth

Linda Grace Killingsworth

Feb 2, 2022

Our beautiful and beloved Mom and Granny went home to Jesus on February 2, 2022. We are heartbroken but smiling as we tell stories of her feistiness and love for all of us. She was so many good things, but we all agree that family was her number one. Gatherings with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were...

Kathryn Dowdy Sigman

Kathryn Dowdy Sigman

Feb 1, 2022

Kathryn Dowdy Sigman, age 71, of Nashville, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at her home.  She was born November 14, 1950, in Athens, AR, the daughter of the late Albert and Floyce Pate Golden.  Kathy was a former EMT and enjoyed painting and farming in her free time.  She was preceded in death by...

Bennie James Jones Sr.

Bennie James Jones Sr.

Feb 1, 2022

Bennie James Jones, Sr., age 67, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.  He was born January 13, 1955, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Roosevelt Davis and Hattie Mae Jones, Sr.  Bennie was a custodian at Peake Elementary School for many years.  He was a member...

Reta Virginia Williams

Reta Virginia Williams

Jan 31, 2022

Reta Virginia Williams, age 85, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life Monday, January 31, 2022, at her home.  She was born January 30, 1937, in Alpine, the daughter of the late Al and Cornelia Still Wilson.  Reta was a graduate of Arkadelphia High School.  She worked at Hollywood Vassarette and Harvest Foods for many years.  Reta was a...

Roy Lee Hill

Roy Lee Hill

Jan 30, 2022

Roy Lee Hill, age 82, of Delight, passed from this life on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at his home.  He was born January 30, 1940, in Delight, the son of the late Loyd Lee and Martha Adel Lee Hill.  Roy was a 1957 graduate of Delight High School and a 1960 graduate of San Diego Jr. College.  He...

Jaqueline Karina Zuniga-Ramirez

Jaqueline Karina Zuniga-Ramirez

Jan 29, 2022

Jaqueline Karina Zuniga-Ramirez, age 34, of Jacksonville, passed from this life on Saturday, January 29, 2022, near Gurdon.  She was born February 13, 1987, in El Salvador, the daughter of Hillman Narcisco Olivares Samayoa and Lucy Zuniga Ramirez.  Jaqueline was a pharmacy tech for Walmart and a hub manager for Auto Zone.  She was a member of the...

Rose Marie Wilson

Rose Marie Wilson

Jan 28, 2022

Rose Marie Wilson, age 65, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock.  She was born October 27, 1956, in Visalia, CA, the daughter of the late Abbey and Shirley Freeman Phillips.  Rose was a home healthcare worker and a Baptist.  She enjoyed spending time with her...