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Obituaries
Samuel Walker
Jun 25, 2015
Samuel James Walker, age 78, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Covington Court Nursing Center in Fort Smith. He was born December 9, 1936, in Hot Springs, the son of the late Robert Clifford and Rosa Lenora Sanders Walker. Sam was a retired welder and a United States Army veteran. He was a...
Tim Thomason
Jun 23, 2015
Timothy Jay Thomason, age 54, of Anderson, TX, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 23, 2015 at his home. He was born July 7, 1960 in Arkadelphia, the son of John R. and Marguerite Sullivan Thomason. Tim enjoyed fishing and gourmet cooking in his free time. He was of the Baptist faith. Tim was preceded in death by his...
Bobby Hampton
Jun 21, 2015
Bobby Jo Hampton, age 82, of Kirby, passed from this life on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 9, 1932 in Denton County, TX, the son of the late Jess and Effie Burt Box Hampton. Bobby was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal Hampton, two sons, James and Danny...
Renee Johnson
Jun 20, 2015
Rhonda Renee Johnson, age 49, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana. She was born on November 16, 1965 in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late James and Shirley Loy Schee. Renee worked as a dog groomer and enjoyed collecting antiques. She attended Gurdon High School and Henderson...
Iwon Berry Lindsey
Jun 17, 2015
Iwon Berry Lindsey, age 74, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born September 23, 1940, in Camden, the son of Charles Berry and Cloelis Maloch Lindsey. Berry, a 1962 graduate of the University of Arkansas was a retired purchasing manager for Atlantic Research Corporation of Camden....
Elodie Gloria Hinshaw
Jun 16, 2015
Elodie Gloria Hinshaw, age 81, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at her home. She was born February 4, 1934 in Pine Bluff, the daughter of the late Joseph Welldon and Mary Ann Satterwhite Glasscock. Elodie was retired from International Paper Mill in Pine Bluff. She enjoyed golf and gardening. Elodie was a member...
Helen Smith
Jun 5, 2015
Helen Mae Patterson Smith, age 80, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Friday, June 5, 2015 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born September 25, 1934 in Newport, the daughter of the late Robert Wood and Lina Mae Hembrey Patterson. Helen was a graduate of Newport High School and attended Henderson State University. She...
Frank Raymond Baker
Jun 2, 2015
Frank Raymond Baker, age 83 , of Bismarck, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born July 14, 1931, in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of the late Chester and Hallie West Baker. Frank was retired from the United States Air Force. He served in the United States Army...
Leva Dene Hardage
May 31, 2015
Leva Dene Hardage, age 84 of Bismarck, passed from this life on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Southern Hills Green House Cottages in Rison. She was born on August 18, 1930 in Jackson, Ms, the daughter of the late Cecil and Ethel Wilson McClard. Leva was retired from Whitehouse Manufacturing where she was a binder. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, and...
Virginia Strother
May 19, 2015
Bonnie Virginia Strother, age 80, of Donaldson, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born in Cumberland County, TN on December 23, 1934, the daughter of the late Robert Dan and Ida Davis Boles. Virginia was a homemaker and a member of Riverside Baptist Church. She enjoyed...
Pamela Sue Hulsey
May 17, 2015
Pamela Sue Hulsey, age 61, of Okolona, passed from this life on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on February 4, 1954 in Fort Smith, the daughter of the late Elmer Odell and Mary Catherine Smith Allison. Pam was a homemaker and a member of United Pentecostal Church. She was a 1972 graduate...
Rufus Junior Wells
May 11, 2015
Rufus Junior Wells, age 83, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Monday, May 11, 2015 at his home. He was born December 13, 1931 in Gurdon, the son of the late Barney Price and Ella Reynolds Wells. He was retired from the water department in Ohio and a member of South Fork Baptist Church. Rufus enjoyed working in his...
Arthur Gaedecke
May 6, 2015
Arthur Malcom Gaedecke, age 97, of Okolona, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 24, 1917 in Azalea, OR, the son of the late Henry Augustus and Elnora Cheney Gaedecke. Arthur was a retired logger, a Jehovah's Witness and enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. He was a United States Air...
Aleene Mcclard
May 6, 2015
Janis Aleene Ledbetter McClard, age 79, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on April 10, 1936 in Caney, the daughter of the late Jesse Davis and Adell Allen Ledbetter. Aleene was a graduate of Bismarck High School and a member of DeRoche Missionary...
Betty Jane Carter
Apr 29, 2015
Betty Jane Carter, age 84 of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Twin Rivers Heath and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on June 8, 1930 in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late Frank and Lela Sheets Boyer. Betty was a teller at Citizens and Elk Horn Banks for thirty-five years and a member...
Dorothy Marie Trout
Apr 29, 2015
Dorothy Marie Trout, age 66, of Friendship, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at CHI St. Vincent's Hospital in Hot Springs. She was born August 11, 1948 in Friendship, the daughter of the late Pete and Maggie Smoke McMahan. Dorothy was a homemaker and a former member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...
Joe Smart
Apr 26, 2015
Joe Wyndol Smart, age 82 of Okolona, passed from this life on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs. He was born on June 12, 1932 in Okolona, the son of the late James and Clemie Wingfield Smart. Joe was a barber for many years and then retired as a small engine mechanic. He graduated from Glendale...
Sandria Lewis
Apr 26, 2015
Sandria Lou Lewis, age 69, of Malvern, passed from this life on Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Bismarck. She was born on January 27, 1946 in Bakersfield, CA, the daughter of the late William Earl and Vada Toland Brown. Sandria was retired from Weyerhaeuser. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Lewis, her son, Kenneth Brown, her brother,...
Charlie Edward Gentle
Apr 24, 2015
Charlie Edward Gentle, age 80, of Monticello, formerly of Curtis, passed from this life on Friday, April 24, 2015 at his home. He was born June 24, 1934 in Okolona, the son of the late William Wesley and Evia Jewell Barrong Gentle. Charlie was retired from Petit Jean Poultry and the former owner and operator of Gentle's Sixty-Six Service station...
Mary Smith
Apr 20, 2015
Mary Arana Smith, age 58, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Monday, April 20, 2015 at her home. She was born October 19, 1956, in Flint, MI the daughter of the late James Clifton and Helen Marie Nutt Baird. Mary worked at the fast food restaurant in Gurdon for twenty two years and then as an assistant manager at...
