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Obituaries

Don Clark

Don Clark

Apr 6, 2014

Donald R. Clark, age 72, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at his home.  He was born in Arkadelphia on June 29, 1941, the son of the late Alvin E. and Lorine Glover Clark.  Don was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a...

Emma Mckin

Emma Mckin

Mar 25, 2014

Emma Jean Hurst McKin, age 84, of Curtis, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born September 1, 1929 in Arkadelphia, the daughter of the late Jerry and Mamie Herron Hurst. Emma was a homemaker and a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded...

Clara Acrey

Clara Acrey

Mar 21, 2014

Clara Sue Campbell Acrey, age 73, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Friday, March 21, 2014 at Courtyard Gardens Nursing Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on November 26, 1940 in Gorman, TX, the daughter of the late A. B. and Mary Edith Bennett Campbell. Clara worked as a pharmacy technician at Wal-Mart for twenty years and was...

Isaac Lee Johnson

Isaac Lee Johnson

Mar 21, 2014

Isaac Lee Johnson, infant son of Andy and Holly Harrington Johnson, passed from this life on Friday, March 21, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. Waiting his arrival in heaven were his paternal grandparents Earl and Oneida Johnson, his step-maternal grandfather Tommy Valentine, and his brother, Wyatt Huck Johnson.

Isaac is survived by his loving parents,...

Helen Ann Clark

Helen Ann Clark

Mar 19, 2014

Helen Ann Clark, age 88, of Prescott, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Prescott Manor. She was born June 15, 1925 in Watertown, NY, the daughter of the late Howard and Agnes Gremillion Call. Helen was a retired insurance adjuster and a member of First Baptist Church of Prescott. She was preceded in death by...

Raylen Reign Hughes

Raylen Reign Hughes

Mar 12, 2014

Raylen Reign Hughes, infant daughter of Sam and Angie Bradeen Hughes of Whelen Springs, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.

In addition to her parents, Raylen is survived by her brother, Payton Joe Hughes, her paternal grandparents, Billy Joe and Donna Sue Hughes of Whelen Springs and...

Mike Browning

Mike Browning

Feb 25, 2014

Robert Michael Browning, 57, was born on June 16, 1956 in Gurdon, AR. He went to be with his Lord on February 25, 2014. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert (Bob) Browning, paternal grandparents, Robert Oscar Browning, Sr. and Jewelle Richardson Browning Johnson, maternal grandparents, James Irvin Ingram and Marie Byrns Ingram, and his aunt, Bonnie Parmley....

Randy Wayne Glass

Randy Wayne Glass

Feb 18, 2014

Randy Wayne Glass, age 54, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born August 12, 1959 in Prescott, the son of the late Coy Grady and Genice McBride Glass. Randy was a former construction worker with Brown and Root Construction Company. Survivors are one daughter,...

J.D. Ferguson

J.D. Ferguson

Feb 18, 2014

J.D. Ferguson passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock while surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 28, 1926 in Amity, the son of the late Noel Edward and Belvie Finney Ferguson. Formerly of Arkadelphia, he spent the last the years of his life in Little Rock. J.D. was a...

Danny Houston Trammel

Danny Houston Trammel

Jan 22, 2014

Danny Houston Trammel, age 64, of Friendship, passed from this life on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at the John L. McClellan Veteran's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born February 8, 1949, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Don and Floriece Shepherd Trammel. Danny was a retired welder and mechanic for International Paper Company and a United States Army...

David Wilson

David Wilson

Jan 16, 2014

David Harold Wilson, age 60, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born May 24, 1953, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Roy Neil and Maude Christene Craig Wilson. David was a retired log cutter and a member of Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors are his...

Kathryn Hesse

Kathryn Hesse

Jan 15, 2014

Kathryn Louise Cotten Hesse, 78 of Arkadelphia, AR passed away on January 15, 2014. She was born in Cisco, TX on September 21, 1935 to the late Earl and Kathryn Cotten. She leaves to cherish her memory, husband, Dr. Earl J. Hesse; children, Robert Earl Cotten Hesse of Arkadelphia, Valaree Kathryn Cone Russell (Ronny) of Heber Springs, AR, Joe Marc...

Ethel Duncan

Ethel Duncan

Jan 15, 2014

Ethel Young Duncan, age 86, of Jonesboro, formerly of Arkadelphia, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at Craighead County Nursing Center in Jonesboro. She was born April 4, 1927, in Clark County, the daughter of the late Andrew Lee and Farrie Ham Currin. Ethel was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and has spent the last...

Mary Jones

Mary Jones

Jan 13, 2014

Mary Ann Louise Jones, age 81, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Monday, January 13, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on October 4, 1932 in Hot Springs, the daughter of the late Jesse and Susie Roberson Pierce. Mary was a CNA for Riverwood Nursing Home and Hillcrest Nursing Home in Prescott. She was a...

Elvin Johnson

Elvin Johnson

Jan 12, 2014

Elvin Johnson, of Arkadelphia, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 12, 2014, at his home. He was born on April 3, 1933 in Friendship, the son of the late Jeff Davis and Susie Ford Johnson. Elvin graduated from Friendship High School and served four years in the United States Navy. He retired from International Paper Company and...

Minnie Williams

Minnie Williams

Jan 1, 2014

Minnie Pearl (Burch) Williams, age 68, of Gurdon, departed this life to go to her Heavenly home on January 1, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on February 9, 1945 in Newton, Texas, the daughter of Woodrow Burch and Clydie Gray. Minnie was an active member of First Assembly of God Church in Gurdon. She was...

James E. Jones

James E. Jones

Dec 24, 2013

James Edward Jones, age 67, of Manning, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born January 2, 1946, in Pine Bluff, the son of the late Aubrey Jim and Edna Ruth Reynolds Jones. James was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by one infant sister. James is...

Bobby Pagan

Bobby Pagan

Dec 24, 2013

Bobby (Nobody) Lee Pagan, age 81, of Arkadelphia passed from this life on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at his home. He was born March 16, 1932, in Fendley, the son of the late George Ellis and Gussie Lucille Golden Pagan. Bobby was retired from the National Guard, a United States Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict , and a...

Mary Frances Allen

Mary Frances Allen

Dec 21, 2013

Mary Frances Allen, age 99, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs. She was born on September 16, 1914 in Leonard, TX, the daughter of the late Robert Francis and Alta Mae Felty. Mary worked for Heards Drug Store and Arkadelphia Country Club and was a foster grandparent at Central...

Muriel Janell Stroud

Muriel Janell Stroud

Dec 14, 2013

Muriel Janell Stroud, age 82, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Courtyard Gardens Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born September 15, 1931, in Clark County, the daughter of the late B.B. and Faye Martin Gogle. Muriel was a 1948 graduate of Gurdon High School. She enjoyed fishing, sewing, babysitting and playing cards. Muriel...