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Obituaries

Mary Mcadams

Mary Mcadams

Dec 11, 2013

Mary Marie McAdams, age 46, of Glenwood, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at her home. She was born on October 15, 1967 in Chowchilla, CA, the daughter of Jack and Linda Smith Callese. Mary was a homemaker and a member of Glenwood Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her father. Mary is survived...

Douglas Allan Kershaw

Douglas Allan Kershaw

Dec 10, 2013

Douglas Allan Kershaw, age 62, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at his home. He was born on June 11, 1951 in Woodbury, NJ, the son of the late Fredrick Arthur and Edith Hinkle Kershaw. Doug was retired from SGL Carbon Group were he served for three years as site manager in China. He was...

Ruby Jean Haynie

Ruby Jean Haynie

Dec 7, 2013

Ruby Jean Haynie, age 82, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. She was born January 5, 1931, in Louisiana, the daughter of the late Henry and Clara Brown Chelette. Ruby was a homemaker and a member of United Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

John C. Cox

John C. Cox

Nov 26, 2013

John Calvin Cox Jr., age 76, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at Courtyard Gardens in Arkadelphia. He was born November 21, 1937, in Amity, the son of the late John Calvin and Willie Sullivan Cox Sr. John worked for Brown and Root Construction, served in the Army National Guard and was a member of...

Major Charles "Chuck" Boice

Major Charles "Chuck" Boice

Nov 23, 2013

Major Charles Joseph "Chuck" Boice (U.S. ARMY, RETIRED) , age 82, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at his home. He was born on May 7, 1931 in Celina, OH, the son of the late Charles and Marie McDonald Boice. Chuck was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church, Eastern Star, Masonic Lodge #381 and...

Stella Marie Crigg

Stella Marie Crigg

Nov 8, 2013

Stella Marie Crigg, age 72, of Whelen Springs, passed from this life on Friday, November 8, 2013 at her home. She was born on March 25, 1941 in Gurdon, the daughter of the late Willie and Coy Warren Walters. Marie was a volunteer grandmother at the Gurdon Public Schools and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church....

Steven Pittman

Steven Pittman

Nov 6, 2013

Steven Edward Pittman, age 60, of Amity, passed from this life on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs. He was born on November 3, 1953 in Alpine, the son of Kenneth and Orene Smith Pittman. Steven was a maintenance worker and a member of Sweet Home Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his...

Steven Lloyd

Steven Lloyd

Nov 2, 2013

Steven Merrill Lloyd, age 73, of Okolona, passed from this life on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on January 10, 1940 in San Francisco, CA, the son of the late Raymond Merrill and Norma Stevens Lloyd. Steven was a United States Army veteran serving in the military police. He had numerous occupations...

Evelyn Plum

Evelyn Plum

Oct 28, 2013

Evelyn Plum, age 88, of Arkadelphia, entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 28, 2013. She was born on January 14, 1925 to Clarence and Maudie Fagan Bagwell, the first of eight children. Evelyn was certain of Heaven as her eternal destination because she placed her faith in Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age. She was a...

Joshua Allen Dyess

Joshua Allen Dyess

Oct 21, 2013

Joshua Allen Dyess, age 28, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Monday, October 21, 2013 at his home. He was born on February 22, 1985 in Hot Springs, the son of Steve and Vicky Walton Dyess. Joshua was a carpenter and a member of Saginaw Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Bruce Dyess,...

John Echols

John Echols

Oct 5, 2013

John Henry Echols, age 81, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on November 19, 1931 in Hot Springs, the son of the late James and Nellie Rebecca McConnell Echols. John was retired from Reynolds Metals, Jones Mill plant and was a proud member of First United...

Shirley Willingham

Shirley Willingham

Oct 3, 2013

Shirley Ann Willingham, age 78, of Donaldson, passed from this life on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock. She was born on November 29, 1934 in Malvern, the daughter of the late Grady Vance and Nettie Pilcher Hodges. Shirley was a homemaker and a member of New Life Church. She was preceded in death by...

David Wayne Morrison

David Wayne Morrison

Sep 26, 2013

David Wayne Morrison 54 of Rock Island, IL formerly of Arkadelphia, AR passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2013. He was born on November 13, 1958 in Arkadelphia, AR to Dayton & Jane Morrison. David met the Love of his Life, Lee B Keebler in 2006 & married him on August 21, 2012 in Davenport, IA. David was a wonderful,...

Harroll Jerry Land

Harroll Jerry Land

Sep 11, 2013

Harroll Jerry Land, age 73, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born December 25, 1939, in Malvern, the son of the late Julius Harroll and Ezmer Velora Voss Land. Jerry was a graduate of Malvern High School and went on to attend the Arkansas...

Bruce Jenkins

Bruce Jenkins

Sep 8, 2013

Bruce Melvin Jenkins, age 54, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, September 8, 2013, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on November 22, 1958 in Charlottesville, VA, the son of Jimmy and Thelma Webb Jenkins. Bruce was a truck driver for K. W. Jester Logging and served three years in the United States Marines....

Marie Smith

Marie Smith

Sep 8, 2013

Marie Smith, age 79, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at her home. She was born on January 27, 1934 in Mansfield, the daughter of the late Fred and Callie Bottoms Clopton. Marie was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Smith. Marie is survived by one daughter, Sharon (Ernest) Purifoy...

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Sep 8, 2013

Bobby Wayne Lee, age 64, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on July 16, 1949 in Delight, the son of the late Robert Woodrow and Ellen White Lee. Bobby was a member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church. He served our country in the United States...

Tina Gibson

Tina Gibson

Sep 2, 2013

Tina Mae Gibson, age 51, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2013, at her home. She was born on July 23, 1962 in Kellogg, Idaho, the daughter of the late Frank Walter and Ethel Mae Scott. Tina was a member of Baring Cross Missionary Baptist Church and a Wal Mart associate. She is survived by her...

Katherine Phelps Bolinger

Katherine Phelps Bolinger

Aug 21, 2013

Katherine Evelyn Hardin Phelps Bolinger, age 73, of Shreveport, passed into the loving arms of God on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, LA. She was born June 10, 1940 in Salinas, CA, the daughter of the late Clarence and Thelma Hardin. Katherine, a thirty year resident of Shreveport, was a generous and faithful servant of...

Mary Rushing

Mary Rushing

Aug 15, 2013

Mary Faye Baker Rushing, age 84, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born on January 3, 1929 in Sheridan, the daughter of the late Lester B. and Estelle Hamilton Baker. Mary was a school teacher for thirty-two years in California. She is survived by...