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Obituaries
Diane C. Mcnamara
Mar 16, 2011
Diane Carol McNamara, 61 of Arkadelphia passed away March 16, 2011, as result of an automobile accident. She was born July 7, 1949, in Palestine, Il and was adopted at a young age by Charles and Leah McNamara of Chicago, along with her brother, David, all of whom preceded her in death. The family moved to Arkadelphia in the 1960's,...
Alice "Granny Pink" Dreyer
Mar 14, 2011
Alice Estelle "Granny Pink" Dreyer, age 85, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Monday, March 14, 2011 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born on June 1, 1925 in Port Aransas, TX, the daughter of the late Fred and Mable Mary Lampkin Farley. Granny Pink was a retired cook with the Bismarck Schools and telephone...
Andrea Wilson
Mar 11, 2011
Andrea Yvonne Wilson age 44 of the Manchester Community passed from this life on Friday, March 11, 2011 at her home. She was born June 12, 1966 in Los Alamos, NM the daughter of David Niles and Elizabeth Hogan Grauerholz. Andrea was a Methodist and a dedicated horse rancher and trainer. Andrea is survived by her father David Grauerholz of...
John Charles Rairdon
Mar 8, 2011
John Charles Rairdon, age 61, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on September 30, 1949 in Cook County, IL, the son of the late Charles Wesley and Pauline Donisage Rairdon. John was a machinist and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
Kim Seale
Feb 26, 2011
Kim Marie (Baker) Seale, age 51 of Malvern, passed from this life on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Arkansas Hospice Unit of St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. She was born November 12, 1959 in Memphis, TN, the daughter of Frank and Donna Baker. Kim was a homemaker and a member of Manning Baptist Church. She was...
Ronald Watson
Feb 8, 2011
Ronald Bruce Watson age 89 of Arkadelphia passed from this life on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born May 18, 1921 in Delight, the son of the late Charles Cornelius and Floy Harris Watson. Ronald was a retired oil field and construction worker and a member of the Church of...
Alma Barentine Lang
Feb 3, 2011
Alma Sue Barentine Lang, age 77 of Arkadelphia, passed from this life into heaven and joined Orland Lang, her loving husband of fifty seven years, on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Courtyard Gardens Care Center in Arkadelphia. She was born August 22, 1933 in Kirby, the daughter of the late Norman C. and Virgie Cook Barentine. Alma was a retired...
Annie Lee Hickman
Jan 23, 2011
Annie Lee (Smith) Hickman age 77 of Arkadelphia passed from this life on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock while visiting her husband. She was born February 13, 1933 in Enola, AR the daughter of the late Vance and Ruth Joslin Smith Sr. Annie was a homemaker and a member of Curtis Assembly of...
Flave Tarpley Roberson
Jan 17, 2011
Flave Tarpley Roberson, age 93, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, January 17, 2011 at Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born December 8, 1917 in Okolona the son of the late Jesse & Eula Tarpley Roberson. Flave was retired from the Clark County Road Department and a member of Park Hill Baptist Church....
Lois Mcclure
Jan 4, 2011
Lois Marguerite McClure, age 74, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on May 8, 1936 in Clark County, the daughter of the late J. N. and Berniece Haskins Webb. Lois was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Arkadelphia. She was...
Robert Austin Freeman
Dec 25, 2010
Robert "Bob" Austin Freeman age 74 of Gurdon, passed from this life on Saturday, December 25, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born September 7, 1936 in the Shiloh community the son of the late Ben and Bessie Howell Freeman. Bob was retired from Value Line and worked for Meals on Wheels program through Baptist Medical Center....
Jimmy Ross Welch
Dec 18, 2010
Jimmy Ross Welch, age 66, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Saturday, December 18, 2010. He was born on November 8, 1944 in Gurdon, the son of the late Hubert King and Lottie Clarett Harris Welch. Jimmy was preceded in death by his brother, Carl Welch. He is survived by one son, James Welch of Van Buren, one sister,...
Charles Vaughters Burkhalter
Dec 18, 2010
Charles Vaughters Burkhalter, age 87, of Bismarck, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, December 18, 2010 after an extended illness. He was born on October 4, 1923 in Ft. Meade, Florida. Charles was the last surviving child of P. L. Burkhalter, Sr. and Olive Gardner Burkhalter. He attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville. Charles served in the...
Madelon Nash
Dec 8, 2010
Madelon Fambrough Nash, age 88, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at her home. She was born on May 6, 1922 on Monroe, GA, the daughter of the late William Manual and Oda McDonald Fambrough. Madelon was a seamstress and was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church and the Arkadelphia Senior Citizens Center. She...
Austin Junior "Aj" Wilson
Nov 12, 2010
Austin Junior "A.J." Wilson, age 86, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Friday, November 12, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on July 25, 1924 in Caddo Gap, the son of the late Austin M. and Fannie Burnett Wilson. A.J. owned and operated Wilson Salvage Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna...
Jeanette Crandall Jackson
Oct 31, 2010
Jeanette Crandall Jackson, age 81, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born on January 22, 1929 in Mabelvale, AR, the daughter of John Astin and Pearl Cochrane Crandall. She was retired from J. C. Penney Co. and a member of Arkadelphia First United Methodist Church and...
George Hughes
Oct 30, 2010
George Lindy Hughes, age 83, of Amity passed from this life on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at his home. He was born on December 4, 1926 in Lenox, AR, the son of the late John R. and Cora Emma Shepherd Hughes. George was a corporate officer in the commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning business. He was a Protestant. George...
Ellis Clark
Oct 25, 2010
Ellis Burton Clark, age 88, of Brown Springs, passed from this life on Monday, October 25, 2010 at home with his family. He was born on February 22, 1922 in Miami, OK, the son of the late James Riley and Estella Wardlow Clark. Ellis worked as a plumber and was a sergeant in the United States Army during World War...
William Gill Suitor
Oct 22, 2010
William Gill Suitor, age 83, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Friday, October 22, 2010 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on January 3, 1927 in Arkadelphia, the son of the late James Elliot and Stella Gill Suitor. Bill was preceded in death by a son, Mark Suitor. He worked as a butcher...
Steve Spradlin
Oct 16, 2010
Steve Randal Spradlin, age 51, of Arkadelphia passed from this life on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born January 28, 1959 in Prescott, the son of the late Truman and Margaret Rushing Spradlin. Steve was a heavy equipment operator for Charles Ledbetter Logging Co. and a Baptist. Survivors are his wife Gina...
