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Obituaries

Kenneth Pittman

Kenneth Pittman

Oct 15, 2010

Kenneth Pittman, age 83, of Alpine passed from this life on Friday, October 15, 2010 at his home. He was born on July 12, 1927 in Grandfield, OK, the son of the late William Jasper and Nora Miracle Pittman. Kenneth was a retired postal employee and carpenter and a member of Sweet Home Primitive Baptist Church. He was a United...

J. B. Wright

J. B. Wright

Oct 15, 2010

J. B. Wright, age 87, of Caddo Valley, passed from this life on Friday, October 15, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born in Batesville, the son of the late Bly and Jeffie Russ Wright. J. B. worked as a truck driver for eighteen years and as a bus driver for Ouachita Baptist University for twenty years....

Dorothy Welch

Dorothy Welch

Sep 16, 2010

Dorothy Webb Welch, age 80, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on March 18, 1930 in Waynesville, IL, the daughter of the late James and Edna Foster Webb. Dorothy was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church and a retired nurses aide. She...

James William Gentle

James William Gentle

Sep 8, 2010

James William "J.W." Gentle, age 78, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on July 19, 1932 in Okolona, the son of Wesley and Eva Barrong Gentle. J.W. was retired from the United States Army and AT&T. He also served in the United States Air Force for...

Josephine Ellen Easley

Josephine Ellen Easley

Sep 8, 2010

Josephine Ellen (Liles) Easley, age 80, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock. She was born March 2, 1930, in San Bernardino, CA, the daughter of the late Oscar Bailey & Clara Louise Hall Liles. Ellen was a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was...

Ina Louise Kirkpatrick

Ina Louise Kirkpatrick

Sep 6, 2010

Ina Louise Kirkpatrick, age 85, was called by her Lord to join him on September 6, 2010. Louise was the last of eight Hurst girls, all native to Arkadelphia. She was the daughter of Walter Greely & Lillie Due Nix Hurst. Louise was preceded to Heaven by her love and spouse Eugene Kirkpatrick. Graveside services are private and are entrusted...

Perry Hearnsberger

Perry Hearnsberger

Sep 5, 2010

Funeral services for Perry Nay Hearnsberger, 46, of Longview will be 10 AM Saturday morning in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Longview with Pastor Tommy Jackson officiating. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Perry was born on August 6,...

Van Hardage

Van Hardage

Aug 31, 2010

Van Dexter Hardage, age 84, of Bismarck passed from this life on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at his home. He was born on January 30, 1926 in Hot Springs, the son of the late John Dexter and Fannie Christine Eby Hardage. Van was retired from the Hot Spring County Road Department and was a cattle farmer. He was a United...

Tom Jester

Tom Jester

Aug 18, 2010

Master Sergeant Thomas Edward Jester, USA, retired, age 55, of Gurdon passed from this life on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 near Hollywood. He was born on September 17, 1954 in Gurdon, the son of Ottis Thomas and Mary Frances Moseley Jester. Tom was a heavy equipment operator and served for twenty-two years in the United States Army. He was preceded...

Thad Pasley

Thad Pasley

Aug 14, 2010

Thaddeus Ray Pasley, age 57, of Arkadelphia passed from this life on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. He was born on October 1, 1952 in Blufton, Indiana, the son of the late Johnny Mace and Ailene Carpenter Pasley. Thad was an oil rig worker and a logger. He was a...

Margaret Ann Hutton

Margaret Ann Hutton

Jul 19, 2010

Margaret Ann Hutton, age 71, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, July 19, 2010 at her home. She was born in Clark County on September 9, 1938, the daughter of the late James Arthur and Ethel Marie Jones Buck. Ann was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Hutton. Ann is...

Arley B. Jackson

Arley B. Jackson

Jul 17, 2010

Arley B. Jackson, age 82, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on September 2, 1927 in Sardis, the son of the late Charles Ezzie and Goldie Faye Jackson. Arley was retired from Reynolds Metal Company and was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was...

Mary Brock

Mary Brock

Jul 11, 2010

Mary Darlene Brock, age 51, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at St. Joseph s Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. She was born on October 20, 1958 in Arkadelphia, the daughter of Robert A D and Mary Ann Louise Pierce Jones. Mary was a member of Sycamore Church. She was preceded in death by...

M. A. Russell

M. A. Russell

Jul 5, 2010

M. A. Russell, age 73, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, July 5, 2010 at his home. He was born on June 18, 1937 in Okolona, the son of the late Zib and Ellen Crawley Russell. M. A. was retired from Henderson State University Police Department and Valley Exxon. He was a Baptist and a United States Navy...

Donald Mason Welch

Donald Mason Welch

Jul 3, 2010

Donald Mason Welch, age 83, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born on February 3, 1927 in Clinton, IL, the son of the late Nathan and Mary Ona Spencer Welch. Don was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Webb...

Sara Katherine Burton

Sara Katherine Burton

Jun 27, 2010

Sara Katherine Burton, age 32, of Springdale, passed from this life on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at her home. She was born on August 9, 1977 in Grants Pass, Oregon, the daughter of Gus Gustufson and Carol Burton. Sara was an honor student at Harmony Grove Schools in Camden. She worked in the classified ads department for the Arkansas Democrat...

Kathy Smith

Kathy Smith

Jun 26, 2010

Kathy Ruth Smith, age 55, of Vernon, TX formerly of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at United Regional Health Care Center in Wichita Falls, TX. She was born August 23, 1954 in Brownsville, Tx the daughter of the late Harlen & Idora Elliott Jackson. Kathy was a homemaker and a member of First United Pentecostal...

Loren Long

Loren Long

Jun 16, 2010

Loren Lowell Long, age 88, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on May 13, 1922 in Pleasant Township, IA, the son of the late Murrell and Ettie Mae Spear Long. Loren was an electrical engineer and a life-long member of the Methodist church. He was a...

William Jack King

William Jack King

Jun 12, 2010

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) William Jack King , age 91 of Arkadelphia, Arkansas died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at home surrounded by family. Col. King is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Allen King, a son William Jack King, Jr. and wife Roberta of Benton, a daughter Pamela King Young and husband Cary of Pine Bluff, a granddaughter, Mary...

Cury J. Pigg

Cury J. Pigg

Jun 10, 2010

Cury Juniours Pigg, age 61, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on October 12, 1948 in the Vaden community, the son of Brady and Ernestine Williams Pigg, Sr. Cury was a member of the Church of the Living God. He was preceded in death by...