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Obituaries
Jim Watts
Jun 8, 2010
James Milton Jim Watts, 58, of Arkadelphia, died Tuesday, June 8 at 12:35 a.m. at Baptist Health Medical Center of cancer. He was born December 8, 1951, in Arkadelphia, the son of Juanita Stevens. Jim was an active member of Second Baptist Church, Arkadelphia, and was employed by the Arkadelphia Human Development Center. Jim is survived by his wife Phyllis...
Julia Perdue
Jun 7, 2010
Julia Lee Perdue, age 88, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, June 7, 2010 at Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on July 21, 1921 in Antoine, the daughter of the late Clyde and Pearl Osburn Hare. Julia was retired from Red River Credit Union in Texarkana where she was a loan officer....
David Joshua Hughes
Jun 7, 2010
David Joshua Hughes, age 27, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Monday, June 7, 2010, at his home. He was born on November 9, 1982 in Prescott, the son of David Arnold and Sandra Kay Marks Hughes. Josh attended the Pentecostal Church. He is survived by his wife, Angela Clark Hughes of Gurdon, two sons, Corbinn and Breck Hughes...
Bernie William Hixon
Jun 5, 2010
Bernie William Hixon, Sr., age 91, of Arkdelphia, passed away due to complications of cancer on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Glenwood Nursing Home. He was born in West Plains, MO on October 28, 1918, the son of Albert Franklin and Daisy Mathis Hixon. Bernie was a great husband, father, friend and neighbor and will be greatly missed. He was...
Dartha Sue Wade
Jun 1, 2010
Dartha Sue Wade age 87, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born May 23, 1923 in Okolona, the daughter of the late George & Josie Childers Jones. Sue was a homemaker, a seamstress and manager of a fabric store early in her career. She was a member...
Michael Thomas
May 18, 2010
Michael Wayne Thomas, age 56, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at St. Joseph Mercy Health Care Center in Hot Springs. He was born on April 8, 1954 in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Charles William and Charlie Sue Elliott Thomas. Mike was a logger, a restaurant owner and an oil rig worker. He...
Darrell Gene Smith
May 6, 2010
Darrell Gene Smith, age 46, of Russellville, formerly of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at his home. He was born February 25, 1964 in Helm, California, the son of the late Louis & Gracie Armstrong Smith. Darrell was a handyman and a Christian. Survivors are his wife Gladys Smith of Russellville; one daughter Rachel Smith...
Jose Trevino
Apr 29, 2010
Jose B. Trevino, age 82, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on December 11, 1927 in Texas. Jose was a member of the Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Josepha Hernandez Trevino, his daughter, Oralia Trevino, and grandson, Enrique Trevino. Jose...
Evednia Freeman
Apr 24, 2010
Evednia Marie (Hughes) Freeman, age 46, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born January 13, 1964 in Arkadelphia the daughter of the late Wayne & Sarah Stepp Hughes. Evednia was employed for many years at Head Start in Arkadelphia. She was a member of First Baptist...
Melba Jackson
Apr 24, 2010
Melba Sue Jackson, age 67, of Sparkman, passed from this life on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born on March 23, 1943 in Camden, the daughter of the late Andrew Hunter and Lucy Adele Rucker Lea. Melba was a homemaker and a member of Manning Baptist Church. She was preceded...
Hazel Margaret Gaither
Apr 8, 2010
Hazel Miss Gee Gee Gaither, age 91, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, April 8, 2010, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born November 22, 1918 in Helena, the daughter of the late R.A. & Lillie Mae Young Watts. Hazel was a homemaker, a Baptist and taught Sunday school for thirty years. She was preceded in...
Enrique Trevino
Mar 25, 2010
Enrique Trevino, age 29, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Thursday, March 25, 2010, in Plant City, FL. He was born on May 18, 1980, in Weslaco, TX, the son of the late Oralia Trevino. Enrique was a laborer and a member of the Pentecostal Church. Survivors are three sisters; Rosemary Trevino of Gurdon, Stacy Trevino of Russellville &...
Bobby Lewis Copeland
Mar 24, 2010
Bobby Lewis Copeland, age 75, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at St. Marys Regional Medical Center in Russellville. He was born on February 17, 1935 in Delight, the son of the late Clarence and Gladys Hardin Copeland. Bobby was a retired roofing and painting contractor and attended Third Street Baptist Church. He enjoyed life...
Parker Lenamond
Mar 18, 2010
William Parker Lenamond, age 67, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Veteran s Administration Hospital in Little Rock. He was born on June 26, 1942 in Thornton, TX, the son of the late Brady and Lena Belle Richardson Lenamond. Parker was a retired construction carpenter and a member of Beirne Baptist Church. He...
Glendean Beard
Feb 26, 2010
Glendean M. Beard, age 84, of Curtis, passed from this life on Friday, February 26, 2010 at her home. She was born on January 19, 1926 in Gurdon, the daughter of the late Burt Knight and Mary Huffman Marks. Glendean was a former seamstress, bookkeeper and well-known florist. She was a member of Curtis Baptist Church. Glendean is survived by...
Ralph Lee Rainwater
Feb 24, 2010
Ralph Lee Rainwater died at his home on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Born on March 4, 1920, Mr. Rainwater was 8 days away from his 90th birthday and 3 months away from his 60th wedding anniversary. Ralph was born to Grace Oliver Rainwater and William Harris Rainwater (1897-1958), the s/o Henry Houston Rainwater (1859-1926), the s/o John Sanford Rainwater (1819-1898),...
George Clifford Tutt
Feb 24, 2010
George Clifford Tutt, age 90, of Sparkman, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at Ouachita Medical Center in Camden. He was born on February 9, 1920 in Camden, the son of the late Franklin and Carrie Melissa Carter Tutt. George worked as a foreman at a chemical plant in Memphis and was a member of Dalark Methodist...
Clifton Eugene Jackson
Feb 21, 2010
Clifton Eugene Jackson, age 64, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at the Arkansas Hospice Unit of St. Joseph s Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. He was born March 9, 1945, in Newport, AR, the son of Clifton Morris & Nancy Virginia Hale Jackson. Eugene was a retired log cutter and a member of...
Donna Coppernoll
Feb 9, 2010
Donna Jean Coppernoll, age 75, of Arkadelphia, passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. She was born on August 27, 1934 in Rock Valley, Iowa, the daughter of the late John E. and Esther Lena Klein Van De Weerd. Donna was a member of First United Methodist Church in Arkadelphia and served for many years as a...
Oma Watson
Feb 9, 2010
Oma Lee (Owen) Watson, age 91, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born February 1, 1919, in Patmos, the daughter of the late Arthur Waymon & Henrietta Ada Bell Hollis Watson. Oma was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in...
