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Obituaries

Ionie Arnold Groce

Ionie Arnold Groce

Feb 9, 2010

Ionie Arnold Groce, age 90, passed away at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab in Arkadelphia on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Born near Hampton on March 5, 1919, Ionie was the third of ten children born to Arthur and Bernie Thomason. She is predeceased by her parents; husbands, H.D. Arnold and Nolan Groce; brothers, Travis Thomason, Jack Thomason, Boyce Thomason; a...

Ed Robert Wilburn

Ed Robert Wilburn

Feb 9, 2010

Ed Robert Wilburn, Jr., age 56, of Point Cedar, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at his home. He was born on June 21, 1953 in Texarkana, the son of the late Ed Robert and Mary Virginia Baker Wilburn. Ed was a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Deborah Tillman...

Bobby Charles Thompson

Bobby Charles Thompson

Jan 25, 2010

Bobby Charles Thompson, age 69, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, January 25, 2010, at his home. He was born December 31, 1940, in Joan, the son of the late Henry Melvin & Daisy Florence Posey Thompson. Bobby worked for Western Auto for over twenty years and was employed by the Clark County Road Department for over seventeen...

Glen Royal Phillips

Glen Royal Phillips

Jan 21, 2010

Glen Phillips, age 78, of Bismarck, passed peacefully from this world into eternity on Thursday, January 21, 2010, surrounded by family members and close friends. He was born on July 10, 1931 in Brawley, CA, the son of the late Floyd and Flo Summitt Phillips. Glen was preceded in death by two brothers, Lester and Eugene Phillips. Glen was a...

Bertha Marie Prince

Bertha Marie Prince

Jan 14, 2010

Bertha Marie Prince, age 45, of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at St. Joseph Mercy Health Care Center in Hot Springs. She was born on September 27, 1964 in Texarkana, TX, the daughter of Curtis J. and Wanda Fletcher Prince. Bertha was employed at Alliance Rubber Company and was a member of First Assembly...

Winnie Andrews

Winnie Andrews

Jan 12, 2010

Winnie B. Andrews, 93, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas died Tuesday January 12, 2010 at the Courtyard Gardens in Arkadelphia. She was born on June 14, 1916 at Point Cedar in Hot Spring County. Winnie is the daughter of Pastor Jacob Erin Sheets and Martha Jane Davis Sheets. She married Calvin L. Andrews on August 11, 1934 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. He...

Wanza Lay Sparks

Wanza Lay Sparks

Jan 12, 2010

Wanza Jane Lay Sparks, age 80, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on August 29, 1929 in Amity, the daughter of the late William Byron and Lora Graves Hughes Lay. Wanza was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church in Arkadelphia and a member of...

Doris Koosmann

Doris Koosmann

Jan 10, 2010

Doris Viola Kolb Koosmann, age 84, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Arkansas Hospice at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. She was born on March 18, 1925 in Willmar, MN, the daughter of the late John and Henrietta Deurloo Kolb. Doris was a retired school teacher, a Hospice volunteer and a member...

Ruth Griffin

Ruth Griffin

Jan 3, 2010

Ruth Leona Freeland Griffin, age 84, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born November 22, 1925 in Lamar County, TX, the daughter of Albert Earl and Lizzie Ledbetter Freeland. Ruth moved with her family to Blair, OK in 1942 where she graduated from Blair...

Ralph Easley

Ralph Easley

Jan 3, 2010

Ralph Austin Easley, Sr., age 69, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at his home. He was born on March 11, 1940 in Big Rock, the son of the late Clarence Homer and Ida Bell Ellis Easley. Ralph was a retired truck driver and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Karen...

Idora Elliott

Idora Elliott

Dec 25, 2009

Idora C. Elliott, age 79, of Caddo Valley, passed from this life on Friday, December 25, 2009, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born June 26, 1930, in Denton, Tx the daughter of the late George & Leona Sykes Sloan. Idora was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband Buck Elliott and...

Elmer Allison

Elmer Allison

Dec 18, 2009

Elmer Odell Allison, age 76, of Texarkana, Texas, passed from this life on Friday, December 18, 2009 at his home. He was born on May 1, 1933 in Horatio, the son of the late Bert and Della Mae Jackson Allison. Elmer was a 1952 graduate of Fort Smith High School and retired from Imperial Irrigation District in El Centro, California....

Lester Carr

Lester Carr

Dec 15, 2009

Lester Ernest Carr, age 78, of Manning, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Courtyard Gardens Nursing Home in Arkadelphia. He was born on August 31, 1931 in Houston, TX, the son of the late Lester William and Viola Campbell Carr. Lester was a retired plumber and a Baptist. He was a United States Army veteran of...

Shirley Baumgardner

Shirley Baumgardner

Dec 10, 2009

Shirley Rae Shell Baumgardner, 70 of Gurdon passed from this life on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Prescott Manor Nursing Home, in Prescott. She had been a nursing home resident for the past seven years due to advanced stages of Alzheimer s disease. Shirley was born Nov. 24, 1939 in Big Creek (near Malvern) to Clyde Shell and Zola Cunningham...

Robert Kenneth Kesty

Robert Kenneth Kesty

Dec 7, 2009

Robert (Bob) Kesty, age 78, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Glenwood, passed from this life on Monday, December 7, 2009 at his home. He was born August 9, 1931, in Thompson, MN, the son of the late Einar & Lempi Thompson Kesty. Bob was a retired driller for Boyles Brothers of Salt Lake City, UT, a Lutheran and a United States...

Michelle L Ware

Michelle L Ware

Dec 3, 2009

Michelle Leigh Ware, age 41, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock. She was born on January 30, 1968, the daughter of William Lee and Charlene Loy Stroud. Michelle was a radio operator for the Arkadelphia Police Department and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father....

Betty Lou Mcelyea

Betty Lou Mcelyea

Dec 3, 2009

Betty Lou (Phelps) McElyea, age 72, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on December 26, 1936 in Faber (Brown Springs), the daughter of the late Joseph and Nettie Sirratt Phelps. Betty was a 1956 graduate of Ouachita High School and a member of...

James Perry

James Perry

Nov 19, 2009

James Sorrell Perry, age 42, of Lockesburg, passed from this life on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville. He was born on September 23, 1967 in Nashville, the son of Bernard and Letha Wilson Perry. James worked in industrial maintenance for Tyson Foods. He was preceded in death by his father. James is survived by his...

Allen Dewitt Scott

Allen Dewitt Scott

Nov 14, 2009

Allen Dewitt Scott, age 74, of Norman, passed from this life on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at his home. He was born October 31, 1935, in Forester, AR, the son of the late Joseph Leonard & Mabel Gertrude Walston Scott. Allen was a retired truck driver for Barksdale & Bean Lumber Companies, a United States Army veteran and a Baptist....

Rev. Tommy Howard

Rev. Tommy Howard

Nov 8, 2009

Rev. Tommy Ray Howard, age 66, of Hope, passed from this life on Sunday, November 08, 2009 at his home. He was born February 26, 1943, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the son of the late Finis Howard & Katie Chapman Howard Hill. Tommy was a former security guard for Tyson Foods and an evangelist serving many churches throughout Arkansas. Survivors...