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Obituaries
Ina Wilma Immel
Oct 25, 2025
Ina Wilma (Reynolds) Immel, age 93, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at The Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hot Springs. She was born November 9, 1931, in Searcy, the daughter of the late Forrest and Ada Everett Reynolds. Ina was the retired cafeteria director at Wynne High School. She was a...
Billy Edward Stringfellow
Oct 24, 2025
Billy Edward Stringfellow, 62, of Sparkman, AR went to be with the Lord on October 24, 2025. Surrounded by his family as they sang hymns of praise, Billy smiled with pure joy as he left his earthly body and entered the presence of the Lord. As his family, we are grateful for the blessed assurance that we'll see...
Johnny Dewayne Lee
Oct 21, 2025
Johnny Dewayne Lee, age 79, of Bismarck, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was born August 21, 1946, in Little Rock, the son of the late Johnny and Inez Ingram Lee. Johnny was in sales his entire career. He was preceded in death by his...
Eli Lane Riley
Oct 20, 2025
Eli Lane Riley, infant son of Jessie Lee and Rochelle Nicole Baker Riley, passed from this life on Monday, October 20, 2025, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. Eli is survived by his parents of Gurdon, one brother, Easton Riley, two sisters, Kaylee and Kaisley Riley, grandparents, Marilyn Baker of Arkadelphia, Kenneth Rackley of Heber...
Wayne Dale Acrey
Oct 19, 2025
Wayne Dale Acrey, age 87, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at CHI St. Vincent Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was born April 30, 1938, in Searcy, the son of the late Jody and Celia Graham Acrey. Dale was a member of First Baptist Church in Gurdon. He sold cars and worked...
Lois Jean Smithey
Oct 19, 2025
Lois Jean Smithey, 70, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, passed away peacefully in her home with her husband by her side on October 19, 2025. She was born on November 7, 1954, in Delta, Colorado. Jeanie was a devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother, and a cherished daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and mentor. Jean married the love of...
Phyllis Joanne Smith
Oct 18, 2025
Phyllis Joanne Smith, age 72, of Conway, passed from this life on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at her home. She was born February 17, 1953, in Hot Springs, the daughter of the late John and jean Francis Delong. Joanne was a 1972 graduate of Amity High School. She worked at the Conway Human Development Center where she was...
Edith Allen Bennington
Oct 17, 2025
Edith Allen Bennington, age 80, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Friday, October 17, 2025, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born July 25, 1945, in Memphis, TN, the daughter of the late Herbert Emerson and Thelma Mae Carpenter Christy. Edith worked as a bookkeeper for several years. She was a member...
Patsy Ann Smithpeters
Oct 17, 2025
Patsy Ann (Wilson) Smithpeters, 83 of Gurdon, met her Lord and Savior face to face Friday, October 17, 2025. She was born in the small rural community of Richwoods on June 15, 1942 to the late John and Evelyn (Whitworth) Wilson. Patsy graduated From North Little Rock High School in 1960, and upon prompting from her father, began the...
Sharon Faye Riggle
Oct 12, 2025
Sharon Faye Riggle, age 87, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Nightingale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born May 20, 1938, in Manning, the daughter of the late John M. and Rubye Gordon Love. Sharon was a graduate of Sparkman High School. She and her husband John Riggle owned...
Billy Dink Roberson
Oct 10, 2025
Billy Dink Roberson, age 67, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Friday, October 10, 2025, at Nightingale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was born November 14, 1957, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late William Allen "Bill" and Glendean Wingfield Roberson. Dink attended Arkadelphia High School and was a graduate of Ouachita Vo-Tech College of...
Bobby Dean Clark
Oct 9, 2025
Bobby "Dean" Clark, age 74, of Antoine, AR left this earth for his Heavenly home on October 9, 2025, at his home. Dean was born on July 9, 1951, along side his twin sister Peggy to the late Alvin and Allie Cash Clark. He spent his childhood years in Okolona and Arkadelphia learning all the trades of farming...
Kevin Rydell Nolen
Oct 4, 2025
Kevin Rydell Nolen, age 60, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Saturday October 4, 2025, at his home. He was born on March 4, 1965, in Prescott, the son of Charles and Esther Nolen. Kevin was a 1983 graduate of Delight High School. He worked as a forklift driver at Firestone in Prescott. Kevin was a member...
Melva Sue Cooper
Oct 4, 2025
Melva Sue Cooper, age 91, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born January 6, 1934, in Marmaduke, the daughter of the late Jesse Ottie and Matty Lee Smith Wright. Melva was employed with her husband at the John Deere Implement Company for many years. She...
John Russell Morgan
Oct 1, 2025
John Russell Morgan, age 62, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born February 5, 1963, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Henry and Juanita Alexander Morgan. John was a 1981 graduate of Arkadelphia High School and a 1986 graduate of Henderson State University. ...
David Wayne Kuhn
Sep 26, 2025
David Wayne Kuhn, age 83, of Gurdon, Arkansas passed from this life on Friday, September 26, 2025. He was born on July 31, 1942 in Gurdon to the late Pearl (Branum) Kuhn and Grover K. Kuhn. David was a 1960 graduate of GHS where he excelled in football, basketball, and track. His career began in 1962...
Gloria Lee Dayton Beasley
Sep 22, 2025
Gloria Lee Dayton Beasley, age 88, of Bismarck, formerly of Martins Ferry, Ohio, passed from this life on Monday September 22, 2025, at her home. She was born on March 20, 1937, in Wheeling, West Virginia the daughter of the late Aloysius Alex and Stela Chmura Goletz. Gloria was a 1954 graduate of Wheeling Central Catholic School. She...
Margie May (Stone) Allgood
Sep 19, 2025
Margie May (Stone) Allgood, age 87, of Delight, passed from this life on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Murfreesboro Care Center in Murfreesboro. She was born February 18, 1938, in Wadesville, IN, the daughter of the late William Ralph and Beauty Nelson Woods. Margie was a retired Hematologist with UAMS in Little Rock and a home health worker. ...
James Louis "Jack" Daniel
Sep 17, 2025
James Louis "Jack" Daniel, age 100, of Amity, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at his home. He was born May 23, 1925, in Midway, the son of the late Lewin and Tina Kirksey Daniels. Jack was the owner and operator of Jack Daniels Auto Sales and Jack Daniels Mobile Homes. He was a member...
Donald Price Chaney, Jr.
Sep 13, 2025
Donald Price Chaney, Jr. crossed the rainbow on September 13, 2025. Don came into the world on January 23, 1953 in Batesville, Arkansas. As a young child, his family moved from Batesville to Augusta. Don was known to collect turtles in Taylor Bay off the White River in Augusta. Much to his mother's disbelief, he would...
