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Obituaries

Bobby Allen Powell

Bobby Allen Powell

Apr 14, 2007

Bobby Allen Powell, age 61, of Arkadelphia, died Saturday, April 14, 2007, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born March 10, 1946, in Clark County, the son of Leonard & Pauline Wells Powell. Bobby was a retired meat packer and a charter member of Center Point Baptist Church in Gurdon. He was preceded in death by his father,...

John W. Hill

John W. Hill

Apr 7, 2007

John Waid Hill, age 81, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born In Ashdown on June 6, 1925, the son of the late Hugh Silas and Louella Melissa Oneal Hill. John was an auto parts store manager, a member of First United Methodist Church and a...

Norah Davis Vasey

Norah Davis Vasey

Apr 5, 2007

.. Norah Davis Vasey, age 83, of Arkadelphia, died on Thursday, April 5, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. Cremation arrangements are by Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.

Vera Etta Dempsey

Vera Etta Dempsey

Apr 2, 2007

Vera Etta Dempsey, age 86, of Arkadelphia, died Monday, April 2, 2007, at Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. She was born August 27, 1920, in Gentry, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas Edwin & Rosa Ina Morton. Vera worked as a presser at a dry cleaning company for many years and was a Christian. She was...

Sophia Loy

Sophia Loy

Mar 25, 2007

Sophia McClure Loy, age 90, of Arkadelphia, passed away, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Clark County on October 30, 1916, the daughter of the late Jesse and Beulah Hammonds McClure. Sophia was a life-long resident of Clark County, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and...

Ola L Cothren

Ola L Cothren

Mar 16, 2007

Ola Lucille Cothren, age 87, of Benton, formerly of Bradley, AR, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. Ola was born December 9, 1919, in Glenwood, AR., the daughter of the late Benjamin & Nettie Grant Jester. She was the librarian at Bradley for over fifty years and a member of First Baptist Church of Bradley....

Amelia Keen

Amelia Keen

Mar 13, 2007

Amelia Ann Keen, age 55, of Gurdon, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born on December 18, 1951 in Hot Springs, the daughter of James Turner and Martha Shoemaker Hart. Amelia was a 1985 graduate of West Ark Community College. She was a nurse and a...

Mitch Pierce

Mitch Pierce

Mar 5, 2007

Mitchell (Mitch) Bradley Pierce, age 51, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, March 5, 2007 in Luling, LA. He was born in Little Rock on December 13, 1955, the son of the late Olen and Jessie Bradley Pierce. Mitch was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, a United States Navy veteran and a retired ABC agent. He...

Tom B. Lee Jr.

Tom B. Lee Jr.

Mar 3, 2007

Tom B. Bussy Lee Jr., age 92, of Arkadelphia formerly of Prescott, died Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born September 14, 1914, in Boughton, the son of the late Tom B. & Aletha Cummins Lee Sr. Tom was retired from the National Guard after thirty five years of service and holds the distinction...

Jim Bob Hanks

Jim Bob Hanks

Feb 26, 2007

Jim Bob Hanks, age 78, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, February 26, 2007, at his home. Jim was born June 11, 1928, in Marked Tree, Arkansas, the son of the late Walter Bryan & Ruby Fern Looney Hanks. He was a retired maintenance superintendent for Nabisco Bakery in Chicago, IL, a member of the Masonic Lodge, an...

Clara Copeland

Clara Copeland

Feb 23, 2007

Clara Kathleen Copeland, age 72, of Arkadelphia, died on Friday, February 23, 2007 at St. Josephs Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. She was born on January 30, 1935 in Murfreesboro, the daughter of the late Oather and Vera Lue Cotton Jackson. Clara was a homemaker and a member of Third Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Thelma Louise Corbett

Thelma Louise Corbett

Feb 8, 2007

Thelma Louise Matthews Corbett, age 77, of Arkadelphia, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at her home. She was born on October 26, 1929 in Percell, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Virgil and Mertle Holt Matthews. Thelma was a devoted mother and dedicated to her family. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Virgil, Carl and Gerald Matthews...

Tommy Ray Mcneal

Tommy Ray Mcneal

Feb 8, 2007

Tommy Ray McNeal, age 67, of Curtis, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at his home. He was born on October 3, 1939, in Lockesburg, the son of the late John T. (Jack) and Dorothy Hurst McNeal. Tommy was a retired welder, a Mason, and a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Judy McNeal...

Mary Lou King

Mary Lou King

Feb 4, 2007

Mary Lou Beachamp King, age 82, of Sparkman, died on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on February 12, 1924 in Brown Springs, the daughter of the late Joseph Cicero and Mary Lee Case Beachamp. Mary Lou was a waitress and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll (Sonny)...

Juanita A. Morgan

Juanita A. Morgan

Jan 28, 2007

Juanita Alexander Morgan, age 86, of Arkadelphia, died on Sunday January 28, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on November 27, 1920 in Malvern. Juanita was the 1939 Miss Arkansas and first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Juanita was preceded in death by...

Glenda Fay Harris

Glenda Fay Harris

Jan 28, 2007

Glenda Fay Watts Harris of Arkadelphia, formerly of Delight, age 59, died Sunday, January 28, 2007, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital after a courageous fight with Mesothelioma cancer. She was born December 25, 1947, to Coy and Tot Watts. She was a member of the Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Delight. Glenda was a beloved daughter, mother, sister, MeMe,...

Virginia C Hefner

Virginia C Hefner

Jan 26, 2007

Virginia Celestine (Les) Proctor Hefner, age 80, of Little Rock died on Friday, January 26, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on May 13, 1926 in Wynne, the daughter of the late Herbert and Laura Lee Best Proctor. Virginia worked for years as an insurance adjuster with Marsh-McClennan Insurance Company and was a member of St....

John Croy

John Croy

Jan 25, 2007

John H. Croy, age 78, of Arkadelphia, died on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Veteran s Hospital in Little Rock. He was born on November 22, 1928 in Little Rock, the son of the late Ted T. and Jeanette Lee Croy. John was retired from Southern Cement Company, a member of Baring Cross Baptist Church, and a United States...

Rolsbin Francisco Medina

Rolsbin Francisco Medina

Jan 21, 2007

Rolsbin Francisco Medina, age 25, of Gurdon, died on Sunday, January 21, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on January 23, 1981in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the son of Ruben and Gloria Alvarado Medina. Rolsbin was employed by Petit Jean Poultry and attended First Baptist Church in Gurdon. Rolsbin is survived by his wife, Sara...

William Leonard Buchanan

William Leonard Buchanan

Jan 13, 2007

William Billy Leonard Buchanan, age 42, of Dallas, TX, passed from this life on Saturday, January 13, 2007, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. He was born March 2, 1964, in Los Angeles, CA, the son of William Bill Dalton & Kathryn Schmidt Buchanan. Billy was a security guard with Ameritex Guard Services in Richardson, TX and attended First Baptist...