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Obituaries

Ross Everette Wright

Ross Everette Wright

Jul 15, 2005

Ross Everette Wright, age 73 of Arkadelphia went to be with the Lord on Friday evening, July 15, 2005. Ross was an ordained deacon and member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean conflict serving for 2 years in the United States Army. He retired from International Paper where he was a mechanic and welder for...

Winston David Mckay

Winston David Mckay

Jul 5, 2005

Winston David Jack McKay, age 68 of Arkadelphia died Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at St. Joseph s Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born June 13, 1937 in Bassett, AR, the son of the late Harmon and Edna Louise Cissell McKay. He was a retired A P & L lineman and dispatcher, a United States Air Force veteran and a...

Bobbie Jo Wolffe

Bobbie Jo Wolffe

Jul 3, 2005

Bobbie Jo Wolffe, age 36, of Arkadelphia died Sunday, July 3, 2005 at her home in Arkadelphia. She was born December 17, 1968 in Little Rock, AR the daughter of Winton and Leatrice Roderick White. She worked as a waitress. She is survived by her parents, Winton and Leatrice White of Arkadelphia, one brother, Casper White of Pocahontas, one sister,...

William Denton Stanley

William Denton Stanley

Jul 2, 2005

William Denton Stanley, age 54, of Little Rock died Saturday, July 2, 2005 at the John McClellan VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born May 19, 1951 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, the son of Ray and Evanelle Skaggs Stanley. He was a United States Air Force veteran and an accomplished musician. He once played backup bass...

Doris Jane Sullivan

Doris Jane Sullivan

May 30, 2005

Doris Jane Sullivan, age 72, of New DeRoche died Monday, May 30, 2005 at St. Joseph s Hospital in Hot Springs. She was born November 7, 1932, the daughter of the late Ira and Vonza Dyess Thornton. She was a seamstress for Levi Strauss and Hollywood Vassarette. She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in...

Raymond Eugene Riggs

Raymond Eugene Riggs

May 26, 2005

Raymond Eugene Riggs, age 79, of Arkadelphia, died Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Veterans hospital in Little Rock. He was born March 24, 1926, in Texarkana, TX, the son of the late Dallas and Mary Smith Riggs. He was a retired United States Army veteran of the Korean War and worked for Earl Gill Coffee Services for over 20...

Billy Ray Bagwell

Billy Ray Bagwell

May 17, 2005

Billy Ray Bagwell, age 73, of Arkadelphia, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born October 19, 1931 in Dawn, Texas, the son of the late Clarence & Maudie Fagan Bagwell. He was a carpenter, a licensed barber and a retired maintenance worker from Ouachita Baptist University. He was an antique car collector...

Richard Michael Sanchez

Richard Michael Sanchez

May 5, 2005

Richard Michael Sanchez, age 52, of Arkadelphia, died Thursday, May 5, 2005 at the John McClellan VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born January 21, 1953 in Houston, TX, the son of Joe P. and Margie Bollen Sanchez. He was semi-retired and worked as a maintenance supervisor for Holiday Inn. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War...

Sheila Smith

Sheila Smith

May 3, 2005

Sheila Diane Smith, age 47, of Conway, formerly of Arkadelphia, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Conway Human Development Center. She was born April 7, 1958, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of Vance Jr. & LaVaughn Caddy Smith. She was Assembly of God faith. Survivors are her parents, maternal grandmother Addie Caddy of Arkadelphia, one sister, Shadow Smith of Wenatchee, WA.,...

James Bryan Loe

James Bryan Loe

Apr 23, 2005

James Bryan Loe, age 41, of Canton, Texas died Saturday, April 23, 2005, in Auburn, WA. He was born December 18, 1963, in Prescott, Arkansas, the son of William & Carolyn Cox Loe. He was a sales representative for Snooz Time, Inc. and attended Bible Baptist Church of Hope. He was preceded in death by his mother, Carolyn Cox Loe...

Don E Sparks

Don E Sparks

Apr 20, 2005

Don E. Sparks, age 79, of Arkadelphia, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Twin Rivers Health & Rehab. Center. He was born February 22, 1926, in Detroit Michigan, the son of the late Fred M. & Lucy Lee Sparks. He was owner & operator of Freds Wrecking Yard since 1947 & later changed the name to Sparks Auto Center of...

Artie Mae Morse

Artie Mae Morse

Mar 3, 2005

Artie Mae Morse, age 89, of Arkadelphia, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at Beverly Health Care Center in Arkadelphia. She was born October 25, 1915 in Okolona, the daughter of the late William Harrison and Lillie Mae Lowery Crawley. She was a former seamstress and an employee of Continental Trailways in Dallas, Texas and a member of Park Hill Baptist...

John Edward Bufkin

John Edward Bufkin

Mar 3, 2005

John Edward Bufkin, Jr., age 53, of Arkadelphia, AR, went to be with our Father on March 3, 2005, at his home. John was born November 14, 1951, in Sour Lake, TX, the son of John Edward & Mary Ann Jackson Bufkin. He is survived by his mother, Ann Fitts & his father, John E. Bufkin, Sr., his brother Rick...