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Barbara Gay Shelton

Barbara Gay Shelton

Jul 16, 2014

Mrs. Barbara Gay Johnson Shelton, age 65, of Hope, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Laurel Place in Hope. She was born September 19, 1948, in Prescott, Arkansas to Willie and Mildred Ingersoll Johnson, she was a member of Grace Baptist Church and a circulation clerk for the Hope Star. Mrs. Shelton was preceded in death by her parents....

Myrl Thrash

Myrl Thrash

Jul 15, 2014

Mrs. Myrl (Fulbright) Thrash, age 81, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Hillcrest Health and Rehab. She was born July 2, 1933, in Melbourne, Arkansas, to O.A. and Ernestine Saffell Fulbright. She was a member of the 1st United Methodist Church in Hope. Mrs. Thrash graduated from Mountain View High School in 1950, and the University...

Joann Strong

Joann Strong

Jul 13, 2014

Mrs. Jo Ann Strong, age 63 of Bingen, Arkansas passed away at her home on Sunday, July 13, 2014. She was born, Monday, November 6, 1950 in Bloomington, Illinois to Donald Frank and Ruth M. Chambers Williams. She is a Registered Nurse and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nashville. Jo Ann was a loving wife, mother...

Mary Hatch

Mary Hatch

Jul 12, 2014

Mrs. Mary T. Hatch, age 84, of Patmos, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014, in Texarkana, Texas. She was born on, Sunday, September 1, 1929 in George West, Texas, to Fred W. and Verna E. Emmert Teague. Mrs. Hatch is a member of the Hope Church of Christ, she is a retired administrative assistant at Citizen National Bank, in...

Cynthia "Cindy" Diane Lafferty

Cynthia "Cindy" Diane Lafferty

Jul 10, 2014

Mrs. Cynthia "Cindy" Diane Lafferty, age 37, of Rosston, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, July 10, 2014, at her home. She was born August 22, 1976, in Hope, Arkansas to Johnny and Linda Rosenbaum Crider. She was a LPN, and a member of Guernsey Baptist Church. Mrs. Lafferty was a 1994 graduate of Hope High School and a graduate of UACCH,...

Betty Sue Vess Hanson

Betty Sue Vess Hanson

Jul 8, 2014

Mrs. Betty Sue Vess Hanson, age 67, of Perrytown, Arkansas, passed away, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at her home. She was born September 18, 1946, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Roe and Ethel Currin Young. Mrs. Hanson was a self employed Beautician and a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, but most...

Patty Henson

Patty Henson

Jul 8, 2014

Mrs. Patricia Patty" A. Henson, age 52, of Blevins, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at her home. She was born May 31, 1962, in Portsmouth, Virginia to John and Mildred Ray Wright. She was a cafeteria worker for Blevins School and was a Christian. Her favorite hobbies include reading, fishing and puzzles, she was a loving wife, mother...

John T. Gourley

John T. Gourley

Jul 7, 2014

Mr. John T. Gourley, Sr., age 64, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Monday, July 7, 2014, at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. He was born December 17, 1949, in Laneburg, Arkansas to Eddie Velvin and Frances Mae Hastings Gourley. He liked to hunt and fish, and was a Baptist. Mr. Gourley was preceded in death by his parents, brother,...

Donald "Donnie" L. Haynes

Donald "Donnie" L. Haynes

Jul 7, 2014

Mr. Donald "Donnie" L. Haynes, age 71, of McCaskill, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, July 7, 2014, in Hope. Donnie was born August 3, 1942, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Olen L. and Ada Mae Crane Haynes. He was a school bus driver, and maintance for Blevins School District and a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church in McCaskill. Donnie was...

Angeline Deone Powers

Angeline Deone Powers

Jul 6, 2014

Mrs. Angeline Deone Burns Powers, passed away at the age of 59, Sunday, July 6, 2014, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born August 18, 1954, in Houston, Texas. She was a member of Brownfield, Texas Church of Christ. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother, sister, grandmother and a wonderful Christian and friend. She loved working in her flower garden....

James "Sonny" Mouser

James "Sonny" Mouser

Jul 2, 2014

Mr. James Leslie "Sonny" Mouser, age 76 of Emmet passed away, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 in the John L. McClellan Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sonny was born in Blevins, Arkansas on Saturday, August 21, 1937 to William Leslie and Gladys Maybell Hoover Mouser. He is a retired truck driver, an US Army Veteran serving two years and a...

Wilma Christine Goodner

Wilma Christine Goodner

Jun 24, 2014

Mrs. Wilma Christine Dearman Goodner, age 74, of Hope, passed away, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope. She was born on January 26, 1940, in Watonga, Oklahoma, to William Luchion and Rosie Mae Avants DeArman. She was a home maker and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Hope. She is preceded in death by...

Arlene Moses

Arlene Moses

Jun 19, 2014

Mrs. Arlene Moses age 89, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Thursday June 19, 2014, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. She was born July 3, 1924, in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Richard A. and Cora B. Harman Head. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Hope, and a homemaker, she loved to write poems she was a...

Ed Birdsong

Ed Birdsong

Jun 19, 2014

Mr. Ed Birdsong age 75, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Prescott. He was born May 18, 1939 in Douglasville, Texas, to Tom and Leone Richey Birdsong. Mr. Birdsong was a Elder in First Presbyterian Church in Prescott, Former Deputy Sheriff in Nevada County, A veteran of the Korean War, and was retired from the city...

A'Miracle Nevaeh Frierson

A'Miracle Nevaeh Frierson

Jun 16, 2014

A'Miracle Nevaeh Frierson, infant daughter of Jawaine Frierson and Tiffany Banks, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014, at Wadley Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Infant Frierson is survived by her parents, Jawaine Frierson, of Hope, Arkansas, Tiffany Banks, of Hope, Arkansas, brothers, Daylon Banks and Jayden Banks Nelson of Hope, Arkansas, Maternal Grandparents, Laura Lemley and husband Steve of Hope,...

Patsy Nell Bright

Patsy Nell Bright

Jun 16, 2014

Mrs. Patsy Nell Bright, age 75 of Hope, passed away, Monday, June 16, 2014 at Hope Haven Retirement with her family by her side. She was born on February 13, 1939 in Nashville, Arkansas to H.C. and Nellie McClane Brooks. Mrs. Bright was a retired U.S. Census Bureau employee as a Field Interviewer, a home maker and a member of...

Jewel Dean Watkins Moore

Jewel Dean Watkins Moore

Jun 15, 2014

Mrs. Jewel Dean Watkins Moore, age 92, of Hope, Arkansas joyfully went to be with her heavenly father and loved ones on June 15th, lovingly surrounded by her three children. She was a devoted and selfless mother, mother-in-law, grandma, sister, and friend and was loved beyond measure. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children and their spouses, grandchildren,...

Chester Bailey Atkins

Chester Bailey Atkins

Jun 13, 2014

Mr. Chester "Bailey" Atkins, age 72 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away, Friday, June 13, 2014 in El Dorado at the Life Touch Hospice House. Mr. Atkins was born in Willisville, Arkansas on January 12, 1942 to Robert Garner and Mildred Avis Bailey Atkins. He was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, a US Air Force Veteran and a...

Dale Ward

Dale Ward

Jun 11, 2014

Mr. Dale Ward, age 81 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott, Arkansas. He was born August 28, 1932, in Prescott, Arkansas to Watson and Winnie Ursery Ward. He was a retired cattle and diary farmer, member of the First United Methodist Church in Prescott and a Veteran. He loved the...

Verna Mae Martin

Verna Mae Martin

Jun 11, 2014

Mrs. Verna Mae Martin, age, 94, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. She was born April 10, 1920 in Rosston, Arkansas to Thomas and Mary Ester McDaniels Atkins. Mrs. Martin was a homemaker and a member of of Central Baptist Church in Prescott for 60 years. She was a loving...

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