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Wanda Mccorkle

Wanda Mccorkle

Jan 2, 2014

Mrs. Wanda "Nee Nee" Sinclair McCorkle, age 78, of Hope, passed away, Thursday, January 2, 2014, at her home. She was born on January 22, 1935, in Hope, to Jesse and Louise Ross Sinclair. She was a retired bookkeeper at Bruner Ivory Handle Mill and a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope. She loved her children and was a...

Judy Murry

Judy Murry

Dec 30, 2013

Mrs. Judy Murry, age 63, of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, December 30, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. She was born September 4, 1950, in Hope, Arkansas to James W. and Mary Evelyn Boyd Robertson. Mrs. Murry was a home maker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Emmet, Arkansas. Mrs. Murry was preceded in...

Debbie Peterson

Debbie Peterson

Dec 26, 2013

Mrs. Debbie Peterson, age 52, of Fulton, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Peterson was born, May 5, 1961, in Texarkana, Texas to Raymond and JoAnn Harris Cox. She was a member of Fulton Union Church in Fulton, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and loved to help and take care of people. Mrs....

James "Mark" Russell

James "Mark" Russell

Dec 24, 2013

Mr. James "Mark" Russell, age 44, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, formerly of Hope, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. Mr. Russell was born April, 11, 1969, in Hope, Arkansas, to Charles and Carolyn Sanders Russell. Mark was a member of Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope, and was in the Arkansas National Guard. He...

Michael A. Smith

Michael A. Smith

Dec 23, 2013

Mr. Michael Anthony Smith age 55 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Monday, December 23, 2013 at his home in Hope. He was born in Texarkana, Arkansas on January 26, 1958 to Tommy Jack and Nettie Jean Riggs Smith. He was a ranch hand on Sutton Farm and a Baptist. He loved to go fishing, hunting and handling the animals. He...

Almarene Cox

Almarene Cox

Dec 22, 2013

Mrs. Almarene Edwards Cox, age 87, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, formerly of Hope, passed away, Sunday, December 22, 2013 in Jacksonville surrounded by her family. She was born in Columbus, Arkansas on July 6, 1926 to Claude and Lillian Faulkner Edwards. Mrs. Cox was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope. She was a long-time office manager at Stephens Grocer...

Jean Cockman

Jean Cockman

Dec 20, 2013

Mrs. Jean Cockman, age 80, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Friday, December 20, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana. She was born on June 24, 1933, in Oppelo, Arkansas, to Oscar and Corrine Moore Brown. Mrs. Cockman was a retired Administrative Assistant with Arkla Gas and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Prescott, Arkansas, for...

John L. Allen

John L. Allen

Dec 20, 2013

John L. Allen 86, of Groves passed away at his residence on Friday December 20, 2013. John was born on September 28, 1927 in Hope Arkansas to James Gordon Allen and Alma Smith Allen. He was a resident of Groves for 63 years and a retired Operator from Gulf Oil with 33 years of service and a member of the...

Jerry D. Hughes

Jerry D. Hughes

Dec 19, 2013

Mr. Jerry D. Hughes, age 71, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013, at his home. He was born on October 24, 1942, in San Francisco, California, to William Hardy and Lillie E. Beard Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a drill press operator at Cox Foundry in Hope since 1972 and a member of Spring Hill United Methodist Church....

Maria Irelia Aranda

Maria Irelia Aranda

Dec 17, 2013

Mrs. Maria Irelia Aranda, age 43, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. She was born on May 28, 1970, in Vicente Guerrero Durango, Mexico, to Pedro and Josephina Hernandez Castillo. She was a housewife and member of Bethany Baptist Church in Spring Hill. Mrs. Aranda is survived by her...

Ruby Vines

Ruby Vines

Dec 14, 2013

Mrs. Ruby M. Dorman Vines, age 99 of Bodcaw, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, December 14, 2013. Mrs. Vines was born August 12, 1914 in Oak Grove, Arkansas to Amos Green and Lola Purtle Dorman. She was a home maker and a member of Bodcaw #1 Baptist Church in Bodcaw. She enjoyed singing with her sisters and they became to be...

Jerry Groves

Jerry Groves

Dec 14, 2013

Mr. Jerry Wayne Groves, age 76 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, December 14, 2013 at his home in Hope. Mr. Groves was born February 9, 1937 in McNeil, Arkansas to Charles Sherman and Fannie Randolph Groves. He is a retired Electrician Mate First Class from the U.S. Navy with 20 years of service, serving during the Vietnam War and...

Wayne Akin

Wayne Akin

Nov 28, 2013

Mr. Wayne Akin, age 56, of Fulton, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013, at his residence. He was born, November 9, 1957, in Texarkana, Texas, to James and Joann Brinkley Akin. He was a member of Union Baptist Church in Fulton, and owner of Red River Wrecker Service and Truck Stop. He loved his family and enjoyed work, and...

Emile Prescott

Emile Prescott

Nov 28, 2013

Mrs. Emilie Elder Prescott, age 77, a resident of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, formerly of Hope, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Thursday, November 28, 2013. The sixth of seven children, she was born to the late William Thomas Elder, Sr. and Eva Lorene (Whitney) Elder on November 9, 1936, in Hope, Arkansas. She was preceded in death...

Denise "Dee Dee" Runnels

Denise "Dee Dee" Runnels

Nov 26, 2013

Ms. Denise "Dee Dee" Runnels, age 44, of Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away, Tuesday November 26, 2013, in Bodcaw. She was born November 6, 1969, in Hope, Arkansas, to Travis and Mary Lynn Buck Loe. She was a member of Union Baptist Church, loved to raise her dogs and was a avid deer hunter. Ms. Runnels was preceded in death by...

Catherine Gladden

Catherine Gladden

Nov 24, 2013

Mrs. Catherine Gladden, age 90, of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at The Plaza at Twins Rivers in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She was born on July 15, 1923, in Coushatta, Louisiana, to Aldolphus L. and Mittie Robertson Russell. Mrs. Gladden was a housewife and former co-owner of Gladden Ford in Gurdon. She was a loyal and dedicated member...

Beatrice Youngblood Graddy

Beatrice Youngblood Graddy

Nov 24, 2013

Mrs. Beatrice Youngblood Graddy, age 78, of Hope, formally of Texarkana, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana. She was born on November 27, 1934, in Juniper, Georgia, to Hubert and Maymie Wiliford Youngblood. She was retired from Dolly Madison Bakery and was a member of Pleasant Oaks Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Graddy...

Paul Ronald "Hicker Nut" Cross

Paul Ronald "Hicker Nut" Cross

Nov 23, 2013

Mr. Paul Ronald, "Hicker Nut" Cross, age 48, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born February 26, 1965, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Paul Hubert and Vera Mae Green Cross. Mr. Cross was a Baptist, logger and mechanic. Mr. Cross was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Billy...

Bryan Lozano

Bryan Lozano

Nov 23, 2013

Mr. Bryan Lozano, age 8, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. He was born January 5, 2005, in Guerro, Mexico, to Arturo Lozano and Marivel Nieves. He is survived by his parents Arturo Lozano and Marivel Nieves of Hope, Arkansas. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, November 29, 2013, at...

Lue Schoonover

Lue Schoonover

Nov 20, 2013

Mrs. Lue V. Watters Schoonover, age 88, of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. Mrs. Schoonover was born in Smithton, Arkansas on October 28, 1925 to Sam and Myrtle Bradshaw Watters. Mrs. Schoonover was a retired nurse. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Gurdon where she served...

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