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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...

Maggie Eckert

Maggie Eckert

Nov 20, 2013

Mrs. Maggie Mae Eckert, age 90 of Gurdon, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Mrs. Eckert was born, Monday, August 20, 1923 in Okolona, Arkansas to Dewey and Jewell Harris Rutherford. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 49 years of marriage at his death in...

Brenda Kay Gammill

Brenda Kay Gammill

Nov 19, 2013

Mrs. Brenda Kay Gammill, age 69, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, November 19,2013 at her home. Mrs. Gammill was born June 24,1944, in Hope, Arkansas to 1st Lt. William A. and Kathleen Collier Delony. Mrs. Gammill was a lifelong member of the Hope Church of Christ and was the manager for Super One Fuel Station. Mrs. Gammill was preceded...

Maxine Covington

Maxine Covington

Nov 18, 2013

Mrs. Maxine Dulaney Convington, age 82, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 in El Dorado, Arkansas. Mrs. Covington was born September 10, 1931, in Archibald, Louisiana, to George and Mae Bell Fartheree Dulaney. She was a homemaker and member of the Prescott Church of Christ. Thought out her life she was considered the town babysitter of Prescott,...

Jerry Arthur Milam

Jerry Arthur Milam

Nov 17, 2013

Mr. Jerry Arthur Milam, age 72, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on October 8, 1941, in Nevada County, Arkansas to Lee Arthur and Mary Lou Harrison Milam. Mr. Milam was a retired electrician and co-owner of J & J Fuels. He was a former...

Robert L. Brzeski

Robert L. Brzeski

Nov 15, 2013

Mr. Robert L. Brzeski, age 75, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on December 6, 1937, in South Bend, Indiana, to Chester and Dora Huskey Brzeski, Sr. He was a cattleman and carpenter and was of the Methodist Faith. Mr. Brzeski was preceded in death...

Terry L. Glendening

Terry L. Glendening

Nov 14, 2013

Mr. Terry L. Glendening, age 64, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013, at HSC Medical Center in Malvern, Arkansas, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He was born on March 21, 1949, in Zanesville, Ohio, to Robert Dale and Dorothy Virginia Geddes Glendening. He was a former U. S. Postal Worker and also worked for...

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