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Effie Frazier

Effie Frazier

Oct 10, 2013

Mrs. Effie Elise Hyatt Frazier, age 83, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013. She was born September 6, 1930, in Monticello, Arkansas, to Benjamin and Florence Spragins Hyatt. Mrs. Frazier moved to Hope with her mother and brothers when she was two. She attended Hendrix College and then married the love of her life, George Thomas Frazier,...

Betty Richardson

Betty Richardson

Oct 9, 2013

Mrs. Betty Jane Richardson, age 71, of El Dorado, Arkansas, formally of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the South Arkansas Medical Center in El Dorado. Mrs. Richardson was born December 6, 1941, in Prescott, to Ben and Essie Sewell Page. Mrs. Richardson was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Betty was preceded in death by her parents...

Jacqueline "Jackie" Dillard

Jacqueline "Jackie" Dillard

Oct 9, 2013

Mrs. Jacqueline Jackie L. Dillard, age 76, of Washington, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013, in Texarkana, Texas. Jackie was born in Houston, Texas on March 26, 1937 to Joseph Thomas and Dorothy L. Brannon SoRelle. She was a seamstress and the former owner of Fashion By The Yard in Hope, a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Betty Jane Richardson

Betty Jane Richardson

Oct 9, 2013

Mrs. Betty Jane Richardson, age 71, of El Dorado, Arkansas, formally of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the South Arkansas Medical Center in El Dorado. Mrs. Richardson was born December 6, 1941, in Prescott, to Ben and Essie Sewell Page. Mrs. Richardson was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Betty was preceded in death by her parents...

Helen Beavert Smith

Helen Beavert Smith

Sep 28, 2013

Mrs. Helen June Beavert Smith, age 72, of Hamburg, Arkansas, formerly of Prescott, passed away, Saturday, September 28, 2013, in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Smith was born March 22, 1941, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Romie and Helen Beavers Beavert. She was a Baptist and a home maker. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Percy D. Smith....

Brenda Dison

Brenda Dison

Sep 25, 2013

Mrs. Brenda Dison, age 61, of Hope, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Mrs. Dison was born, August 11, 1952, in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Johnny and Imogene Hollis Ammons. Mrs. Dison was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Dison was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jimmy Dison, one son Tommy Rasberry Jr., and one sister. Mrs. Dison...

Nicholas Cole Newton

Nicholas Cole Newton

Sep 23, 2013

Nicholas Cole Newton, infant son of Sharla Nichols and Zane Newton of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, September 23, 2013. Nicholas was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandfather, Gilbert Johnson, paternal great-grandparents, Jerry and Senora Haney, paternal great-grandfather, Junior Newton. Nicholas is survived by his parents, Zane Newton and Sharla Nichols of Prescott, paternal grandparents, Jim and Carol Newton...

Ruth Patterson

Ruth Patterson

Sep 22, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Inez Patterson, age 91 of Alvarado, Texas, formerly of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 in Burleson, Texas. She was born on September 6, 1922, in Emmet, Arkansas, to Marshall Hence and Pinna Mabel Oaks White. She was a resident of Hillcrest Nursing Home in Prescott, Arkansas, but wanted to be close to her family, so...

Mary Ethel Harris

Mary Ethel Harris

Sep 21, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ethel Harris, age 90 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. Mrs. Harris was born May 20, 1923 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Robert E. and Julia Mae Stivers McLelland. Mrs. Harris was of the Church of Christ faith. Throughout her life, she touched the lives of many of her...

Murlene Glass

Murlene Glass

Sep 16, 2013

Mrs. Murlene Jarvis Glass, age 86, of Springfield, Arkansas, formerly of Caney, Arkansas, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 16, 2013. She was born on August 10, 1927, in Rosston, Arkansas, to Wade and Patra Jarvis. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Frank Unc Glass, four brothers, Johnny Lee Jarvis, Dale...

Janice Foshee

Janice Foshee

Sep 12, 2013

Mrs. Janice Foshee, age 82 of Gurdon passed away, Thursday, September 12 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab in Arkadelphia. Mrs. Foshee was born in Smithton, Arkansas on March 10, 1931 to Tobe and Lois McDonald Toland. She is preceded in death by her parents and two sisters; Gloria Scoggins and Anne Selph. Mrs. Foshee was a member of the...

Charles Harold Pippin

Charles Harold Pippin

Sep 9, 2013

Mr. Charles Harold Pippin, age 82 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away, Monday, September 9, 2013 at his home in Emmet. Mr. Pippin was born in Pulaski County, Arkansas on January 29, 1931 to Noble John and Madie Anise Hendrix Pippin. Mr. Pippin is a retired truck driver for the Alaskan Teamsters Union and a US Army Veteran of the Korean...

Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters

Sep 9, 2013

Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, age 82 of Patmos, Arkansas passed away, Monday, September 9, 2013, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on November 8, 1930, in Durant, Oklahoma, to Lucian Everett and Marjorie Louise Williamson Hodges. She was a retired Nursing Home Administrator in West Texas. Mrs. Peters was a member of the First United...

Aaron Jacob Pruitt Ellis

Aaron Jacob Pruitt Ellis

Sep 7, 2013

Mr. Aaron Ellis, age 39, of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born November 14, 1973, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Randy and Beth Pruitt Ellis. He was an LPN working in psychiatric health care and a member of A Place of Meeting in Perrytown. He was a...

James W. "Jimmy" Fincher

James W. "Jimmy" Fincher

Sep 5, 2013

Mr. James W. Jimmy Fincher, age 75, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2013, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Hope, Arkansas, on November 18, 1937, to William Bill and Mary Arnett Fincher. Jimmy attended schools at Mobile, Alabama, Brownwood, Texas, and Salinas, California, while his daddy was serving in the armed forces during World War...

Joseph Richard Postlethwait

Joseph Richard Postlethwait

Sep 5, 2013

Mr. Joseph Richard Postlethwait Jr., age 25, of Fulton, Arkansas, passed away September 5, 2013. Joseph was born March 21, 1988, in Monroe Louisiana, to Joseph and Rebekah Antley Postlethwait. Joseph attend New Life Church, in Hope, Arkansas, and was a student at the Texarkana Community College in Texarkana, Texas. Joseph is preceded in death by his father, Joseph R....

Bobby Knoll

Bobby Knoll

Sep 3, 2013

Mr. Bobby Knoll, age 76, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. Mr. Knoll was born October 12, 1936 in Michigan City, Indiana to Frank and Florence Dorn Knoll. Mr. Knoll was a Veteran in the, Navy, and Air Force, and a retired cook. Mr. Knoll is preceded in death by...

Pershing "P.M" Cox

Pershing "P.M" Cox

Aug 29, 2013

Mr. Pershing McAdoo Cox, age 95, passed away suddenly, but peacefully, on the evening of August 28, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. PM was born October 26, 1917, in the Redland Community, east of Prescott, to parents, George Nelson Cox Sr. and Jewel Barham Cox. When Pershings father died in 1931, he was the oldest son of...

Louise Sinclair

Louise Sinclair

Aug 27, 2013

Mrs. Louise Sinclair, age 99 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, August 27 at her home. She was born on January 6, 1914 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Martin and Fannie Wake Ross. Mrs. Sinclair was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, of 48 years, Jesse James Sinclair, her brother; George Zeke Ross and her sister; Nellie Cooper....

La Wanna Plyler

La Wanna Plyler

Aug 24, 2013

Mrs. LaWanna Plyler, age 86 of Prescott, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, August 24, in Hillcrest Care & Rehabilitation in Prescott, Arkansas. Mrs. Plyler was born April 26, 1927, to Jess Clifton and Beatrice Estelle Hodge George, the last of seven children, in Gurdon, Arkansas. She graduated from Gurdon High School in 1945; on July 15 of...

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