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Edna Fielding
Aug 6, 2013
Mrs. Edna Franklin Fielding, age 93, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Tuesday August 6, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Fielding was born June 6, 1920, in Philadelphia, Mississippi to E.S. and Zola Turner Franklin. Mrs. Fielding was a retired secretary to the Superintendent for the Hope Public School, and was a member of First Baptist Church in Hope, since 1932....
Everett Ward
Aug 6, 2013
Mr. Everett Ray Ward, age 90, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, August 6, 2013. He was born August 3, 1923, in Prescott to Sidney Ray and Mary Barnes Ward. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Anice Kilpatrick Ward; his two daughters, Sandra Ward Dunham and husband Tom of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Susan Ward Jackson and...
Evelyn Russell
Aug 3, 2013
Evelyn Irene Russell left this world to join her Heavenly Father on August 3. Born August 27, 1938 in Laneburg, AR to Arlis and Jessie Mae Adams. Evelyn graduated from Hope High School in 1956 and married Billy Grant Russell of Hope, AR. Evelyn was a homemaker, church secretary and later retired from Dallas ISD in 2003. She was a...
Paul Gray
Aug 2, 2013
Mr. Paul Edward Gray Sr., age 69, of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Friday August 2, 2013 at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. Mr. Gray was born March 24, 1944 in Laneburg, Arkansas to Doyle and Inez Lee Shaw Gray. Mr. Gray was Baptist, a retired truck driver, avid hunter, and a jack of all trades and a master of...
Ava Lou Garrett
Aug 1, 2013
Ms. Ava Lou Garrett, age 72, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a lengthy illness. Ms. Garrett was born, December 3, 1940, in Prescott, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Ava Shell Garrett. Ms. Garrett was a member of Jefferson Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She earned...
Cari Langford
Jul 28, 2013
Mrs. Cari Langford, age 43, of Rosston, Arkansas, passed away Sunday July 28 2013 at St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Langford was born September 2, 1969 to Kenneth and Sherry Reed Young in Texarkana, Texas. She is a member of Waldo Baptist Church in Waldo and a First Grade Teacher at Clinton Primary in Hope. Cari is preceded...
Loris V. Gray
Jul 21, 2013
Mrs. Loris Gray, 64 of Tyler, Texas formerly of Prescott passed away, Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Tyler, Texas. Mrs. Gray was born March 12, 1949 in Prescott, Arkansas to Dawson and Emogene Dickerson Oglesby. She is a member of Calvary Assembly of God Church in Tyler, Texas, home maker and has worked as a secretary and receptionist. She is...
Mina Marie Mosier
Jul 19, 2013
Mrs. Mina Marie Mosier, age 92, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Friday, July 19, 2013 at Wadley Regional Medical Center, in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Mosier was born November 27, 1920 in Hope, Arkansas, to Marion, and Amie MiddleBrooks Hubbard. Mrs. Mosier, was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hope, Arkansas. She was a huge Arkansas Razorback Fan,...
Thomas J. O'Malley
Jul 17, 2013
Mr. Thomas J. OMalley, age 56, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, formerly of Texarkana, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on February 25, 1957, in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, to Raymond T. and Helen Ball OMalley. Mr. OMalley was General Manager of Spotswood County Club in Harrisonburg, former General Manager of Texarkana...
Donald James "Jim" Risk
Jul 12, 2013
Elder Donald James Jim Risk, age 83, of Rosston, Arkansas, passed away Friday, July 12, 2013, at his home in the Waterloo Community. He was born on June 21, 1930, in Lansing, Michigan, to Clare Dale and Eleanor Ruth Stickney Risk. Elder Risk was a retired minister, Lineman for Consumer Power and a 7th Day Adventist. He was preceded in...
Otto Potter
Jul 8, 2013
Otto B. Potter, P.E., age 63, of Hope, Arkansas, departed this life on July 8, 2013, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born November 3, 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia, the only son of Wretha Nell Potter and the late Walter G. Potter. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Donna Smith Potter, his mother...
Donald Wayne Kirkham
Jul 7, 2013
Mr. Donald Wayne Kirkham, age 66, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at the V. A. Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on September 2, 1946, in Delight, Arkansas, to Roy Christopher and Hazel Helen Smart Kirkham. Mr. Kirkham was a self-employed log cutter and was a Protestant. He proudly served his country and was...
Frieda M. Milam
Jul 6, 2013
Mrs. Frieda Mae Milam, age 91, of Springhill, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center of Hope. She was born January 17, 1922, in Center Point, Arkansas, to Jessie Lee and Nancy Ethel Phillips Priddy. Mrs. Milam was a member of the Springhill United Methodist Church in Springhill, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by...
Ohal Gege Applegate
Jul 5, 2013
Mrs. Ohal Jenice "GeGe" Applegate, age 51, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday July 5, 2013 at Christus St. Michaels Health Center, in Texarkana. She was born April 5, 1962 in Prescott, Arkansas to Jerry, and Dorothy Kirkham Hendrix. Mrs. Applegate was a homemaker and was a member of Boughton Baptist Church, in Boughton. She was a loving wife, mother,...
Thomas W. "Tommy" Bratton
Jul 2, 2013
Mr. Thomas W. Tommy Bratton, age 74, of Gurdon, Arkansas, went to his Heavenly Home on Tuesday July 2, 2013. Tommy was born November 26, 1938, to Lennie Adams Bratton and Weames L. Bratton. Tommy was saved and baptized as a teenager at Beirne Baptist Church, and has attended First United Methodist Church for many years. He worked in the...
Jack W. Samuels
Jun 27, 2013
SAMUELS, JACK W., 81, of Dallas passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at his lake property in Emory, Texas. He will always be remembered as a strong and loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend to all who knew and loved him. He was outstandingly honest, his word was his bond, and he "never met a stranger." He...
Jess Elvin Anderson
Jun 24, 2013
Mr. Jess Elvin Anderson, age 82, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, June 24, 2013, in Hope. He was born on January 2, 1931, in Hope, to Willie L. and Lee Buster Anderson. He was a self employed painter and carpenter and a member of Southside Missionary Baptist Church in Hope. He was also a veteran of the United States...
Betty Sue Hart Rowe
Jun 22, 2013
Mrs. Betty Sue Hart Rowe, age 81, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Saturday June 22, 2013 at her home. She was born January 11, 1932 in Rosston, Arkansas to Ralph and Elsie Jarvis Williams. She was a Homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Darrel D Hart,...
Jackie May
Jun 20, 2013
Mr. Jackie C. May, age 69 of Bodcaw, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, June 20, 2013 in Little Rock. Mr. May was born in Nevada County, Arkansas on April 24, 1944 to Earl and Myra Waters May. He is retired from the Arkansas State Forestry Commission and Arkansas State Highway Department, a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Bodcaw and a...
Robert Clark
Jun 15, 2013
Mr. Robert Leon Clark, age 64 of Blevins, Arkansas passed away at his home on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Mr. Clark was born April 5, 1949 in Hope, Arkansas to Kestion Barham and Johnnie Maie Lindsey Clark. He was a retired union plumber, a US Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Clark was preceded in death by his father, Mr....
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