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Thomas W. "Tommy" Bratton

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Stephen Andrew "Scooter" Arnett

Stephen Andrew "Scooter" Arnett

Jun 14, 2013

Mr. Stephen Andrew Scooter Arnett, age 19, of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013. He was born September 16, 1993, in Hope, Arkansas, to Billy Arnett and Patricia Pamplin. He was a Private First Class in the Prescott Unit of the Arkansas National Guard and of the Baptist faith. His greatest passion was playing Curley Wolf Football. He...

Suzanne Yvette Schane

Suzanne Yvette Schane

Jun 14, 2013

Ms. Suzanne Yvette Schane, age 42, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at her home in Prescott. She was born on May 17, 1971, in Dallas, Texas, to Glynn and Kay Head Schane. She was a Flight Attendant with American Airlines. Ms. Schane loved to make jewelry, decorate, work with crafts and flower arrangements. She was very...

Linda Lou Stone

Linda Lou Stone

Jun 10, 2013

Mrs. Linda Lou Loe Stone, age 65, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, June 10, 2013, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana. She was born on November 15, 1947, in Prescott to Robert H. and Flora Louisa Hurst Loe. Mrs. Stone was a homemaker and a Christian attending the Pentecostal Church of Laneburg. She was a loving wife...

Dorothy Stainton Garner

Dorothy Stainton Garner

Jun 9, 2013

Mrs. Dorothy Stainton Garner, age 88, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away, Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Christus St. Michael Health Center in Texarkana. She was born on January 19, 1925, in Foreman, Arkansas to Roy and Dolly Lowery Stainton. She was a homemaker, a loving mother and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, her...

Jimmy Cox

Jimmy Cox

Jun 7, 2013

Mr. Jimmy Harlon Cox, age 74, of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away Friday, June 7, 2013 at Christus St. Michaels Health Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born May 7, 1939, in Hope, Arkansas, to Noah and Irene Olds Cox. He was retired as Plant Manager of Calmaine Foods in Hope and a member of Our Lady of Good Hope...

Ronald Wayne Mccorkle

Ronald Wayne Mccorkle

Jun 6, 2013

Mr. Ronald Wayne McCorkle, age 60, of Flippin, Arkansas, formerly of Columbus, Arkansas, passed away Thursday June 6, 2013 at his home in Flippin. He was born on October 13, 1952, in Nashville, Arkansas, to Joe and Minnie Lee Jeanes McCorkle. He was retired from Brown and Root Construction and was self employed as a real estate developer. Mr. McCorkle...

Donald Brooks

Donald Brooks

Jun 2, 2013

Mr. Donald Ray Brooks, age 73, of Atlanta, Texas, passed away, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Prescott, Arkansas. He was born January 17, 1940, in Corsicana, Texas, to Clarence Albert and Dixie Bates Brooks. Mr. Brooks was self employed as a mobile home repair and service man. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Dennis Brooks, a...

James "Jim" H. Mcdonald

James "Jim" H. Mcdonald

Jun 2, 2013

James Herschel McDonald, 82, died peacefully the second of June, 2013, at home in Northfield, IL, from heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Amelia Jo Huskey, of Northfield, IL, his two daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren who filled his life with joy. Daughters Amelia Karin McDonald and her daughter Anna Hendrix of New York,...

Donald Bazzelle

Donald Bazzelle

May 30, 2013

Mr. Donald Ray "Poppa Don" Bazzelle, age 74 of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away, Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born September 8, 1938, in Rosston, Arkansas, to Casberry and Bessie Simpson Bazzelle. He was a retired Mill Operator, with Firestone Building Products in Prescott and a member of the Bethel AME Church in...

Phil "Ph" Ward

Phil "Ph" Ward

May 27, 2013

Mr. Phillip Harold PH Ward, age 88, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Monday, May 27, 2013 at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. He was born December 5, 1924, in Prescott, to Phillip and Alice Nolen Ward. He was a retired poultry and cattle farmer and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Prescott. He served three years in the...

Eva Mae Bullard

Eva Mae Bullard

May 25, 2013

Mrs. Eva Mae Bullard, age 70 of Gurdon, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at her home in Gurdon. Eva was born on Monday, July 20, 1942 in Prescott, Arkansas to Roy Shelby and Katie Aileen Dodgen Robbs. She was a retired beautician, a home-maker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Gurdon. She is preceded in...

Kenneth Anderson

Kenneth Anderson

May 23, 2013

Mr. Kenneth Anderson, age 80, of El Dorado, Arkansas, formerly of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away, Thursday, May 23 in El Dorado. Mr. Anderson was born on November 19, 1932, in Spring Hill, Arkansas, to George and Bethel Stevenson Anderson. He was retired from Texas Eastern Pipeline after 31 years as a Station Operator and attended Wyatt Baptist Church in...

Jesse Harold Gilbert

Jesse Harold Gilbert

May 22, 2013

Jesse Harold Gilbert, 86 of Central, LA, passed away peacefully at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. He was a retired machinist from Copolymer of 63 years and a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a long time member and a past Deacon of Galilee Baptist Church, located at 11050 Greenwell...

Carolyn Hamilton

Carolyn Hamilton

May 18, 2013

Ms. Carolyn Hamilton, age 71 of Hope, passed away, Saturday, May 18 in Hope, Arkansas. She was born on July 29, 1941 in Prescott, Arkansas to James A. and Dorothy D. Cassady Hamilton. She is a member of New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in Emmet. Ms. Hamilton is preceded in death by her father; James A. Hamilton. Survivors include; her...

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