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Jo Ann Cummings

Jo Ann Cummings

Apr 14, 2013

Mrs. JoAnn Shelton Cummings, age 48, of Patmos, Arkansas, left this earth to join Her Heavenly Father on April 14, 2013. JoAnn had a beautiful heart, she loved Jesus and her family and friends with every ounce of who she was. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church of Hope and owner/operator of Razorback Tanz in Hope. She was...

Allowese Adams Langston

Allowese Adams Langston

Apr 13, 2013

Mrs. Allowese Adams Langston was born October 4, 1918 in Ozan, Arkansas. She was the oldest of sixteen children born to Maybelle and Luke Cornish Adams, Sr. Her parents and fourteen of her siblings preceded her in death. Herbert Adams of Prescott and Birthinia Webster of Texarkana are the two surviving siblings. Allowese married Archie Lee Langston, Sr. in December...

Jean Turnage

Jean Turnage

Apr 11, 2013

Mrs. Gloria Jean Turnage, age 64, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope. She was born September 18, 1948, in Roanoke, Virginia, to Raymond and Nellie Hogan. Mrs. Turnage was a homemaker and a member of Anderson Baptist Church in Spring Hill, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Bob Massingill

Bob Massingill

Apr 10, 2013

Mr. Bob Massingill, 85 of Hope passed away, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Hope. He was born in Hamilton, Texas on, Sunday, November 27, 1927 to Ira and Jewell Winters Massingill. Mr. Massingill was a Army Veteran of World War II and retired from the Arkansas Highway Police as a Lieutenant. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church and...

Rev. J. W. Bobo

Rev. J. W. Bobo

Apr 8, 2013

Rev. J. W. Bobo, 82, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Hope, was born July 29, 1930, in Spring Hill, Arkansas. He went to be with His Lord on April 8, 2013. Rev. Bobo was an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God for over 50 years. He attended Southwestern Assemblies of God Bible College and went on to pastor...

Deronda Rae Cloyd

Deronda Rae Cloyd

Apr 3, 2013

Mrs. Deronda Rae Ferguson Cloyd, age 80, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at her home. She was born April 29, 1932, in Nashville, Arkansas, to Erbon Ray and Mildred McMullan Ferguson. Mrs. Cloyd was a homemaker, former employee of Klipsch in Hope, and a member of Unity Baptist Church. She loved to work outside in her...

Billy Aldridge

Billy Aldridge

Apr 1, 2013

Mr. William Raymond Billy Aldridge, 52 of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away, Monday, April 1, 2013 at his home in Las Vegas. He was born January 25, 1961, in Orange County, California, to William R. and Danielle Raymond Aldridge. He was a pipe fitter and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was preceded...

Margie Marie Compton

Margie Marie Compton

Mar 26, 2013

Mrs. Margie Marie Morgan Compton, age 87, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Prescott passed away, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Hot Springs. She was born December 21, 1925, in Prescott, to Ira Curtis and Pearl Vaughn Morgan. Mrs. Compton was a homemaker, retired cook with the Prescott School System and a member of First Baptist Church of Hot Springs....

Adron "Dobber" Hicks

Adron "Dobber" Hicks

Mar 26, 2013

Mr. Adron "Dobber" Hicks, age 85, of Waterloo, Arkansas, passed away, Tuesday, March 26 at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana. He was born on January 21, 1928, in Caney, Arkansas, to Monroe and Effie Green Hicks. Mr. Hicks was a retired truck driver with Paul M. Davis Trucking, and was also a farmer and raised cattle. He was a...

Allen P. Carre

Allen P. Carre

Mar 25, 2013

Mr. Allen Paul Carre, age 73, of Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born in San Francisco, California, to Willard Arthur and Edna Mae Mossman Carre. Mr. Carre was a retired Facility Maintenance Man for Josephine County, Oregon, a master brewer of beer and a Baptist. He was...

Larry Smith

Larry Smith

Mar 23, 2013

Mr. Larry G. Smith, 74 of Hot Springs, formerly of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on December 15, 1938 to Clarence Jefferson and Carrie Lucille Nivens Smith. Mr. Smith was the owner and operator of A-Credit Auto Sales in Hot Springs for 20 years, he...

Cassandra "Cassie" Nicole Carter

Cassandra "Cassie" Nicole Carter

Mar 21, 2013

Ms. Cassandra Nicole Cassie Carter, age 20, of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Cherokee, North Carolina. She was born March 30, 1992, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Mark Wayne and Kimberly Ann Bullard Carter. Ms. Carter was a homemaker and a member of Beech Street Baptist Church in Gurdon. She was preceded in death by her...

Mary Allie Johnson

Mary Allie Johnson

Mar 14, 2013

Mrs. Mary Johnson, age 77, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Prescott. She was born October 2, 1935, in Sutton, Arkansas, to Alton Ray and Laura Elizabeth Garrett Murrah. She was a retired teacher and counselor and member of the Prescott Church of Christ. Mrs. Johnson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and an avid...

Alex Gibson

Alex Gibson

Mar 12, 2013

Mr. Alex Gibson, age 29 of Bodcaw, passed away, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in Hope. Alex was born March 29, 1983 in Hope, Arkansas, he was a member of Bodcaw Missionary Baptist Church in Bodcaw and was a union pipe welder, Local Union # 155. His pride and joy was his accomplishments with pipe welding. Alex was a loving father...

Judy Samuels

Judy Samuels

Mar 8, 2013

Mrs. Judy Samuels, age 63 of Hope passed away, Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home in Hope. Mrs. Samuels was born March 10, 1949 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Willie and Bessie Ammons Rash. She is retired office manager for the Pearson Eye Institute and a member of Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope. She is preceded in death by...

Hody Weaver Butler, Jr.

Hody Weaver Butler, Jr.

Mar 7, 2013

Mr. Hody Weaver Butler, Jr. age 78 of Dallas, Texas passed away March 7, 2013 in the Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Butler was born November 1, 1933 in Prescott, Arkansas to Hody Weaver Butler, Sr. and Lula Maggie Dillard Butler. Mr. Butler is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn Butler of Dallas and his daughter, Kelly Kyle of...

Haschel L. Capps

Haschel L. Capps

Mar 7, 2013

Mr. Haschel L. Capps, age 98, of Rosston, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Magnolia Regional Medical Center in Magnolia, Arkansas. He was born on August 2, 1914, in DeWitt, Arkansas, to the late John W. and Bessie Elizabeth Gray Capps. He was a Baptist Minister for over 60 years, a Mason and member of Rosston Baptist Church....

Joseph Esada, Jr.

Joseph Esada, Jr.

Mar 6, 2013

Mr. Joseph Esada, Jr., age 80, of Emmet, Arkansas, passed from this world peacefully at his home to be with our heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Mr. Esada served our country with honor in the U. S. Army. He was preceded in death by his son, Joseph Esada, III. He is survived by his wife of 55 years,...

James L. Purtle

James L. Purtle

Mar 4, 2013

Bro. James L. Purtle, age 80, of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott, Arkansas. He was born December 10, 1932, in Cale, Arkansas, to Hesterly and Opal Jordan Purtle. Bro. Purtle was a retired cattle and poultry farmer and Baptist Minister. He was a member of the Bluff Springs Baptist Church....

Clifton Dansby, Jr.

Clifton Dansby, Jr.

Mar 4, 2013

Rev. Clifton Dansby, Jr, age 43 of Bluff City, Arkansas passed away, Monday, March 4, 2013 at his home in Bluff City. He was born June 7, 1969, in Prescott, Arkansas to the union of Clifton and Mary Ann Brown Dansby, Sr . Rev. Dansby was a 1987 Graduate of Prescott High School, an Associate Minister at Damascus Baptist Church...

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