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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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...
Eva Hall Baker
Mar 3, 2013
Mrs. Eva Hall Baker, age 97 of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Howard County Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born December 28, 1915, in Magnolia, Arkansas to Andrew J. and Annie Dingler Wheeless. Mrs. Baker was a retired registered nurse and a member of Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope. She was a member...
Marlyn E. Swinney
Mar 1, 2013
Mr. Marlyn E. Swinney, age 83, of Patmos, Arkansas, passed away at his home, Friday, March 1, 2013. He was born August 27, 1929, in Drew, Mississippi, to J. J. and Gillis Wallace Swinney. They moved to south Arkansas and he grew up in Rye, Arkansas. Mr. Swinney served in the United States Air Force and later worked in the...
James R. "Doc" Rowe
Feb 26, 2013
Mr. James Richard "Doc" Rowe, age 87, of Hope, passed away, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in a local hospital. Mr. Rowe was born October 21, 1925 in Okolona, Arkansas to Columbus Franklin and Delia Porter Rowe. He is a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope, a US Army Veteran of World War II, a former Hope Policeman, retiring as...
Russell Charles May
Feb 25, 2013
Mr. Russell Charles May, age 45, of Hope passed away Monday, February 25, 2013, in Newport, Arkansas. He was born on March 10, 1967, in Bossier City, Louisiana, to J. C. May and Mary DeHan. Russell was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Spring Hill, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his father, J. C. May and step-father,...
John L. Wagley
Feb 22, 2013
Mr. John L. Wagley, 68 of Hope, Arkansas went to be with the Lord, Friday, February 22, 2013 in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Wagley was born December 17, 1944 in McGhee, Arkansas. He is a retired employee of AT& T and is preceded in death by his mother, Effie Whitley Wagley and two brothers; Lonnie and Charles Wagley and his father-in-law...
Viola M. Smith
Feb 19, 2013
Mrs. Viola Marie Smith, age 77, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Wadley Regional Hospital at Hope. She was born May 4, 1935, in Walworth, New York, to Fay and Florence McKee Moon. She was a retired telephone operator and a member of the Prescott Church of Christ for 38 years. Mrs. Smith was a loving...
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